Gods/Deities & Faith:

Supernatural Superior beings exist (Gods/Demons/Deities)

These beings don’t typically like to interfere with the mortal realm and the lives that dwell within. However there are beings that enjoy being worshiped or feel the need to reign terror on the mortal realm. Benevolent beings can give blessings and boons to those who they deem worthy. Malevolent beings will curse or otherwise harm those that may vex them. Beings that enjoy being worshiped will even let their presence be seen when giving their blessings and boons. There are many such beings in existence but only a fair few have the desire to involve themselves with the mortals of this world.

As with all things in this world Deities have elemental affinities.

Those of the Life element are obviously the strongest as they are the originators of all life in this world. (Life element Deities even created other Deities, they are very rare even among gods)

Those of the Fire element rule over fire Dungeons and other strong fire elemental regions throughout the world. A fire God created the first Dragons.

Air Deities control the weather and are the creators of Air and Storm Elementals. Iron Monk Tribes hold these gods in high reverence and worship them in hopes of the blessing of flight.

Earth Deities are essentially the strongest of the “Elemental” types of Deities as they are the sturdiest and have affinity with the building blocks of the world itself. Earth Deities tend to be worshiped by crafters. Likewise Earth affiliated Deities tend to be builders and creators and look fondly upon mortals with like minds.

Those with Water affinity are free spirited and rule over the seas when they please. Sailors and water elementals worship these gods who often look favorably on those that worship them but have been also thought to be fickle as the seas are treacherous.

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The Spirit Races are the only ones who thrive in the Strong Elemental Regions so they are the only ones who really commune with or know of the Deities. Therefore few Deities are known to the other races of this world save Demons and other Dark Deities that are often worshipped by Brute races. It can be theorized that some if not all Brute races may have stemmed from interference from such beings.

Demon: The term demon can both refer to an evil or corrupt deity as well as the malcontented beings that they create. Demons in the physical and tangible world can come in there form of corrupted brute races (significantly stronger due to the corruption) or beings composed completely from that Deity’s aura/power. Even being purely aura they still have physical tangible bodies like other Spirit races.

Blessing: Any Skill or ability that is gifted or god given. The ability to see stats and notifications as of level 1 is essentially a blessing from the god that manages the leveling system in this world. Not all skills and abilities are "Blessings" just because a god oversees the display and notification of these skills.

Boons: Items that are blessed by the god that can give status bonuses or otherwise unexplainable powers. (Legendary Level Items)

Shrines: Locations used for worship to Deities. Areas such as these are usually bestowed with a Boon for appraisal that can be used by Aura users to engrave or write their Status on a physical medium. These are often used as forms of identification or proof of level at Guilds. (These boons are a common exception to most boons as the god who controls the leveling system also provides these when a location becomes renowned as a Shrine.

Status: The progress and quantitative strengths & weaknesses of an individual.

Dungeons:

All Deities have the power to create Dungeons in their respective elements/elemental regions.

Dungeons are leveled labyrinths that contain creatures of the Deities’ design to challenge any and all who dare to enter. Those that pass the challenges set forth by the Deity usually are granted great wealth and powerful boons. Some Gods will even grant special blessings to challengers who exceed expectations. Those blessed by the gods transcend normal limitations based on the god and the specific blessing given.

There are minor dungeons in the world maintained by the leveling system. These dungeons can respawn monsters beasts and even sometimes brute races for the purpose of getting stronger. The god of the leveling system loves granting power and encourages growth in the world.