Priest

The priesthood is responsible for maintaining temples, spreading the faith, and working most directly with divine magic.

Ranks of the Priesthood

Acolyte
An acolyte is a priest in training. After initiation into the service of a specific god, their formal training begins: doctrine, rituals, and the first lessons in divine magic.

Priest / Priestess
When an acolyte’s training is judged complete by the High Priest they serve under, they undergo a new ceremony and become a full priest. Priests:

• Serve in the temples of the New Faiths

• May remain at their home temple or request transfer elsewhere

• Sometimes wander as travelling priests, sent on missions or choosing to carry the faith into more remote lands

High Priest
Every temple has a High Priest:

• In a small shared temple (all four gods under one roof), there is one High Priest over the whole house.

• In a large multi-temple city, each major temple may have its own High Priest for that specific god.

They oversee the rituals, administration, and discipline of the local priesthood.

Grand Priest
There are four Grand Priests in total, one for each of the New Faiths. They are the highest mortal authorities for their god’s cult and form the leading circle of the priesthood.

The Grand Priests are said to:

• Interpret the will of their god

• Pass that will down to the High Priests

• Who in turn instruct priests and acolytes

• Who then teach and guide the common faithful

In this way, divine commands are supposed to flow from god to Grand Priest, from Grand Priest to temple, and from temple to the streets and homes of the islands.