12, Worship, Clerics

[tymora]

So we have the Twelve...where are all their places of worship?

Might be interesting to have a Cleric (神官) class that have abilities that depends on which of the Twelve you worship and are born with.

Don't even start on what real life religions they base it on.

[Anonymoose]

Most of the 12 are worshiped most centrally in the areas where they are attributed the guardian deity. This is especially true of Nald'thal, guardian deity of Ul'dah, who has shrines both in the city and in Thanalan.

Yes, each of these gods is also related to an existing deity in some fashion, usually a member of the Greek panthon, as FFXIV is based on ancient Greece. I'll avoid that.

Here, I'll stick to answering just your question of where are worshipped. Those without central worship areas may appear later in new areas, or maintain the genreral world-wide audience, as the ones that are left out don't have very specific areas of specialty that are associated with the cities.

Halone - Ishgard; associated with War
Menphina - Keepers of the Moon Miqo'te; moon deity associated with love.
Thaliak - Sharlayan; Associated with Wisdom
Nymeia - No centralized worship; associated with the heavens and fate (Worldwide worship?)
Llymlean - Limsa Lominsa; watcher of the sea.
Oschon - No centralized worship; watcher of mountains/nomads (Worldwide worship?)
Byregot - No centralized worship; the builder (I bet we'll see more of him after the cataclysm)
Rhalgr - Ala Mhigo; associated with destruction; Highlander Hyurs as well.
Azeyma - Seekers of the Sun Miqo'te; Sun deity associated with inquiry
Nald'thal - Ul'dah; associated with transactions and death
Nophica - Gridania; associated with nature and the harvest
Althyk - No central worship; associated with time and change. (Worldwide worship?)

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Thank you Anonymoose. Has been a pleasurable read.

@Tymora: I never realized there weren't clergy around ~ I mean, dedicated places of worship, say maybe short of the thaumaturgists in Ul'dah for Nald'thal.

[Andrien]

Halone - Ishgard; associated with War
Menphina - No centralized worship; moon deity associated with love (Worldwide worship?) Mi'qote, Keepers of the Moon
Thaliak - Sharlayan; Associated with Wisdom
Nymeia - No centralized worship; associated with the heavens and fate (Worldwide worship?)
Llymlean - Limsa Lominsa; watcher of the sea.
Oschon - No centralized worship; watcher of mountains/nomads (Worldwide worship?)
Byregot - No centralized worship; the builder (I bet we'll see more of him after the cataclysm)
Rhalgr - Ala Mhigo; associated with destruction (I guess Ala Mhigo was asking for it.)
Azeyma - No centralized worship; Sun deity associated with inquiry (Worldwide worship?) Mi'qote, Seekers of the Sun
Nald'thal - Ul'dah; associated with transactions and death
Nophica - Gridania; associated with nature and the harvest
Althyk - No central worship; associated with time and change. (Worldwide worship?)

Here I filled in some of the blanks for you. Two to be exact.

[Anonymoose]

Here I filled in some of the blanks for you. Two to be exact.

That's a place I forgot to check! Thanks. It actually filled in more holes than just those two. One sec; updating list.

[RemVye]

I'm not touching this with a 10 foot pole.

[Alkoun]

/microwave popcorn

[Alerith]

/microwave popcorn

Toss me some of that when it's done. This is gonna be quite an interesting thread...

[Anonymoose]

Edited. Enjoy ^^

Any questions?

EDIT: A clerical class would be pretty interesting; it would be something to bring into SUMMONER, in my opinion. If our musing about the Primals (Old Gods) and Twelve (New Gods) having a relation even via the Paragons/Archons - perhaps the summoning of the primals with a SMN class is actually borrowing the powers of the gods themselves.

Visiting the places of worship and earning the right (a la FFX) sounds pretty fun.

[Alkoun]

Wait... Ancient Greece? Can you elaborate more on that relationship?