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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Timothy" data-source="post: 2594493" data-attributes="member: 6138">New background for farnese, thank you Rhialto!! I also put it in a word version.The Cathedral JustNicknames: Justicars, Aristocrats, TyrantsImportant Members: Bishop Ganelon Scrope of Gazur,Bishop Stanton Carlisle of Gadar, Bishop VincenteDraco of Gaior, Bishop Draven Sol of HordaHistory and Politics: The oldest of the SevenCathedrals, as they are called, the Cathedral Justbegan life as a social club for bishops with similarpolitical views.  The Cathedral Just feels that HouseAra must use its power and authority to make adifference in the world.  Conservative and ambitious,it tends to favor the use of politics and treaty toachieve its aims, though its members will use force ifnecessary.  The Cathedral Just feels that Orr createdman to follow a social order, and that the Church hasa duty to uphold that order.  As it is a group with anactual organization, the Cathedral Just elects aformal head every twenty years, or on the death of thelast head, whichever comes first.  Presently, the headof the Cathedral is Bishop Ganelon Scrope.Power:  The Cathedral Just is probably the most stableof the Seven Cathedrals.  It has a solid powerbase,well-defined goals and many members in position ofinfluence.  Still, its members tend to be morerespected then loved--they are not favored by thecommons.Thoughts on the Revolution: The Cathedral Justconsider the rise of the Power Below to be a wickedimposation that will result in the ruin of Farnesse.Despite this, they remain loyal to the presentgovernment, preferring to allow its own ineffeciencyto ruin it.  The general feeling of the Justicars isthat if they do their best to help the nation,Farnesse will not only survive these troubled times,but the other houses will learn to trust House Ara(and the Cathedral Just), so that the Cathedral'slongheld dream of power for the Faith will befulfilled.The Cathedral PrudenceNicknames: Councellers, Politickers, WeathervanesImportant Members: Cardinal Frill Ornogon, BishopCordial Hargreaves of Stirr, Bishop Hage Durant ofAquavis, Bishop Solnar Grieves of Aquasur, BishopAmaury Scrope of AquarorHistory and Politics:  The Cathedral Prudence is morea term invented by the Cathedral Just than an actualcohesive group.  An earlier head of the CathedralJust, commenting on a member's tendency to change hispolicies to match whatever would give him advantagenoted 'In faith, he belongs to the Cathedral Prudence,not the Cathedral Just.'  The nickname stuck, andbecame a general term by which those in the churchnoted ambitious clerics who thought more of their ownadvancement then any cause.  As it now stands, manyhigh positions are held by such clerics, who haveadopted the name.  The Cathedral Prudence tends topaint itself as a group of moderates, balancing offthe politics of the other cathedrals--in fact they aremerely opportunists who gain advantage as best theycan.Power: In many respects the Cathedral Prudence is themost powerful of the Cathedrals--it contains numerousBishops, Abbots, and even a Cardinal, all of whom areconsumate politicians.  However, as the only goal ofCathedral Prudence is to see Cathedral Prudencemembers getting power, influence, and money, it isfull of backstabbing, pettiness, and people working atcross purpose.  Unlike the other Cathedrals, there isno great unifying goal for this group, and in the longrun this hurts them, making them nothing more than apower bloc whose support is sought by others.Thoughts on the Revolution:  Most Cathedral Prudencemembers are full of democratic, eglatarian sayingsright now, always eager to demonstrate their supportfor the revolution.  And they are almost all of themlying.  A group of advantage-seeking aristocrats, theyare annoyed by this change in the power structure, andworry it could effect their careers.  But most seethis as another situation to take advantage of, asusual shifting their policy to suit the present day.The Cathedral FaithNicknames: Theologians, Manuscripters, Orr-BotherersImportant Members: Archbishop Soll Mono, Abbot GrangeGeminiHistory and Politics:  Much like the CathedralPrudence, the Cathedral Faith is more a category ofAra members than a cohesive group.  Indeed, mostmembers are completely oblivious that the SevenCathedrals exist.  The Cathedral Faith began as acontemptuous term for those priests so obsessed withabstract question of Orr's powers and nature that theycompletely ignore the outside world.  Such individualshave been used by more worldly clerics as figureheadsfor centuries now, producing the impression of HouseAra as a bunch of amiable, slightly absent-mindedidealists.Power:  On the surface, the Cathedral Faith appears tobe powerful.  It contains many high-ranking members,including the Archbishop himself.  And yet this is anillusion.  Such individuals have risen to such postsbecause they are naive and easily managed.  ArchbishopMono, for example, holds little real authority inHouse Ara, largely because he's so much moreinterested in finishing his treatsie on the nature ofangels then running the Church.  