#if i've missed lore somewhere pLEASE correct me but i find this fascinating

[sezja]

The people of the First make casual reference to "gods" a fair amount ("thank the gods," "godsdammit," etc), but outside of specifically Rak'tika it's not really ever made clear what gods they're talking about. It seems unlikely that they'd worship the Twelve, and certainly there's no sign of it. The only religions we otherwise know of are the worship of the Dark as a concept (also present largely exclusively in Rak'tika) and the Light (once widespread/mainstream, now defunct for obvious reasons). And, of course, the worship of Vauthry as a kind of god-on-earth, though that's not outright stated until the events preceding Mount Gulg.

I kind of get the sense it's a linguistic relic, sort of - there's nothing really behind it; it's just kind of lingered in the dialect because it was such a staple for so long. Few people actually still mean anything by it, and if asked what gods they're talking about, I'm not sure they'd have an answer beyond a kind of vague, "You know... the gods."

At best, there seems to be a kind of belief in the Warrior of Darkness as a semi-holy mythic figure (you know, prior to us showing up and stepping into that role), but I wouldn't necessarily call them a god, so much as a guardian spirit of sorts?

I just think it's a kind of interesting detail about the First.