The Clerical Order (2.0)

[Eledyr 85]

The Clerical Order is A Branch of the Church of Light

•Hymn of the Clerics•

Long before the dead ones roamed

And People Learned Of Noble Lines

Causing them to walk up high

Ascend the stair way of seven skies

Before this time of dark now here

The Clerics walked throughout the world

Spreading Light and bringing cheer

They Made the Heavens seem so near

But then one day they faded from mind

There names forgotten, Their lives behind

The Rise of Undead was casting fear

The bright Ascended brought new cheer

But now the Ascended can't do it all

There light not enough, We need more lest we fall

So new springs the Order, the Order so bright

Its fight shall not stop till all have the light

The Goal is simple, the motto clear

A light in all places lets no darkness near

So rally O Aegis, rally together

Be a light in the world, God's beacon forever

•Lore•

-The Founding

The clerical order is an order from almost the beginnings of Aegis. It was founded by a young brother and sister training to be monks in the Cloud Temple. Their names were Rebekah and Jacob. The both spent so much time praying to God and to the Aenguls and Daemons that they were smiled upon and blessed. They both were given the abilities to perform works for the gods and to commune with them on a higher level. The duo walked the width of Aegis spreading the light of the gods and growing the ranks of the Clerical Order they had started for those wanting to have this closeness to the gods. For a time they brought on a time of light to Aegis and were a large group called upon by all the nation for aide and counsel. It was the golden era of the clerics.

-The Fading of the Clerical Order

Years after the death of Jacob and Rebekah the undead and ascended first arose. The Order, without the guidance of the founders, had not grown and the most powerful clerics had all died out with none coming to take their place. The people of Aegis had lost faith in the Clerics and with the coming of the ascended no one called upon the clerics at all. The Ascended became the new light and the Clerics faded from memory.

-The Rediscovery

Years after the Clerical Order had fallen completely from memory and the war of the undead and ascended was at its peak Thrym Silverfist, a young smith, became a cleric. He knew nothing of the original order but wanted to learn more about any clerics there may have been in the past. He went to his family manor, Irongut manor, and studied long hours in the library. After long hours of searching and praying he found a early journal of Heron Irongut, written before he had fallen, in it he found mention of Heron discovering a clerical order in the Temple Library. Thrym set out at once and spent over a day in the Library searching for the text. Once he found it he begged the Druid Order to let him copy it to form a new Clerical Order. After talking it over the Order agreed. Thrym has now set out to make a new Clerical Order and is in search of other who want to become servants of the gods. The ascended have become few in this day and age and cannot spread light everywhere without help. This Order will help it happen.

•How We Operate•

Clerics come from all races. We don't ask you to leave your jobs or positions. If you are a guard you can still be a guard. Being a cleric doesn't mean you have to give up everything else. All clerics worship God but each also has a patron from the deities under him. These deities are Aenguls, Daemons, Paragons, and others. We are still in the process of uncovering all of the patrons there are in Aegis but we have found some. The goal is for your patron to shape you to a point where you can be a cleric of God. Some are already for this. Thus, if you feel ready you may pick God as your patron. [NOTE: It is a LOT harder to be accepted if God is your patron]

These deities are:

AENGUL PATRONS

-Aeriel: The Arch-Aengul of God. Lover and Caretaker of All Souls.

-Gazardiael: The Aengul of New Beginnins

DAEMON PATRONS

-in the process of discovery-

PARAGONS (Dwarven Gods)

-Urguan: Head Dwarven Paragon. Paragon of Leadership.

-Hrithgar: Dwarven Paragon of the Forge.

-Lefor: Dwarven Paragon of War and Protection.

Each cleric receives the blessing of his patron and is then given a silver staff which is the mark of the clerical order. You can commune with your patron at a much higher point than the other patrons. This does not mean that the other patrons cannot help you. For example: If your patron is Aeriel and you are a blacksmith you can pray to Aeriel and she will ask Hrithgar to bless you with smithing techniques but Aeriel is the one who you revere most, who you depend on.

