Baifa Monü Zhuan
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a group of survivors from atrisia's devastation who have banded together
- Image Credit: Female Monk
- Role: NPC Organization
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- Group Name: The Tiantai
- Classification: Religious Organization
- Headquarters: Atrisia
- Loyalties: Atrisia
- Group Sigil: N/A
- Description: Isolationists and Extremists, the Tiantai are old.... older then most of the groups on Atrisia. Often cited for their history and while not claiming to be the first organized group on the planet not disputing when it is said they are. They serve the old gods of the world whose names have been lost, rites and practices long since washed away by progress.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
- Hierarchy: They are mostly leaderless with only a head of the order in each temple. Roughly in charge and chosen by the others because of their wisdom and experience. Age is not the requirement as one raised within the order can become leader compared to one who might have come in late.
- Membership: Be Atrisian, seek an alternative life from fighting in wars and material things
- Dogma/Doctrines:
Weapons are instruments of ill omen: One of the most common sayings and beliefs. While they are not passive and will defend themselves, the first step is always to seek the non violent approach. - The Old Gods: Beings worshiped in the temple ruins that they have dedicated to the ancient gods of Atrisia since before it had a name.
[*]Curios: The bones of their holy ones, interred in urns and kept within a vault as they are the most precious objects that they have.
[*]Goals: To return to the ancient ways and days of Atrisia, where gods and demons were worshiped.
MEMBERS
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Formed long ago, possibly from the children of Sarnori the first city that appeared on the banks of the Celestial sea. At least from their tellings to those who may want to listen, to those who might find them. The Tinatai are still older then others and their ruins buried deep in the world.. once considered flourishing and grand glittering gold and silvers, carved from rich ebony and ivory even solid pearls that came from the stars. The legends tell at least.. but these temples, these cities are gone.. overgrown and reclaimed by the world.
So much so that only the fused black roads that connected them, the ancient bones that marked the trails to their most important sites. Vast, opulent and beautiful, long abandoned by most worshipers, forgotten to time and fallen into ruins, overgrown by rock and earth until they are partially intact.. under the earth. In vast chambers, with deep tunnels and steps going down, deeper and deeper into the earth itself to lead to them. The Tiantai work to maintain them, maintain the alters of the many gods.
The Tiantai are different then most of the people of Atrisian, considered similar but still different. They eat the same food, worship some of the same gods, attend the same schools where they might be able to, Speak the same language... but their worship of the old gods is considered unique. A thousand faceless gods who have been lost to time, dangerous creatures and any number of things that might be found under the earth, found in the darker corners of the world. The Taintai do not judge those who come to them seeker their hearts desires.
However there is a price, they are isolationist, extreme in wanting to return to the ancient ways when the empire of the dragon lord existed. When it was a united world that stayed within the sacred walls of Sarnori on the Celestial sea. They will interact with others but never bringing them back to their temples, never bringing them back to the sacred cities or locations of the ancient world. Offering knowledge for a heavy price, they are notorious for their collecting a pound of flesh when the time comes.
Except to those who want to make a deal though they are indifferent, when visited. Neither wanting to share food, hospitality, trade goods, stories. They have no interest in foreign offworlders, their knowledge, their ships, their weapons, their people, their gods. They will not fight others but their use of the force is a mystery. They seem to practice it but they are not a force order. The skills are rudimentary at best enough so they don't lose control. Their only public temple is in the mountains above jar'kai and remained standing after the destruction.
