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-'''Divine essence''' is what gives the Divine the power to punish and favor mortals. Only certain order members and the Divine themself may see exactly how much essence they have, however anyone can contribute essence to their chosen divine.
+:''This page is about the Godly form of essence. For other uses of ''essence'', see [[Essence (disambiguation)]].''
+'''Divine essence''' is a quantified manifestation of Divine being. It is what gives the Divine authority over their realm as well as the power to punish and favour [[mortal|mortals]], amongst other things. For example, this most unearthly "substance" is responsible for the actualisation of new [[Gods]], as when [[Neraeos]] absorbed the essence of His father [[Caspian (Elder God)|Caspian]] to become the new God of the Sea, or for powerful acts of genesis, as when the essence of [[Gaia]] and [[Twilight]] was imbued to a [[:category:forests|forest]] to lead to the creation of [[Darkenwood]].
+Only certain [[Divine Order|Order]] members and the Divinities Themselves may know exactly how much essence a God has, but anyone can contribute essence to any chosen God. This is usually done via a shrine and is called "offering".
 ==Offering==
-Offering corpses and gold to your chosen Divine is what raises their essence and allows them to do many things.
+Offering corpses and [[gold sovereigns|gold]] to your chosen Divine raises that God's essence and allows Him or Her to do many things.
-Offering consists of three steps.
+Offering consists of three steps:
-# Kill denizens or get gold
+# Kill [[denizens]] or [[creatures]] for their corpses or obtain gold.
-# Find [[shrines]] of the Divine you wish to make an offering to
+# Find [[shrines]] of the God you wish to make an offering to.
-# OFFER <object> and your offering will be taken
+# OFFER <object> and your offering will be taken.
-Please note that diffrent types of [[denizen]]s will have a different amount of essence. For example, offering a rat and a pixie will give different amounts of essence. Generally, more powerful denizens will be worth more divine essence.
+Different types of offerings will be worth different amounts of essence. For example, offering a [[Pixies|pixie]] and a [[Mountain lions|mountain lion]] will give different amounts of essence. Generally, more powerful creatures will be worth more Divine essence.
 ==Defiling==
-Defiling is the process of destroying a Divine's shrine.  Although the Divine does not lose essence directly from defiling, it costs nearly 200,000 essence to raise a shrine and sanctify it to full power and size.  This means that you are indirectly costing the Divine essence.  Please use the utmost caution when defiling shrines, as the Order members and Divine will be immediately notified and have the right to slay you if you continue the process.
+Defiling is the process of destroying one of a God's or Goddess's holy shrines. Destruction of a shrine exacts a cost in divine essence from that Divine, and reduces the number of locations at which essence can be offered to Him or Her. Order members and Divine are immediately notified when a shrine is being defiled, and have the opportunity to witness the actions of the defiler. Successfully witnessing an act of defilement will generate a [[Writs (contracts)|writ]], which confers the right to kill or hire an assassin upon the defiler.
+To defile, one must OFFER <object or gold> TO DEFILE in a room containing a shrine.
+==Sanctifying==
+After a shrine has been defiled, it may be restored to full size and strength through the process of sanctifying. Anyone may sanctify a shrine, provided that it is not already at full strength.
+To sanctify, one must OFFER <object or gold> TO SANCTIFY in a room containing a shrine.
 [[Category:Religion]]