•Apply•

Use this format to join the clerics.

NOTE: So I Don't Have to Keep Telling People. The App is OOC Acceptance. If Your App is Accepted Don't Meet Me in Game and Say My App Was Accepted in RP! I RP joining like this: "You may join if the Patrons feel you are ready for the responsibility." If your app is accepted, which is OOC, then in RP the Patrons feel you are ready. Thank you.

1)MC Name & RP Name:

2)Chosen Patron:

3)Reason For Joining (do not have the reason be to become Ascended):

4)Race:

5)Flaws in Your Character:

6) How long have you been on the server:

Scenario Questions-Answer how you would react to each situation.

7) You notice an Apprentice Shade harassing a lowly citizen. [shades Are Evil Mages]

8) You see a small child shivering in the snow.

9) You are walking down the road when a bandit stops you and threatens to kill you if you don't give him all your money and valuables.

10) As you walk through the local market place a person begins to yell that Aeriel and the other patrons are weak and cruel and claims that joining Iblees is the only way to survive.

11) A person walks up and asks you, "Why does God allow suffering to continue?"

The reason for 5 is that acknowledging your flaws is the first step in letting the patrons in to help you overcome them.

After Salamandra has accepted your application you must come to a High Cleric, Teacher, War Cleric, or the Prophet. They will give you trials to pass. You must be a pupil for at least 5 days even if you pass the trials in one. It will take you longer if the trials take you longer than 5 days (IRL). Once you pass the trials the Prophet will bless you and give you a golden staff blessed by your patron and will give you the blessing of the patron as well. You are not officially a Pupil until you have talked to one of the specified.

NOTE: The application is OOC acceptance. When you come to talk to one of the specified in game do not say "I have been accepted"

•Guidelines of the Clerical Order•

1) You must not be evil

2) You must love all races upon Aegis

3) You must spread the light of the creator and the patrons

4) Be respectful to everyone even those of less fortune than you.

5) ((You can not use being a cleric as a reason for powergaming or metagaming.))

•The Goal of the Order•

Many say that the brighter the light the darker the shadow. But, if you place a light everywhere there is no way for a shadow to form. The goal of the clerical order is to be a light over all of Aegis so there is no room for a shadow

•Teachings and Values•

-Dependence on the Patrons for Power

-Our Magic is granted to us for our faith not from within us

-The patrons are kind not seeking to bring doom and destruction to all

-Saving, healing, and helping souls is our mission

•Positions of the Order•

-Pupil: The starting rank of the Clerical Order. A pupil must spend time in meditation and take trials before he receives the patron's blessing and joins the ranks of the clerics. For a pupil to become a cleric he must complete at least 3 trials given him by the prophet or a High Cleric, Teacher, or War Cleric. Then, he must talk to his patron with the Prophet listening to see if the pupil is ready ((and if his RP is good enough)).

-Cleric: A cleric is blessed by his patron and carries a golden staff to spread the light of the patrons to all of Aegis. Before a Pupil becomes a Clerc the Prophet must give him the blessing of his patron.

-Prophet: The leader of the clerics. The prophet is very close to all the patrons and extremely close to his specific patron. Is called the Prophet because the Patrons occasionally speak to him of things to come.

•Special Ranks•

((must show good RP and dedication to the Order above any other jobs to reach one of these ranks. Only given out by the Prophet))

-Paladin (Equal in Rank to Cleric): These are warrior clerics. They spend less time in prayer and more time in physical training. While still close to their patron a Paladin often will not raise much farther in the ranks due to not being able to dedicate as much time to becoming closer to his patron as other clerics. Paladin's must be able to wield a diamond sword or better.

-War Cleric (Equal in Rank to High Cleric): These are the generals of the Paladins. Generally having less skill in the more magical arts of being a Cleric they are none-the-less extremely devout and close to their patrons and show a true example of faith in battle.

