Pelorean Church

The rise of the Pelorean Church and its centrality to Reetland society is best understood by considering its history.

-889 Saint Tadros crosses the Blue Sea to refound the Pelorean Church in Reetland
-297 Pelorean Church condemns the abandonment of Pelorean Reetlanders in the Kald Vale leading to centuries of conflict with the Caravingian Kings
-31 King Carloman II comes to the throne and begins to actively persecute the Pelorean Church
68 Religious freedom restored in Reetland
97 Worship of Pelor becomes the state religion
105 Pelorean Church granted the right to tithe its worshippers
120 Pelorean Church granted the right to tithe all citizens
226 The Pelorean Church secures jurisdiction over cases involving the supernatural after the Grindorf Massacre
297 The Church approaches the Cambrian Pelorean Church with a view to working towards reunification
313 The Brimmingstone Convocation dashes the reunification hopes of the Reetland Church
326 Formation of the Inquisitors as a separate branch of the Church
352 Worship and likenesses of all other members of the Pelorean pantheon banned within Reetland churches.
431 Order of St Baric founded in response to the popularity of the teaching of St Erin in northern Reetland
625 The Inquisitors start a ten year campaign to clamp down on witchcraft in northern Reetland
742 Order of St Isabella founded
847 The Church is given powers to proscribe other religions
851 Purge of the Carringian heresy from the church for 'dualism'. Beginning of the Inquisitions in Chelemby and Golgotha that led to the proscribing of many Southron cults most notably the Servants of the Real Fire

Although on the surface the rise of the Pelorean Church has been an unparalleled success story some within the church feel that much has been lost along the way. The Church has been a key force in the stabilisation and prosperity of Reetland but many think the nation is becoming less spiritual with church attendances falling over the past century. As a result there is a small but growing movement within the church to return it to its basic principles and surrender some of the huge wealth it has accumulated over its history. Others feel that this would gravely compromise the power of the church.



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