Editing Category:The Twelve

[[File:SanctumTwelveMark.png|right|250px|thumb|The Mark of the Twelve, East Shroud]]
<blockquote> "Eorzea. A land loved by gods, and forged by heroes. The gods of which this epithet speaks are the Twelve—the pillars upon which religious faith in Eorzea firmly rests." - Enyclopaedia Eorzea, Page 16 </blockquote>
Belief in the Twelve, a pantheon of gods and goddesses each represented by one of the six elements upon which all creation is founded, has served as a cornerstone for civilization in Eorzea for millennia. Though theologians remain unsure of the exact origins of Twelve worship in Eorzea, studies of relics from the Allagan civilization tell us that even five thousand years ago at the peak of the Third Astral Era, the six and six deities were already ingrained in society—as they are today. Not only is the year divided into twelve, and twelve-year cycles used in modern astrology, city-states still choose a patron deity to serve as a guardian over their lands, with that deity becoming a focal point of cultural development, such as the case with Nald’thal and the economically inclined Ul'dahns.

Sometimes people from certain races or professions will choose to focus their worship on a single deity. Many Miqo'te of the Seekers of the Sun clan will follow the teachings of Azeyma, the Warden and goddess of the sun. Sailors will often pray to Llymlaen, watcher of seas and goddess of navigation to see their ships safely to port, and artisans will pray to Byregot to guide their hands.

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== Pantheon ==

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!<center>  Icon !!<center> Deity !!<center> Element !!<center> Alignment !!<center> Month !!<center> Title !! Worshipers 
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| [[File:Halone Icon.png|50px]] || [[Halone, the Fury]] || Ice || Astral || First Astral Moon ||  Goddess of War || The Holy See of Ishgard
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| [[File:Menphina Icon.png|50px]] || [[Menphina, the Lover]] || Ice || Umbral || First Umbral Moon || Goddess of Love || Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te
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| [[File:Thaliak Icon.png|50px]] || [[Thaliak, the Scholar]] || Water || Astral || Second Astral Moon || God of Knowledge || Sharlayan
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| [[File:Nymeia Icon.png|50px]] || [[Nymeia, the Spinner]] || Water || Umbral || Second Umbral Moon || Goddess of Fate || ??
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| [[File:Llymlaen Icon.png|50px]] || [[Llymlaen, the Navigator]] || Wind || Astral || Third Astral Moon || Goddess of Navigation || Limsa Lominsa
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| [[File:Oschon Icon.png|50px]] || [[Oschon, the Wanderer]] || Wind || Umbral || Third Umbral Moon || God of Wanderers and Vagrants || ??
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| [[File:Byregot Icon.png|50px]] || [[Byregot, the Builder]] || Lightning || Astral || Fourth Astral Moon || God of the Arts and Architecture || ??
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| [[File:Rhalgr Icon.png|50px]] || [[Rhalgr, the Destroyer]] || Lightning || Umbral || Fourth Umbral Moon || God of Destruction || Ala Mhigo
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| [[File:Azeyma Icon.png|50px]] || [[Azeyma, the Warden]] || Fire || Astral || Fifth Astral Moon || Goddess of the Sun and Inquiry || Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te
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| [[File:Nald'thal Icon.png|50px]] || [[Nald'thal, the Traders]] || Fire || Umbral || Fifth Umbral Moon || God of Commerce and Death || Ul'dah
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| [[File:Nophica Icon.png|50px]] || [[Nophica, the Matron]] || Earth || Astral || Sixth Astral Moon || Goddess of Harvest || Gridania
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| [[File:Althyk Icon.png|50px]] || [[Althyk, the Keeper]] || Earth || Umbral || Sixth Umbral Moon || God of Space and Time || ??
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|}
== Places of Worship ==
=== The Sanctum of the Twelve ===
Found deep within the Bramble Patch of the East Shroud, the Sanctum of the Twelve is a large ivory cathedral dedicated to the pantheon of the Twelve as a whole. It is said to be built following the Age of Endless Frost - a period known for great famine and disease. Its purpose was to serve as a place of refuge and respite to those in need. However, it fell into ruin soon after and was all but forgotten until the advent of the Seventh Umbral Era where it would be used for performing the Ceremony of Eternal Bonding.

=== Saint Reymanaud’s Cathedral ===

== Misc.  ==
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