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	Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III]] p. 245</ref><ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>		Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III]] p. 245</ref><ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>

	Ezra is purported by some [[historian]]s to have been a servant of [[Hala]] and [[Church of Hala\|her Church]], but this claim would be most likely be met with hostility by Ezra's faithful.<ref>Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III p. 247</ref>		Ezra is purported by some [[historian]]s to have been a servant of [[Hala]] and [[Church of Hala\|her Church]] prior to becoming a goddess, but this claim would be most likely be met with hostility by Ezra's faithful.<ref>Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III p. 247</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	As one might expect, Ezra's true nature is a subject of contention among the different sects, congregations, and [[theologian]]s of the Church. However, the general consensus among major traditions is that she was once a mortal woman, whom offered up her life as [[sacrifice]] to [[the Mists]] in order to protect the people in the face of rampant [[evil]] in the world.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> ~~Tradition holds~~ that, sometime prior to becoming one with the Mists, Ezra broke [[Shield of Ezra (Artifact)\|her shield]] into five pieces and spread them through the [[Land of Mists]]. [[The Shard of the Shield of Ezra\|One such piece]] is held as a [[relic]] in [[Lechberg]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 52-53</ref>		As one might expect, Ezra's true nature is a subject of contention among the different sects, congregations, and [[theologian]]s of the Church. However, the general consensus among major traditions is that she was once a mortal woman, whom offered up her life as [[sacrifice]] to [[the Mists]] in order to protect the people in the face of rampant [[evil]] in the world.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> Some people hold that, sometime prior to becoming one with the Mists, Ezra broke [[Shield of Ezra (Artifact)\|her shield]] into five pieces and spread them through the [[Land of Mists]]. [[The Shard of the Shield of Ezra\|One such piece]] is held as a [[relic]] in [[Lechberg]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 52-53</ref>

	Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>		Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>

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	The people of [[Liffe]] venerate Ezra as one of [[the Thousand Gods\|their Thousand Gods]]<ref>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]]</ref>, though Ezra's church proper ~~might~~ consider this [[heresy]].		The people of [[Liffe]] venerate Ezra as one of [[the Thousand Gods\|their Thousand Gods]]<ref>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]]</ref>, though Ezra's church proper would probably consider this [[heresy]].

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	Longsword<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>		Longsword<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>

			==[[Spell-domains]]==
			[[Destruction Domain\|Destruction]], [[Law Domain\|Law]], [[Healing Domain\|Healing]], [[Mists Domain\|Mists]] (exclusive), [[Protection Domain\|Protection]]<ref>Ravenloft Third Edition p. 54</ref>

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	Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. [[The House of the Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest]]), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>		Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. [[The House of the Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest]]), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>

	Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>		Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III]] p. 245</ref><ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>

			Ezra is purported by some [[historian]]s to have been a servant of [[Hala]] and [[Church of Hala\|her Church]], but this claim would be most likely be met with hostility by Ezra's faithful.<ref>Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium III p. 247</ref>

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	==[[Heresy\|Heresies]]==		==[[Heresy\|Heresies]]==
	Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. [[The House of the Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>		Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. [[The House of the Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest]]), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>

	Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>		Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>

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	==[[Heresy\|Heresies]]==		==[[Heresy\|Heresies]]==
	Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. ~~The~~ [[House of Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>		Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. [[The House of the Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>

	Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>		Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>

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	Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>		Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>

			==[[Heresy\|Heresies]]==
			Several different ideas about Ezra considered [[heretical]] by her Church exist, both within and without her followers. Such heresies can be as simple as that she was a man. The [[House of Sages]] area in [[Richemulot]] serves as a stomping ground and safe haven for [[heretic]]s to the Church. These include the [[Danseurs Divin]] (whom espouse communion with the goddess through special emulation her ways), [[La Balise]] (the Avatar Heresy that supposes her mortal [[avatar]] is [[lost]] in some eldritch [[forest), and the [[the Échansons Heresy]] (which holds that she made herself mortal from the Mists and passed on a mortal bloodline.)<ref>Gazetteer III p. 93-94</ref>

