Evandel

The known lands of Evandel consist of four continents, Matten, Mares, Ludde, and Jogn. These four landmasses circulated the Island of Down and Elk, which in Ancient Days, housed the Holy City, Paten, of the Church of Down. Paten was a bustling and holy city, home to the High Priests of Down, and the seat of the Leader of the Church, the Archrector. The Cathedral of the Blue Rose, seat of the Archrector as well as the host to the Church’s most sacred relic, was considered one of the tallest structures in of the Gospel Era, its spire soaring to the heavens. In 1 GE, one of the worst natural disasters ever experienced struck the world of Evandel. What became known as the Downquake destroyed the majority of the Island of Down & Elk. The city of Paten and its inhabitants were destroyed. All that was left standing was the Cathedral, though it sunk several feet into the ground.       While some considered this a sign that the Church of Down had one the favor of the Rose Pantheon, surviving in the face of extreme catastrophe, many others considered the destruction of Paten to be a sign that the Church had lost favor with the Heavens. Doubt filled the four lands, civil Kings rose up and struck down Church leaders, installing themselves as rightful rulers of peoples. Such was the beginning of the Civil Era. By 100 CE, the Kingdoms within both Matten and Jogn had eradicated the Church from existence, while in Ludde a partnership of sorts existed between many Kings and Church leaders, although some of the Southern Kingdoms had abolished it in favor of their own idols. Only in Mares did the Church continue to dominate in the political scene, but even then did it share power with civil authorities that were not obligated to the Church.   In 500 Civil Era, the Church faced another catastrophe with the death of Archrector Rurigamian II and the death of the Blue Rose which had been venerated by the Church for so long. After the selection of Archrector Aligroil XI, the Blue Rose died and changed the world of Evandel as it had been known.