Claretwheel Temple

The Claretwheel Temple is a pacifistic religious faction composed of individuals of numerous species, primarily borisin.
==Description==
==Overview==
The Claretwheel Temple was formed following the collapse of the Borisin Empire. Similarly to The Unshackled, the Claretwheel Temple is a non-aggressive faction that rejects harming living beings, turning their beliefs into a religious concept as a path of salvation. They have resurrected the traditional Verdantia fable of "Wolf God and Deer God" and believe that the heart of the present chaos lies in the power imbalance between the Abundance and The Hunt.
According to a recent report by the Verdantia Fleet's scouts, the temple has close to 10,000 disciples, most of whom are borisin, though there are a few members from the other Denizens of Abundance. They are identified with some sort of forged metallic band around a certain part of their body, which symbolizes their advocacy to avoid killing.
While the Xianzhou Alliance is skeptical about the idea of nonviolent borisin, because the members of the Temple genuinely adhere to their mantra, they are tolerated by the Alliance's Military Affairs Office. Anyone that deliberately attacks one of these disciples will be charged with intentional harming of civilians. At present, the only Xianzhou ship that has established diplomatic relations with Claretwheel Temple is the Luofu after the monk Samatha pleaded in the Luminary Wardance Ceremony in .
A common saying in the Claretwheel Temple is "May the claret wheel hang overhead, illuminating mortal hearts."
==Five Claretwheel Commandments==
The Claretwheel Temple also bears five commandments, recited in hopes of severing one's ties to evil. It is a method of self-discipline. A commandment mantra is said before this, with the mantra going as such:
After reciting the mantra, the members are given a Claretwheel Ring to symbolize their vow to abide by the commandments, with the commandments being "to not evoke harm, transgression, greed, hate, and indulgence".
==Golden Bodhisattvas==
13,000 "golden bodhisattvas" are enshrined in the Nirvana Hall of Claretwheel Temple. According to investigations from the Intelligentsia Guild, these "golden bodhisattvas" are still technically "alive" from a biological point of view. It is unknown whether these "golden bodhisattvas" will awaken when certain conditions are met, and whether they will be "esteemed high monks" or "Abominations of Abundance" when they awaken.
==Known Members==
* Samatha — Revered Monk
* Dhyana † — Revered Master
* Virya † — Dharmic Monk
* 0089 † — Converted Disciple (ordained name: Sugata)
* Matanga — Ordained Monk
==Faction Mentions==
==Trivia==
* The ordained names of the Claretwheel Temple monks are in Sanskrit.
* The Claretwheel Ring, as seen in , is inscripted with the Xianzhou characters "OMNBMH", which presumably translates to , the Chinese transcription of the the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra .
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