After on hours I finally left the forest and saw the full moon. While walking along the muddy street I thought about the stories about the gods.
Many years after the creation of our world the spirit of this world had to die because he fulfilled his task of creating a world and living beings. But he saw how the human and humanoid races struggled and so he took four tiny fragments of his power and created four gods. They were four powerful beings that would listen to the prayers at their church and answer them. And some of them they would help personally.
Today three of the gods "belong" to nobility. The church of a god normally is a giant building with a statue of the gods symbol animal in the center. People would kneel before it and pray. But around three of these churches the royal family of the country would build their palace around it so that only they and people they want to would have access. And the fourth one is a church located where the borders of three kingdoms meet.
There once was a war about which royal family would be the one to build their palace there but the war ended that another kingdom wanted to invade so that they could have the power about a second got so the three kingdoms fought the new enemy together and protected the church. That's how this is the only church which is accessible for everyone. But of course, the royal families located their castles as close to the church as possible.
A long time ago the gods were really powerful but over time their powers weakened. So people fear that the gods would leave their this world. But if you pray it doesn't mean your prayer will be answered by the god. They may also just ignore it. That's up to the god.
My father never liked the gods. He was one of the few to actually see a good because he worked as a guardian at the royal palace and protected the king while he would pray to the god. He said that the god wore an elegant suit and jewelry not even the royals could afford. He spoke like he would speak to a weak puppy wo understood nothing of the world.
He hated the arrogance of the god and if we were to believe stories the other gods aren't that different. My father always said; "Luckily these bastards are predicted to vanish in this century. Actually one of the gods announced himself that that would happen. He said: "I am going to vanish from the world and my brothers are going to follow soon."
And if we were to talk about unfairness. Not only can three gods only be visited by royalty but only men are allowed to enter the church. There two reasons. They say women are no fighters so they shouldn't represent humans in front of gods and because the gods are all men and so see women as worth less than males.
I think that that's bullshit. So I agree that these gods are idiots but if they are the only ones that can save my sister I guess I will have to forget about that shit for a few minutes and hope / pray for the best.