Religion and Magic of Exodus
The main religion is called "The Faith of the Exodus". There are also sub-religions though most follow this one. It is about the Eight gods of the World. They left their life behind to help the world out. That is why the religion is called that. The first god, the god of Creation and Creation Magic: Zenos. The goddess of Life and Death and Life Magic: Lime. The god of Commerce: Theodore. The God of Magic: Mana, named after the energy for magic and the deity of the four elements and higher forms of them along with Light, Space, and Time. The god of War: Batun, a man who once rained down war! The god of Skill: Grimm. The God of Martial Ability: Bruce. The Goddess of Earth: Ertha. An Finally the Goddess of Hurito: Hurito. There are more and they will be touched upon later.
Now These gods can give blessings to people who are baptized. People are baptized at the age of 8 since they are old enough to start learning. At age 8 they go to the church and can be given a blessing from 1-5. They also cannot be given a blessing. The blessings give them a better chance or knowledge in those fields. They are also given Status magic to look at their current Stats. Here is an example of what will be on the Status screen.
Example Status Screen
Status
[Name: Alex ———]
[Race: Human], [Gender: Female], [Age: Nine years Old]
[Level: 1]
[HP: 150/150]
[MP: 230/230]
[Ability: E]
Strength 100
Agility 0.5
Stamina 30
Endurance 50
IQ 15
MD 2
[Title(s): Commoner, Survivor]
[Magic]
Fire Magic Lv.1
Wind Magic Lv.1
[Skill(s)]
Survival (Passive) Lv.2
Hand to Hand Combat Lv.1
[Blessing(s)]
Blessing of the god of Skill Lv.1
Blessing of the god of War Lv. 2
(HP) means Health Points
(MP) means Magic Power
(Ability) will be touched upon later
(Passive) will be touched upon later
Now the Status Window can also show your elements as seen above. The Elements in this world are Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. Now those can go from Levels 1-10. When they reach 10 you can raise them to an advanced level. The Advanced Level go 1-5. When you max that out you have the option to get a Higher form. For Earth you have Gravity, For Wind you have Sound, For water you have Ice, and for Fire you have Lightning, those can also go up to 5. You also have Light, Dark, Life, Creation, Space, and Time Magic, you can also have combination magics, those have the same system as normal magic. Now Time Magic is so rare that most don't think it exists. As the continent section we are in has over 74 million people in it only around 74 people could use it. But probably only 5 can use it effectively.
A quick fact is all magic can be used in spells.
For Earths Higher form, Gravity, you can use it to increase or Decrease the weight of a inanimate object. It can also manipulate the Gravity of a Certain area, though it cannot go beyond the extent of your current powers. It is also used in many spells, though not flight since that belongs to another, though can be used to make something fly.
For Winds Higher Form, Sound, you can use it to Eliminate or Increase the volume of sound. You can also make your voice be heard in a large area, like an auditorium or commanding an Army. It can also be applied to inanimate objects. Can also be used in many spells like Ultimate Silence.
For Waters Higher form, Ice, you can use it for spells and to freeze stuff solid. Not really much to it sadly.
For Fires Higher Form, Lightning, which is considered the highest in advanced forms, since fire is the highest form of natural magic. For Lightning there are two forms, Internal and External. Most Consider Internal weak and unneeded as it only gives you a boost in speed, plus it does damage if not used correctly. As for External it can be used for far range attacks and is close to Light magic. The higher it goes starting with Fire at Orange, Blue, Yellow, and Finally Black. Now those first two are fire and the last Lightning. You also have some shades in between those. The Darker the Lightning the Higher in power it is, though if Black is used internally it will cause permanent Damage.
Note Advanced fire magic is not lightning, Lightning comes after Advanced fire.
Now Light Magic is used mostly by Churches and Mages for fighting Demons and Dark Creatures like the Hades Serpent. Its rarity is about 10% of people in the world.
Dark Magic is not used due to its looks being similar to black magic. Due to that it is though of similarly to black magic. It is also a natural trait in Dark Elves and Fairies.
Black Magic is used by Black mages and not accepted by most society's. The only kingdom that allows them is the Kingdom of Jones. It is also used for Necromancers and Dark Arts. It can only be obtained through dark means.
Life Magic is used by Churches and Healers due to its healing and life giving Properties. It is accepted by all kingdoms and can only be used by those with a blessing from the god of Life and Death. An if you don't believe in the gods, even if you have a blessing, you won't be able to use it. That is the reason that only the Churches Followers can use it along with the bishops and others.
Creation magic is only used by 5% of the world. It can be used to make buildings and if combined with Fire and the combination magic of Metal you can make weapons. So the users are very Valued in this world due to their abilities.
Space magic can only be used by 2% of the world. It can be used to make Magic Storing Bags and not much more sadly. But about only 0.5% of the world can use an Item box Skill. An only then can it go up to 1000000 Feet Cubed or a Volume/square of 100x100x100 feet. The Item box looks like a sphere that glows like a Rainbow. It is considered a Mini-blackhole by some since it sucks whatever touches it in, in a swirling motion.
Time Magic, the rarest, can only be used by 0.0001% of the world. You take what I said earlier into account only 5 can use it sadly, and not that much as well. It can be used to rewind time up to 60 seconds, but no more sadly, even by the best it can't go more. It can also be used to slow down or speed up time on people.
Now it is common to have one type of Magic, but not more though. For the four basic elements everyone has at least one, mostly chosen by species. Around 40% of each section have two, 35% three, and 30% four, not including advanced forms. Around 30% have a Higher form in each section, 25% two, 20% three, and 15% four. But just because someone has all four basic elements, doesn't mean they have an Higher form.
Ability, this consists of their current ability in combat. This is based off of five different things, Strength, Agility, Stamina, Endurance, and IQ. Strength, it is measured by how many pounds that you can lift, the average for adventurers are around 175, for everyone else 125. Agility, it is measured by your reaction speed to get out of Danger, above in the Below average Status they can react to something in a half second, the actual average. Stamina, it is measured by how long you can Jog in minutes without any weight, this also contributes to fighting. Endurance, it is how long you can endure something, it is measured by your ability to withstand something. Finally, IQ, how smart you are, it shows your smarts in the world.
Muscle Density for Race will appear under Ability as well. It will show the amount of Density for that race. If you are wondering what it is, just check the Bestiary.
Now here is some info on Skills. People can be given Skills with levels from 1-5. Now if you have the Skill gods Blessing you can obtain more skills by learning them. Like if you typically hunt you obtain that skill, or you already had it. Here is another example, you are interested in martial arts and don't have that skill. By training in it, you have a chance to obtain the skill. But you also have a limit based on the level of blessing. Without one you can only have up to 25 skills. With each blessing level you get 5 Skills for each. Though you can train for a lot and earn more. But you can have a max of up to 50 skills, 25 of which are from blessings. You have two versions of skills as well, Passive and Activated. Passive is something that happens on instinct like muscle memory. Activated are stuff like Swordsmanship and Hand to Hand combat that require forms, but if raised to a certain degree they can advance into Passive skills.
Now as far as gods go there are also lower gods to watch over each individual race. Their only job is to watch over them sadly, but unlike the Higher gods, they can send down messengers, or Divine beasts. They are sent to defend the Apostle and are impossible to identify. But there are also other things, the descendants of the goddess of Magic, other gods, are gods of some things. Those things are stuff like Combination Magics, like Lava, Metal, Mist, and Mud magics. Those are combinations, they are used by combining one or more magics. Now other lower gods are like gods of Emotions and acts. Some of which are God of Murder, God of Hatred, God of Fun, and such.