•The Trials•

Each Pupil receives different trials for there initiation. Each pupil is given 3 trials and must complete one before the other is given. There are three basic trial categories but, since each set of trials is unique to the pupil, a trial may not always fit in these categories. The categories are:

•Service•

Going out and being a light via service. An example of this type of trial is giving out 10 loaves of bread.

•Gathering•

Gathering a type of material that the Order needs to continue its work. An example is getting and bringing in a lapis block.

•Slaying•

Destroying the spawns of darkness that walk the night. An example of this type of trial is killing 20 monsters.

•OOC Proof of Completing Your Trials•

To prove you have completed a trial take screenshots of your completion and then send them in a forum PM to the person who gave you the trial. Gathering trials do not need screenshots as you are bringing the materials in. For slaying just screenshot the chat log saying you got minas from slaying <insert monster>.

•From Pupil to Cleric, Crafting Your Staff•

Each Pupil gains a blessed staff of gold and at the moment they have it they are Clerics and receive the blessing of their Patron. Each Pupil must craft there own staff in the presence of the Prophet, High Cleric, War Cleric, or Teacher. Each staff is unique and helps magnify that Clerics magic given them. While the staff is not necessary it helps them in that specific area. Each Pupil must gather a log of wood to form their shaft. The log can be dark wood or oak but not birch as it is a weak wood. They must also retrieve 2 ingots of gold to forge the head of their staff. Then, they must get three balls of slime to coat the wood and protect it. Finally, you must get the ingredient for the specific type of magic you want magnified. A pearl of the Endermen is for the magic of prayer. A rod of the Blaze if for battle magic. A diamond is for the magic of healing. Once a Pupil has completed the trials and gone through the days of meditation and prayer (5 IRL days) they must bring these materials to the Prophet or one of the others specified. They must give all the materials to them to be blessed by them. At this point the materials are given to the Pupil and they build their staff. Once the staff and the Pupil are blessed they are a Cleric of the Order.

((Since the slimes, the pearl/rod/diamond, and some of the wood are not used you give them to the Prophet/High Cleric/War Cleric/Teacher who will destroy them since in RP they were used))

•Staff Upgrading•

When you reach the rank of High Cleric or one of the ranks equal to that you place a second magic enhancer on your staff. So, if you had enhanced it with prayer magic you can now add to it battle or healing. The Prophet carries a staff with all enhancers upon it.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Picking the blaze rod as your modifier is not recommended as you can't even do much battle magic until you are a high cleric and even then only with a lot of practice and training.

•Magic of Faith•

[This Is All RP You Don't Actually Get These Spell]

[some Guidelines for RPing Clerical Magic]

-Healing Magic

1) Minor Healing: Basic cuts and bruises. (Clerics, Paladins, Disciples, some War Clerics)

2) Healing: Sprains, Strains, and Broken Bones. Helping stop basic nightmares, bringing peace of mind to stressed people (High Clerics, Teachers, some War Clerics)

3) Major Healing: Can Regenerate body parts. Heal mental illness. (Prophet, and High Clerics, Teachers, and War Clerics that have practiced a lot)

-Prayer Magic

This kind of magic is things like bringing peace of mind, casting out demons, etc. For this use discretion. Don't go overpowered, use your heads when doing this type of magic. This has some limited fighting abilities against evil but again think about what you can actually do.

-Battle Magic

This Magic, like the others, requires a lot of practice.

-Battle Spells(Clerics)

1)Light of the palm. Call a light from the palm of your hand to daze your enemy. After much practice can inflict temporary blindness.

Very basic things like this are what you get until being taught advanced battle spells by the Prophet. These are not meant for actual combat more as a means of defense if you need to flee or need time to pull a weapon.

-Advanced Spells (Currently Only the Prophet has them. Can Be Taught to High ranking clerics)

1)Call down light from the sky to blind enemy[Not 100% chance]

Emote: *Calls down a light from the heavens, attempting to blind ________]

2)Orb of Light [Leads to Orb spells]

Emote: *'s eyes narrow, as an orb of light appears in hands

Orb Spells:

•Emote: *throws the orb at _______, attempting to knock them back.

