Championistic Church

The Reunified Championistic Church is the highest Championistic Authority in Yan. Formed out of the Wars of Reunification, in 563 BS, the Reunified church brings together the Pokin and Maglee factions of the Grand Twisting.

## Structure

### Physical

The highest physical authority is the Grand Shaman, head of the church.

Below them is their council of Watchers, overseers of the church's state.

These watchers are each in contact with several Regional Organizers, who oversee specific sections of the faith.

The Regional Organizers contact Archshamans who organize specific sets of towns.

Shamans are ordained by Archshamans as minor representatives of the church and often act as basic guides to the Championist philosophy and cosmology. Most are largely ineffective but a few, despite high religious connection, choose to remain at the basic level of Shaman for a reasonable dislike of politics or a tendency towards monasticism.

### Metaphysical

The highest authority is The Vast; the impermeable being that resides throughout the whole of the Cosmos. Even basic contact with the Vast, even by a Grand Shaman, would be viewed as a massive achievement.

Occasionally equated with The Vast by some is the High Father and High Mother, viewed as the creators of the World. Generally only the very highest Shamans can contact the pair

Archchampions, though technically Champions, are viewed as having some massive, greater impact upon the world which allows them greater reverence. Only high level Shamans dare to attempt to bind these deities.

Champions are beings viewed as having such great virtue that they have ascended to godhood, joining the Cosmic Mother and Father that birthed them. They can be Bound by those tethered to the religion, granting the bounder certain powers. They can also be bound to relics which can grant great powers.

## History

### Origins

The Reform Society, a secret society existing in both the Pokin and Maglee sects, aimed to reconnect the two heads of the Old Church, carrying out secret plots to do so. The adherents of the sects caught wind of this in 566 B.S., however, and, creating a unified front between the sects, worked together to fight off and kill any proponents of cooperation. They all realized the irony of this directly after the conclusion of the War, leading to the Congress of Spavania in 563 B.S., leading to the creation of a new, reunified, church.

### Appointment of the Grand Shaman

As there was no Grand Shaman to appoint the next one, upon reunification of the church, the second War of Reunification immediately began and ended about a year later, with Grand Shaman Torbos being appointed the first Grand Shaman of the Church.

### Creation of the Imperium

The Church was present at the first Council of Kings, though not in a voting role. It lobbied for a position of the official church of the Imperium but was shot down by the Council, who deemed that such an act would violate the sacred principals of tolerance that this Imperium was meant to, and would always, embody.

20 years later, upon decision by the Alcutl, it was created as the official church of the Imperium.

## Official Positions

### Magic

Magic is a most controversial topic in the church, as it was the impetus of the Grand Twisting that split the church in the first place. The church tends to lean against the usage of magic and science by the academies, though there are some within the church who disagree.

### Metaphysical Structure

The Church's official position is to adhere to the Revised Championistic Manifold as devised by Bleetus in 3305 BS. (see Structure, Metaphysical)

### Infidels

Grand Shaman Spactia is a strong believer in the benevolent and saving power of Peacemurder, and the church has routinely lobbied for this.

### Elves

The official church position is that they have no problem with the elves existing, its just a choice they view as wrong.

## Central Monastery

The Central Monastery, located in The Golden City is the 'capital' of the Church. It is a massive monastic commune, isolated from the rest of the city in a sealed off ravine, where monks and shamans work to till the land in a traditional and ascetic lifestyle, secluded (though often watched) by the inhabitants of the city above. It is here that the Grand Shaman Spactia resides.