The Highpriest

The Highpriest
The Current Reigning Highpriest: Simon the Radiant
Birth	Humanity 77
Holding(s)	The Lands of the Highpriest
Occupation	Highpriest Hierophant Judge Magistrate
Race	Human
Religion	Church of the Highpriest
Alias(es)	Simon of K'naan
Gender	Male
Height	5'7"

The Highpriest was a powerful ecclesiastical authority and tributary overlord in the east of the world. He was the Supreme Hierophant of Saint Miriam, the Vicar of the Gods, the Power of the Sun, Magistrate of the Judges, the Lord of Ceremony and perhaps the most powerful mortal in living memory. His seat of power was the megalopolis of Vestige in the Tranquil North.

The Church of the Highpriest

The Highpriest's Church was the most prolific religious dogma in The Lands of the Highpriest. It had its roots in the traditional rites of sun-worship and veneration of the Pellucid Pantheon. Those in the demesne who did not adhere to the church's teachings or who recognized false or dead deities were called by the pejorative pagan. In order to combat pagan dogma, the Highpriest employed the Judges.

The church administered its tribunes (called Dioceses) by means of the Dicasterial See, a curia of episcopal deacons and ministers who ruled individual parishes and answered directly to the Supreme Pontiff, who himself was directly appointed by the Highpriest.

Other branches of the Church included the Sacerdotal Depository, which was the central bank of the demesne.

History

Legend stated that the first person to bear the title of Highpriest was a warrior-priest from a small kingdom in the Nameless Lands during the Era of Dragons. He was granted power by the gods to dethrone the adversary and charged with ruling the earth in their stead.