•Emote: *takes the orb and flails it around like a sword

•Emote: *'s orb begins spinning rapidly, turning into a evil cleansing saw

3)Things like shackles of light and advanced prayer magic as well.

Advanced Battle Spells are intended more for actual RP combat instead of just giving you time to run or pull a weapon

•Members•

Prophet

†Eledyr

((nikias_1996))

Patron:Aeriel

Race: Wood Elf

Clerics

†Hosper

Race: Dark elf

Patron:

†Phelrin Irongut

((ChAnKoEr))

Race: Cave Dwarf

Patron: Hrithgar

Pupils

† Drae'on Wyvernos

((sir_Wyvernos))

Patron:

Race:

Apps Accepted, No Contact Yet

•Application Team•

Salamandra

•Read If You Have Learned Some Other Magic•

Just because you join this guild doesn't mean that magic is gone. However, as the magic this guild has comes from a different source and is, actually, a completely different kind of magic, you can no longer learn the other magic. For example, if you are a mage and you join this guild you can no longer train your mage skills. Also, as you grow stronger in Clerical Magic you will become less and less attached to the source of you mage/shaman/druid magic which means if you were a master of Mage magic by the time you become a master of Cleric magic you won't be able to do Mage magic. Basically, better you cleric magic, worse your other magic. This is to prevent people from being OP. The only magic this doesn't effect is enchanting magic of items, unless it was evil enchantments. This is because the Patrons can give you the ability to imbue things with their power. Basically if you could "enchant a sword" now you can "bless the sword". But again, the blessing's power is equal to your ability with clerical magic. Just think before using it.

•Robes[skins]•

These are the robes of the guild.

Clerics and ranks equal to cleric use These-Cleric Skins

High Clerics and ranks equal to High Cleric use These-High Cleric Skins

These skins were taken by editing the skin here: Base Skin

[Eledyr 85]

Clerics and their Pupils

Braxis(jroy96)-((Sir_Wyvernos)

[JCQuiinn 168]

I must ask, what would the order view on a former Ascended joining?

[Eledyr 85]

We would treat him like any other new pupil of course.

It doesn't matter who you once where but who you are now.

Does that answer your question?

[trotski24 24]

1)MC Name & RP Name: trotski24, Elder_Nosor_Silverfinger

2)Chosen Patron: Aeriel

3)Reason For Joining (do not have the reason be to become Ascended):

Nosor became heavily religious after joining the UAC and although he has had doubts recent events have renewed his faith he is also in need of a place or group in which he can study as so far he has only have had access to a dozen or so books.

Also He wishes to spread his faith and believes becoming a cleric will give him power to do so.

4)Race: Dwarf

5)Flaws in Your Character: Nosor is quick to rise to insults and has some strange habits as well as a certain lust for power.

6) How long have you been on the server: Since August 4th 2011

Scenario Questions-Answer how you would react to each situation.

7) You notice an Apprentice Shade harassing a lowly citizen. [shades Are Evil Mages]:

Nosor, who is weak in the ways of fighting would try his best not to approach the shade he would throw rocks and fire arrows whilst calling for the guards and shouting of how Aeriel will strike the shade down for his evils.

8) You see a small child shivering in the snow.

Nosor crouches and ask the child if it has any parents the child shakes its head, Nosor offers his hand and places the child on his shoulders and wraps him in his cloak he then takes him to the nearest inn, he rents a room and buys food for the child and then presses a purse of coins into the child's hand.

'Take care'.

9) You are walking down the road when a bandit stops you and threatens to kill you if you don't give him all your money and valuables.

Nosor stares at the bandit sadly and in pity, he grips his purse and places it in the bandits hand he then grabs the bandits wrist with one hand and his shoulder with the and tucks his knee behind the bandits knee brings the bandits arm up to his opposite shoulder and forces him to the floor.Kneeling upon the bandits back Nosor throws away the bandits sword and places his own purse back into his pocket, he then begins to preach to the bandit and tells him of all the posters advertising jobs he saw on the road, releasing him Nosor would stun him with a punch to the kidneys to stun him in case the bandit still wished him harm and walk on.

