wilcoxon wrote:
It's clear which deity (most) playable Ss'ressen worship but not what church/sect they are part of.
The Black Talons worship the Fire Dragon and Milandir recently added the Fire Dragon to the Milandric church. Does this mean that Black Talons are part of the Milandric Church or that their sect would still be ssethric (or ss'ressen)?
Similarly for Ashen Hides and the Dark Triumvirate recognizing the Fire Dragon as an aspect of Nier. Are the Ashen Hides part of the Dark Triumvirate or part of ssethric/ss'ressen sect?
Ghost Scales are even less clear. They mostly live in Coryan and worship "Herka" which is a Sarishan (iirc) artifact. Does this make them part of the Mother Church by extension or are they part of their own sect? Like some others have voiced, I'm highly curious why Herka hasn't directed the Ghost Scales to a direct worship of Sarish (since it seems to be at least semi-intelligent).
I've always been under the impression that sect is based on that individual's faith and it comes in two questions. How far/close from the tenets of a church do they worship? And does that individual believe he's a part of that church? The Black Talons of Milandir probably aren't considered Milandisian Orthodox. They've only recently been added to church. I'm sure very few of them believe or feel like they are a part of the pantheon of man (yet). And I'm sure most human Milandisians feel the same way. I would still consider them their own church for the purposes of sect targeting. At least for the time being. Side note, I don't think that the ssethric church would recognize the Fire Dragon aspect of Kassagore as a part of their church (even if they weren't worshiping Varn now
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Couldn't tell you about they Ashen Hides.
The Ghost Scale are their own sect. Do they have any kind of divine ability, presence or power? No. But, they are still their own sect, and probably heretics to the rest of the Black Talons. The thing of Herka is that no one knows it's just an artifact of Sarish. So the Coryani Church has no idea what they are worshiping.