Emperor's Order (Emperor's Order)
The Emperor's Order, the only organized religion in the kingdom, is enormous and powerful. It's main ideas form around worship of Excelsis, the God-Emperor in The Kingdom of Excelsis , who rules over the kingdom and long ago was responsible for it's creation through the Holy Miracles of Man. Because there is but a singular God in this religion, those who worship him do so in a way that reflects what they hope is ruling over them. One may worship a kind and benevolent God who creates peace and order for His people, while others may worship and warlike and strategic God who will grant his strength in expansionist battles. For the most part, however, the Risen, Excelsis' followers, will attend the same churches, learn from the same priests, and pray the same amount. However, those who view Excelsis in a more extreme light, or pray for certain extreme aspects of Excelsis to be shown, form separate groups. (For more information on these groups, see the "Extremists" sidebar.) Generally, Extremists and those who don't worship Excelsis are looked down upon by most while others treat them more harshly. A person who cannot pass off as a Risen may be denied service in shops and from craftsmen, paid less by employers, and even be subject to beatings and public humiliation. Although there are a select few who are not Risen, everyone believes that Excelsis exists in one form or another, for any objection to that would be like denying that the air exists.
To defend the broken, to defend the divine
Extremists
Many extreme offshoots of the Emperor's Order are almost unrecognizable from the worship and tradition that they originated from. Whether that means they murder in the streets or pray through dancing in fields of green, it is clear that they are very separated from the traditional Risen. These groups include:- Order of the World Eater , who are dedicated to violence and death and pray to Excelsis through sacrifice, asking from him the destruction of all things
- The Past Seers, who believe that the holy scripture the Risen read from is false, and pray through meditation and fasting to grant themselves visions of past events and rewrite the scripture into its true form
- The Will of the People, who believe that Excelsis is a tyrant who is responsible for more harm than good, and wants to kill him after removing any chance of a child being born in his domain so that he can never take power again