Pagans

Pagans are any people that worship something other than the Greater or Lesser Gods. The term can be misleading as it implies that pagans are united, but this is not the case. It might refer to any number of opposing tribes, creeds and cultures, and the people themselves may come from any race and ethnicity.

Examples of large pagan populations include but are not limited to:
 * Kasligoth, an organized pagan nation west of Vendreic.
 * The indigenous people of Othos, who are split into many competing tribes.

Beliefs
Pagans tend to hold animist views and worship the spirits of objects, places, and animals. Some pagans extend this belief to worship fey creatures. Rather than proper temples they might gather in circles of trees and stones.

Some druids are exclusively pagan, while other groups blend pagan belief with modern theology.

Some legends suggest that there was a time in Materias before the gods arrived, and that the pantheon are in fact immigrants or even invaders.

Discrimination
To some, the beliefs of pagans (or lack thereof) could be considered uncivilized, offensive, or even heretical. Stereotypes were quick to be generated in more staunchly religious areas, suggesting that pagans not only rejected the gods but actively opposed them. Pagans were sometimes considered unclean, both physically and spiritually. They were said to commit taboos such as incest and cannibalism, possibly even human sacrifice, and that the spirits they worshiped were in fact fiends.