The Healing halls of Morwyn

The healing halls of Morwyn, as her churches are called, are run by her followers, the Morwynites. Morwynites are enormously popular wherever their healing halls are found, for they cure diseases and heal their hurts. All people love Morwynite healing, but not everyone loves the Morwynites themselves. Many people see them as impossibly holy, even self-righteous. For this reason, healing
halls are not as common as they could be. Morwynites receive many donations from their patients and fill massive coffers , but lack common people to staff a healing hall in every major population center. Add to this the somewhat peculiar structure of the healing halls (see below), and you have a church which, despite its popularity, has difficulty spreading its faith.
The principal temporal goal of the Morwynite faith is to increase its lay membership, so it can build and staff more healing halls. This goal places Morwynites in direct conflict with the Great Church, which offers healing as well (though as one service of many), and like the Morwynites, wishes to attract devout laity and expand its reach. This yields the strange result of two lawful good churches, which eye each other suspiciously.
Yet the churches are quite similar. It is no coincidence that the head of both faiths is called the Supreme Matriarch (or sometimes Patriarch, in the case of the Great Church Hefasten modeled the Great Church after his native Morwynite faith. The Great Church exists to add members, and the Morwynites fear that if they don’t do the same, they will cease to exist.
And it is possible. The Morwynite message is one of peace, harmony, charity and love for all; the average person is entirely unprepared to commit his life to the doctrine. Few believe they can live up to the standards of the church and its deity. More importantly, it is a difficult life.
Morwynites constantly give of themselves, in spirit and earthly labor. Morwynites hold only those possessions they must have to survive, giving everything else to the healing halls for charitable distribution. While most are happy to give to the Morwynites in return for healing, or when attending a service in thanks for a newborn child or cured illness, that is the extent of their involvement with the healing halls.
Since the Morwynites never refuse healing to anyone, there is no real incentive for its beneficiaries do more. Thus, only the purest, most caring souls end up among the Morwynites.
There aren’t many such folk. Quite often, the healing halls neighbor or adjoin a foundation of Rontra, as the goddesses are considered to be intrinsically linked. Morwyn looks upon her followers with great affection. As the instigator of the Compact, Morwyn commits to its terms.
She sees the healing halls as her best and strongest hope for opposing evil, and making an impact on the mortal world. However, she also sees how the Compact has bound her hands in those same efforts, and is sometimes frustrated by her inability to take direct action in the world. Morwyn’s primary concern with her church is its apparent inability to draw new people to the faith. The entire purpose of the Compact is to promote the works of the gods through mortal agents, yet other gods enjoy greater benefits under its terms, even though it was her initiative.
Morwyn finds this profoundly disappointing, yet also believes her worshipers properly represent her beliefs as they work in the healing halls. Morwyn is in direct contact with the Morwynite Supreme Matriarch, and gives her guidance on spiritual matters.
The entire faith was founded by a priestess named Tyngelle, in whom Morwyn put her faith long ago to build a lasting church in her honor. The order established by Tyngelle lasts to this day, and Morwyn sees each Supreme Matriarch as a direct descendent of the first, in whom she put her faith. Morwyn never tells her representative exactly how to behave, nor does she dictate the direction the healing halls should take.
Morwyn lets her children make their own decisions, but does provide the Supreme Matriarch with advice to pass on to spiritually troubled seekers who come to the White Hall of Morwyn’s Hand. For this reason, these inquisitive, disturbed souls often find what they seek in the Supreme Matriarch’s presence. The head of the Morwynites is incredibly wise, and sometimes speaks with the Queen of Heaven’s voice

Type

Religious, Organised Religion