The Cosmic Choir

The Church of the Cosmic Choir is a religion within the Kingdom of Rohel. The Church holds belief in a god from another realm known as The Cosmic Starfish that has many avatars that are metaphorically the voices of this god.

Deities
Within the Church it is believed that the Cosmic Starfish is the god of a far off realm, and has many avatar that they call the Cosmic Starfish's voices. The main voices of the Cosmic Starfish are:


 * 1) The Voice of the Elements: the embodiment of nature
 * 2) The Voice of the Sword: the embodiment of war
 * 3) The Voice of the Craftsmen: the embodiment of practical creations
 * 4) The Voice of the Artist: the embodiment of creativity
 * 5) The Voice of the Farmer: the embodiment of agriculture

These avatars are worshiped as both unique divinities and smaller part of the Cosmic Starfish. However there is an untold number of voices of the Cosmic Starfish so believers may worship more than these five, and that some gods of other religions may even be some of those avatars.

Realms
The Church holds the belief that there are an uncountable number of worlds, each with their own gods. That being said they also believe that the Cosmic Starfish is from a realm that is far away from Rathnir for unknown reasons.

Worship
Worship can be done in a variety of ways to worship the Cosmic Starfish or its voices. The primary ways are sacrifice of various goods to a Voice (ex sacrificing watermelon to the Voice of agriculture), speaking prayers to the Voice of the Sword before battle, or building structures dedicated to the Cosmic Starfish itself. Local priests can also decide on their own ways to worship the Cosmic Starfish or its many voices

Structure
Within the Cosmic Choir their are 3 temples that are supposed to fulfill their own roles when their are enough local members.

Temple of Priests
The Temple of Priests is considered the top temple with its main leaders being the 1-5 High Priests called Speakers. The Speakers decide on religion wide doctrine and also function as their local priests. Below them are the Local Priests called Whispers that can organize festivals, make sacrifices, decide local doctrine, and vote new High Priests into power when the old ones step down. Whispers only have power within the town they oversee. Below the local priests are initiates that work with their priest to become priests themselves.

Temple of Messengers
Below the Temple of Priests is the Temple of Messengers who act as the communication between the church. Each priest can have a messenger that carries their authority in other locations. Messengers can be appointed or fired at the will of the Speaker or Whisper they are serving.

Temple of Guilds
The lowest temple is the Temple of Guilds that can be found Church run guilds. Examples of these guilds can be religious mercenaries, architects, and etc. They are led by guild masters that can report directly to the priest that founded the guild.