The Origin of the Selvanists

The Creed was originally an elven church centered in Pyros, where they practiced and had religious dominance over the plains and the forest. Their priests were called druids, legendary Herbomancers that helped heal the sick, support crop growth, and act as advisory figures to many Pyrosi nobles in the name of Selvas. After the fall of Pyros, the churchs influence diminished greatly, the great druids losing much of their former authority and power over the forest as well as the plains as chaos erupted across the continent.   Corrupt nobility and warmongers in both regions killed many of the druids as their presence was seen as a threat to authority and their numbers dropped drastically. Druids who sought to keep the Creeds traditions alive passed it down to worthy Herbomancers, safely securing that Selvanism and the Creed would survive up until the invasion of the region by the Mons, later known as Latteras.
The Lattish invasion of the region was seen as an opportunity to regain security and safe practice of their arts. At the time, the Lattish practiced Selvanism in unorganized pagan rituals and an unorthodox priesthood. A series of reformations into a more organized church saw the restoration of druids into a fused elven-human modern day Selvanist creed.
In modern times, the role of druid has mostly been passed down to humans, maintaining an advisory role with the responsibility of hosting rituals that date back to the Creeds elven roots. Many clergy roles have gradually replaced the old responsibilities of the druids after the reforms, such as hosting services and managing Sacrosants (places of worship). The church remains strong, led by the Council of Archprelates, a group which creates new decrees (the rules and standards for worshippers and clergy inside the church) and revises old ones.