Church of Loviatar
The Church of Loviatar has a large and growing body of adherents among the more decadent members of the Waterdhavian nobility, including several members of House Anteos and House Husteem. In the City of Splendors, worship of the Maiden of Pain has traditionally been confined to private homes and disreputable Dock Ward cellars, but the cult has flourished with the recent establishment of a new temple in the uppermost level of Undermountain.
Base of Operations: House of Pain.
Church of Loviatar (Standard Religious): AL LE, LN, NE; 15,000 gp resource limit; Membership 150; Isolated (humans 139, half-elves 7, halflings 2, others 2 Dues 10 gp/month (none to join).
Authority Figure. High Whipmaster
Requirements: You must adhere to the tenets of Loviatar, and add to the poverty, misery, and suffering of the helpless. This requires an average of 20 hours per tenday.
Creed
Spread pain, and the love of pain. Visit pain often upon others, but in a kind, ten¬der way that makes them seek it. Kiss the lash and feel its sting at least once daily, while praying to the Maiden. Do hurt, cause agony, inflict tor-ment, induce suffering, and work torture—all in and other rulers, influential persons, and heads of wealthy families to the Kiss of Loviatar whenever possible, that those they influence shall fall into acceptance of the Sacred Pain. Be mysterious and alluring, be kindly and flirtatious, and awaken love and lust. Slay clergy of Ilmater whenever co¬vertly possible.Secular Aims
Loviathan clergy are formally called the Lashes of Loviatar, and informally known as Inflictors. They are encouraged to de- They may keep any wealth and prizes they gain thereby, so long as they use such relationships to increase local social acceptance of the Kiss (willingly suffered pain) and bring more willing participants to the reverence of Loviatar. velop personal relationships, particularly with the influential and powerful, dealing pain with love or feigned love so as to dominate their victims. In the mid 1300s DR, the goddess purged her church of many of its highest-ranking clergy, and replaced its top-down hierarchy with a far more independent, broadly based structure. The hi¬erarchy used to consist of a High Whipmistress pontiff atop seven Exalted Scourges, and a strict hierarchy of fourteen clerical ranks beneath them. The new structure has seven Exalted Scourges and their envoys and discipline agents, the Pains, at the top. Then, there are administering En¬trusted Whips, who are the heads of temples, and to whom any number of Lashes (senior priest¬esses) and Lesser Lashes (ordinary priests) report. This change stimulated personal initiative in the lower ranks and started the transformation of the faith from a widely feared, secretive cult cater¬ing only to the wealthiest and highest-ranking in secular society to an increasingly trendy church. Inflictors who have risen since this great change include the following personages. “Lady” Ladaeliya Larkoond, the Entrusted Whip of the Tower of Sighs, which is the temple of Loviatar in Zazesspur. Larkoond is an allur¬ing beauty who has entranced wealthy merchants in Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan, and been gifted with no fewer than six castles and more than a dozen vineyards and farms. Tathjanesse Waerntyr, the Entrusted Whip of Lashtail House, a temple she founded in Sara- dush with the personal approval of Loviatar. She accomplished this after making great personal advances in the region—several rulers seek her as their consort, and no less than sixteen important merchants publicly want her hand in marriage. She is a political confidant in the region, with ever-increasing influence. As she once told Ex¬alted Scourge Hevendra Vrayn of the Whip of Athkatla, “They come for the pain, and stay for the embraces and advice.” Andratha Dorntalon, Pain of Elversult, is one of the most energetic and far-traveled Inflictors. Dorntalon is a priestess whose exploits would shame many a veteran adventurer. By turns sub¬missive and a charismatic ruler who projects absolute authority, Dorntalon enjoys a special relationship with Loviatar. She carries out secret missions given to her by the goddess, answers only to the Exalted Scourges (who treat her with great respect), and always seems to have con¬cealed weapons or waiting allies to rescue her if she faces doom. Fellow Inflictors know that her duties include destroying the most formidable foes of the church.Если вы хотите что то добавить или присоединится к команде редакторов - пишите комментарии
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