Church of the Judge

Structure

There are various clades within the church, each hold their own masks and paths to progression among the Diases. Intermingling betwen the clades is possible, though rare as more diversified training tends to lead to less respect and possibility for upward movement.
The primary known clades;

The Arbiters, those that serve the legal system and offer assistance and solice to those working within it

The Callers, those who preach to the living and lead the funerals for those in their purview

The Morticians, those specialising in dealing with corpses and the mechanics of death, most commonly dealing in diseases & plagues

The Monumentarians, those who preserve the infrastrucure of the church and history of the dead

The Weapers, the necromatic arm of the church, dealing with spirits, occult lore and undead

Priesthood

Priests and preachers of the Thousand Masked Judge uses a variety of masks to depict their ranks, referred to as the Daises. These masks, sharing the name of Dais, convey both the rank of the wearer as well as convey information such as their role within the priesthood via the emotions displayed. The rank of a priest is found by the number of faces on the mask, ranging from 1 to 8 (a mask of the 8th Dais encapsulates the head and due to their large and ornate design require metal to suspend them from the shoulders and back). A few of the emotions are known to have meaning outside the church but the combinations are largely unknown to people. The most well known are that sadness indicates service with funerals, rage indicates a link to the justice system and blank faces which indicate service internal to the church (such as cooks, carpenters or stonemasons in large cathedrals) and apprentices to the higher diases. There are rumors that masks depicting various emotions (normally joy) mean that the priest is an assassin or spy of some description but this is largely held as fairy tales by most people.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion

Alternative Names

The White Masks, the Deathchants

Training Level

Elite

Deities

• The Thousand Masked Judge