Ash'm

Ash'm is a religious continent owned by Lucien Crowle.

## History

Ash'm is the homeland of people who worship Ash'm. Ash'm is a theocracy, Lucien Crowle is the pope that oversees all of Ash'm, and lives in Ash'mvale.

The Church of Ash'm functions as a church but also a school, where it’s famed for teaching many notable scholars that travel the world today, write books, teach at other schools. If one is a teacher that got their degree from Ash'mvale, they're more than likely to be hired on the spot, people searching for some kind of priest will be more than happy to accept words or prayers from a priest of Ash’m.

## Notable People

### Lucien Crowle

Lucien Crowle is the pope that oversees the entire country of Ash'm. He is a kind man, but very secretive and keeps to himself. Most people call him Father Crowle; he excels in all types of magic that includes divine and arcane.

### Ash'm Order of the Seven

A group of Paladins, one under each oath: Devotion, Redemption, Conquest, Ancients, Crown, Glory, and Vengeance. There is a Watcher and Oathbreaker but they're more on the outskirts and not officially counted. There is only one paladin of each oath, which this oath becomes their entire life and being, in Ash'm.

## Locations

### Ash'mvale

The capital of Ash'm. The main cathedral is located here. Ash'mvale is surrounded by incredibly, tall walls. There are farmlands for miles outside of Ash'mvale.

### Amsonia

A port city that's the main entrance, basically the only "official" entrance to Ash'm. Amsonia is very heavy on security, and investigate everyone who comes in before they can be allowed into the continent.

### Flyst Wilds

A forest forever blanketed with eternal darkness, and always a full moon. Haven is located in this forest.

### Haven

A run down, ruined city that is owned by a Vampire Queen and Werewolf King. Also called "Refuge", it is a place where vampires, ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures live there in harmony and safety from Ashvalians who would hunt them. Located here is a hunting Order called "Eclipse", who keep Haven safe.

## Religion

Ash’m isn’t really a being that is worshipped, but more like an entity which is imagined as like a bright light, or the concept of light. Ash’m is sometimes called the Everburning Light. Ashvalians pray to the Everburning Light to make sure it never burns out. Solar Eclipses are seen as bad luck because they never want to fall into darkness. Things such as dark magic, necromancy, pacts, and becoming a warlock even in a world where you can make a pact with a celestial patron is blasphemy to do that because no normal person should be able to do that.

Ashvalians like arcane, wizard, clerical, paladin, divine magic because it's very controlled. They also find sorcerer bloodline magic and warlock magic very volatile and unsafe, so such magics are also banned.

Ashvalians do not trust and look down on devils and fiends; anything related to it. Tieflings are the only exception as long as they're not the Ashvalian brand of tieflings who are more feral as the land has a thin layer between the material plane and nine hells, making these race of tieflings closer to their "fiendish" nature.