BSG | Church of the Ninth
The majority religion within the Kingdom is semi-monotheistic and worships the Ninth God. Their doctrine teaches that once upon a time, there were eight gods, who created a flawed world full of sinful people. Then the Ninth God willed Himself into existence and banished or destroyed the other eight, punishing them for the faults in their creation.
Now the Ninth God is striving to fix the mistakes of His predecessors, and it is only through worship that we can persuade Him not to destroy us all and start again. Those who worship Him and live a good life will be taken to the Thereafter - the world He will make after ours is destroyed, which will finally be perfect. Non-believers face oblivion, while especially evil souls will be condemned to join the other gods in one of the Seven Hells.
It is orthodoxy that the Hells are ruled by the Seventh God, who the Ninth God merely banished rather than destroyed, and are populated by demons and devils who serve as the Seventh God’s servants. These servile demons are believed to be fragments of the Fifth God, sprouting from cinders after the Fifth God was burned.
Though the Monarch does not lead the Church of the Ninth, they are considered to have a divine right to rule, deriving their earthly power from the Ninth God Himself.
The Church of the Ninth is led by an Archbishop, who resides in The Capital City, within St. Bertrand's Cathedral. Functionally the Archbishop’s role is similar to that of a Pope - he is considered to be a vessel for the will of the Ninth, and is hugely powerful in his own way.
The Church of the Ninth also maintains The Inquisition, which actively roots out heresy and ‘devil-worship.’ It is led by a High Inquisitor, who is subordinate within the Church only to the Archbishop himself. The Inquisitors love to burn people alive for witchcraft or heresy, and they are (reputably) impossible to bribe. As a result, even Nobles live in fear of attracting the Inquisitors’ attention.
Now the Ninth God is striving to fix the mistakes of His predecessors, and it is only through worship that we can persuade Him not to destroy us all and start again. Those who worship Him and live a good life will be taken to the Thereafter - the world He will make after ours is destroyed, which will finally be perfect. Non-believers face oblivion, while especially evil souls will be condemned to join the other gods in one of the Seven Hells.
It is orthodoxy that the Hells are ruled by the Seventh God, who the Ninth God merely banished rather than destroyed, and are populated by demons and devils who serve as the Seventh God’s servants. These servile demons are believed to be fragments of the Fifth God, sprouting from cinders after the Fifth God was burned.
Though the Monarch does not lead the Church of the Ninth, they are considered to have a divine right to rule, deriving their earthly power from the Ninth God Himself.
The Church of the Ninth is led by an Archbishop, who resides in The Capital City, within St. Bertrand's Cathedral. Functionally the Archbishop’s role is similar to that of a Pope - he is considered to be a vessel for the will of the Ninth, and is hugely powerful in his own way.
The Church of the Ninth also maintains The Inquisition, which actively roots out heresy and ‘devil-worship.’ It is led by a High Inquisitor, who is subordinate within the Church only to the Archbishop himself. The Inquisitors love to burn people alive for witchcraft or heresy, and they are (reputably) impossible to bribe. As a result, even Nobles live in fear of attracting the Inquisitors’ attention.
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Order of the Ninth
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