Church of the Five Priests

**The Church of the Five Priests** was founded by an order of knights in Midland sometime after the Age of Giants. They gained a small but loyal following somewhere near Aria's Pass, and began preaching their doctrine. Their followers considered them each to be wise beyond that of the average person at the time. They were able to perform feats unheard of, and their leader was even said to be able to bring the dead back to life.

Their teachings are divided among each of the five priests' domains of worship and expertise.

## Saint Exiter, Priest of Life and Light

Saint Exiter was the leader of the Five Priests, and had a mastery over Life and Light. His symbol is a single dot.

Saint Exiter believed that life was sacred, and was to be preserved at all costs. murder and death were to be feared and frowned upon unless it was time to pass on to the next realm. Exiter told of a place after death that could only be reached by living a full life, or one would not have the wisdom to survive the journey.

Saint Exiter would often heal the sick, was said to make the blind see and the cripple walk, and was even able to save others from death, allowing them to continue to live their life in order to properly pass on.

## Saint Marthus, Priest of Life and Nature

Saint Marthus was another healer, and preached the value of the natural world. He would demonstrate how one could foster life and what was right by nature and what was unnatural. He preached that a respect and knowledge of nature would be entirely needed in order to be able to reach the next realm.

He showed others how they could heal themselves in the absence of divine gifts, using natural remedies to cure common ills. He showed how to properly kill and hunt, showing respect and the proper care for dead animals.

## Saint Adam, Priest of Knowledge

It was said that Saint Adam was capable of seeing or hearing something once, and being able to perfectly recount it. His memory was perfect, and he was said to be wise beyond all others. His knowledge of future events and prediction granted him a special authority over his followers.

## Saint Thelos, Priest of Tempest

Saint Thelos was a master of the storms and of weather. When rain was needed, he could call it down with a wave of his hand. When thunder and winds threatened the safety of his followers, he would quell the raging storm and bring the air to a subtle breeze. He cooled the hottest days and warmed the coldest nights.

## Saint Polluck, Priest of Nature and Knowledge

Like Saint Marthus, Saint Polluck also knew the importance of nature and stressed it whenever he could. He was said to know the language of the trees and of the animals, and taught that the consumption of animals was only to be necessary if one were on the brink of an early death, and one should make do with the abundance of plants he could provide. It was said that Saint Polluck was capable of manifesting a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables out of thin air, ready and ripe for eating. No one ever went hungry under his watch.

## The Unspoken

The Unspoken is a nameless entity, described as a metal clad bringer of death, trickery, and war, standing for the opposite of everything the Priests built. When it appeared, the priests stood fast and protected all they could, but one by one the Unspoken cut them down in cold blooded murder. When Saint Exiter was left, he faced the Unspoken with nothing more than forgiveness and peace.

When the murdering was over and the Unspoken vanished, the followers left found no bodies where the Priests had fallen, just their holy robes. Thus began the tradition of safeguarding their robes until the Five return to bring the world back on the correct path to salvation, followers ever alert and wary of the Unspoken.