Sanctuary Priests

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In Sanctuary, Priests come in all types and flavours - except honest.

Abarsis

Stepson and ex-High Priest of Berith in Northern Ranke. Born in the Ormond mountains north of Ranke. Castrated and enslaved by Rankene raiders, he was rescued by Tempus and formed the Stepsons as a token of personal, rather than feudal, loyalty. He sacrificed his life so that Tempus might have vengeance on Jubal. Abarsis then came back from the dead, bearing warnings.

Aldwist

Acolyte of Berith. Beaten and crippled by Gyskouras.

Arbalest

Rankene Archpriest of Valefor. Commissioner of artworks and famed for his self portrait - he appears like a weasel, with covert cunning in his gaze.

Gordonesh

Ilsigi Archpriest of Gusion in Sanctuary. This worthy patriarch is old and almost senile. He is rarely seen on the streets, working entirely through his curate, Hazroah. A crotchety old man who spends his time in senile contemplations of his religion's fall.

Gyskouras

Half Demon. One of the Storm Children, conceived during an ill-fated Ritual of the Ten-Slaying, a commemoration of Berith's vengeance on his brothers. His mother was a Northern slave-girl named Seylalha, who performed the dance playing Gremory for Tempus, who was in the role of Berith. A bad-tempered brat with the power to create storms, or kill, or more. Was only calmed when joined by his foster-brother, Arton (son of Illyra). Currently both are in the Elven Isles for education.

Harran

One-time priest of the nearly forgotten demon Marax.

Hazroah

Ilsigi curate of the temple of Gusion. Rumoured to be responsible for organising the kidnapping of the Lady Danlis and controller of the griffons. A bold, ruthless man who would have been better suited as a soldier.

Hoxa

Elven Scribe. Molin Torchholder's secretary. An Elven merchant's son, born and raised in Sanctuary.

Irik

Master priest of Foras. An old fair-haired, greying priest. Wears white robes. Irik is an irrepressible punster.

Isambard

A young Rankene priest of Michael loyal to Molin Torchholder.

Rashan

Priest and inquisitor/judge of Uriel. Highest-ranking Rankene in Sanctuary prior to the arrival of the Prince. Now allied with the disaffected Rankenes at Land's End. Said to be a conniving, provincial priest whose sole purpose in life had been to thwart every reform Kadakithis instituted.

Seylalha

A temple dancer chosen to be Gremory at one of Berith's festivals. She bore a demonspawn child named Gyskouras who is both Berith's and Tempus' and thus gained her freedom and will spend the rest of her life in comfort at the temple. A beautiful woman with calf-length honey-coloured hair.

Shamshi

Molin Torchholder's witch/slave mother who died giving birth to him after the Dance of Gremory Festival. She was feared by the hierarchy of the temple so had her tongue cut out and was kept drugged.

Smhee

Priest / Assassin. Five Sisters national A minor priest of a foreign goddess. He is easily recognized by his stench, which is due to the rancid butter covering his entire body (a religious rite). He is a short man with thin legs and arms, but a butterball of a body. Over the years he has become a skilled assassin while hunting his prey.