Bishop

The Bishop of The Consumed Kingdom is what is known as an alternate, those from beyond. Little is known of these beings and their worship is confined to the choicest of circles. What is known is that The Bishop acts as an anathema of ignorance, revealing information whether the bearer is ready to know it or not.

### Occupation

Enacting revelations, manuscript distribution

## Lore

### Origins

It is not known by most mortals where Bishop, or any of The Court of The King of Nothing originated from or how they came into being, but surely those that do are driven mad.

### Worship

Worship of Bishop is confined to small cults, who are secretive out of necessity rather than choice, because if they had their way the secrets they learn would be shared across the lands, but as fate would have it their revelations oft fall on unprepared ears, leading to the cult's widespread persecution.

As a result, the cults of Bishop often form clandestine scriptoriums dedicated to the copying and distribution of eldritch texts, most notably The Books of Dev; which detail the true histories of Vulcan among other things.

### Involvement with The Party

Bishop has bestowed a shred of power upon its oracle Tulles, who currently travels with the party. It also distributed a copy of Dev's Histories of Vulcan to Sonata during their time in the Astral Sea via one of the chains of Beranbend.

While the party were inside one of Sonata's dreams, Bishop came to Tulles in a dream of his own, in which an imperceptibly large cathedral was being consumed by a mass of flesh. Tulles followed the figure of the Bishop through the cathedral, observing that sigils on the wall slowed the growth of the flesh. Bishop led Tulles to a scriptorium where a book lay on a stand. Tulles was compelled to take it, but awoke as he reached for it.

While travelling with the party, Tulles came across a grimoire of shadows and the Stylus of Brisecret in the reliquary of Hamofarne. Hearing from Drithelm that they were not recognised as relics of the monastery, Tulles believed them to be 'meant for him,' potentially gifts from Bishop. He refused to give the stylus to Sonata when asked, insisting that he keep the two items, which appeared as a set, instead of taking a relic.

Later, in the monastery proper, Tulles found a tome reminiscent of the one from his dream. Inside were sigils, similar to the ones on the wall in the dream. Tulles again refused to give this to Sonata, believing that he himself would decipher it with time.

## Piety

You increase your piety score to Bishop when you expand its influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

* Revealing powerful secrets to others.
* Creating or facilitating the creation of institutions to record important lore.
* Collecting and preserving lost knowledge.
* Furthering the agenda of The Court of The King of Nothing, should one exist.

Your piety score to Bishop decreases if you diminish Bishop's influence in the world or contradict its ideals through acts such as these:

* Withholding significant information.
* Destroying mediums of information such as manuscripts and the institutions that create them.
* Not applying vital knowledge to one's life experience.
* Actively seeking to reduce the influence of The Court of The King of Nothing.

### The Bishop's Pasture

*Piety 3+ Bishop trait.*

As one that engages in the cult of The Bishop, you have begun to find ways of understanding all forms of communication. You can cast comprehend languages with this trait a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. In addition, you know the mind sliver cantrip. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.