Servants of The Sacreds
The religion of the ancient kings and queens that built the land of Oliviara with their bare hands and raw magical talents. The sacreds are worshipped by nearly all of the titans in and around the continent of Oliviara. It is the major religion of the race and stems straight from their magical surroundings and stories handed down by elders through the eras. The Servants are the royal-backed organisation that spreads the word and tends to the the religious needs of most of the people on the continent. Even those who subscribe to more cultish beliefs still hold the names of the Sacreds above all. They are worshipped in the cities in temples built to honor them and there are shrines to them littered throughout the kingdoms villages and towns. Their feats, wisdoms and actions have been recorded by the Servants for millenia in the Black Scrolls, the holy text of the belief. The supreme leader of the religion, the Great Servant, is the mortal head of the religion. He resides at the Great Temple of the King of the Gods in the city of Vanis, Transyl. According to the Scrolls, he is the mortal link between the Sacreds and the rest of the living world. He chooses which servants will be come Grand Servants and serve kings in their capitals. These Grand Servants in turn are the ones who select which servants will serve as Arch Servants of their own temples. Each major city has a temple, so much so that they have become a symbol of pride for cities as having one indicates a level of prestige. Each of these temples has an Arch Servant. And some of the larger shrines are far enough removed from cities as to not be under the jurisdiction of a city 's Arch Servant, and are staffed by Servantas, volunteers who have given their lives to the faith. They all have the permission of the Great Servant to perform rites, rituals and ceremonies in his name and in turn they all report on the spiritual health of all titans back to Transyl and the Great Temple. The temple is the biggest in the faith and one of the oldest surviving temples in the whole religion. This particular temple is dedicated to the King of The Gods, the greatest god and head of the pantheon. Though the gods are worshipped by all the titans, some are more than others and worship varies by location and city. For instance the King of Swords, the nominal deity of war within the religion is worshipped only during times of conflict except for in Lu Pri, the Free City of Lilium and on the island of Drown Dead Isle. Each of the gods are worshipped on different days of the week and what god a city has dedicated itself to has decided individual cities weekdays and weekends for millenia. The gods have no names that are known by their followers as thus, The King of The Gods, The King of The Rivers, The King of The Clouds, The King of the Mountains, The King of The Forest , The Queen of Lovers, The King of Swords, The King of the Gilded Dead, The Queen of The Tainted Dead, The King of Oceans, The Queen of Monsters. These are the main gods, the ones people refer to when they mention the Sacreds or the Gods. Though there are hundreds of holy princes and dukes that are all worshipped alongside them.
Tenets of Faith
The Titans of Oliviara follow the teachings and learn fromth ewisdom of the first Kings as theyare written in the blakc scrolls a collection of writings oral histories and traditions passed down by theie ancestors. they practice magic as a religios ritual and ahrness its power in thier image invoking thier name and likeness when using spells or using any other form of magic.
Ethics
sins are acts that defame insult upset or anger the gods. this includes taking them and thier deeds for granted or commiting wickedness in thier name
to live a pious life in the eyes of the sacreds one must give away all possesions and become a servant barring this a regular moment oif appreication for them and the world tghey have made in thier holy benevelance is considered good practice and enough for a less sinful man to get and stay in thier good graces
Priesthood
the peple of the faith are called the servants. the titns of the lowest level of the hierahcy of the religoin, the servantas where black caps and head coverings to denote thier devotion and people of the public who are particully faithful folllow suit and wear black headwear as a show of faith the high notches on the totem pole wear robes to distinguist thie r supieriorities the arch servants of the cites may have thier black cloaks trimmed with the colors of the city they serve. they are appointed to this position directly b the grand servantof thier region and must report to him first even before the leader of the country they may inhabit. tehy serve for 10 yars then are forbidden to return to the land they serve. the grand servants wear a robeb of black like the the arch sertvant but also wears a crown tosignify thier status as equal to the king they may serve. some less pious kings take issu ewith this. this rank of the faith is elected by three votes the king, the great servant himself and the people of the land they are to serve. they serve for life or at the pleasure of teh rulers of the realm they serve. the great servant is chosen by all the arch and grand servants of hte land of oliviara. this position is also a lifetime position he wears white. a robe of white and a head peice passed down supposedly from the first ever great servant who it is said was the scribe of the king of the great king of the gods himself. he commands the faith an dits impressive army of 10000000 holy warriors.
Granted Divine Powers
.thei magic of .the titans were passed down from theses original kings and queens to the first people of oliviara. today only those who could afford totors or to go to he god speciic private schools all a around the kingdom are able to practice magic to any evel off proficency
Political Influence & Intrigue
the sacreds themselves hold varying levels of sway over the daily operations of the kingdoms and countires of the land . in kimion and it disperate cities and towns theey sreve mrerly as moral authority, passing relious judgement on a relitively receptive public in the free staes they holdalmost no importants to the generally a religious populous tho each city state posesses its own church one of many remnants of the Transylinan empire throughw hcih organised worship of the faith spread. in transyl it self they are held in very high regard as the empire is second only to the teocratic republic of the proviece of hafeer, a state once said to be under the banner of what ever colonial system was used in old oslyna. the provienc is ran by a sec of the faith known as the haffi, waroir monks who practise extreme rituals and are rumored to hsave secret mystic powers. in minia the situation is inverse as the crown of the land has declared war on the faith after accusing them of several attacks on the peple of the kingdom. their temples and shrines have been destroyed or are being gaurded and the king has put a bounty on the head of his grand servant Hestsi the drown dead pray and are pious but thier temple hasnt had a servant since since the pirates took over athousand years ago.
broad strokes but the gods are a subject of complexities withinthe lands here complexities that alow for gods who teacah peace and meditation sto be the paton gods of kingdoms known fo rconquest.
Sects
ther exisy many sects of teh faith and how they interract has shaped the very worship of the gods for millenia.
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