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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue_Genie" data-source="post: 1827477" data-attributes="member: 13477">And since everyone seems to be so keen on Morrow around here, I thought I'd give y'all a little crunch & fluff on him.MORROWThe PROPHET, LORD OF LIGHT, THE HEALING TEACHER, PATIENT BROTHERAlignment:  Neutral GoodSymbol:  Sunburst of Morrow, also known as The RadienceDomains:  Good, Healing, Knowledge, Protection, Strength, Travel, War, WarriorPreferred Weapons:  Dawn's New Sun (heavy mace) and Dusk's Last Light (longsword)Cleric Weapon of Choice:  Heavy mace (can vary based on patron ascendant)Cleric Alignment:  Any goodWorshippers of Morrow seek freedom from the bonds and limitations of this world and liberation of mind, body, and soul.  Followers of the Path of Light adhere to the teachings of the Morrowan Enkheiridion.  Their mantra is:  "No matter what you were in this life, with Menoth, you will always be his servant.  But that is not the only path.  Seek nobility of the soul.  Seek transcendence.  All things the better for you will in the hereafter be, for Morrow is the Path of Transcendence.  He is the Lord of Light.  He is Benevolence, Giving, Selflessness, and All Things Good."It is this openness that also attracts non-humans to the worship of Morrow.  Although some are yet viewed with suspicion or distrust by the faithful, in general, the clergy of Morrow welcome ogrun, trollkin, and gobbers into the fold with open arms.  Still, it is a rare thing for gobbers and trollkin to be Morrow worshippers, but many ogrun are somewhat taken with the god and frequent the great churches and cathedrals of western Immoren; indeed, sometimes they are to be found among the clergy as chaplains, priests, rectors, and most often, battle chaplains.Some few physical descriptions of Morrow have survived the millennia.  A definitive statue of Morrow was crafted by Asc. Sambert over 1,200 years ago prior to his ascension, and now it stands in the center of the Archcourt Cathedral.  Becase of it, Morrow is typically portrayed adorned in sweeping raiments, a muscled man with gray hair, broad shoulders, and a thick chest.  He is often girded with a longsword and grips a heavy mace in his left hand and the Enkheiridion emblazoned wiht the Radiance in his right.  In paintings of Morrow, the most famous of which hangs in the Cygnaran palace, he is often depicted with rays of light emanating from his body.RELATIONS WITH OTHER RELIGIONSThe Church of Morrow's primary enemies are the Septs of Thamar.  Although the Twins are irrevocably linked, their conflicting doctrines incessantly pit their priests against one another.  Some clerics fight Thamar indirectly, inspiring good behavior and hope, preaching tolerance except when their followers threaten the well-being of Morrow's flock, while others proactiviely hunt down and destroy Thamarites.  The Church is authorized to apprehend and sentence priests of Thamar, but has limited jurisdiction over her secular followers.Their other, and many would say more prevailing rivalry is with the followers of Menoth.  This is largely due to the often strident and antagonistic denouncement of Morrow worship by the Menites.  There are those that feel the Menites are filled with envy because of the dominance of Morrow worship over the past millennium.  Whatever their reasons, there's no denying hard feelings exist on both sides.  The Church takes an espeically dim view of how the Protectorate of Menoth deals with people, not just Cygnarans but its own, claiming the theocracy uses propaganda, fear, and brainwashing as coercionary tactics to warp the minds of its citizens.  Indeed, the Church, intertwined as it is in Cygnar, has been putting increased pressure on the Crown by reproving such treatments, espeicially in condemnation of the systematic torture of prisoners by the Protectorate's scrutators.  If the Church hadn't already earned such animus, these claims and accusations, true or not, have set the hard-edged anger of Menite priests on a ceaseless crusade against the Morrowan faith.</blockquote>

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