Ceylan/History

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## Backstory

'The child' was the firstborn son of an Ammonite king, but he was sacrificed as a baby to the god Moloch before he was even given a name. As a result, he didn't manage to understand anything of the process that preceded his revival in another world. He sometimes experiences a very vague sense of 'not truly belonging' that troubles him, but he attributes it to being an orphan.

## Current Life

Ceylan's arrival in the next world was problematic at best, as his spirit took hold of a stillborn child that got revived by his spirit's sudden presence. Whilst his parents thought it to be a miracle, the rest of their family and their surroundings did not, believing the child to have been possessed by a demon and brought back to life as some sort of undead. Ceylan's parents were eventually pressured into abandoning him less than a year after his birth, as he might have otherwise been killed.

That's why Ceylan was left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the Syncretist Church with nothing but a note that read his name and a single silver coin with a depiction of a winged humanoid on both sides of it. He was treated well, albeit strictly and sparsely. He didn't lack in anything serious, other than perhaps affection. He was able to develop a love for reading and eventually started to study the religion to which he owed his life. It wasn't long before he became a deacon, the lowest-ranking of the clergyman, which set him on the path to priesthood.

The Syncretist Church's core tenet is as follows: “The truth of a religion is presented by its effect on the world.” Syncretists believe that many religions are valuable, for all of them may be ways to bring salvation to the masses. As a result, the Syncretist Church tries to blend all sorts of religions into one faith, wherein the 'what' becomes less important than the 'how', meaning that the actions that stem from a faith are superior to its theological foundation. That latter is why they focus heavily on healing, medical research, peace negotiations, sheltering orphans and all sorts of other charitable work that one might think off. On the opposite end, they reject any faith or religion that brings harm to people or that merely strives to enrich its clergyman. Whilst the lack of one clear god to follow might shy away some people, the Church's focus on healing and their research into it are famous through-out the country.

The latter is why Ceylan himself studied healing magic along with religious texts, whenever he wasn't giving readings on Syncretism and putting his healing magic into practice in hospitals. A few years after coming of age, he finally managed to attain the rank of priesthood, which prompted him to start travelling through-out the country. He's very sincere in his desire to help and heal the less fortunate, which he always puts first. Actions first, conversion second. Even so, he hopes to rise through the ranks within the church, as he learned how much more effective the actions of those in positions of power can be. He'd found his goals when he saw one of the church's cardinals take action to prevent an entire village from starving, which was a scale of aiding people that he aspires to become capable of.