Church of the Diverging Path

There are many paths, there is but one.

The Gods are dead, long live the Gods.

To find the truth, we shall embrace the lie.

These are the words spoken by a curious blend of Priests, Scholars, Astronomers and hermits. It is said that the Divergent Path can not be tread by those completely sane. But for those willing to accept the paradoxical nature of life, those that walk the Manifold Path in search of the Divine Truth, there is one group they can call home.

The Church of the Divergent Path is a religious order dedicated to finding the true nature of the Gods, the universe, and life itself. The Church believes that all religions are equally right, equally wrong. To discern what is wrong and what is right is the most sacred task for the Church. To achieves this end, both science and spiritualism is used, often blended together to the point it is difficult to tell them apart. A scholar may cross reference creation myths at one moment, and partake in ritualistic meditation the next.

The Church is not particularly big, there are no sermons in tightly packed cathedrals. It's leaders do not counsel Emperors or Kings on spiritual matters, no nation has made the Divergent Path it's official philosophy. Neither is it as secretive as other faiths, those more accurately described as cults. There are no secret rituals, no alters stained by the blood of the innocent. Instead, the Church of the Divergent Path is content with peacefully working towards their goal out of the safety of the city of Sanctum in the mountains of Ravenguard.

History
The early history of the Church is shrouded in history. What is known is that the founder, Maur0bi was once a high-ranking priest of the Azanti faith in Kronoborg, Erinia. Following a unknown catastrophe which resulted in the destruction of the local temple, he fled south into Ravenguard proper. With permission of one of the ruling monarchs he founded the city of Sanctum as a home for his new church. To this day the founderrefuses to speak of the events that led up to his sudden departure from his home in Kronoborg, which has become a desolate place, with only the memories of former prosperity haunting the city. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the former temple of Azan itself, which has gained a reputation of being cursed, though it is also said that great riches can be found by those not afraid of the gods wrath.

The influences of the Azanti faith can still be felt in the modern Church, most notably in the architecture of the temple-city Sanctum.