A note for everybody
I'd like everybody to work into their backgrounds, somewhere (even if it's just a few sentences) about meeting the following individual. You can have met him when he was young (he's probably a few years younger than the bulk of you), when he was on his rise to power, or sometime within the last three years when he was in his current position. This also gives you a brief slice of the political side of Low'verok.
Orshallan, The High Righteousness of the Invincible
Orshallan is currently the High Priest of the Church of Heironeous, and resides in Andeluvay at the High Temple of the Good and Just Lord of Righteousness (yes, the church of Heironeous likes long and flowery names). Fifth son of High Lord Vastacha Depuntak, Preduna (as Orshallan was then known) had no chance of inheriting any amount of power, money, or prestige from his family's name, though he was trained as well as any of them. Disdaining to enter the church of Siamorphe as "extra" noble sons and daughters often do, he instead went to the church of Heironeous, changing his name to Orshallan, which means "enlightened" in Old Common.
His training as a noble allowed him to climb the heirarchy of the church fairly quickly, and he found that his faith in Heironeous' teachings to be even more rewarding than power, though with both together he felt he could do the greatest good. While his ambition was great, his faith was greater, and those thinking to slow his progress found themselves twarted with either his keen mind or ardent prayers. He has held the uncontested position of High Righteousness of the Invincible for three years.
While he deeply believes and promotes the ideals of justice, valor, chivalry, and honor that the church of Heironeous espouses, he was still born a noble, which often shows when he is in council. All heads of faith (those that are legally recognized) have a say on the Council of the High King, and he often sides with the nobles, particularly when they make some effort to promote the ideals of his church. Orshallan has locked horns politically with Lissandra, Daughter of the Sun, the High Priestess of Pelor, more than once. She comes from common stock and despises the excesses of the rich, and is not particularly diplomatic about letting people know about it. Her insistances on changing tax laws to tax the rich more and the poor less have been subtely blocked by Orshallan, along with the heads of several more temples, obviously including the temple of Siamorphe. Orshallan does this partially out of spite for her poor political manuvering, though as High Priest he has kept up several charities for the poor. He doesn't disagree with Lissandra in principle, but mostly he disagrees with her methods and execution.
However, despite their political differences, there's one thing that Orshallan does agree with Lissandra with. Both of them, along with several other good faiths, Kelemvor's chiefly amongst them, have been working tirelessly to outlaw the laws concerning necromancy in Low'verok for many years. They're strongly opposed by the churches of Wee Jas, Siamorphe, Boccob, and Talona (and less openly by the outlawed faiths of Nerull and Vecna). Each of the opposing faiths has powerful backing by either Guilds or nobles, so the few of them have maintained the status-quo for decades over the vehement protests of the other faiths.
Orshallan is a tall, well-built man with golden blonde hair and blue eyes. He is quite handsome, and were he not a priest, would have been the target of many a noble matchmaker. He has a commanding presense and demenor, as if he is secure in his power and expects to be obeyed. Particularly in public he shows a proud bearing boardering on arrogance, but he has both secular and divine power to back up his shows of power, so few care to cross him. He is quite intellient and clever, as shown by his deft political manuvering. But he also is very deeply religious, and can show great compassion to those under his care.
If anyone wants to know more about Low'verok politics (some will be in the first post of the IC thread, but I can post some early) I can do that. If you want to know more about a particular faith's role in Low'verok or more about the High Priest/Priestess, please ask.
Heheh, forgive, but I must have missed something, because I have no idea who or what Orshallen is.
