Valtang Belief

The faith of the Danelands is unique in that, on the surface, it seems to have sprung whole-cloth among the Danish without any influence from more traditional Triadic faiths. Scholars point out, however, that the Danish people use dwarven runes for writing, so they must have had some contact with the rest of the world and those who believe in the Triad in ancient times. Under the surface, however, many scholars believe that the Danish people actually do worship the Triadic gods but somehow lost access to most of the stories, apocrypha and holy books over the centuries and came up with their own stories based on a combination of a collective memory of the gods and acts by mortal kings and heroes.

The Danish gods are generally bellicose and larger than life. They promote physical conflict and war as a means to spiritual reward over peace and scholastic, despite their chief god having given his eye to learn knowledge of the world. If the Danish people have clerics, none have been seen. Certainly, it is believed that they have some religious leadership, but as these men (or women) do not join in on raids and have not settled in regions the Danish people have conquered, they are as much a mystery as the origin of the faith itself.