Serpent - Revision history

Curtana at 21:11, 16 May 2015

2015-05-16T21:11:26Z

Curtana at 21:10, 16 May 2015

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Elanya: /* Known Members */

2015-02-09T15:29:46Z

‎Known Members

Curtana: /* Sirris's Temple of Serpent */

2014-11-22T06:23:38Z

‎Sirris's Temple of Serpent

Curtana: /* Shadar-Kai Serpent Worship */

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‎Shadar-Kai Serpent Worship

Curtana: /* Sirris's Temple of Serpent */

2014-11-22T05:45:27Z

‎Sirris's Temple of Serpent

Curtana: /* The Covenant of the Serpent */

2014-10-18T20:21:16Z

‎The Covenant of the Serpent

Curtana: /* The Covenant of the Serpent */

2014-10-18T20:20:24Z

‎The Covenant of the Serpent

Curtana: /* The Covenant of the Serpent */

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‎The Covenant of the Serpent

Curtana: /* Known Members */

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 ==Domains (Fate and Time)==
-'''Fate'''
+'''Fate''' <br>
-Granted powers:
+Granted powers:<br>
-st: Gain Uncanny Dodge. Add your Cleric levels to those of other classes granting you this ability (if any).
+st: Gain Uncanny Dodge. Add your Cleric levels to those of other classes granting you this ability (if any).<br>
-th:  Amor Fati (Su): Beginning at 8th level, your acceptance of the god of fate's grand plans leaves you mentally calm, granting you a +3 bonus to your Will saves.
+th:  Amor Fati (Su): Beginning at 8th level, your acceptance of the god of fate's grand plans leaves you mentally calm, granting you a +3 bonus to your Will saves.<br>
+<br>
-st True Strike
+st True Strike<br>
-nd Augury
+nd Augury<br>
-rd Bestow Curse
+rd Bestow Curse<br>
-th Saving Grace
+th Saving Grace<br>
-th Mark of Justice
+th Mark of Justice<br>
-th Geas/Quest
+th Geas/Quest<br>
-th Vision
+th Vision<br>
-th Mind Blank
+th Mind Blank<br>
-th Foresight
+th Foresight<br>
+<br>
-'''Time'''
+'''Time'''<br>
-Granted powers:
+Granted powers:<br>
-st: Gain Feat: Improved Initiative.
+st: Gain Feat: Improved Initiative.<br>
-th: Gain Feat: Quicken Spell (Metamagic).  1/day you can cast a quickened spell without having it take up a slot 4 levels higher.
+th: Gain Feat: Quicken Spell (Metamagic).  1/day you can cast a quickened spell without having it take up a slot 4 levels higher.<br>
+<br>
-st Deathwatch
+st Deathwatch<br>
-nd Gentle Repose
+nd Gentle Repose<br>
-rd Haste
+rd Haste<br>
-th Freedom of Movement
+th Freedom of Movement<br>
-th Permanency
+th Permanency<br>
-th Contingency
+th Contingency<br>
-th Moment of Prescience
+th Moment of Prescience<br>
-th Temporal Stasis
+th Temporal Stasis<br>
-th Time Stop
+th Time Stop<br>

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	Phedre and Earric separated after he became involved with Sanadhìl, and she was ultimately arrested, tried, and executed for her role in the deaths of [[Butler Belden]] and [[Theonée Deverara]]. The Covenant remains quietly active, however, now under the direction of Phedre's younger daughter [[Viviane Lozada\|Viviane vak Andras]] and her husband [[Loric vak Andras]]. What precisely their membership and goals are now is not well-known, although dark rumours suggest the group's penchant for blood magic and sacrifice has not diminished.		Phedre and Earric separated after he became involved with Sanadhìl, and she was ultimately arrested, tried, and executed for her role in the deaths of [[Butler Belden]] and [[Theonée Deverara]]. The Covenant remains quietly active, however, now under the direction of Phedre's younger daughter [[Viviane Lozada\|Viviane vak Andras]] and her husband [[Loric vak Andras]]. What precisely their membership and goals are now is not well-known, although dark rumours suggest the group's penchant for blood magic and sacrifice has not diminished.
		+
		+	==Domains (Fate and Time)==
		+
		+	'''Fate'''
		+	Granted powers:
		+	1st: Gain Uncanny Dodge. Add your Cleric levels to those of other classes granting you this ability (if any).
		+	8th: Amor Fati (Su): Beginning at 8th level, your acceptance of the god of fate's grand plans leaves you mentally calm, granting you a +3 bonus to your Will saves.
		+
		+	1st True Strike
		+	2nd Augury
		+	3rd Bestow Curse
		+	4th Saving Grace
		+	5th Mark of Justice
		+	6th Geas/Quest
		+	7th Vision
		+	8th Mind Blank
		+	9th Foresight
		+
		+	'''Time'''
		+	Granted powers:
		+	1st: Gain Feat: Improved Initiative.
		+	8th: Gain Feat: Quicken Spell (Metamagic). 1/day you can cast a quickened spell without having it take up a slot 4 levels higher.
		+
		+	1st Deathwatch
		+	2nd Gentle Repose
		+	3rd Haste
		+	4th Freedom of Movement
		+	5th Permanency
		+	6th Contingency
		+	7th Moment of Prescience
		+	8th Temporal Stasis
		+	9th Time Stop
		+
		+
		+

