Unity Church

Leader: Head of the Church is The Emperor of Liefin Hadrias III

Head of the clergy is (title) Pontif Lorithex (name) Nicio Fortresna.

The Unity Church is the official Religion of the Liefin Empire, most of the North, and is influential in many lands. It is based on the collective worship of the approved gods. Citizens pray generically, while the priesthood occupies themselves with the rites and sacrifices due to individual deities. The pantheon of the Unity Church is smaller than the pantheon of Forces and Powers worshipped throughout the world. It has even declared several deities to be outsiders, and their worship to be heresy.

The priests are extremely powerful in the lands in which the church dominates, and it is rumoured they maintain a secret inquisition - a spy network to rival the Emperor's lay spy organization.

A military order is dedicated to the Unity Church, named the Grand Inquisition of the Church. Its members include knights and paladins from many lands, and they tend to dominate the ranks of the emperor's Praetorian Guard.

Included Deities:

Powers:

Zanus Optima (head), Apholona goddess of love, Otugen (Ceres) Goddess of harvest and birth, Faustex God of Prophets (currently suppressed), Thoth God of Natural Death, Astar God of War. Minor: Paladine god of righteous causes, Poseidin Lord of the Seas, Corpicon god of wine and consumption,

Forces:

Jotun and Jarloman (the twins), Palaemon god of portents, Shamash God of Vengeance, Bellona goddess of battle, Vokkan god of craft. Minor: Mum the primordial goddess of creation, Lorithon Godhead of the Elves (promoted to a major diety within the church hierarchy, just under Zanus).

Excluded Gods (unrecognized):

Asherah Goddess of Magic, Lupercus the changeling, Lucithot gatekeeper of the dead, Prixat God of trickery, Radghast the deceiver, Gaishir the world tree. Lesser Gods: Pravadine goddess of justice, Ipione goddess of healing, Neferiti God of Cats.

Heretical Gods (banned):

All outsider gods, BZLDN the dethroned, Somnifear god of nightmares. Minor: Lilith the betrayer. Lesser: Evangeline the restorer, any ascended mortal.

It is the dominant cult in:

Liefin Empire, Kingdom of Aefendar, Kingdom of Byzodium, Kingdom of Nogorond, Kingdom of Anadeale, Grand Duchy of Eastmarch, Grand Duchy of Stonemonte.

It is officially Banned in:

Grand Duchy of Westmarch, Kingdom of Rheagus, and the Dragonborn Empire.