Divine Offerings

Throughout most of Eshor, the gods are primarily honoured through prayer and acts of devotion. In Asuria, however, many sects maintain the ancient Asurian Empire tradition of making divine offerings. These sacrifices take many forms. Foods, from meat, grain and other raw products of the farmyard to more complex products like cheese, mead, ale, wine, olive oil, and Garum are most common, followed closely by feasts served with an empty seat at the head of the table, for the god or goddess being honoured to occupy. Most gods who take such offerings have a set of traditional foods, such as a bowl of grain or the heart of a boar, as well as the ever popular Bread and Oil opening course, but most offerings made allow for much greater diversity than just the essentials.
Tradition holds that any who takes such a seat, or partakes of the food laid at the altar, is possessed by that deity's essence, making an appearance to visibly partake in the meal. There are a number of cases where this has been confirmed - some to the misfortune of the poor fool attempting to stop a deity from enjoying their offering in person - so while most cases are probably just some desperately hungry vagabond willing to risk divine punishment, they are permitted to do so freely, lest one accidentally disturb their deity's repast.
Most other gods are provided for though the offering of some form of exquisite craftsmanship. One notable example of this is an offering of broken pottery, carefully assembled and glued together through a mixture of an adhesive glaze and a contrasting pigment, creating brilliant lines highlighting the idea that it is the flaws that make the world as a whole unique and wonderful.
A handful of the gods follow a darker path, demanding blood or the life of a living being. In ancient times, these offerings were made with human blood and human lives, or that of another sapient folk. Such gods are rarely worshiped at all in modern times (at least publicly), but in sites dedicated to the entire pantheon such as the Abbey in Caelester, the blood and lives of livestock already destined for the butcher's knife are used as a substitute.