Connection to the Divine

For one's soul to cross into the afterlife they require a connection to the greater powers of the universe, the divine. Those without a connection are doomed to roam on the world as a confused spirit until put to rest by some means.

In the previous era the people of Toll largely connected to the divine via the many deities connected to the world. This was how it always had been since the birth of the races. However around the time of the Sundering the gods of Toll were slain in an event called the Divine Massacre. This disconnected the people of Toll from their connection to the divine, and doomed those who passed to roam the world as lost spirits.

By the end of the Age of Darkness however the people of Toll had discovered new connections to bridge their souls with the afterlife. In the wild those who communed with nature found that connection through the Verdancy. Across most of the developed civilizations adopted the Holy Light and regimented that into the Ecclesiastic Order of the Holy Light. Other more sinister figures have found ways through dark forces such as the Seven Shades, the Elemental Tyrants, and Fiendish powers.