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 * [[Adria de Tourigny]]
 * [[Antoine de Gallier]]
-* [[Augine Pervanche]]
+* [[Augine Pervenche]]
 * [[Bernon Kestrene]]
 * Princess [[Cordovera Kizer]]

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 Sirris's tradition is purely an oral one, as there are no texts surviving from Am - however, contact with the Shadar-kai Serpent worshipers has provided them with access to those written texts.  One of Sirris's goals, as yet unrealized, is to gain the right to access the Arch as part of the church's rituals.
-Using the language of Am, priests of this tradition are called "Arad", meaning Servant.
+Using the language of Am, priests of this tradition are called "arad", meaning "servant".
 ===Known Members===

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 ==Shadar-Kai Serpent Worship==
-The tradition of Shadar-kai Serpent worship is long and unbroken, although for many years it was also a troubled and persecuted faith.  Following the severing of the Shadow Plane from any divine influence by the damaging of the Well of Stars, the priests of Serpent lost their powers, and had already lost the faith of many of the plane's inhabitants, who felt a mistrust for divine meddling at best, and an active hatred at worst.  With the remnants of their flocks, they withdrew to isolated areas, including the underground complex of [[Hlintarn]], among others.  There they continued to venerate their god, hoping that eventually it would return to them.
+The tradition of Shadar-kai Serpent worship is long and unbroken, although for many years it was also a troubled and persecuted faith.  Following the severing of the Shadow Plane from any divine influence by the damaging of the Well of Stars, the priests of Vrag lost their powers, and had already lost the faith of many of the plane's inhabitants, who felt a mistrust for divine meddling at best, and an active hatred at worst.  With the remnants of their flocks, they withdrew to isolated areas, including the underground complex of [[Hlintarn]], among others.  There they continued to venerate their god, hoping that eventually it would return to them.
 Some less scrupulous priests, in order to maintain the respect of their faithful over many centuries without manifesting divine favour, forged agreements with other powers - whether arcane, demonic, or from some other poorly-understood extraplanar source.  This strain of influence is still found in the church, although many of its members would prefer to hush it up if possible.
-The faith of Serpent's rebirth began when [[Bessa du Champe]] fully destroyed the Well of Stars, permitting it to reappear elsewhere on the plane, restoring the stars to the sky, and permitting the gods to affect the Shadow Plane once more.  The new location of the Well has yet to be ascertained, however, as it could be anywhere on the Plane, and it resists divination efforts.  Nevertheless full of a renewed vigour, some priests loudly proclaimed their newfound power and emerged from hiding, only to be met with attempts from the Shadar-kai government to suppress them once more.  As a result, a number of Serpent-worshipping Shadar-kai made the journey to Diablotin, joining together there to found a more secure church that would be less vulnerable to official condemnation.
+The faith of Serpent's rebirth began when [[Bessa du Champe]] fully destroyed the Well of Stars, permitting it to reappear elsewhere on the plane, restoring the stars to the sky, and permitting the gods to affect the Shadow Plane once more.  The new location of the Well has yet to be ascertained, however, as it could be anywhere on the Plane, and it resists divination efforts.  Nevertheless full of a renewed vigour, some priests loudly proclaimed their newfound power and emerged from hiding, only to be met with attempts from the Shadar-kai government to suppress them once more.  As a result, a number of Vrag-worshipping Shadar-kai made the journey to Diablotin, joining together there to found a more secure church that would be less vulnerable to official condemnation.
 The primary Shadar-kai temple in Diablotin is located in The Shade, and has been there for some twenty years or so.  As a result of its long years in hiding, and a certain lack of trust of the humans in the city, it tends to be a fairly private and secretive religion, although there are increasing contacts with the Serpent church as run by Sirris.  Relatively few humans are permitted to join in ceremonies there, though some have earned the privilege.
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 A typical Shadar-kai ceremony involves song, movement (which could be described as stretching exercises, dance, or something blending the two) and the consumption of the sacred drink, ''bhaell'', which is made by a secret method from the venom of a particular snake native to the Shadow Plane, and mixed with honey to make it more palatable. This can act as an hallucinogen when consumed in the right dosage.  If there were large amounts of it available, and if the Shadar-kai were inclined to sell it, it would probably be made illegal just as Onyx has, but so far it hasn't caused enough problems to attract the attention of the Aveyronnais authorities.  While thus intoxicated, participants may achieve altered states of consciousness, experience visions, channel messages from the divine, or produce a build-up of spiritual energy which is then released through acts of sex and/or violence, forces which the faithful try to control in other circumstances but find benefit in channeling here.  Thus it is both a more cerebral faith and a more brutal one than the moderate, balanced path that Sirris preaches.
 ===Known Members===

