Preists Of Ostre

The Preists of Ostre were those hand chosen by the empyrean to use the Pillar of Men.

The Choosing
Ostre wished not to be of access to those who would use his council for trivial or menial affairs, or those who would abuse the power of class. Gazing from the Heavenlands he found those on whom life had been hard, yet those who remained good-hearted. He searched for those who without homes who did not steal, those unloved yet loving, those who had been cheated but did not scorn. It is hard to beleive he was not selective further, for only twelve preists he elected to sit beneath the Pillar, and to each he gave their own sphere of subject on which to come to him with. The twelve were Evegor (m), Cawn (m), Enise (f), Fenida (f), Adette (f), Penrallum (m), Matinte (f), Bellaron (m), Druedin (m), Magaure (f), Brenn (m), and Sagrenause (m).

The Twelve Spheres
- Warfare, held by Evegor

- Health and Medicine, held by Cawn

- Familiy and Peoples, held by Enise

- Power and Politics, held by Fenida

- Science and Things New, held by Adette

-Cultural and Geographical Expansion, held by Penrallum

-Moral Guidance, held by Matinte

-Knowledge, held by Bellaron

-Beyond Rhoman, held by Druedin

-Sentiment and Thanksgiving, held by Magaure

-Confessions, held by Brenn

-Request, held by Sagrenouse

Of the twleve, Confession was the only subject of council where it was common practise to bring another before the Pillar, for Brenn deemed it right that those wishing to repent should do so themselves.

Dire Council
In times of great upheaval there were times where many or all of the preists would kneel before the Pillar. Events such as these include the coming of the vande and the Leviathan Cataclysm. In the coming of Lost World, seventeen preists sought the Pillar for guidance, but were given no council.

The Passing Of Preists
The death or retirement of a priest would often involve a replacement instated, but through the ages of Men the distinction between the spheres was convoluted and lost. For not two generations after those first chosen, the spheres had dropped to ten after the spheres of scinece and knowledge wre converged, as were those of geographic expansion and beyond Rhoman. But in later generations, when there were more things in the world altogether, there were many more spheres, and more preists. By the events of Lost World, there were eighteen spheres.

Residency
Once the first priests were elected, the mason Gaunte of Innesbrow was sought by the priests to build them lodgings, for Gaunte was a well-reputed and renowned builder. He gathered a team of thirty men and women and into the high hillside that overlooked the Pillar they built an abbey that was to be named Lygglothian. And to the thirty masons the priests granted the title Of Lygglothian. The priests inhabited Lygglothian until they reluctantly vacated Rhoman at the fall of Lost World.

Daily Pilgrimage
The Priests would Awaken at sunbreak each morning and climb the long road down from Lygglothian to the Pillar. Here, they would commune in the buildings surrounding the Pillar before returning their journey at evening. The walk would last around two hours.