Avatar

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An avatar is the high priest of one of the deities of Valenor and is usually also the highest authority of the cult.

An avatar remains in office for the duration of his earthly existence; at his death another believer is chosen as Avatar, at times through a direct manifestation of divinity, at other times he is indicated and recognized by the clerics.

An Avatar is always in the mind of the divinity and the mind of the divinity is in it, talking to the Avatar is like talking directly to the divinity, but sometimes the opposite is not true ... the avatar speaks and says what the divinity wishes to say, not what it thinks; at other times he may speak in puzzles, which are interpreted by an inner circle of sages.

Deceased avatars are worshiped, while their bodies or personal items become relics. In the annals of the various churches all the Avatars are remembered, and in some rare cases we speak of two Avatars present at the same time, often the cause of tensions and clashes within the cult.

The knowledge granted to an Avatar is often much higher than that normally available to priests, they can grant powers, spells or abilities to the most deserving Paladins or Priests, or lead rituals and prayers not available to mere mortals.

Type

Divine