Church of Oltron

"*Church is not a fancy locale. It is a group of unified beings. This could be the Church of Oltron. Church is where our people come together.*"
―Valhalla[src]
The **Church of Oltron**, also called the **Church of the Oltrists**, was a religious institution. All members serve under the council of priests and priestesses, representing the light and dark with six beings sitting on both branches — the light are represented by the cunning Lady, while the dark are represented by the secretive Allfather. Underage cultists Scarlet Fist and Diego were longtime members, Valhalla was an unregistered yet devoted member, and Jay Organa spent months there learning their ways. Following the occurrence of the Melanization, the church was destroyed by the Resometh with the rest of Proxima. The surviving Proximans relocated into the multiverse, settling in Tessek Lu, reestablishing the realm as **New Oltron**.

## Overview

### Functionality

"*The Church of Oltron has brought us closer to the Gods and given us guidance for living for well over a thousand years. Those who lack depth or height to their testimonies are welcomed with open arms, and yet are unable to absorb its unimaginable gifts.*"
―Diego[src]
All members of the Church of Oltron serve under the council of priests and priestesses, representing the light and dark with six beings sitting on both branches — the light are represented by the cunning Lady, while the dark are represented by the secretive Allfather. Their priests had strong personalities and equally powerful connections to the Gods. In contrast to his kind-hearted nature, Gita was also quite brave, strong-willed and noble, since he was brave enough to stand against Genesis, the lord of the Resometh, by herself. Every councilman was ever ready to sacrifice themselves if it ever became necessary to help their religion in that way. Additionally, the priests were all highly skilled combatants. When confronted by Genesis, Gita single-handedly disarmed him and almost killed him had he not had phenomenal improvising skills built up over eons of military experience. Underage cultists Scarlet Fist and Diego were longtime members, Valhalla was an unregistered yet devoted member, and Jay Organa spent months there learning their ways.

### Location

The Church of Oltron is an enormous cathedral, with the front entrance spanning hundreds of meters. The church also has highly advanced password systems to open doors that can even be engraved in stone.

### Mystical Energies of Oltron

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The Oltrist Energy utilized by the Oltrists, is light-based mystical power that derives from tattoos imprinted on a cultist's flesh by a senior member of the church, who in turn got it from their own elders, and so on. These tattoos vary enormously based on levels of power and what types of power deviate from them. Projecting from these tattoos, it produces sparks and fiery energy in a blue/purple color palette that is capable of gives off not only light, but also warmth. Being highly versatile, it can be used to generate constructs of tangible energy, such as melee weapons and shields, as well as to cast spells by conjuring specific formations and geometric patterns with the fiery energy. While many of these arrays of intricate holographic symbols commonly appear as disks projected in front of whatever body part the caster's appropriate Oltrist tattoo is located, others can appear as rings or bands that surround the caster's arms. Similarly, certain spells can manifest as an aura of arcane energy that emanates from the hands and forearms of the caster. Additionally, this form of dimensional energy can be channeled into one's own body to bypass physical disabilities and limitations through sustained concentration, as a physically incapable Oltrist could be given the honor of having a tattoo imprinted on the primary body part inducing their disability. The individual in question could function without providing continuous conscious effort to maintain the effect, just so long as they had the tattoo. Types of Oltrist Energy include:

* **Mandala Generation**: Mystics can use their fiery energy to form holographic Mandalas, religious and magical symbols used as shields or melee weapons. The Oltrist energy shields are capable of deflecting laser blasts; when a blast hits the shield, it ripples with the same energy, deflecting the blast.
* **Wind Generation**: Valhalla was able to create glowing bands on either side of her chest, which then transformed into a wave of golden light to clear the street of Solis Lacus of smoke and debris after Genesis' ship landed in the square. The wind was able to redirect the smoke out of the street and up into the sky.
* **Energy Blasts**: Mystics can shape their mystical energy into projectiles or concussive blasts. During the Battle of Erno Silva, Valhalla was able to infuse the ground beneath her with energy to generate powerful streams of fiery energy that ricocheted off several floating boulders to attack Yeqon.
* **Illusion Casting**: Mystics can generate visual demonstrations of various cosmic phenomena by conjuring holographic illusions.
* **Dimensional Awareness**: Mystics are able to be aware of the beings that inhabited multiple overlapping dimensions.
	+ **Dimensional Travel**: Like other mystics, the Lady is able to travel to all dimensions over her universe; she is also able to become a spiritual anchor to send others safely on interdimensional travels.
* **Cosmic Awareness**: Mystics are able to feel the presence of powerful beings.
* **Transdimensional Perception**: The Allfather possesses sensory capabilities far beyond that of any known individual in D.I.T. canon. His sight itself extends itself to all of Andromeda, and his hearing was precise enough to hear Vincent Organa at one point. Despite his phenomenal ability, however, his senses have been deceived for a degree by the Resometh.
	+ **Transdimensional Communication**: When the Allfather called upon Valhalla, he was able to allow her to temporarily see his own surroundings on Proxima, and to thus communicate with her as if they were in the same place. While doing so, Valhalla's eyes can turn her irises into purple-colored ones just like the Allfather's.
* **Superhuman Condition**: Most Oltrists possessed superhuman physical attributes. For instance, Gita was superhumanly strong and was able to disarm Genesis, the leader of the Resometh fairly easily by using the sheer muscles in his arms to wrestle his blade from his grasp.

## History

### A house of enlightenment

The Church of Oltron was founded as a place for mystics, young and old, to train and control their powers. People often come here after being broken or damaged, physically and psychologically. Once they are healed from their wounds, they are allowed to choose between joining the church or returning to their previous lives.

Nine thousand years after being thrown into stasis, Genesis awoke and called on the rest of the Resometh. Meanwhile, and following the destruction of his AI mother NANA, Jay Organa came to Proxima when his twin brother Vincent Organa began seeking answers. Seeking out the church, Jay was met by the Lady, the Allfather, and Valhalla, who all took their turns to train him to become a full-fledged cultist. The Resometh were finally ready to invade Proxima, consumed by vengeance and hellbent on burning everything to the ground. At the observation deck, the Resometh launched a raid with their Harrow ships and assaulted the church. Finally, the Ark crashed into the church building. During the siege, the church's main hall was heavily damaged and High Priest Gita as well as many religious guardians were killed by Genesis and his soldiers. An iconic banquet table was also damaged by a Matter Projector thrown by Genesis.

### Revitilization

After Genesis used the Eye of Remembrance to revert the universe to its primordial state of darkness, he still desired revenge on the Church of Oltron, who was providing much-needed aid to the Proximan populace to help them endure through the new changes. Now free to set his sights directly upon them, Genesis murdered the king in the ensuing battle, at which point the Allfather led numerous civilians to a safe place where they could hide from Genesis' wrath, eventually transporting many Proximans away in ships at the cost of his own life. The survivors of the ancient religion were left with no homeworld and turned to the needy Proximans, together seeking refuge throughout space.

The remaining Proximans ended up reestablishing civilization in Tessek Lu in the Multiverse, naming the plane New Oltron. Deprived of their riches, the Proximans lived a simple, rural life and many became game hunters. They were led by Valhalla and Jay Organa as they fell in love and bonded over leading the church and keeping its customs and traditions alive at all costs.

## Ranks

 Councilmen
Lalrahah
 Youth disciples
Jay Organa
 Unregistered

## References

1. ↑ *Band of Justice*
2. ↑ *Band of Justice: Omniverse*