Church of Chauntea
Creed
The Earthmother is everything, and her health is our health. She feeds us, clothes us, waters us, and shelters us. No god is greater than her, though many are noisier. No god is more for¬giving, more nurturing, or more essential. Truly, Chauntea is All. Uphold no other gods above her, and champion no causes over her needs and nature. Fight dis¬ease and blight and those who spread it, especially the foul servants of Talona. Give seeds freely to those who will use them well, plant and sow wherever it seems best, and restore green grow¬ing things that others have despoiled. There is no higher cause than that of Chauntea.Secular Aims
Chauntean clergy go by many appellations, but the most popular name used among themselves is Nurturers. Their hierarchy is based on length of service and wisdom, embod¬ied in the accumulated understanding of nature, its cycles, and the smallest details of life. From monsters to erosion and from currents to wind patterns, Nurturers seek to learn it all. Acquir¬ing such knowledge through action and by talking to druids, farmers, woodcutters, hunters, quarry folk, and others who work close to the land daily is one commandment of Chauntea. Opening choked watercourses and burning diseased ma¬terial so as to prevent plagues from spreading is another. The paramount duty, however, is to plant and to tend something growing every day, even while traveling. Nurturers can feel Chauntea speaking to them through the soles of their feet when they walk barefoot, and whenever they lie down and press their hands and faces against rock or soil. When she is angry, they can hear her rum¬bling when others can’t, and feel her displeasure through the soles of their boots when they walk. Few Nurturers have the inclination to allow themselves to take personal advantage of their holy office, and few would dare—for they know Chauntea is everywhere, and there is no hid¬ing anything from her. However, some develop enough hubris that they think farms and ranches and even woodlots are better owned and tended by themselves than by non-Nurturers. These cler¬ics begin to assemble land they love, to be their own. The Earthmother will drive them from these plots of land if they stop wandering alto¬gether, but she seems to tolerate Nurturers who make their own land into a central base that they wander out from and then circle back to. As such, some Nurturers spend ever more time and effort trying to cajole, coerce, trick, or trade their way into owning good growing land. Some see noth¬ing wrong in the slightest with stealing coins, land deeds, and other treasure so as to use it to acquire land—for what other good are these disks of dead metal, that one cannot eat or use as fuel to keep warm? Humans are much better freed from their thrall, to spend their time in healthier work with the welcoming, nurturing land. To keep land they have gained, or to prevent someone from despoil¬ing any land, some Nurturers will attempt any sort of deceit, and lie straight-faced upon altars, for they are merely countering human foolishness with . . . human foolishness.Если вы хотите что то добавить или присоединится к команде редакторов - пишите комментарии
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