Jur

Jur is a polytheistic religion strictly adhered to within the entirety of the Jurich Empire. It is the first recorded use of widespread religion in Lorell. Though it is unknown how or where it came about, its influence spread through the empire almost instantly.

First Record
The first possible records of Jur come from Leorn, a scholar from Accrue, in 3044 PI recounting his experiences with a zealous sect of wildmen bent on world annihilation. Later scholars, specifically those during the prime of the Jurich Empire, destroyed almost all of Leorn's works. However, even post-Jurich scholars discredit Leorn as exaggerative and slightly deranged, and even more agree that what remains of his work is far too inadequate as evidence to suggest the sect was Jurich.

The first confirmed record of Jur, however, comes from the first emperor himself in 3024 PI, as a written decree to all holdings in his empire of the establishment of Jur as the official religion. This is the first recorded use of religion in Lorell and is thought to have brought religion to many places that have never held such a concept before. This decree also marks what many consider to be the birth of the Jurich Empire.

Structure
Jur is comprised of two primary deities, Toren and Florich, with several deified mortals present under them. Toren is believed to reign over all that is mortal and living, residing in physical form among the races. He is thought to guide the people through hardship and is commonly depicted as strong kings and rulers, most notably as the emperors of the Jurich Empire. Florich is believed to reign over Vad, the land of the immortals and dead. He is known to invite death to Toren's realm every winter as an agreement with Toren to cleanse the physical world of the weak, giving them a more comfortable home. He is commonly depicted as a cunning yet kind deity, tempting anyone who would join him in his realm.

Gods
There are only two gods in Jur, each countering but not opposing the other. Both Toren and Florich are thought of as equal but opposite forces in the religion, both balancing and thriving off of the other.
 * Toren - The god of Life.
 * Florich - The god of Death.

Deities
On top of the two gods of Jur, there are also several deified mortals that have come to represent various aspects of the world. Although the two gods of Jur are found in every variant of the modern religious sects, not all deities of the religion are found in each sect.
 * Dedrich - The hero of the Sea and its creatures.
 * Rorich - The hero of dragons and the air.
 * Muldar - The hero of dwarves and the mountains.
 * Veren - The hero of war and conflict.
 * Rella - The heroin of fertility and infants.
 * Felhan - The hero of elves and nature.