Church of Loreali

Roleplaying Notes

Priests and Peacekeepers of Loreali are generally soft spoken, kind, and gentle. Guardians have an air of calm, steady strength about them, rarely shouting or angry.

Mythology & Lore

Legendary Items Associated with Loreali

Staff of Loreali

• While attuned to the artifact, you can’t be charmed or frightened.
• While attuned to the artifact, you have resistance against necrotic damage
• While attuned to the artifact, your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 24.

Spells: The staff has 6 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: aura of life (2 charges), aura of purity (2 charges), banishment (1 charge), beacon of hope (1 charge), mass cure wounds (3 charges). The staff regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn.
Absolute Banishment: While you are attuned to the staff and holding it, you can spend 10 minutes to banish all but the mightiest fiends within 1 mile of you. Any fiend with a challenge rating of 19 or higher is unaffected. Each banished fiend is sent back to its home plane and can’t return to the plane the Staff of Loreali banished it from for 100 years.

Tenets of Faith

The Duties of the Clerics of Loreali

Heal the sick and injured, bring comfort to the dying, support mothers during childbirth
Support orphanages and children’s homes
Mediate disputes, aid in matters of diplomacy, negotiate peace
Protect the innocent, ensure the justice and truth of the laws and seek to eliminate laws that exploit others


Some say the Oath of the Ancients, taken by some paladins, was granted by Loreali herself to her followers.

• Kindle the Light. Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair.
• Shelter the Light. Where there is good, beauty, love, and laughter in the world, stand against the wickedness that would swallow it. Where life flourishes, stand against the forces that would render it barren.
• Preserve Your Own Light. Delight in song and laughter, in beauty and art. If you allow the light to die in your own heart, you can’t preserve it in the world.
• Be the Light. Be a glorious beacon for all who live in despair. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in all your deeds.

Forbidden to Loreali

Cruelty, murder, corruption, harm to children, enforcing laws that oppress and harm others

Sacred to Loreali

Healing, spreading peace, kindness to others, helping/providing for children, enforcing just laws and eliminating oppressive laws

Typical Offerings

Fresh water poured over the feet or hands of a statue of Loreali, cups/pitchers of fresh water, flowers, coins/donations, carvings/statues of dolphins, lighting candles

Worship

Holidays

New Dawn - Jan 1 (New Year’s Day)
Celebration of a new beginning, letting go of the old, welcoming the purity of a new year. Festivities begin at dawn and continue until the next dawn with food, dance, and joy

Common Sayings and Blessings

• “May the Light guide you.”
• “Give light and people will find the way.”
• “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.”
• “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”
• “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.”
• “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.”
• “Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”
• “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”

Priesthood

Heads of the Church

Benefic Muriel Farrow, the Shining Light of Loreali. She is known as a kind and gentle woman, firm in her wisdom.
Justiciar Perric Raloneiros, the Voice of Peace, affectionately referred to as a ‘gentle giant’. His deep, soothing voice belies a quick mind that has led many to underestimate him in times of mediation.
Master Commander Zelgras Voubathaym, the Aegis of Mercy, is tall and imposing, with a scar across his nose and left cheek.
The leadership of the church lives in Novandria, Eisen, at the Cathedral of Light, a grand temple dedicated to Loreali.

Ranks within the Church

There are three branches to the church, one focused on healing, one focused on mediation, and one focused on protection

Order of Life and Mercy

healers
Acolyte - offers calm and comfort to patients and trains to be a healer as well as assists with administrative duties.
Priest(ess) - a medic or nurse, who can heal without magic. Also has administrative duties to see to patients’ wellbeing at the hospital or clinic (intake, discharge, etc).
Divine Priest(ess) - a healer, someone blessed with the power to heal by Loreali (cleric)
High Priest(ess)- leader of the local temple, they run the local hospital/clinic and lead ceremonies and festivities. Usually elevated from the Divine Priests but not always.
Benefic - the head of the church, voted into their position by a Conclave of High Priests and is a position held for life (an emergency Conclave can be called to remove a Benefic, but has only been done once in the known history of the church). This position is always held by a person blessed with the divine healing magic of Loreali (cleric).
Priests of the Order of Life and Mercy typically live in a large, shared house with private bedrooms and shared common rooms, referred to as a Rectory, though it’s not required. Some who are married choose to live in their own homes with their families. The local High Priest lives at the Rectory.

