Ordo Concilium

Introduction

The Ordo Concilium (or "Order of the Council" as it would be spoken today) is an ancient religion native to Dwilight that, according to ancient texts, had at one point a large amount of the continent converted under it's sway before a great cataclysm made the island unlivable and shortly thereafter sunk the island. The details pertaining to this event are still very enigmatic as very few texts from the time of the cataclysm still exist on the continent.

Origins

Before the Cataclysm that struck Dwilight ages ago, the center of the Ordo Concilium was located in the present-day Desert of Silhouettes. In that time the land was not a desert, nor a fruitless wasteland. No, the Citadel of Ishkantar surrounded a warm water spring that had been harnessed by the architects of the era in such a way that provided water not only to the city, but areas of farmland outside the city so efficiently that only the coldest of winter temperatures could truly affect the crops.

Perhaps it was the successfulness of this city that caused it's belief in the Concilium to spread to far reaches of the continent, or perhaps that the city's workers took it to the cities that requested aid of architects and engineers of Ishkantar.

Regardless of how it was spread, the people of this city believed that their gods actually walked amongst them. In fact several of the more religious families of the time could trace their ancestry back to one of the gods in particular. Regardless of this, few of even the most fervent families who chose to remain were saved from the cataclysm that annihilated the island.

Beliefs

There are two primary beliefs in the Ordo. Honour and Respect. These two things, a self-repeating cycle, are at the core of the Concilium. Though each god tends to have selected their own lesser principles, these two remain throughout.

Though it is commonly believed by the Fidelus (or Faithful) that the gods walk amonst them, it is also believed that the gods choose to seldom interact directly. The only god believed not to follow this belief is Azarus, the head of the Concilium. In the inner circles of the religion however, his name is "Genesis". While the other gods may observe the mortal realm directly, Azarus will actually interact and is believed to be the only god willing to do their own "dirty work". Perhaps this is why he was chosen to lead the Concilium. Both his actions and his position earn him some dislike from some of the other gods of the Concilium.