Behique

Priests on Boricubos are commonly referred to as behiques, of which many tend to be clerics. These clerics are often the foremost spiritual leaders in their communities and can be found amongst every race on the archipelago. Clerics who act as behiques are oftentimes a village’s or city’s second in command and should anything happen to the cacique, they often become the new cacique, holding a ritual to be answered by the gods to see who would become the new behique. This ritual took part in two steps, the first being who could answer obscure questions about the gods, and the second part of the ritual divided up the remaining candidates and see who could perform the greatest miracle as given by the gods. Due to the war in the heavens, the relations between different behiques and therefore clerics of different gods have become quite polarized, with many even coming to blows due to religious differences.

Not only are behiques the spiritual leaders of a village or city, but they also tend to be doctors as well, and are trained in not only the medicinal arts but herbology and poisons as well so that their medical education can be as thorough as possible. While they are able to heal others with spells, they also learn non-magical remedies that can be used to save a person’s life when they run out of magical means of doing so.

Type

Religious, Political