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'''<big>Associated domains are recommendations, not requirements, and a Primary Domain must still be taken to be valid as a Relic Guardian (Cleric).</big>''' | '''<big>Associated domains are recommendations, not requirements, and a Primary Domain must still be taken to be valid as a Relic Guardian (Cleric).</big>''' | ||
=Common Faiths= | =''Common Faiths''= | ||
==The Nine Faced God== | ==The Nine Faced God== | ||
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The Sun in its aspect as a being in diaspora, eternally doomed to leave the skies to darkness, but likewise prophesied to forever return. The followers of this strange faith congregate when their object of worship has left the sky and plunged the world into night. They light torches, sing praises, and make a great show of remembering the Sun each night, that it might return to them. During the day they are at peace, confident in the assurance that their nightly rites have ensured the return of the day. Acolytes of this faith wield powers of hope and renewal, and through strange signs can banish the undead and sunder dark magic. | The Sun in its aspect as a being in diaspora, eternally doomed to leave the skies to darkness, but likewise prophesied to forever return. The followers of this strange faith congregate when their object of worship has left the sky and plunged the world into night. They light torches, sing praises, and make a great show of remembering the Sun each night, that it might return to them. During the day they are at peace, confident in the assurance that their nightly rites have ensured the return of the day. Acolytes of this faith wield powers of hope and renewal, and through strange signs can banish the undead and sunder dark magic. | ||
=Organized Faiths= | =''Organized Faiths''= | ||
==The Hundred Scrolls== | ==The Hundred Scrolls== | ||
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Her followers divide themselves into two sects. The first, her "White Lies," are self-described knights of the virtues of blind faith and hopeless causes. The second, her "Black Lies", are accused of being little more than secretive mad men, reveling in the act of deception. Paradoxically, the two sects have been known to work together closely in matters of faith. | Her followers divide themselves into two sects. The first, her "White Lies," are self-described knights of the virtues of blind faith and hopeless causes. The second, her "Black Lies", are accused of being little more than secretive mad men, reveling in the act of deception. Paradoxically, the two sects have been known to work together closely in matters of faith. | ||
=Fringe Faiths= | =''Fringe Faiths''= | ||
==Pzatharun== | ==Pzatharun== | ||
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Please feel free to consult with Howlando directly if you have questions about how to tastefully portray this faith. | Please feel free to consult with Howlando directly if you have questions about how to tastefully portray this faith. | ||
=Monstrous Faiths= | ==The Divine Alphabet== | ||
'''Associated Domains:''' Knowledge, Protection, Rune, Spell, Travel | |||
'''Focus: Literacy, Conservation, Secret Patterns''' | |||
'''Special Requirements: None''' | |||
The Faith of the Divine Alphabet is a small and obscure cult of itinerant scholars found in occasional pockets throughout the City of Rings. Followers of the faith believe that the Divine and its many potent truths and powers can be grasped through the careful and complete study of the City’s many texts, runes, and glyphs. In these units of abstraction more commonly known as "letters" can be discerned sacred atomicity, geometric beauty, and hidden power. Other gods tend to be dismissed as lower powers that lack divinity but are simply manifestations of the universal truths contained within the complexities of the Alphabet-Divine-So-Inscribed. | |||
Followers of the Divine Alphabet are few in number and lack an organized hierarchy. One legend that is occasionally spoken of is the Burning of the Logeion, an incident in which their Logeion (a principle temple-library) was burned by a mob. It is disputed where the Logeion was located and who was responsible for its destruction, although followers of the Nine Faced God are commonly blamed and indeed there often tends to be considerable hostility between the two sects. | |||
=''Monstrous Faiths''= | |||
==Ngog and Ozod== | ==Ngog and Ozod== | ||