Celestial Bureaucracy

Religions of Therrah

The Empire of the Rose has a view of the afterlife that reflects their view of the world. The Imperial people believe in reincarnation. They believe that souls return as greater or lesser being based on the actions of previous lives. Occasionally, a person achieves such a state of enlightenment or perfection that they are called into the Heavens rather than reborn. Alternatively, those who are particularly evil and unredeemable may be dragged to the Netherworld. The Imperial view of the Heavens differs from The One Church nations. Followers of the One Church believe the gods, saints, and celestial beings watch over them and guide them. Followers of the Celestial Bureaucracy believe the gods and their servants are busy with the secret, unseen machinery of the universe, and are seldom concerned with mortal toils. Under the Celestial Bureaucracy, gods should be honored at their due time, and all requests or petitions should be handled through the proper channels and clergy. The Celestial Bureaucracy runs the universe, and the Imperial government runs the world, so citizens need only excel at what they do for the honor of their community and family. The Celestial Bureaucracy consists of the gods and their servants; celestial beings, as well as nobles, heroes, and officials that have ascended to the Heavens.

Much of the work of the clergy is predicting the actions and will of the gods to determine the most auspicious times for various events and activities.

Priests of the Celestial Bureaucracy:
 * Alignment: Priests of the Celestial Bureaucracy can be of any alignment, because all alignments are within one step of at least one god in the pantheon.


 * Channel Energy: Followers of the Celestial Bureaucracy may channel positive or negative energy.


 * Domains: choose any domains except Evil and Void, or any of their subdomains.


 * Favored Weapon: choose any weapon as your favored weapon. Many priests try to match their weapon to their patron god.