Editing Olitskur (section)

===Religion===
The Olitsken god is the [[Godbeasts|Leviathan]], and the Leviathan is very, very real. It is a massive, violent sea serpent that roams the seas, alight in signature patterns of lumens.  Legend has it that, in ancient times, those living on the Eniyan coasts offered human sacrifices to the Leviathan, for its blessing, or to pray for calm seas, or out of abject fear, and indeed, the Leviathan took these victims. 

But, not all perished. Survivors were taken back to the Leviathan's home in Olitskur and, depending on the teller, what happened next varies. It is one of the few stories not agreed upon in the histories. Some say, clever sacrifices hid from the Leviathan, scraping out a life for themselves in secret, and slowly, over the years, their children adapted. Others say that the Leviathan--jealous of other gods' creations--used its magic to twist the bodies of its victims until the ianthina were born. Still others--kinder folk--say the Leviathan was simply lonely, trapped in the arctic waters, and changed the humans it took because it craved a family, as they all do. 

The Leviathan still visits Olitsken cities regularly.  A city of any substantial size has a massive temple dedicated to it, a place where the Leviathan will come, sleep, and the ianthina who work there will ply it with food, music, and other entertainment. Occasionally, the Leviathan has acted destructively, killing people or destroying buildings, so when it comes, Olitskens are desperate to please. Temples are always large, open, and lavishly decorated. Some ianthina have dreamed up kinder gods, but these religions are much more niche. Most Olitskens take very little stock in faith: if you cannot see a god and it does not respond to you, then it must not exist. Consequently, they see very little reason for religious symbols. Gods are simply something that are, not things they owe any loyalty too.