The Church of Light and Dark is one of the world's largest religions and claims most of the human population as well as many members of other races. The Church of Light and Dark is composed of the following gods.
| Thoth (N) (Knowledge/Magic/Wisdom) |
Osiris (P) (Law) |
Amun-Ra (S) (Sun/Rulership) |
| Isis (P) (Nature/Love/Fertility/Warriors) |
Horus (S) (Sky/War/Hunting) |
Bennu (S) (Death/Rebirth/Ressurection) |
| Apis (U) (Healing) |
Aramesh (U) (Neutrality/Balance) |
Belis (S) (Guardians) |
| Melustra (P) (Magic) |
Mirigan (P) (War) |
Nahualli (S) (Life) |
| Searia (An) (Beauty) |
Stethrin (U) (craftsmen) |
Storia (An) (Thieves/Politicians) |
| Valthjona (An) (Battle) |
Val`Tira (P) (Light/Purity) |
Yaggdrasil (An) (Druids) |
| Agrik (D) (Pestilence/Treachery/Blood) |
Sobek (D) (Predators) |
Shu (D) (Storms) |
| Set (D) (Chaos/Change) |
Anubis (Ab) (Underworld) |
Apepi (D) (Dragon God) |
| Amon (D) (Destruction/Deceit/Betrayal) |
Anhur (D) (Fear/Horror/Discord) |
Ammit (D) (Monsters/Beasts) |
| Bes (D) (Insanity/Depravity/Torture) |
Falniera (M) (War/Vengeance) |
Harken (D) (Death) |
| Quarle (D) (Assassins/Treachery) |
Skulk (D) (Darkness/Strife) |
Thaid (D) (Undead) |
| Zorchlich (D) (Necromancy/Dark Magic) |
Apophis (Ab) (Demons/Devils) |
Khonsu (Ab) (Moon) |
... fire and water, my fellow Priests of Light and Dark, water and fire. Our Church has survived ten thousand years by the law of water and fire. If our Church is to survive another ten thousand, it must be by fire and water... — the words of Demiurge P'tah from The Book of Ma'at.
Because it can change with tide and time, it has endured. For tens of thousands of years the Church of Light and Dark has endured, as the waves of history have swept over the World, sweeping away scores of other religions. As the elders would tell you, the Church has endured because it is flexible. Because it embraces both the light and the dark. Other religions, as the scholars might put it, are constantly born, struggle, grow, contest with their siblings, and eventually die. Most, unlike the Church of Light and Dark, do not take root. Even those that do take root either wither, or burn. They do not endure.
Why? According to the Demiurge P'tah, who wrote of this subject over 5,000 years ago, all religions contain the seed of their own destruction. They are either born with the seed of fanaticism, or they are born with the seed of conservatism. Those born of fanaticism tend to turn on themselves after they finally dominate those around them, still seeking enemies from within, until they have split themselves into factions that war and destroy each other.
The seed of conservatism takes longer to take root, since such religions grow slowly, but once successful, fail to inspire their own children, and eventually fade away — a slow death.
Without fire, religions die. Without water (as P'tah would say), they eventually burn. The Church of Light and Dark contains both the water and the fire, both the good and the evil. Or, as a more recent Priest of Light and Dark has said, "If there is no room in a good religion for those of small evil, how will they find the prosperous merchants? If there is no room in an evil religion for those of small good, how will they find gallant warriors? And if there is no room in a selfish religion for the generous, then how will they raise money?"