Servants of Heaven
Divine Spellcasters

Divine spellcasters know every spell available to their class as a prayer to their diety. Casting of divine spells is a result of channeling divine energy through prayer. Divine spellcasters do not memorize spells, nor are they limited as to amount. However, spellcasting can be a fatiguing activity, and much spellcasting will tire a priest.

Classes and descriptions are organized by patron diety.  See as description of the faiths here .

Erik
In Rjurik, all the priests who serve Erik are known as druids.  There is nominally one druidical organization, but in practice the Emerald Spire and the Oaken Grove operate as two distinct organizations.  These two sects are not in direct conflict, and limit their competition to within the courts of the jarls and kinnings.  The most common type of priest among the druids is the Galdar. Like all druids, the Galdar regard Erik as protector of nature and giver of the secrets of the Spirit World, but they focus on his role as protector of nature.  The next most common servant of Erik are the Skalds .  The Skalds are a sect of itinerant teachers and healers who are a repository of Rjurik history and culture.  This knowledge is usually preserved orally in the form of verse or song.  Skalds are often trusted to carry messages, act as ambassadors, and settle disputes.  Skalds focus on Erik's role as the patron of the Rjurik people.   Found most commonly in the cities are the Gothi .  They are a relatively new practice of priestcraft for Erik, having developed after the Rjurik began to settle in cities.  Most Gothi live in urban temples and perform ritals and teach for the urban Rjurik to maintain their link to and understanding of nature and Erik's purpose. The least common form of druid is the seidhr . The seidhr focus on Erik's gift of knowledge of the Spirit World. They are familiar with travels in the Spirit World and combat dangers from other worlds, including the Shadow World.
Erik does not favor one kind of priest over the other, and all caster levels stack for the purpose of divine spellcasting. The first class a character takes is his primary class, and he knows the spell list of that class. That character may learn other spells from other practices as a spell one level higher than its standard form. 

Paladin of Erik - Standing outside the official organization of druids are the rangers. They are warriors with a special regard for Erik. They have skills, abilities, and powers suited to Erik's forest realm. Rangers are included in the counsils of druids, especially in matters of war with humanoids and between realms, and in matters of abuse of the forest.  

Druids of Ruornil - Concerned more with mystic places and the Shadow World than druids of Erik, these priests of Ruornil are nevertheless allies of Erik's priests and those who make their home in Rjurik lands acknowledge the authority of either the Emerald Spire or the Oaken Grove.  

Cleric of Haelyn - On the southern shores of the Taelshore, the temples of the Northern Imperial Temple and Haelyn's Bastion of Truth provide those Anuirean realms with spiritual guidance according to Haelyn's doctrine.  In Rjurik lands, priests of Haelyn are specialists of law and appear in some royal courts as natural allies of kings.  Most lawpriests in Rjurik are advocates of Holn's Companionship, the doctrine that Holn and Erik's doctrines can be synthesized as a complete guide to human action.

Cleric of Nesirie - Wherever coasts support fishmen or sailors, there is at least some reverence to Nesirie, or Narikja, as the Rjurik know her.  The priestesses of Nesirie are always female.  They get along well with the druids of Erik and the priests of Haelyn.  While the priestesses of Nesirie regard the lawpriests of Haelyn to be allies, their relationship with the druids is made amicable by the fact that their spheres of interest are so clearly marked at the shore.

Cleric of Eloéle - Few temples exist to the Sister of Thieves, and her clerics are corespondingly rare, but their are a few in the Taelshore.  Her clerics are nearly all female. Eloéle is virually unknown in Rjurik lands, except among the skalds of Lara and the druids of Lirorn.  Interestingly, the skalds regard her as an unredeemable evil, while the druids of Lirorn mostly just ignore her. In Anuire, her agents are sometimes found in temples of Sera.  

Cleric of Karesha -The Ice Lady is regarded as a hostile power in the Taelshore, so her priestesses conceal themselves.

Druid of Karesha - The Ice Lady's druids blight the land with ice and permifrost. They are attuned to nature, but its an artic nature to be sure.

Cleric of Kirken -

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