The Clergy
The Clergy are the white-robed priestesses of the Church. It has long been their duty to hold the weekly Mass and conduct the minor ceremonies of the Church, though as their numbers have dwindled these roles have been increasingly taken on by their male counterparts. They can also be found at the heart of any mission, and are ever at the fore of crusades to distant lands and continents. The lesser tier of these holy-women is known as the Disciples, who – having passed the gruelling and secretive tests of the initiate – have been granted a gift by the Higher Being, in the form of sacred powers known collectively as the Light.
She is not only a skilled enchanter, but can also be an excellent armswoman, healer, and craftswoman. Disciples are perhaps the holiest people within the Church, for they are directly tuned to the Higher Being, and subsequently incapable of casting any spell of an evil or malevolent nature. There is but one exception; for when the need is great, the sisterhood can call down a hail of righteous lightning to smite the Church's foes. Disciples who prove themselves goodly servants of the Higher Being may be elevated to the hallowed position of Cleric, wedded to the Avatar and blessed foremost amongst his flock. Their life-long devotion to the faith raises them above the status of an ordinary, second-class female, for only in joining the Clerical sisterhood can a woman hope to shed the perennial sin of Evah.
Clergy Traits
Clergy are female.
Clergy have short or tied-back hair.
Clergy have names drawn from Christian decent.
Clergy don't give orders, as they take it for granted that people understand their requests.
Clergy don't show aggression.
Clergy often choose to interact with emotes only, saving their voices for the Church and combat.
Clergy hold masses and ceremonies in the Church, often each Sunday.
Clergy may choose to assist their spiritual knowledge with the aid of the quarter staff which they also use to assist their walking; they never wield the Tome of Light.
Clergy rarely run.
Clergy refer to their own conjuring as The Light or Divine Intervention.
Clergy refer to people as 'Chyld'.
Clergy say "ye" rather than "thou", "thee", or "you".
Clergy are referred to by all as "Sister"
