for empire-approved worship of sorcery, binding, shadow and reflection
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| Making | Phoenix | Brilliance | ||
| Grey Lord | Traveller | |||
| Darkness | Deathgod | M. Knives | ||
| Deity | Sphere | Alignment | Telesterion | High Holy One | Race |
| Grey Lord | Law, Order Reflection Binding Mages Monks emeralds silver |
Lawful Neutral | Diaspar | Hektor | Halfbreeds Forentines Wengen Kobolds Kyben |
The initial avatar of the grey lord was a half-Wengen sorcerer of great power named
Troy. This image transitioned over the decades to a Florentine with
great power over the mundane world, a weaponless bonze monk named
Kalkin, said to be the son of Yama
Deathgpd. There are some female avatars of this empty-hand
warrior/wizard, and a half-elven one, and a male Kobold avatar
made of gold.
As a monk, the Grey Lord became widely known as a solid politician able to raise fierce loyalty
for his causes apparently without any charming magic. A sect of the Church of the Grey Lord
worships this avatar known as The Binder.
The Grey Lord fights with his hands, but as a great politician, rarely needs to come to blows
to reach his ends. The sorcerer weilds a staff and the bonze weilds a sword named
Aki I Tsuri, “Red Tidings.”
Reflection before action is rewarded, and one is bound to fulfill one's word. It is believed
infinite shadows and reflections are created from one's every action, and so one must be
careful lest one act in a way that ripples across the universe.
The followers of the Grey Lord place great faith in organized ritual and stricture as the proper
way to walk the pattern of one's life.
The domed free city of Diaspar was created in seven days by Thiebaud, a high priest of the
Grey Lord. The wall and dome appear to be constructed of one seamless Emerald.
It is said Diaspar is a shadow of a prime city, called by the god's name: Troy. Unlike Troy, the
city of Diaspar never fell to an attacking army, despite a ten year seige. After a decade of seige,
the Theocrat called the Ground to swallow up the beseiging Necrodemian forces and be done.
Traditionally the Theocrat of the City is also the High Priest/ess of the Church of the Grey Lord.
The position of Theocrat is not truly secular, for the Eressene and Hektorite orders are based
in Diaspar. The city conflists are almost always based on church schisms.
Diaspar is occasionally ruled through a Nexus-8 Replicant of the city's founder Thiebaud. This
magical construct is called “the Theocrat“. Only the Highest Priest of the Church
of the Grey Lord may command the Theocrat. Many High Priests and Priestesses do not enjoy
ruling through a construct, or fear his political power and immortality, so the Theocrat has
experienced decades of freedom as well as imprisonment in the century since Thiebaud's
natural life ended.
Wengens who are not coven druids tend to worship Troy the Sorcerer. Florentines tend to
workship Kalkin the Binder. Kobolds tend to worship Edi Snitman, Master of Kyben.
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