Scintasy is riddled with religion. Some a bit covert to the story and some overly overt; much like that of Dan Simmons' Endymion Cantos. However it appears it is usually present more times than not. Religion in Scintasy worlds is one of the most useful tools available (presenting a tool for excuse as to the action of characters or particular groups). Religion is Scintasy, unlike our world will not argue with you over elements of it however they can just as easily argue with other religions created too. In reality it is the best of both worlds.
Currently I am working on a religion for one of my Scintasy worlds. It started with a joke about the fact that in movies, books and stories there is occasionally a 'chosen one' who will kill all evil, lead us to light or maybe even bring balance to the force. The joking scenario then led to a discussion about a 'what if' situation; What if the chosen one dies before they carry out their 'chosen' action? So what would happen?
For this religion let us assume that the chosen one had a younger brother. All their childhoods this younger brother is riddle with jealousy. The Chosen brother gets this and that and everything he want, while the younger has to work for everything. Now let us assume there was a situation where the younger brother struck out in a moment of jealousy and accidental killed his Chosen brother. Being an accident nobody blamed him, however there is the small issue of the chosen one being dead. People become split. One half thinks that humanity is doomed because of the death of the chosen one and the other half feel that the 'Prophecy' wasn't as clear as originally thought and it could refer to either brother.
However religion plays out in Scintasy it will always provide an excellent source of motivation and direction for character and even provide brilliant protagonist and antagonist groups.
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