Eldrianism
The Eldrian pantheon is the official religion of the Grand Accord which promotes the belief that all gods are aspects of powerful ancient deities. A relatively recent multi-denominational reform faith, it is based in name and in concept around the time of Riad and the pervasive myths of the Ithaqui who once ruled over many kingdoms in the Age of Raining Arrows.
Eldrian Temples can be found in virtually every Grand Accord bastion, as the Eldrian Temple is also an official political facet of the Grand Accord, complete with its own senate and seats within the larger Polis known as the Primacy. Master priests called Enarchs from various denominations sit in their own Temple Councils, and while they are supposed to be fair they are often perceived as favoring their own institutions.
While the Eldrian gods only superficially resemble their original counterparts, Eldrian believers none the less hold Ithaqui artifacts in high esteem, often going on pilgrimages to search for them amongst the earliest remains of Fourth Cycle peoples. Proponents of the Eldrian reformation note that predecessors of the contemporary Eldrian faith were practiced by the Nahavirians, the Martu, the Shulakani and the Meruvidians, making it a truly multiregional religion amongst post-riad cultures.
Detractors of the Eldrian Temple believe that the Temple should have no political power to prevent or police schisms of belief, and some even accuse the Temple of playing on the romance of the Eldrian prophecies of Meruvid which once played an important part in unifying the vassals of the Akkan-Shai against their foreign masters.
Due to the accessibility of Archaean tracts and symbols from Archaean trade, hardline Eldrian heresies have actually begun to establish themselves throughout the Accord, seeking a reformation back to a more historically accurate version of the faith. This is especially common in Korahan where both cultural and geographical proximity to Shulakan have resulted in a bizarre fusion of modern and antiquicated Eldrian beliefs.
Eldrian Temples can be found in virtually every Grand Accord bastion, as the Eldrian Temple is also an official political facet of the Grand Accord, complete with its own senate and seats within the larger Polis known as the Primacy. Master priests called Enarchs from various denominations sit in their own Temple Councils, and while they are supposed to be fair they are often perceived as favoring their own institutions.
While the Eldrian gods only superficially resemble their original counterparts, Eldrian believers none the less hold Ithaqui artifacts in high esteem, often going on pilgrimages to search for them amongst the earliest remains of Fourth Cycle peoples. Proponents of the Eldrian reformation note that predecessors of the contemporary Eldrian faith were practiced by the Nahavirians, the Martu, the Shulakani and the Meruvidians, making it a truly multiregional religion amongst post-riad cultures.
Detractors of the Eldrian Temple believe that the Temple should have no political power to prevent or police schisms of belief, and some even accuse the Temple of playing on the romance of the Eldrian prophecies of Meruvid which once played an important part in unifying the vassals of the Akkan-Shai against their foreign masters.
Due to the accessibility of Archaean tracts and symbols from Archaean trade, hardline Eldrian heresies have actually begun to establish themselves throughout the Accord, seeking a reformation back to a more historically accurate version of the faith. This is especially common in Korahan where both cultural and geographical proximity to Shulakan have resulted in a bizarre fusion of modern and antiquicated Eldrian beliefs.
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