The Imperial Church

The Imperial Church is the syncretic, polytheistic, religious supremacist unified church of the White Crown Concordance. It is sometimes called Totalism. It is a political, social, and religious organization that unites the imperial religions of multiple empires, kingdoms, and countries, appropriates from many other religions, and attempts to homogenize faiths and cultures in an effort to maintain a political alliance that has allowed for millennia of world domination by the Concordance.

Structure

The Imperial Church has a semi-centralized structure. Politically, they all agree that the Pontifex of the Imperial Church will always be the highest ranking priest of Deus Supremus, the God Above All, the national deity of several of the empires, including Harkanheim and Burev. This is a political agreement done to make sure those empires will remain part of the Concordance, as their religious supremacy is central to their cultures (and their mechanisms of internal control). In practice, however, every empire’s primary deity tends to be the one most central to its culture, if there is one.

The island of Sacra Vita in the Talunese region was chosen as the heart of the Imperial Church because at the time the decision was made, it was neutral ground and central geographically. In some eras, this is less true than others.

The Pontifex has a council of Epsicopi (Bishops) who attend him from every empire, representing the heads of each empire’s church. This is not based on deity, but on geopolitics. Which empires are represented varies by era, as some empires and smaller countries go in and out of the Concordance.

Within each empire, they have the heads of their own churches and representatives of other imperial churches, smaller religions, and their own complexities. Some are more responsive to the dictates of the Pontifex than others, but they all ostensibly recognize his (almost always “his”) authority. Each imperial church has its own hierarchy within its own borders.

In the colonies, things tend to be influenced by the strongest imperial presence, but most default to following the broad structures of the Imperial Church.

Dogma

Central to their belief is that a figure named Kroni rose from The Pit, a massive sinkhole on the continent of Wymmera said to be where gods go to die, and brought salvation to the world just after an event known as the Fall. Kroni is said to be the savior of all on Shem and the one who will return to usher in paradise, though he was cast back into The Pit by enemies of the faith thousands of years ago. He is mostly spoken of, however, in Harkanism and similar religions, and is ignored by some of the other empires.

Common amongst all of the imperial philosophies is the threat of Hell or Perdition, the promise of eternal punishment for those who do not adhere to imperial docrtine. They are much concerned with sin, but each faith describes it slightly differently. Loyalty to the imperial governments, a belief in the evils of popular magic, the inferiority of fey and elemental powers, and the exploitation of those considered lesser are justified in most imperial faiths.

Imperial Religions

These are religions that are the state religions of most of the main empires of the White Crown Concordance.

Religion	Deity	Empire	Leader (Title)	Dogma
Catenaism	Catena Factorum	Urayme	Collari	Supremacy of the speculari, the power to enslave, a hierarchy of people
Dostizhenyism	Dostizheniye	Vesturia	Yadovit	Ambition is good, never let others stop you from achievement
Etudism	Tacite	Terre Blanche	Grand Sage	Belief in what you are taught, educational supremacy
Godlianism	Weldende	Bewindla, Heligwald, and Kordonia	Uferfaeder, Allvater, Vesotets	Male supremacy and patriarchy
Gyrnesianism	Rota Futi	Lyfane	Heagsacerd	Industrial progress is sacred
Harkanism	Ufan Al Es	Harkanheim and Burev	Heagsacerd, Dominirasht	Religious supremacy, the god above all
Heurism	Benpleisir	Jhuin	Recepteur	Self-esteem above all
Larmism	Dernier Recours	Tyreeth	Pendeuse	Despair is freedom
Mal’ochism	Mal’och	Endruin	Heagsacerd	The empire runs on blood
Mantidism	O Abismo	Benhoras	Centro	Maintaining emotional control above all else
Raesianism	Olumsuzluk	Kael’Ras	Heagsacerd	Find inmortality by any means
Reinheiterianism	Reinheit	Stolzen and Insieme	Stammvater, Padroprimo	Racial purity
Sothesianism	Alitheia	Baradin	Ge-speca	The truth is sacred, and it is what we say it is
Sramaism	Giobog	Arunel, Tromlui, and Valdyskogr	Aeztrprestr	What you fear controls you
Srisianism	Ettuttu	Srisia	Ensuba	Liberty is your ability to understand others
Taesism	Taese	Kulgoram	Heagsacerd	Take advantage when you can
Traditionalism	Rediens	Kurgrist	Summus Sacerdos	The old ways are best, return to tradition
Victorism	Victoris, Sonitis Agminis	Furich Amol and Soldrath	Summus Sacerdos, Hohepriester	Conquest is our right
Wealanism	Yatana	Lann Kurat	Oamraymamkahen	Prosperity gospel

Other State Religions

These are state religions for some of the smaller countries within the White Crown Concordance.

Faith	Deity	Kingdom	Leader's Title	Dogma
Aeldian Faith	Haeddianol	Mwyr Aeld	Archoffeiriad	Always be better than the next person
Arnisianism	Fysalida Aera	Bel-torren	Adeio	Self-denial is self-control
Brudonism	Seminibus	Fennvell and Vendale	Heagsacerd, Heagsacerd	Disease is a sign of sin
Chriogism	Neidi	Gemmis	Archoffeiriad	Opportunity within disconnection, sacred noise
Malish Faith	Hollow Jack	Mal’sk	Heagsacerd	Feudal supremacy
Postsellanism	Impetus	Malaer	Latitans	Soft power is true power
Redemtionism	Zammacath	Inall	High Redeemer	Redemption in apocalypse
Tzukian Faith	Beadu Feriend	Tzuk	Heagsacerd	Violence is the answer

Non-State Religions

Religions not tied to a country, but common in the White Crown Concordance and promoted, accepted, or endorsed.

Religion	Deity	Region	Leader's Title	Dogma
Angilism	Angil	None	Heagsacerd	Pain is power
Feroxism	Beast, The and others	None	Bestiamagister	Dominance over nature
Bracanism	Samashtu	Gest	Heagsacerd	Unpredictable action is advantage
Brutenism	Guth	None	Heagsacerd	Destruction is sacred
Diabolism	Diabolus	None	None	Perdition is what we deserve
Forgotten Cult	Netreae	None	Babidyea	Elitist obscurity
Hythnesianism	Lath-Scipe	None	Heagsacerd	Disaster is opportunity
Nelgartianism	The Seven Hunters	Nelgarten	Archoffeiriad	Dominance over nature
Stillborn Cult	Ggn-kel Shothach	None	Unknown	Weakness is to be exploited