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Observers of the Moonlit Path: The term for those who participate in the religion without being initiated into the cult, while a lot is obscured these people follow what is outwardly visible as the guide to living life by the flow of the moon available to everyone. Whether one qualifies as this or not is more or less a personal declaration.
Followers of the Moonlit Path: Those who have completed the Initiation process they are what most people think of when they think of members of the religion. Part of that process is giving up your former identity to be reborn as a follower one dedicated to the path of the Moon.
The Interpreters: One for each Goddess, these two are generally considered the heads of the organization although they are not always spoken of with much reverence by their supposed underlings. Apparently, they are the only people allowed to commune directly with the Goddesses.
Reputations By Region:
Given the nature of time and life spans, if you want your character to have personally known any of these people just DM me just so I can keep track of it and don’t produce contradictions. Most of them will start with a cause of death listed as ??? this isn’t because that information isn’t available ICly, if you want to claim responsibility for their death for you or an organization you represent in the world just ask. It can be as unknown as you would like to the world at large though that will be listed as Cause of Death: Unknown instead of Cause of Death: ???.
Radiant Interpreters
Shadow Interpreters
The Cycle
Other Rituals
Overview
A religious organization that worships the Moon. They announced their existence in the year 160 although there is evidence they existed prior to that. They seem to worship the Moon as a pair of "Entwined" Goddesses, The Radiant One and The Shadowed One, although they make a clear distinction between them as entities; what precisely each one is may not be easy to observe by an outsider. One of the order's primary concerns seems to be observing the world and looking for patterns in how things move, trying to derive the cycles of the universe. Healing traditions seem important to them, the primary occupation of most members involves healing magic or alchemy. While they have some public-facing ceremonies a lot of their actual beliefs are concealed from those who have not been initiated. There are three clear ranks within it. Observers of the Moonlit Path: The term for those who participate in the religion without being initiated into the cult, while a lot is obscured these people follow what is outwardly visible as the guide to living life by the flow of the moon available to everyone. Whether one qualifies as this or not is more or less a personal declaration.
Followers of the Moonlit Path: Those who have completed the Initiation process they are what most people think of when they think of members of the religion. Part of that process is giving up your former identity to be reborn as a follower one dedicated to the path of the Moon.
The Interpreters: One for each Goddess, these two are generally considered the heads of the organization although they are not always spoken of with much reverence by their supposed underlings. Apparently, they are the only people allowed to commune directly with the Goddesses.
Q & A
Reputation
General Rumours: Reputations By Region:
A list of Interpreters
A note about The Interpreter and connecting to them: Given the nature of time and life spans, if you want your character to have personally known any of these people just DM me just so I can keep track of it and don’t produce contradictions. Most of them will start with a cause of death listed as ??? this isn’t because that information isn’t available ICly, if you want to claim responsibility for their death for you or an organization you represent in the world just ask. It can be as unknown as you would like to the world at large though that will be listed as Cause of Death: Unknown instead of Cause of Death: ???.
Radiant Interpreters
Shadow Interpreters
Outwardly Facing Religion
Their main shtick is the cycle of the moon. Each phase is a time for X according to these people. While there is some kind of ritual or thing associated with most phases the main part seems to be an open interpretation of the action. The Cycle
Other Rituals
1,000 Counts of 27.