Aquos

Aquos (Believers don't give the religion a name due to the fact they believe it is the only possible truth) is the dominant common religion of Geltisch Handelsrijck, not all citizens follow it. It is a polytheistic religion with eight gods who control everything that can happen. Some myths talk about other characters, but most of those are regional.

Creation of the world
From the void emerged Nor, a sea turtle. He kept getting bigger and bigger, until he was so big that almost the whole void was filled.

Nor grew the world on top of his shell. Although things have changed, the world still looks similar to this date. As he was now god and creator of the wonderful world. He knew he couldn’t rule it alone, also he wasn’t able to create everything alone. He created the surface and the inner-world. Which is why he decided to lay an egg, which he got 2 sons and a daughter from. Kredon, the first son of Nor wanted to create water and wind, whereas the second son called Gonar, had control of Time, which he created. The daughter, Rayja, wanted to do something to make the world a livable place. She decided to create fertile soil.

As they all created Kylorne into a better world, they realized a lot was missing still. Rayja and Gonar first had children. A twin called Fonyr and Otun, Fonyr got the task of giving light and Otun created the animals. Because the other gods needed someone who told them what happened on the shell, because they all live in the sea or in the universe (Nor). Kredon gave Fonyr the task to go to the sea every half day. His sister had to replace him when he was gone, but because she was far away then the animals that come during the night turn into awful creatures.

After there was light and animals Kredon and Rayja got married and had a twin too. It was Ornir, god of War, and Idona, god of Arts. They are complete opposites of each other, while Ornir is quick to anger, Idona is the calm itself.

Nor felt like he couldn’t be the supreme god, because he couldn’t control what happened on his shell, so he gave the title to Kredon, his eldest son.

Kredon decided it was time for their masterpiece and Nor gave it a body, Kredon gave it blood, Rayja gave it a way to reproduce itself, Fonyr gave it the sense to travel, Otun gave it a conscious, Ornir gave it the ability to fight and Idona gave it the ability to make beautiful things. When they spread the creatures all over the world, they saw it build things that were so special, but they also saw a dark side and they knew they should regulate it.

When they saw the world at an all-time low, they decide to create a land so perfect for their followers and they were happy when their followers called it The Geld, after the riches.