Religion

Deities, whether good or evil, lawful or chaotic, are powerful beings, their fights epic in proportion and the tales have been written about their deeds and songs have been sung by peoples across the land. As the source of power for many clerics and other divinely blessed casters, their influence remains strong within the Ascalon empire.

Central Plane
All the deities currently exist within the same plane, a large and spanning plane where different deities have forged, and broken, alliances with each other in an attempt to grab at whatever land is available. Even amongst the most evil and vile of the deity there exist some uneasy alliance, as without allies, one does not last long in this plane. Although this plane is a poor excuse compared to what some of the older deities have become accustomed to, they grudgingly exist here, the reason for such being largely unknown.

Despite the circumstance, each deity still maintains there own demiplanes, which are connected to this central plane. Although small, the demiplanes act as a seperate layer upon the plane, rather than being it's own plane. Within their demilpanes, a deity is much more powerful as the area is literally theirs to command and as such it would typically be foolish to challenge them head on.

There still exists much mystery on why the deities are currently in this central plane, and to the common man, there is doubt that a place where all the deities reside in seems rather farfetched  (as to them, they believe each deity exists within their own plane) and that the tax money being put to researching such things is a large waste.

Worship in Ascalon
Every citizen within the Ascalon empire is free to worship whatever deity they please, and build whatever temple they wish, provided they obtain the proper permissions. The current Divine representative in the Ascalon council is typically the one that will handle such matters, although in some of the smaller communities, there are much less restrictions. Small temples to each deity dot mainly the upper class areas of Prominus, although there does exist a few temples dedicated to the working man's deities in the middle class area. In the slums, due to lack of funding, typically one would find a shrine instead.