Sidereal Church of the Writhing Ether

The **Sidereal Church of the Writhing Ether**, known also as simply the **Siderealists**, are a religious cult dedicated to the worship of a number of queer philosophies. One of the main teachings of their cult is the devouring of time by a mysterious entity known as the Sidereal Serpent, leading to an apparent fifteen minute black out every Wednesday morning.

The Siderealist cult first appeared in the early months of 35 ADP in and around southern Westfall; adherents garbed in their white and purple robes caring for the sick and poor, and steadily climbing in numbers as the months wore on. Its enigmatic leader, Theron Carinus, became a local legend in and around the town of Moonbrook.

After the death of Theron Carinus in the summer months of 35 ADP, the Siderealists suddenly changed their tact. Missionaries and preachers can be found across Stormwind and her provinces, preaching the good word of the Sidereal Church, and passing on the message of Theron the Martyr. In the wake of the Fourth War, the destitute and the desperate have flocked to the vaulted halls of the Siderealists underground basilica, and suspiciously, the rate of local dissonances have to begun to increase.

## History

Shrouded by a web of rumours and secrets, the exact origins of the Sidereal Church of Writhing Ether is a mystery, all that is known for sure is that Theron Carinus was its first Majordomos Grand Dragon, and that its roots have always firmly been seeded in the hills and glens of Westfall. The Sidderealist faith picked up traction in the early months of 35 ADP, following the end of the Fourth War; hundreds of orphans, veterans and beggars flocked to its preachers, drawn in by the promises of a solid roof and warm food, but rooted in place by the Church's teachings; of the Sidereal Serpent and its goal to devour all time and space, lets it be sated and kept at bay by mortal offerings.

Following the death of Theron Carinus on the 15th of June 35 ADP, the position of Majordomos Grand Dragon was handed over to an individual known only as Xavier Kurst, his physical identity shrouded to the followers of the Sidereal faith, yet his edicts and mandates met out by the ready hands of his fanatical Sidereal Synod. Following Kurst's ascension, the Siderealist Creed turned far more radical than it had once been; Arcanists, and the practitioners of magic were now heinous sinners in the eyes of those following the Sidereal faith, missionaries and preachers of the Church traveled far and wide across the provinces of Stormwind, spreading the warnings and preaching Kurst's teaching to all who would give ear.

## Sidereal Creed

The Sidereal Creed is the holy credo followed by the members of the Siderealist faith, penned down in the Ratio Temporum, the holy scripture said to have been created by the hands of the late Theron the Martyr, shortly before his death. Following the ascension of Majordomos Kurst, the Ratio Temporum has become the official holy scripture of the Siderealist Church, and from which derives the Sidereal Creed, as supposedly laid down by Theron.

## Members

* Theron Carinus (Formerly)
* Robert Hemlin
* Albanus Laye (Formerly)
* Ferren Wright
* Brother Cartwright

## Rumours

* It is said on hushed voices in the hovels and hills of Westfall that the holy brothers and sisters of the Sidereal Church ferry off the deprived, the desperate and the infirm, never to be seen again; that they conduct dark rituals in the depths of their subterranean basilica in the name of queer gods.
* Word has it that some within the nobility of Stormwind have taken to the ideals of the Sidereal Church as a flight of fancy, indulging and sometimes donating to the church in return for what they consider to be entertainment; inviting missionaries and other delegates from the church into their household to speak and preach.
* Dark words flowing on the wind from across the provinces speak of masked men following the processions of Sidereal missionaries into the impoverished border towns of Stormwind's realm, dark and foreboding, hailing from foreign and unknown shores to the ignorant villagers.