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'''Divine magic is the tiniest spark of godhood, or so most who use it would hope.''' Among most races, being able to cast divine magic is something everyone strives for. Being built around religion, the society believes that having even the tiniest bit of god-given power is a sign of greatness. Divine spellcasters are always treated as nobles, and many people are trained from birth to join the highest ranking clergymen. Noble families of clerics rise where families of knights may have risen in other worlds.
Clerics are thought of as the holy crusaders of each church. They learn weaponry skills, train to endure fighting in armor, and even cast divine spells. While there are many, they are the most worshiped, being truly gifted in their abilities. For long-lived races like elves and dwarves, families will often pass down traditional training of clerics, fathers teaching sons, sons teaching grandsons. In short-lived races, families usually send one of their children to train at the church from an early age to become a cleric. The training if often expensive, similar to sending someone to a prestigious private school. Because of this, social classes form easily, keeping those not expensive wealthy enough to be taught the ways of clerics from becoming a higher class.
Favored Souls are the exception to this rule. They are almost unheard of in long-lived races, but among others, they are worshiped like gods on earth. If a peasant farmer has a child who is a Favored Soul, they will instantly become nobles. Their child will be raised has a holy warrior, being hand picked by their god to serve them. Favored Souls, because of their low-class upbringing and lack of training, are often undisciplined and not always knowledgeable on the dogma and teachings of their gods. They are purely for forcing the enemies of the church into submission. Regardless of their lack of scruples, they are still always treated like sons of the highest nobles, as they are often called children of their god.
