Church of the Lawgiver

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		The Iron Tyrant The Black Lord The Iron Faith Bane

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Influence & reach

The Church of the Lawgiver has a far tighter grip on affairs that matter to it in Nova Vaasa than Othmar Bolshnik imagines. And it is willing to bolster his authority precisely to the extent that the result is a strengthening of its own authority. The leaders of the Church would be threatened by the reincarnation of Sainted Prince Gorkyn. What they see in Othmar is rather a whelp that can be turned into a reliable watchdog if thrown sufficient bones.

The situation of the Church in Halzan is vastly more difficult. It finds itself in the extremely uncomfortable situation of supporting the rule of an arcane spellcaster. It really doesn't know what to do with the leader of that land and its Pave finds himself in nigh impossible position.

Hierarchy

The Church of the Lawgiver is led by a Himmelsk Naeve (Divine Fist)
One Pave for Hazlan and one Pave for Nova Vaasa serve the 'Himmelsk Naeve
One Aerkebiskop per region for a total of four in Hazlan, and likewise four in Nova Vaasa, serves the respective Pave.
One Biskop per dommerserves an Aerkebiskop.
One Kontor presides over each fane, leading the actual rites of worship.

The hierarchy at present:

Himmelsk Naeve Pieter Jergaar, male, Clr16, Kantora

  Pave Lod Ragnaar, male, Clr13, Bergovitsa

     Aerkebiskop Bearnt Chekiv, male, Clr7, Arbora

  Pave Stavroz Vatsisk, male, Clr12, Toyalis

      Aerkebiskop Melkior Vadnais, male, Clr8, Sly-Var

      Aerkebiskop Verzin Lols, male, Clr10, Toyalis

Orders

Kunduktørs (“Guardians”) tend to the dead, take vows of silence, and study the nature of death in the search for understanding of universal and eternal law. Hazlani Kunduktørs spawned the heresy that the Great Upheaval marked the destruction of the Lawgiver, draining the faith and its rites of life.

Gudkædes (God-chains) are the marshal order sworn to the defence of the Church and the destruction of its enemies. They are not quite the force that they once were, for want of occasion to exercise their strength.

Jernspørgsmålers (Iron Inquisitors) are the fire fighters of the church, extinguishing the lives of heretics and traitors. They creep into every corner of the institution, often donning the cloth of their prey.

Didakti (Teachers) are the fire inspectors of the church, ever seeking and testing flaws and weaknesses of character or of reasoning that could be the fuel or the spark of heresy or treason. They work closely with the Jernspørgsmålers, but are far more given to pondering the descent into, and nature of, iniquity.

Orders have their own internal hierarchy and are answerable only to the Pave of their land and the Himmelsk Naeve himself.

Members of the orders

Johan Bolshnik, Jernspørgsmålers, male, Clr3/Rog1, Kantora

Heresies

Heretics

Lukas Duremke, male, Clr6, Arbora

Rites, Ceremonies, Holy Days

Spells are prayed for at highnoon, in the full-light of day, that the Lawgiver might see and weigh all.

Services are held nightly, after the working day has ended, with twice weekly attendance being expected at a minimum.

During the Day of Penance, on New Year's days, the faith are expected to undertake an accounting of their failings of the past year and the prepare themselves to make a better showing in the year to come.

During the Celebration of the Reemergence, which celebrates the end of the Great Unheaval and is held in August upon the first full moon, the Lawgiver is thanked for his return and his success in restoring normalcy.

WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Main Headquarters in Nova Vaasa and Hazlan(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)