Peacekeepers

mediators
Apprentice - chosen by a specific Counselor to train under them, usually from the local university.
Counselor - gives guidance and insight during times of tense negotiation, diplomacy, and mediation, typically at a local level, within the city or nation they live.
Arbiter - leader of the local temple’s branch of Peacekeepers. A Counselor who has shown extreme talent and wisdom for mediation who is often called upon in the most tense situations or in diplomacy between nations.
Justiciar - the head of the Peacekeepers, immeasurably wise and skilled at mediation. They are voted in by a council of Arbiters and hold the position for life.
Peacekeepers will also often live within their own Rectory.

Guardians of Light

protectors of the innocent and of Loreali’s faithful, comprised of fighters and paladins
Knight - initiate of the order, training in combat and the teachings of Loreali
Guardian - a full member who has taken their oath to Loreali
Champion - a veteran of Loreali’s faithful, they are the most skilled and often work as mentors and teachers
Commander - the leader of the local branch of the Guardians, oversees all training and missions of aid
Master Commander - the head of the Guardians of Light, a skilled fighter, empowered by Loreali’s divine light. Chosen from among his Commanders for not only strength and skill, but wisdom and calm. This position is held for the remainder of the Master Commander’s life, which is generally not to old age, even in times of peace, as the Master Commander leads from the front.
Guardians of the Light are limited exclusively to the following Paladin Oaths. The fighters also take this Oath, even if they are not blessed with divine power.

• Oath of Devotion
• Oath of Redemption
• Oath of the Ancients
• Oath of the Watchers

Guardians have their own barracks for training. All Knights live in the barracks along with a complement of Guardians, Champions, and the Commander of that branch. Guardians and Champions may also have homes outside the barracks.

Clothing

Order of Light and Mercy

Usual: white outfits with the symbol of Loreali in silver (skirt/blouse, dress, slacks/button down shirt)
Formal: white hooded robes trimmed in silver, higher rank includes intricate silver embroidery in the symbol of Loreali along hems and front/back, silver jewelry with diamonds

Peacekeepers

Usual: Light gray suits or dresses/skirts
Formal: Light gray hooded mantle, edged in white, over the suit or dress. Higher rank adds intricate embroidery.

Guardians of Light

Usual: Steel armor, symbol of Loreali etched into the front, shields and helms also bear her symbol.
Formal: White tabard over their armor, edged in silver with the symbol of Lorelai on the front. Higher rank adds a white cloak with the symbol on the back in silver as well as formal armor with gleaming silver accents, intricate embroidery on the cape and tabard.

Membership Restrictions

Anyone willing to go through the training and show compassion, kindness, and wisdom are welcome among Loreali’s faithful.

Typical Types of Followers

Healers, protectors of the weak, orphaned/abandoned children, those who seek to aid others, peacekeepers, mediators.

Political Influence & Intrigue

Interaction with Society

• Funding and running hospitals and clinics
• Funding orphanages and children’s homes
• Act as mediators during negotiations and diplomacy
• Lend their strength in fights against oppression and cruelty

Ceremonies

• Rite of New Life (fertility/birth)
• Rite of Majority (a child’s coming of age where they choose their gender)
• Rite of the New Dawn (new year festivities)

Type

Religious, Organised Religion

Divines

• Loreali, Goddess of Healing & Light

Controlled Territories

• Cathedral of Light
• Lady of Mercy Hospital
• Samara's House, Home for Women and Children

Notable Members

• Muriel Farrow
• Perric Raloneiros
• Thelan Morro
• Zelgras Voubathaym

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