So, the 12 gods have a very deep and long running history within the world. There are shrines, temples, even entire city states that revere them in some way. In short, they have been accepted as being real for eons. Yet they neither speak nor interact with us in any way, very much in a real world religious manner. (Put aside the 12 might be the ascians, for now).

Meanwhile, we have Hydaelyn, who is very real and very much involved with the WoL and some other characters. She is demonstrably real. There’s the anti-tower to study her. People hear her voice. People are given crystals of light. Etc etc.

Yet there are no major structures to her worship. Why is this?

What is she to the average joe on the street? The planet itself (as a Mother Earth kinda vibe.. or just literally the planet)? Does the average person just not think of her as an actual “god”? Or is knowledge of her existence only recently known (or cyclically known every calamity as her chosen arise).

If a person were to say “Hydaelyn speaks to me!” would the reaction be one of “this guy is crazy! He thinks the trees are talking to him!” or “you must be one of her chosen!”

It seems very strange she is not more prominent in a spiritual sense when compared to the silent 12.