Keepers of Luthurn

The Keepers of Luthurn are a cult in the Luthurn Religion who collect artifacts and document history.

The discovery
Almost nothing was known about the Keepers until a follower of Luthurn, named Cereal Celestine, found a book in the Relmont Temple. In it they were mentioned. Originally, Cereal had planned to initiate her friend Blayke Wellington into the Luthurn faith and had not expected such a discovery. One of the books dealing with the cults appeared to be blank, as if the pages were unwritten. Flicking through it, Cereal heard some words. "Keepers of Luthurn" was written there. Looking through other books, Cereal found out that the Keepers apparently follow the belief that not even gods are perfect and flawless.

The Search
Intrigued by the scraps of information, Cereal decided to request an audience with the High Priestess and Lutheress of Lorent, Faern Vièn de Relmont, to learn more about the cult.

Surprisingly, they were granted the meeting. Cereal told Faern about the strange find and asked what it was all about. Faern told them that she had known about the cult for a long time, but that there was little more information about their purpose and rituals, that their culture had been forgotten over time. Furthermore, Faern's studies were currently focused on blood magic and the main faith. This, she said, was her commission from Lutherius.

Cereal would not be satisfied with that, never had she been interested in studies or research, but the forgotten cult drew Cereal into the Ban. It was almost as if a fire had been lit in her, a fire that called and drove her. Faern noticed this change in Cereal. "Perhaps it is your task, Cereal, to revive the secrets of the cult," Faern said. It seemed to her that Lutherius touched Cereal and gave her a task.

Cereal took up the task given to her by the High Priestess Faern and by Lutherius, and thus the cult of the Keepers of Luthurn was revived, and the cult was freed from oblivion.

Purpose
After learning how the cult could be forgotten, Cereal decided to base the purpose of the cult on preserving and archiving ancient knowledge. History contains all our mistakes and all our successes and achievements, the living need it to decide for the future. If we don't know who we are, how can we know who we want to become?

The Keepers conspired to collect the knowledge of nations and cultures, artefacts and books from ancient times, to preserve them and give them to the living when needed, to offer them advice or comfort.

They conspired not to let the same fate that befell the ancient cult repeat itself. The Keepers of Luthurn strive to be the historians the world of Rathnir needs to spread the word of history so that all future generations may hear and see the stories told by the ancient world of Rathnir.

The Meetings
The Keepers of Luthurn will hold meetings that happen at least once a week to discuss artifacts or books they may have gathers during that time and to discuss politics, recent events, and share stories from those who are old to those who are young. These meeting are usually held in Lorent regardless of the nation the Keepers (name of a follower of the cult) may be apart of and are a great way to learn about the cult even if you are not in it. Also a great way to get around in the cult if you are new or just a believer.

The Collecting
Keepers will collect artifacts and try to go to libraries or buildings of all governments, religions, and places of importance to make copies or buy copies of those books to save in the vault or to be put on display. These methods usually involve buying of these items and can get expensive at times but the more artifacts, books, and history you collect the higher your rank in the cult will get, so every Keeper will try to get as much as they can in hopes of rising the ranks and to become the best Collector in the cult and maybe in the world of Rathnir.

Magic (Blood)
After testing for days to use blood magic in a specific way Cereal figured it out. Cereal had developed a way to use blood to learn the everything about the history about any artifact or book just by dropping a stain of blood on the item but the only downside is that the owner of the item/items has to have given it to the blood magic user for the magic to work. This magic is very useful to Keepers but only the leader and a very select few know how to use it and most Keepers will not see it for their lifetime.