Editing Deschani History (section)

=== Religion and the Cosmos ===

Though they share the animist roots of the Saen, the Timur view the spirits differently. To them, the world is not alive and benevolent, it is ancient, vast, and wild. The stars, the aurora, the frozen storms, they are the voices of gods too old and cold to care for mortals.

Some tribes still commune with elemental or beast spirits, but others revere more cosmic forces:

* The Pale Flame – a guiding star that watches over warriors.
* The Stone Dreamer – a slumbering spirit beneath the mountains.
* The Maw Below – the eternal hunger of nature.

Sacrifices, animal or human, are rare, but practised in extreme circumstances, often when entire regions fall out of balance or a great hunt must be blessed.