Saint Arvand
Saint Arvand is one of the most revered figures in the Church of Holy Law—a former scribe, reformer, and ascetic who lived in the final decades of the Imorean Empire. Born into a minor noble house, Arvand cast off his inheritance to live in a ruined monastery, where he spent decades studying pre-Imperial legal codes and meditating on divine justice. His writings became the foundation for the Laws of Penance, a doctrine that formalized sin, contrition, and redemptive suffering.
According to legend, Arvand once awoke in his monastery, burned by assailing enemies, and there he walked throughout the flames of a burning battlefield carrying a single book, stopping only to record the final confessions of dying soldiers. He was said to speak little but write constantly, and his Quill of Confession—preserved in Saint Arvand's Close—is now a relic of judgment and clarity.
Arvand was martyred by his own peers for refusing to redact a treatise on ecclesiastical overreach, and was canonized shortly after the Imorean Empire's fall. To this day, he is the patron of scribes, confessors, and those burdened by guilt. His feast day, the Emberfold, is marked by silent procession and the burning of written confessions.
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