Dentharity

Dentharity is one of the newer religions on Eldham. The religion was founded by Petra Matriell.

Deities
Dentharity is named after its deity, Dentharia, who is believed to be one of the creators of the mortal races, such as humans, and gave them free will. Due to her usually not interfering with her creations, Dentharia is also known as The Watcher.

Some of the fragments of history do indicate that there were other deities in the past. Its implied that a few tried to prevent free will given to the mortal races, but were destroyed by Dentharia and the other deities. As for what happened to those who assisted Dentharia, it is not known.

History
It is believed that Dentharity has existed for as long as the mortal races have existed, in some form. Most of the major parts of the religion’s history has been lost, however, as the religion was forgotten as other, more aggressive ones took over. What remains has been pieced together from ruined temples and a few fragments of scripture that were discovered by Petra Matriell during his pilgrimage.

Mythological
First there was nothing. Then, the world was created, whether by design, or random luck. Along with the world came a collection of beings, what would now be known as gods, and among them was Dentharia, taking up a role as a God of Life. When the mortal races were designed by the gods, Dentharia - along with the other, now lost, life gods - created them. The plan was to imbue the mortals with a tiny fragment of power from each godly domain, giving them the ability to be as varied as the gods themselves, and freeing the races from the control of any single god. However, some of the gods were jealous and tried to prevent this from happening, hoping to rule these new creations. This caused a war that lasted for centuries, as the mortal races lay unfinished upon the foundations of a new world. The jealous gods were finally defeated, and in a final piece of irony, had their corpses used to power the mortal races they sought to control - creating what we would now call a "soul". The winning side however also took heavy casualties, with one of the surviving gods being Dentharia. As for what happened to the others, it is not known. Dentharia somehow became the leader of the remaining gods, and took up a policy of non-interaction, allowing the mortal races to peacefully evolve and change except for times of great peril. She was given the title of "The Watcher" by those who followed her, and she became a sort of mother figure. It is said that she weeps for each of her children that dies to anothers blade.

Practices and Beliefs
The majority of practices and beliefs have been lost to the sands of time, however, based on what was left, there is a clear value for peace and the avoidance of conflict.