Makoryn

God of Tyrrany and Vengeance
(About the God)

Makorynite Orthodoxy of Liminal

The Makorynite Orthodoxy began in the great city of Liminal, an outgrowth of its proximity to the Eternal Hells themselves, thanks to the imbricate nature of that city, which provides access to the very domains of the Talion gods. For the most part, most Makorynite temples in Rinhony belong to the Orthodoxy.

Theology

The orthodox theology of the core Makorynite faith holds that tyranny and vengeance are sins. It is the duty of the faithful to be watchful for signs of those afflictions, both in themselves and others. Power is the great temptation, and must be a tool for an ends, rather than the ends themselves. The sinful will be cast into the Hellshards in the afterlife, to suffer at the hands of Makoryn's iron devils.

It is the duty of the priesthood to work against tyrants and those who would subvert or pervert justice to their own ends. Though this sounds very benevolent, the fact is there is something in the Makorynite faith which thrives on suffering and pain. The faithful who are dispatched to deal with tyrants and the wicked do so with terrible brutality, often making the suffering of their targets long-lasting and very public, as a warning to others.

The Makorynite priesthood also teaches that imprisonment is a holy endeavor. It is the very purpose of the Talion gods, and Makorynites often criticize the priesthoods of other Talion gods for not taking that duty more seriously. The Makorynite faith teaches that pain is purification, and that suffering leads to enlightenment, as well.

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Among other things, Makorynite temples are always constructed to include dungeons, or at least a basic gaol. The priesthood makes it very clear to the powers that be that their services as gaolers may be invoked at any time, and many rulers do take advantage of those services, rather than bothering with their own dungeons or jails.

Titles & Orders

The patriarch of the Makorynite faith is called the Iron Hierophant, who is clad in dark black leather robes, with a great crown of jagged iron, inset with garnets. The Iron Hierophant always considers the Iron Gaol in Liminal's Hellsward to be his home temple, and an entire section of that mighty temple is set aside for his use alone. Despite this, he is rarely in residence, spending much of his time in the Talion Court of Makoryn.

Beneath the Iron Hierophant is the Iron Collegium, an elite order of potent high priests of Makoryn. The great burden of keeping the church as a body operating lies with the Iron Collegium. They are given "dominions" over which they are responsible, either geographic territories or conceptual areas of interest to the church.

Beneath the Iron Collegium are the individual high priests of temples, called the Atera. This title is derived from an old term that means "one who subjugates," and refers to the priest's duty to subjugate the desire for power out of his congregation. Beneath the Atera are the ordained priests of the church, and the lay clergy who are not ordained but act in service to the faith.

The Makorynite Orthodoxy maintains several orders within its structure. The largest of their knightly orders is the Brotherhood of the Scepter, known for their brutal fighting style with maces and their ability to invoke terrible pain in their foes.

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The Sudmunari Sect

A relatively minor sect of practice within the faith of Makoryn, the Sudmunari Sect is based out of Sudmunar, one of the Holandi Cit-States in the southern reaches of Rinhony. The tradition is only about sixty years old, making it one of the youngest of the Makorynite sects, but it is a vibrant and growing one. The Orthodoxy of Liminal has expressed concern over the Sudmunari theology, but has not yet spoken out against the growing sect.

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The Sudmunari teach that only the faithful of Makoryn can truly discern tyranny. They spring from the Liminal Orthodoxy, so they do hold tyranny to be sinful. Rather than seeking it out and destroying it, as the Liminal Orthodoxy would have, the Sudmunari maintain that the surest method of destroying those who would wield undue power over others is to themselves seize up the reins of power and use them righteously. The Sudmunari preach a theology of acquisition and conquer, a philosophy the sect put into practice sixty years ago in the Holandi city-state of Sudmunar.

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The head of the sect is called the High Watcher, and he currently serves as priest-king of the Sudmunar city-state. While he pays ritual and liturgical fealty to the Iron Hierophant in Liminal, everyone in the faith is aware that it is a technical obeisance at best.

The High Watcher maintains a small council called the Chained Ones, high priests of the faith who tend to various needs of the sect. At current, there are two Chained Ones, one in charge of running the Makorynite temples under the Sudmunari banner, and the other whose responsibility is visiting other Makorynite temples near Sudmunar and convincing them to turn to the sect's practices. Other than this, the Sudmunari hold to the Liminal Orthodoxy's rankings; indeed, technically the Chained Ones hold the rank of Atera in the Orthodoxy, and the High Watcher is part of the Iron Collegium.

The Sudmunari maintain a single knightly order associated with their sect, the Order of Iron and Bone, a gathering of knights and paladins sworn to defend the city of Sudmunar and the person of the High Watcher.

The Hellshards (Domain)

Makorynite PCs

• Domains: Tyranny, Vengeance
• Channel Divinity Feats: Power of Amaunator, Bane's Instructive Stratagem, Tiamat's Bitter Vengeance, Righteous Rage of Tempus

A loud, clanging realm of eternal noise and a thousand-thousand sharp iron edges, the Hellshards were crafted to eternally cut at the flesh of the primordial Vabrosyn, a great web of eternally-reshaping flesh and sinew. Those who abused their power over others, or threw over justice in favor of vengeance are banished here, to be painfully tormented and hunted by the iron devils of Makoryn.

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