Kalaidian Imperial Cult

The Kalaidian Imperial Cult (or Kalaidian imperial cult), sometimes known as the Imperial Cult, was one of several faiths that made up the Kalaidian faith in Kalaidiad, as well as the religious institution dedicated to the cult of the Kalaidian empress and her ancestor-goddesses. Created in 5 IKS, the Novayan imperial cult in its initial, unreformed state had grown considerably before it became one of various Kalaidian religions. After the Kalaidian Empire managed to establish its hold over southwest Kigai, northern Ibis, and south and central Kigai, the Imperial Cult was reformed at the order of Empress Borealis to include the following:
*various cults led by a priesthood led by a high priestess
*provisioning of offerings and sacrifices of food, water and wine
*standardized formal hierarchy from top to bottom
*adoption of the Libri Pontificales
*creation and adoption of the Book of Common Prayers, which standardized uniform cult attendance and set the order of services and prayers to be used
*centralization of hierarchical leadership, with Empress Borealis as pontifex maximus at the top, the various pontifexes/hiereia/high priestesses overseeing the cults and their priesthoods below her, various junior pontifexes/hiereia/priestesses below them, and cultists and acolytes beneath them
*establishment of a standardized liturgy
*strict regulations to destroy outright fanaticism
*adoption and standardization of clerical attires for the Imperial Cult
==Description==
The Imperial Cult is a Local Kalaidian religion of Statist soul. The imperial cult is an offshoot of the traditional Kalaidian religious practices as they evolved starting from the early beginnings of the Kalaidian conquest. The religious practices, in a similar fashion to classical Roman and Kalaidian beliefs, involves offerings, ranging from wine to animal sacrifices (the latter was discontinued), to the gods of the Kalaidian pantheon - notably the Eretezean Pantheon of Amaterasu, Chiron, Persephone, Ishtar, Aset/Isis, Prometheus, Surasthana, Baldr, Quetzalcoatl, Chang'e, Athena, Artemis, Minerva and Venus, as well as other gods like Bastet and Mars. In the Imperial Cult the worship includes the empress as well, who is the guardian of the traditional values and worship of the gods. The cultus to the living empress acknowledges his office and rule as divinely approved and constitutional: her rulership should therefore demonstrate pious respect for traditional deities and values. The clergy is strictly organized religion with the Emperor acting as the Pontifex Maximus. Everu deities have their own organized priesthoods, all under spiritual guidance from the Pontifex Maximus.
==List of followers==
===Imperial Cult===
*Empress/Archon/Hiereia Basilissa Borealis Norsoutha - pontifex maximus
==List of gods==
===Kalaidian pantheon===
God 	Role 	Temple 	Modifiers	Notes
Boreia Norsoutais/Borealis Norsoutha	Empress of the Kalaidians 	Great Temple of Eretezea	
*Tolerance of the true faith: +5.00%
*Tolerance of heretics: +10.00%
*Tolerance of heathens: +10.00%	
Amaterasu Omikami 	Goddess of the sun 	
*Great Temple of Eretezea
*Ise Grand Shrine	
*Tolerance of the true faith: +5.00%
*Tolerance of heretics: +10.00%
*Tolerance of heathens: +10.00%	
Chiron 	Goddess of astrology, knowledge and healing	
*Great Temple of Eretezea
*Temple of Mount Thessalia	 	
Persephone 	 	 	 	
Ishtar 	 	 	 	
Aset/Isis 	 	 	 	
Prometheus 	 	 	 	
Surasthana 	 	 	 	
Baldr 	 	 	 	
Quetzalcoatl 	 	 	 	
Chang'e 	 	 	 	
===Expanded pantheons===
God	Role	Temple	Modifiers	Notes