Gavonais

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Unity and Hope

The Philosopher-King and Anvil Queen

Centuries ago, the appellation of "Philosopher-King" may have been more apropriate for the rulers of Gavonais, but in recent times it has become very much an affectation. The role of philosophising as a tool of state has devolved to the post of the Philosopher Royale, a still respected adviser to the king, who also heads the King's Academie Philosophique.

Likewise, the traditional title of Anvil Queen is founded in the ancient role of the queen as a symbolic forger of the steely bonds between king, people and church. In the past, forging rituals were enacted out by the queen hammering metal chains at a real forge and anvil, but modern rituals have only retained the symbolic form of this.

King's Canoneers

Queen's Royal Guard

The King's Academie Philosophique

The Philosopher Royale

Sainted Father and Mother of Unity

These gods mainly channel their power from the Elemental of Faith, but also to a significant extent from the Elementals of Fire, Metal and Corruption/Decay.

Altar of Steel and Ash

Every act of creation entails an act of destruction, just as the forging of a blade of pure bright steel requires that bricks of coal be burnt to ash

Priory of St Hubert

Knights Chandellier

Purity from Fire, Truth from Steel

aka Knights of the Candle; 2nd Holy Army of the Lord and Lady; Knights of the Candle of St Evelaine

Ashite Nuns