Of course if this did not work he would be dead.

10) As you walk through the local market place a person begins to yell that Aeriel and the other patrons are weak and cruel and claims that joining Iblees is the only way to survive.

'Ha! have you seen the tenets of Iblees? have you!? They speak of how Iblees will purge the world how he will destroy the societies of our Kingdoms and make the world as the nether! He corrupts whereas so many of his minions have been purged by priest with gifts from Aeriel and the Ascended! Do not preach of what you do not know fool! Lest I strike ye!' Turning to the rest of the crowd 'People do not listen to this rat's lies and profanities for he blasphemies for truly our only hope for enlightenment and blessing lies with the God and the servants of God'

11) A person walks up and asks you, "Why does God allow suffering to continue?"

' Do not lose faith for nothing is withut reason god does such things to test us, to make sure that we do not grow feeble or weak for God can not protect us from all evil and if he did many would soon forget the evil he protects us from so he does not do this he helps silently and unseen the more you believe in him the more you will see the small blessings God bestows upon

us every day.'

Added detail.

[The Zealot (Sir_Wyvernos) 248]

(( I already applied and was accepted, Sir_Wyvernos, Drae'on Wyvernos ))

[Eledyr 85]

(( ok sir Wyvernos pm me when you can be online this weekend , also pm me your time zone and things you want to change about the clerics if any. I am reforming the guild abit so if you have any ideas now is the time to tell me)

@ Trotski: pleas answer the questions with a bit more detail.

Also feel free to sign the charter for our monastery, any suggestions for names are also welcome

[Phelrin 60]

I was already accepted under Thrym

MC Name: ChAnKoEr

RP Name: Phelrin_Irongut

[Mahiro 34]

Deleted

Seemed inactive.

[Eledyr 85]

All clerics listen to me, after a long conversation with Braxis I have made an important descisson. Braxis will be the new War cleric, he will lead the paladins and he will function as a leader when I am not around. So far all the clerics that are interested in becomming a paladin send a letter to braxis.

I also want to stress that this order is one of equality, there for some of the ranks will dissapear. This means then rather having the High cleric and teacher teach the pupils I will assign each pupil to a cleric. He will then teach the pupil everything he knows and together they will study and travel.

When the cleric thinks that the pupil is ready they return to the prophet who will then lead the pupil to the trial

[Mahiro 34]

All clerics listen to me, after a long conversation with Braxis I have made an important descisson. Braxis will be the new War cleric, he will lead the paladins and he will function as a leader when I am not around. So far all the clerics that are interested in becomming a paladin send a letter to braxis.

I also want to stress that this order is one of equality, there for some of the ranks will dissapear. This means then rather having the High cleric and teacher teach the pupils I will assign each pupil to a cleric. He will then teach the pupil everything he knows and together they will study and travel.

When the cleric thinks that the pupil is ready they return to the prophet who will then lead the pupil to the trial

Wonderful and great idea. :)

[Braxis 813]

I Will be taking Pupils Elyder, If needed

[Eledyr 85]

That is perfectly fine by me sir Braxis.

But be sure to train them in what they want to achieve, a celric does need battletraining.

[Braxis 813]

((Greeting Cleric And Pupils and people who wish to join torromow after my school I shall make A peaice of Writing on the side effects if using spells in Rp to enhace it as well. Cause i do not want to see a cleric running around using upper tier healing the act normal and do it again over n Over and once i make it please commet and throw your ideas out! Till then Thanks for reading sorry for grammer on Ipod))

Edit: PM ME YOUR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIOND SO WE DO NOT SPAM THREAD!!!!

Edit: Also will run it through Elyder for his suggestion and ideaa while i write that torromow ()

[The Zealot (Sir_Wyvernos) 248]

((I want to mention hosper, The_Blind_Seer, xHyPeRAuSSiEx and I believe Seventhcircle72 are still (or wish to be) members of this order.))