Church of Etione
Structure
Etione's religion is made up of historians, and philosophers trying to make sense of the world and use Etione's prophecies and portents to aid them in that quest.
Of all of the Ancients, Etione has the most clerics - who nearly without fail are prophets with little control over their powers. The goddess seems to care little about whether a person worshipped her or not, and grants these powers apparently at random - or at least by a design not understandable to mortals.
The clergy of the church without fail try to find and protect these prophets to ensure they can chronicle any prophecies they utter. Those that do not come willingly are convinced with other means.
Public Agenda
The church makes quite a bit of progress in deciphering prophecies, and publishes their findings regularly. Using these findings, some historians update and correct old history books when discovering the truth.
History
The church was formed by a Veczi nobleman named Obi Munashe in hopes of proving wrong a prophecy that was foretold about him - he would die alone, his family thousands of miles away in a far off country. He gathered prophets and researchers from across the world to try to find any way to prevent his fate, or prove the original prophet as a fraud.
His efforts came to great results and many new prophecies from those he gathered, as well as revelations about prophecies of old. Munashe's prophecy was not undone - rather, he had embraced it. Munashe's died preventing a great tragedy that he had learned of during his travels - he knew it could mean his death, and left his family in care of a close friend he met during his travels, far from the danger in his homelands.
After Munashe's death, the prophets and scholars he gathered banded together to found the Church of Etione, and do whatever good they could do with their knowledge of prophecies. Despite the fact that Munashe died before its official founding, he is considered the originator of the church.
