The Church of Tysos (Faction)

Background
The Church of Tysos, is older than anyone can remember. Originating a purely religious group, the Church eventually began to involve themselves with political, fiscal and military matters.

Around 300 years ago, the Church dropped all pretence and took over all ruling matters. No one was remotely surprised about this and daily life in the region did not change.

Over time Tysos went from strength to strength, building diplomatic relations with the other courts of Kupia.

Emissaries of the Church of Tysos are a common sight all across Kupia, they can commonly be found; in ruling courts as advisors, in seats of learning as record keepers, and in some of the many chapels that have been set up in the name of the Tysosian pantheon. Eume continues to be a well-respected seat of Religious learning and guidance.

Military
This is not to say that the Church of Tysos are not also well respected on the battlefield.

The Church has a large military force which can be divided into 3 branches: Clerical, Martial and Support. All three branches report to ‘The Pontiff’ a shadowy figure rarely seen outside of The Fortress in Eume.

The Hierarchy is as follows:

The Order of Tysos
The Order is the elite fighting force of the Tysosian military. Whereas Knights and Officers of the standard arm of the Martial forces ride horses bred for combat and wear steel chain or steel plate armour, the Knights of the Order ride into battle atop Demigryphs, Knight Commanders and Officers of the Order frequently ride Pegasi, Hippogriffs and Griffons. The Order of Tysos exclusively wield weapons and wear plate armour made of mithral.

Any member of the Order of Tysos, only takes orders from their direct chain of command. E.g. a Knight of the Order will not follow the commands of a Marshall, unless told to do so by a superior officer of the Order of Tysos. However, a Standard military unit will follow the orders of either their direct chain of command or the Order of Tysos (as long as they are of a superior rank) e.g. a Sergeant may be drafted to work for a Knight of the Order.

Gods
The gods of the Tysosian Pantheon have either been cherry picked from other pantheons or the other pantheons have appropriated the Tysosian gods.

Secondary Gods
The Church of Tysos has many secondary gods, these gods represent one or more of the other aspects of daily life; mining, woodcutting, farming, water, sailing, storms/lightning.

Beliefs
All factions of Tysos (Church, Military etc) follow the Same core beliefs.


 * 1) To worship the gods of the pantheon without question.
 * 2) To further the knowledge and worship of the gods across the land.
 * 3) To protect the lands and congregation of the church, wherever they may be.

[i] All Members of the Order of Tysos (from top to bottom) are blessed with the Radiant Soul Ability.

Radiant Soul

You have resistance to radiant damage, and when you cast a spell that deals radiant or fire damage, you can add your Charisma modifier to one radiant or fire damage roll of that spell against one of its targets.