The Nine Travelers

The Faith of the Nine Travelers was less a faith or religion and more a set of customs and a philosophy. It held that Heaven was a vast mirror of the empire of Shou Lung, with its own empire, government, bureaucracy, and emperor. All of this in fact correctly described the Celestial Empire, which held spiritual authority over Kara-Tur, more closely than other religion. In particular, adherents followed the Nine Immortals , also known as the Nine Travelers, and held that they were enormously powerful beings of the Celestial Bureaucracy.

Tenets of Faith

A fundamental tenet of the faith was that even the lowest commoner could rise to become a ruler. This view was openly commended by the nobility but of course not exactly encouraged.

Granted Divine Powers

The Nine Immortals  grant powers to devoted individuals to them personally. Normally in forms of Clerics, Rangers, Sorcerers, or Wu Jen (Witch).

Political Influence & Intrigue

As a religion, the Faith of the Nine Travelers is perhaps the least powerful. It has no organized priesthood and very few temples. Instead, its true power lay in the many people of the lower classes and the bureaucracy who followed it. The Faith was practiced by monks and common citizens.

Sects

Each of the Nine Immortals was followed by a different sect. However, believers argued about which of the Nine was the leader. A small sect of the faith hailing from Shou Lung even worshiped the Giants in Gray themselves, such as at the Temple of the Nine Travelers in Manass in Khazari.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion