Category:Church of Hala
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The Church of Hala worships Hala. It is a mystical faith[1][2] loosely based on modern, real-world paganism and witchcraft practices.
Centers
The Church of Hala keeps its many secrets from the general public and does not actively recruit (though it does indulge the curious and committed newcomers). Therefore, Hala's church holds the majority of power over matters of faith and religion in no domain. However, it has hospices for the needy and sick sprinkled throughout the Core[1][2] , though Hala's worship is most focused in the Southern Core.[3][4]
Beliefs
Creation Myth
The Church's sacred text, the Tales of Ages, tells of According to Halan tradition, it was a collective of nine deities that brought the world into creation from Chaos' mists. However, the other gods then stood back and left mortal kind to make their own decisions. Hala alone of the Nine Gods saw how mortals lacked insight to make the right decisions, so she came back to alleviate the world's burdens. To a cadre of 13 men and 13 women, she instructed the secrets of the Weave.[1][2]
The Weave
The Church of Hala describes magic in a different way, a sort of universal weave. It is not clear if witchcraft or the Weave is something separate from magic powers elsewhere in the multiverse.
Members
Clerics of Hala are called witches, both male and female. However, in Van Richten's Guide to Witches, a Hospice of the Healing Hands in Valachan maintains a group within the mundane functions of the hospice that separates the sexes into "witches" and "warlocks."
A witch is usually a magic user with hereditary or innate power.
Persecution
The Weave is also known as witchcraft and provokes widespread, superstitious fear. Hags, witchcraft's most notorious users, are are the major party responsible for ruining witchcraft’s reputation. Although witchcraft holds no inherent evils, but it is believed to lead down a path festered with occult peril. Exposure to witchcraft is thought to create calibans. folklore posits that transformation into a hag is the fate that awaits a witch that loses control over her magic. People Outside their faith treat Hala's witches with animosity, fear, and wariness. For example, encounters with the Tepestani Inquisition are likely to end quite direly, even fatally, for any recognized witches.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ravenloft Third Edition p. 52
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 66 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 69
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Subcategories
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
B
- Benarden Witch Lineage (1 P)
D
H
- Hospice of Hala (9 P)
K
- Keeper of the Archives (1 P)
S
- Sisters of Grace (empty)
Pages in category "Church of Hala"
The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
