Golden Feather/Novice Cells

Novice Cells

Novice:

A would like to be novice can come to any temple of the golden feather to apply. Also he or she could talk to a traveling priest. The would like to be novice then is tested on his possibilities, although not to many applies are turned down. Then the fresh novice is brought to a temple to study. The priest novices can study in smaller temples, but the guard novices can only study in the bigger temples. The choice to become a priest of guard is made in the first week of novice hood. But they both also get a few lessons form the other side, so for example the priests learn how to defend themselves with a stick, and the guards train in speaking. They both get lessons about the Golden Feather and her heroes.

Novice Ranks:

- believer (a normal member of the religion)

- pilgrim (a novice before his choice of path)

The necklaces.

Every member wears one, all members wears at least a small golden dragon on a chain. The second amulet on the chain indicates there rank in the religion. When they advance a rank they can ad a new amulet to their chain. So a knight has a silver shield, iron shield and a wooden shield along with the golden dragon.

The Golden and Silver Feather both gain a golden book and golden shield to indicate that they are above the guards and the priest, and to show that they represent ate both sides. At the list of who has which rank, there is also a list of which necklace and amulet comes with wich rank.