Aren-Deram

Aren-Deram(the Will of Order) is the official name of the religion of the kingdom of Ethora. It is the worship of the Deremvir, or the gods of order. The Deramvir are a pantheon of natural deities that give the world order and balance. Aren is the chief among the gods. He is the lord of the skies and the embodiment of order. His wife is the Lady Eledra, the mother of the earth.

History
The Deramvir have been worshiped in some form in northern Oleran for five millenia. With the advent of the monotheistic religions the worshipers of the Deramvir were steadily pushed further North. Now Ethora is the only land that worships the gods.

Before the formation of the kingdom of Ethora, the Deramvir were worshiped simply as nature gods, revered entities that required sacrifices to intercede in human affairs. Andril Vorelos was a petty king in Ethora before the kingdom was unified. He ruled over the most advanced part of Ethora, called Ennendale. The people of Ennendale had a more dogmatic approach to worshiping the Deramvir than others. They followed the teachings and scripture of a holy book called the Deramentos.

Andril sought to unify all of Ethora, or rather all the worshipers of the Deramvir. Because the gods demand order, he argued, the worshipers of the Deramvir should not be segmented and separate but instead embody the order of the gods. He carried out a campaign of proselytization and conversion to his branch of worship, Aren-Deram. He met stout resistance to his unification campaign, especially in the North of Ethora. He gave an ultimatum to those who did not accept his rule and doctrine, allowing one year before he declared war on nonbelievers. Andril died in battle against a northern tribe before he could see a unified Ethora, but the course had been set in motion. Within fifty years the kings of Ennendale held lordship over all the followers of the Deramvir.