Brotherhood of the White Temple

The brutal northern Glacian? tribes reject the teachings of the Great Fellowship in favor of their traditional gods - a Celestine faction known as the Fenn?. The White Temple is a harsh and fatalistic faith. Priests of The White Temple, called the Szo Herim in their own tongue or Hierarchs? in common speech, teach that each man is born with a Moira? or Doom that it is inescapable. They reject any fanciful claims of an afterlife, believing that a man’s light returns to the stars from which it came. They believe that only the legend of the person lives on after their death but, if it is powerful enough and if the need is great, a shade of the deceased will find its way back to aid the deserving. The belief system and its inevitable expression in warriors who fear humiliation and disgrace over death contributes not only to the prowess of the warriors but also to the terror they inspire in their enemies. Many soldiers would just as soon face Trollkin? as they would face an army led by the White Temple. The traditional role of the Hierarchs within the Glacian society is both a warrior-monk and diviner.