Valhallan

'Lo, there do I see my father.
'Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers.
'Lo, there do I see the line of my people,
Back to the beginning.
'Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them.
In the halls of Valhalla.
Where the brave may live forever.
~ a common warrior prayer

Valhallan is the term used in reference to one of the Dargarth's primary folk-faiths. While superficially holding some traits in common with other so-called death and ancestral cults, the term does not properly apply once more than a passing familiarity is had with the religion.

The central belief of the religion is that this existence is the afterlife: we have all already passed on, and are residing in the warrior afterlife.

Adherents claim this to belief to be derived from simple observation: compatriots are witnessed to be killed or mortally wounded, later to reappear as if nothing amiss has occurred. Individuals black out when death likely would have occurred, and later return to consciousness with no memory of time passed, no evidence of wounds sustained, and with armor, shields, and other gear mended. Bodies often disappear from the battlefield, leaving no remains to bury. And after returning to consciousness it is almost always discovered that the individual has been removed from their last remembered location, sometimes by great distances.

Valhallan tends to be a personal faith, without a central organization. It is often followed by family clans, in addition to lending itself to individuals, and warrior fellowships. It is a faith native to the Dargarthian continent, and is held by some country leaders, in addition to rumor that it is the predominant faith of Legion.