Further, while thebishops were perfectly willing to let pious idealistsstand at the head of the Church when it seemed thatthis was the best way for all the bishops to protecttheir interests from interferance, now that the Churchfaces a crisis, they seek an Archbishop with realauthority and leadership.  It is likely the CathedralFaith shall be regelated to the sidelines of theChurch in the near future.  Not that they'd reallynotice.Thoughts on the Revolution:  The Theologians debateendlessly the meaning of the revolution, but in suchabstract terms as to completely ignore the reality.On occasion one considers the extensive social changesthat Farnesse is going through and feels a bit uneasy,but most are oblivious.The Cathedral FortitudeNicknames: The Soliders of Orr, Zealots, LunaticsImportant members: Abbot Junis HargreavesHistory and Politics: A splinter group of theCathedral Justice, the Cathedral Fortitude seeks tohave House Ara the rulers of Farnesse.  Alwayshardliners, most have been rendered outlaws by therevolution, and seek to overthrow the presentgovernment by any means possible.  Abbot JunisHargreaves, the present leader, is presently an exilein Stir, writing fervant anti-government tracts whichhis disciples circulate throughout Farnesse.Power:  While they are dedicated and dangerous, theZealots hold little true power in the Church proper.However, they and their followers are willing to fightthe system with all that they possess--such feelingscannot be underestimated.Thoughts on the Revolution:  What the Cathedral Justlooks on with horror, the Cathedral Fortitude looks onwith loathing.  To the Zealots, the revolution is awork of great evil that must be overthrown, those wholed it killed, those who compromised with it punished. This feeling is so absolute that most members willstop at nothing to see their ends met, even if itmeans the destruction of Farnesse.The Cathedral CharityNicknames: Merciful, Mendicants, PatchcloaksImportant Members: Cardinal Stephani JoshHistory and Politics:  Begun as a countermeasure forthe Cathedral Just, the Cathedral Charity consists ofchurchmen who seek to aid the poor in their suffering,and represent their interests in the Church.Politically, they've long quarrelled with theJusticars--often to little avail.Power:  The Merciful are at a great disadvantage whencompared to their rivals--they are idealists fightingagainst pragmatists and opportunists. While somemembers have risen to high positions, this is usuallybecause their rivals conspired to kick them upstairs.Cardinal Josh, for example, finds he has littleinfluence in Farseer at large, and generally mustcontent himself with dealing with the sick and threatsin the slums.  But they are loved by the people, andthis must not underestimated.Thoughts on the Revolution:  The Cathedral Charity isconflicted on the revolution--one Corona Austrina witnoted that "the Merciful love the poor--provided theystay quiet, and let the Church look after them".  Mostsupport the poor, and yet many are somewhat troubledby the overthrow of a lawful regime.  The generalfeeling is that, so long as the government governswell, they should continue to do as they have in thepast, and look after the unfortunate.The Cathedral HopeReformers, Purifiers, Holy FoolsImportant Members:  Deacon Anselm MercutioHistory and Politics: A young movement, the CathedralHope seeks to reform the church, purging it ofcorruption and wickedness.  Though they are presentlynot the strongest of Cathedrals, their influence isgrowing.Power:  While the Cathedral Hope is one of the weakestof Cathedrals, at the moment it boasts incrediblepopular support and political favor from the HouseAustrina Corona and the new government.  Still, itsdisadvantages must be considered--it is dominated byyoung hands, mostly idealists unused to politics, andfacing entrenched experienced powerbrokers.Thoughts on the Revolution:  The Cathedral Hopeconsiders the Revolution Orr's judgement on thecorrupt regime of the past, and a call to change.They fervently support democracy, and see this as achance to not only to improve the position of thedowntrodden, but to increase the influence of HouseAra in the political arena.The Cathedral TemperencePeacemakers, Conciliators, PleadersImportant Members: Bishop Hiram Vance of HighupHistory and Politics:  The youngest of the SevenCathedrals, the Peacemakers are trying to brookcompromise between the others.  They see the increasedpolitical rivalries as a severe threat to House Ara'swell-being.Power:  While they possess a fair amount of influence,the truth is the Peacemakers are a troubled group, whomust exert a great deal of power even to get people tolisten to them.  The fact is, they're a group thatsimply wants people to get along facing several groupsdedicated to fervantly held political causes--hardly astrong postion.Thoughts on the Revolution:  The Cathedral Temperancedoesn't officially think anything about the revolutionat all--they are dedicated to internal matters of theChurch.  Still, many are a bit irritated at somethingthat has caused so much chaos.</blockquote>

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