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kippurbirdWorld building stuff. Lorac's got his own cult.
The Cult of Lorac
History:
The Cult of Lorac was founded from the ruins of Pentarch. It began small, originally started by Clevar Dolant, a wind wizard who belong to the Iron Claw (a political group that believed that the lesser families should have a right to be on the council as well as the founding families.) While his family escaped the Purge, they didn't escape the city's destruction. Trying to find meaning for this, Clevar eventually came upon the idea that Lorac had been an agent of the gods who was sent to Pentarch to punish them for their arrogance. He managed to gather some like minded individuals but the remains of the Council didn't like what he had to say, so they banished him and his followers.
Clevar and his followers traveled from city to city, preaching and gaining followers. As time passed Lorac went from being an agent of the gods to a god himself, exhorting his followers to seek out corruption and cleanse it by any means necessary.
Beliefs
Followers of the Cult of Lorac believe in three main principles.
1. Justice at any cost. Cult followers are stringent believers that justice must be served. This is what Loarc served to the Wizards of Pentarch for abusing their powers. Corruption is not tolerated, everything must be fair and equal. Many people turn to Cult priests for handling disputes because they know that the priests will handle the case fairly to both parities without prejudice.
2. Everyone has someone which they are destined for. This goes back to the stories about how Lorac had a destined lover. A lover who fled because he couldn't handle the pressures put upon him by the officials of the city. Despair at loosing his lover because of this, Lorac wrought justice upon them. As this translates to the Cult followers, they look for the one person they are destined for by various means and when they do find them they are strictly faithful to them. Adultery or more than one person in the relationship is strictly forbidden and transgressors are dealt with harshly.
3. Resurrection. This tenant deals with the idea that after he died during the destruction of Pentarch something was left of him that became a god. Followers believe and look for away to bring people back from the dead, people that have, in their opinions, died too soon. Very little headway has been made in this direction, but that doesn't stop them from looking. It is their holy grail.
The Cult of Lorac
History:
The Cult of Lorac was founded from the ruins of Pentarch. It began small, originally started by Clevar Dolant, a wind wizard who belong to the Iron Claw (a political group that believed that the lesser families should have a right to be on the council as well as the founding families.) While his family escaped the Purge, they didn't escape the city's destruction. Trying to find meaning for this, Clevar eventually came upon the idea that Lorac had been an agent of the gods who was sent to Pentarch to punish them for their arrogance. He managed to gather some like minded individuals but the remains of the Council didn't like what he had to say, so they banished him and his followers.
Clevar and his followers traveled from city to city, preaching and gaining followers. As time passed Lorac went from being an agent of the gods to a god himself, exhorting his followers to seek out corruption and cleanse it by any means necessary.
Beliefs
Followers of the Cult of Lorac believe in three main principles.
1. Justice at any cost. Cult followers are stringent believers that justice must be served. This is what Loarc served to the Wizards of Pentarch for abusing their powers. Corruption is not tolerated, everything must be fair and equal. Many people turn to Cult priests for handling disputes because they know that the priests will handle the case fairly to both parities without prejudice.
2. Everyone has someone which they are destined for. This goes back to the stories about how Lorac had a destined lover. A lover who fled because he couldn't handle the pressures put upon him by the officials of the city. Despair at loosing his lover because of this, Lorac wrought justice upon them. As this translates to the Cult followers, they look for the one person they are destined for by various means and when they do find them they are strictly faithful to them. Adultery or more than one person in the relationship is strictly forbidden and transgressors are dealt with harshly.
3. Resurrection. This tenant deals with the idea that after he died during the destruction of Pentarch something was left of him that became a god. Followers believe and look for away to bring people back from the dead, people that have, in their opinions, died too soon. Very little headway has been made in this direction, but that doesn't stop them from looking. It is their holy grail.