			Outside of her faith, Ezra is seen by the [[Church of the Lawgiver]], the strongest competitor to Ezra's church, to be [[the Lawgiver]]'s concubine in [[Nova Vaasa]]. For their part, the Lawgiver's faithful in that land consider magic enacted in the name of another deity to be heretical.<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 30</ref>

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	As one might expect, Ezra's true nature is a subject of contention among the different sects, congregations, and [[theologian]]s of the Church. However, the general consensus among major traditions is that she was once a mortal woman, whom offered up her life as [[sacrifice]] to [[the Mists]] in order to protect the people in the face of rampant [[evil]] in the world.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> Tradition holds that, sometime prior to becoming one with the Mists, Ezra broke [[Shield of Ezra (Artifact)\|her shield]] into five pieces and spread them through the [[Land of Mists]]. [[The Shard of the Shield of Ezra\|One such piece]] is held as a [[relic]] in [[Lechberg]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 52-53</ref>		As one might expect, Ezra's true nature is a subject of contention among the different sects, congregations, and [[theologian]]s of the Church. However, the general consensus among major traditions is that she was once a mortal woman, whom offered up her life as [[sacrifice]] to [[the Mists]] in order to protect the people in the face of rampant [[evil]] in the world.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> Tradition holds that, sometime prior to becoming one with the Mists, Ezra broke [[Shield of Ezra (Artifact)\|her shield]] into five pieces and spread them through the [[Land of Mists]]. [[The Shard of the Shield of Ezra\|One such piece]] is held as a [[relic]] in [[Lechberg]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 52-53</ref>

	Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>		Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>

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	As one might expect, Ezra's true nature is a subject of contention among the different sects, congregations, and [[theologian]]s of the Church. However, the general consensus among major traditions is that she was once a mortal woman, whom offered up her life as [[sacrifice]] to [[the Mists]] in order to protect the people in the face of rampant [[evil]] in the world.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> Tradition holds that, sometime prior to becoming one with the Mists, Ezra broke [[Shield of Ezra (Artifact)\|her shield]] into five pieces and spread them through the [[Land of Mists]]. [[The Shard of the Shield of Ezra\|One such piece]] is held as a [[relic]] in [[Lechberg]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 52-53</ref>		As one might expect, Ezra's true nature is a subject of contention among the different sects, congregations, and [[theologian]]s of the Church. However, the general consensus among major traditions is that she was once a mortal woman, whom offered up her life as [[sacrifice]] to [[the Mists]] in order to protect the people in the face of rampant [[evil]] in the world.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> Tradition holds that, sometime prior to becoming one with the Mists, Ezra broke [[Shield of Ezra (Artifact)\|her shield]] into five pieces and spread them through the [[Land of Mists]]. [[The Shard of the Shield of Ezra\|One such piece]] is held as a [[relic]] in [[Lechberg]].<ref>[[Van Richten's Arsenal]] p. 52-53</ref>

	Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until [[666 BC]]. ~~In that year~~, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]]. He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref>		Although evidence exists in [[Ste. Mere des Larmes]] that her worship (or some facsimile thereof) may go back much earlier into the [[false history]] of [[Dementlieu]], modern worship in the known history of the Land of Mists did not come until late 7th century of the [[Barovian Calendar]]. In [[666 BC]]<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref, [[Yakov Dilisnya]] experienced a seizure while riding on horseback in his native [[Mordent]]. While recovering, Yakov wrote the [[First Book of Ezra]].<ref name="Gaz IV p. 16">[[Gazetteer IV]] p. 16</ref> He claimed that Ezra bestowed upon him divine insight to share with the rest of the world, and so the Church of Ezra was founded.<ref name="R3E">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 51</ref> As determined by the [[Rite of Revelation]]<ref>Gazetteer III p. 110</ref>, Ezra apparently bestowed revelations to three more [[prophet]]s in the decades to come, the most recent of which is [[Teodorus Raines]], whose visions predicted the [[Time of Unparalleled Darkness]] and led him to establish the fourth, [[Lawful Evil]] branch of Ezra's church in [[Darkon]].<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p. 30</ref>

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