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Department of Belated Realmslore Once More!
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@TheEdVerse what would happen to the soul of a non-elf who decided to worship the Seldarine? Or a non-dwarf who devoted themselves to Moradin?
My response:
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..polytheistic; only clergy, paladins, and zealots worship a single deity. For every entity, after death, their soul should—if gods don’t meddle or there aren’t other unusual factors in play—end up before the deity they venerated most in life. By that, I mean..
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..“most profoundly” and not necessarily “most often.” And by veneration, I mean service (acts) before offerings, and offerings before prayers.
So a non-elf who most deeply reverenced the Seldarine would end up before them, and a non-dwarf who devoted themselves...
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..most to Moradin would end up before Moradin (after Kelemvor’s judgment; their destinations would be the result of Kelemvor’s judgment). When I say “before them,” I mean that the deity the soul is floating before then compels service; if it is to be reborn into..
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..the mortal world, the deity dictates the new body, but if they also require a quest/purpose/task to be performed in this new life, the soul has the right of refusal (though the deity may then be vengeful).
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