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* '''Saints and Martyrs'''
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I... need a section here. Maybe the Eldritch religion page can be broken out, and the Convents page added to it.
I... need a section here. Maybe the Eldritch religion page can be broken out, and the Convents page added to it.
===Convents===
I'm sorry there are so many Eldritch convents (I've found at least three mentions of separate ones) that at this point I'm just making a page for them.
* Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa (in Jesa. [[Tasisaressa]] was Abbess.) <ref>''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) |Major Pieces]],'' "Prophet's Vigil"</ref> This is also the convent that [[Liolesa]] used as 'cover' for her off-world trips when she was [[Maraesa]]'s heir, and [[Hirianthial]] was guarding her. <ref>''[[Rose Point (Fiction) |Rose Point]],'' Part Three</ref>
* Convent of Saint Charisaiel (in Nuera. where Beth paused her 'tour' for three days) <ref>''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction) |Farmer's Crown]],'' Chapter 15</ref>
* Convent of Saint Militha (where [[Bethsaida]] meets up with Amber) <ref>''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) |Healer's Wedding]],'' Prologue</ref>
* Convent of Saint Marien (in Beth's letter in broadsheet, she says she is heading toward this one.) <ref>''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) |Healer's Wedding]],'' Chapter 2</ref>
* The one mentioned in Rose Point Holiday (?? The closest I can find in there is Felith saying that Beth has been sent to a convent.)
* Abbey of Saint Avilana, where Liolesa sent Bethsaida when she first came home, "which is as remote a location as I could manage while still placing her on allied lands". She was guarded there by the Chancellor during the time of Surela's insurrection. <ref>''[[Rose Point (Fiction) |Rose Point]]'', Part Two: Steel</ref>
* The Isle of Songs, where the heir is said to be on retreat, is probably the location of the Abbey. <ref>''[[Rose Point (Fiction)| Rose Point]]'', Part Three</ref>
====Architecture====
Convents have a "Stranger's Garden" for visitors (and men) to use that isn't attached to the convent proper, to prevent interference with the peace and rest of the sisters there. <ref name="hw-pro">''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) |Healer's Wedding]]'', Prologue</ref>
==References==
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Revision as of 21:57, 17 March 2021

CUT AND PASTED FROM THE SECTION IN THE RELIGION PAGE--ADD THE CONVENTS DATA, and maybe the holiday data? I don't know? Help


  • The Eldritch religion involves the worship of male and female divinities in two roles: as guardians of mystery, and as intimate intercessors. The Lord and Lady are the mystery; the God and Goddess are the intercessors. For that reason, males swear by "God and Lady" while females refer to the "Goddess and Lord." Each sex is assumed to be intimate with their sex's deity, and to have access to the other sex's divinity only as a mystery, not as a known quantity.
  • Liolesa uses "High Priestess of the Amacrucian Church" or "Matriarch of the Amacrucian Church" as a passcode or secret identity in her communications and interactions with Reese. [1][2] The queen is the titular head of the Church, [3] making Amacrucia the name of the religion (if Liolesa wasn't just making a wicked joke).
  • Priests and priestesses do not marry, because it is considered a distraction from their work. [3]
  • One ordinarily cannot take vows to the Divine Mysteries and keep one's worldly position. The Queen is the only exception, being both the secular head of state and the religious head of the Church. [4]
  • One gives personal gifts to one's priests on their natal days, but they should be modest, because the vows require chastity, poverty, obedience, and humility. [4]
  • Vestments: Ontine Cathedral's clergy wear plain blue and white robes. [5] The arm of the Church given over to the mysteries comprises the priests of the Lord, who wear dark carmine robes. [6] Val's elevation to High Priest involved Liolesa putting "the Lord's red stole over his shoulders." [7]
  • Catechism
The part of the catechism that is cited most often is the commandment to serve life.
So long as there is breath in me, I will serve life -- serve life -- serve life. (Said/thought by Jahir.) [8]
With every breath in me, I will serve life. (Said/thought by Lisinthir.) [9]
To heal is to serve life. (Said by Jahir.) [10]
"It is what they all want, isn't it? To be useful? Why, even the catechism commands it. We serve life!" -- Bethsaida [11]
Other tenets:
Lying is wrong. (Said by Juzie.) [12]
To listen is the beginning and end of wisdom. (Said by Solanth.) [12]
To find offense where none is offered is violence against the God and Lady. (Said by Talthien.) [13]
People who love one another serve one another. (Said by Jahir.) [14]
All that is allotted to us as mortals is a glimpse of the truth. Any other belief is doctrinal error. (Said by Liolesa.) [15]
  • Not quite religion, but closely related: the virtues that should be exemplified by a gently-bred lady, as found in Lili's Book of Hours that she gives to Sediryl for her investiture vigil, are love, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, humility, faithfulness, and self-control. [16]

See also: Eldritch Holidays

  • Saints and Martyrs

I... need a section here. Maybe the Eldritch religion page can be broken out, and the Convents page added to it.

Convents

I'm sorry there are so many Eldritch convents (I've found at least three mentions of separate ones) that at this point I'm just making a page for them.

  • Convent of Saint Wilthelmissa (in Jesa. Tasisaressa was Abbess.) [17] This is also the convent that Liolesa used as 'cover' for her off-world trips when she was Maraesa's heir, and Hirianthial was guarding her. [18]
  • Convent of Saint Charisaiel (in Nuera. where Beth paused her 'tour' for three days) [19]
  • Convent of Saint Militha (where Bethsaida meets up with Amber) [20]
  • Convent of Saint Marien (in Beth's letter in broadsheet, she says she is heading toward this one.) [21]
  • The one mentioned in Rose Point Holiday (?? The closest I can find in there is Felith saying that Beth has been sent to a convent.)
  • Abbey of Saint Avilana, where Liolesa sent Bethsaida when she first came home, "which is as remote a location as I could manage while still placing her on allied lands". She was guarded there by the Chancellor during the time of Surela's insurrection. [22]
  • The Isle of Songs, where the heir is said to be on retreat, is probably the location of the Abbey. [23]

Architecture

Convents have a "Stranger's Garden" for visitors (and men) to use that isn't attached to the convent proper, to prevent interference with the peace and rest of the sisters there. [24]


References

  1. ↑ Earthrise, Part One
  2. ↑ Rose Point, Part One
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Laisrathera, chapter 11
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Rose Point Holiday, chapter 4
  5. ↑ Rose Point, Interlude
  6. ↑ Rose Point, Part Three
  7. ↑ A Rose Point Holiday, chapter 2
  8. ↑ Some Things Transcend, chapter 7
  9. ↑ Some Things Transcend, chapter 9
  10. ↑ In Extremis, chapter 18
  11. ↑ Farmer's Crown, chapter 25
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 In the Court of Dragons, "The Color of the Sky at Sunrise"
  13. ↑ A Rose Point Holiday, chapter 10
  14. ↑ Farmer's Crown, chapter 8
  15. ↑ Healer's Wedding, chapter 15
  16. ↑ Farmer's Crown, chapter 24
  17. ↑ Major Pieces, "Prophet's Vigil"
  18. ↑ Rose Point, Part Three
  19. ↑ Farmer's Crown, Chapter 15
  20. ↑ Healer's Wedding, Prologue
  21. ↑ Healer's Wedding, Chapter 2
  22. ↑ Rose Point, Part Two: Steel
  23. ↑ Rose Point, Part Three
  24. ↑ Healer's Wedding, Prologue
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