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	Sirris's tradition is purely an oral one, as there are no texts surviving from Am - however, contact with the Shadar-kai Serpent worshipers has provided them with access to those written texts. One of Sirris's goals, as yet unrealized, is to gain the right to access the Arch as part of the church's rituals.		Sirris's tradition is purely an oral one, as there are no texts surviving from Am - however, contact with the Shadar-kai Serpent worshipers has provided them with access to those written texts. One of Sirris's goals, as yet unrealized, is to gain the right to access the Arch as part of the church's rituals.
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		+	Using the language of Am, priests of this tradition are called "Arad", meaning Servant.

	===Known Members===		===Known Members===

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 ==The Covenant of the Serpent==
-This secretive and mysterious organization was founded by [[Phedre Lozada-Boyne]], and its initial membership included her then-husband [[Earric Boyne|Earric]], [[Butler Belden]], [[Bessa du Champe]], [[Esmena vak Andras]], and a handful of others.  Their goal was to find a way to restore Serpent to its former power.  Phedre also ran a more public cult, The Order of the Black Down, which served as both a front and a recruiting ground for the more serious organization. Later [[Sanadhìl Órecalo]], [[Ilphère deQuessenet]], and [[Theron Rademacher]] also became involved in the inner circle of the group, and were instrumental in furthering its goals via historical research, blood magic, and other rituals.
+This secretive and mysterious organization was founded by [[Phedre Lozada-Boyne]], and its initial membership included her then-husband [[Earric Boyne|Earric]], [[Butler Belden]], [[Bessa du Champe]], [[Esmena vak Andras]], and a handful of others.  Their goal was to find a way to restore Serpent to its former power.  Phedre also ran a more public cult, The Order of the Black Down, which served as both a front and a recruiting ground for the more serious organization. Later [[Sanadhìl Órecalo]], [[Ilphère deQuessenet]], [[Yanina Trueblood]], and [[Theron Rademacher]] also became involved in the inner circle of the group, and were instrumental in furthering its goals via historical research, blood magic, and other rituals.
 Phedre and Earric separated after he became involved with Sanadhìl, and she was ultimately arrested, tried, and executed for her role in the deaths of [[Butler Belden]] and [[Theonée Deverara]].  The Covenant remains quietly active, however, now under the direction of Phedre's younger daughter [[Viviane Lozada|Viviane vak Andras]] and her husband [[Loric vak Andras]].  What precisely their membership and goals are now is not well-known, although dark rumours suggest the group's penchant for blood magic and sacrifice has not diminished.
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	==The Covenant of the Serpent==		==The Covenant of the Serpent==
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		+	This secretive and mysterious organization was founded by [[Phedre Lozada-Boyne]], and its initial membership included her then-husband [[Earric Boyne\|Earric]], [[Butler Belden]], [[Bessa du Champe]], [[Esmena vak Andras]], and a handful of others. Their goal was to find a way to restore Serpent to its former power. Phedre also ran a more public cult, The Order of the Black Down, which served as both a front and a recruiting ground for the more serious organization. Later [[Sanadhìl Órecalo]], [[Ilphère de Quessenet]], and [[Theron Rademacher]] also became involved in the inner circle of the group, and were instrumental in furthering its goals via historical research, blood magic, and other rituals.
		+
		+	Phedre and Earric separated after he became involved with Sanadhìl, and she was ultimately arrested, tried, and executed for her role in the deaths of [[Butler Belden]] and [[Theonée Deverara]]. The Covenant remains quietly active, however, now under the direction of Phedre's younger daughter [[Viviane Lozada\|Viviane vak Andras]] and her husband [[Loric vak Andras]]. What precisely their membership and goals are now is not well-known, although dark rumours suggest the group's penchant for blood magic and sacrifice has not diminished.

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 ===Known Members===
 * [[Aubrienne Romilly]]
 * [[Aunisstra do Mtor]]