Fiducianism

The Fiducian Faith
Originally, Faona and Meslona were never worshipped as separate entities, and were wholly worshipped on every edge of Vhuld as a single deity, known as "The Goddess". She was represented as the mother of all life, and all nature, the benevolent creator who watched over and protected all of her children. The faith was dominant across large portions of Vhuld, particularly in what are now Meslona's Cradel, the Northlands, and Maimah'Ladna.

Beliefs
The Fiducian faith held several simple principles. The first amongst these, was that all life was precious, and that abusing or killing other living things was abhorrent. The killing of another living thing without reason was the greatest sin, and found eternal damnation with the Unclean One. In its reverence to life, it also revered the natural cycle. Killing was permissible if it would provide food, or if it was in self-defence. Many animals kill to consume, but it still is only done when necessary, never for sport.

The Fiducian Faith also largely opposed any level of modernization, and considered cities to be constructs of other gods, in opposition to the natural order that the Goddess had given to mortals. To this extent, in its waning years, the Fiducian faith began to be viewed as somewhat backward. Mages were also considered opposed to the will of the Goddess, and their abilities were seen as marks of daemons. Most mages were executed in the Fiducian fath.

Legacy
The Fiducian fath collapsed during the Unclean Divide. It gave birth to two separate ideologies, of Vitael Fiducianism, and Animarius Fiducianism. While orthodox followers of the faith followed Animarius Fiducianism, the larger part of the split found Vitael Fiducianism to be dominant. Animarius Fiducianism became the religion largely practiced by druids, and the tribes of the Northlands, while Vitael Fiducianism became a powerful religion, particularly in Maimah'Ladna, and an established Church.