Chamber of Ecclestials
The Chamber of Ecclestials, the governing body of the Ascendant Court, predates the very concept of district councils or even the Grand Council. Even as the pilgrim lords of early Absalom worked with their living god to interpret and enact the Founding Laws of Absalom into the earliest semblance of a local government, the clerics and religious leaders who gathered near the edge of the Starstone Chasm had started to organize into a common council to see to the immediate needs of their refugee-choked district.
The council includes representatives of 20 different religions. The nomarch of the Chamber is very rarely a member of any local religion, however, and by tradition is usually a Vudrani sage. The current nomarch, Sindoi of the Thousand Poems, has ruled for decades, and is greatly respected by the clergy and common people alike.
The Chamber of Ecclestials spends most of its time arranging for the holidays, weddings, funerals, protests, celebrations, and observances of member churches, some of which list the destruction of their religious neighbors among the tenets of their faith. A study of the Chamber’s decisions over centuries published by the Galtan philosopher Darl Jubannich in his infamous On Government was part of a broader condemnation of religion and politics that triggered the Red Revolution of Galt in the previous century.
Anyone can apply to the Chamber to be granted the title of ecclestial. Normally having a known ecclestial vouch for the applicant is enough, but occasionally it is required that a working knowledge of the applicant’s religion or the ability to create holy or unholy water is also displayed. Being an ecclestial grants no special rights or privileges, but does cause city officials (especially varlokkur) to look upon a divine spellcaster less suspiciously.
The council includes representatives of 20 different religions. The nomarch of the Chamber is very rarely a member of any local religion, however, and by tradition is usually a Vudrani sage. The current nomarch, Sindoi of the Thousand Poems, has ruled for decades, and is greatly respected by the clergy and common people alike.
The Chamber of Ecclestials spends most of its time arranging for the holidays, weddings, funerals, protests, celebrations, and observances of member churches, some of which list the destruction of their religious neighbors among the tenets of their faith. A study of the Chamber’s decisions over centuries published by the Galtan philosopher Darl Jubannich in his infamous On Government was part of a broader condemnation of religion and politics that triggered the Red Revolution of Galt in the previous century.
Anyone can apply to the Chamber to be granted the title of ecclestial. Normally having a known ecclestial vouch for the applicant is enough, but occasionally it is required that a working knowledge of the applicant’s religion or the ability to create holy or unholy water is also displayed. Being an ecclestial grants no special rights or privileges, but does cause city officials (especially varlokkur) to look upon a divine spellcaster less suspiciously.
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Geopolitical, City council
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