Empyreal Assembly

The Empyreal Assembly
Leader	Manuella Shu'in
Patron	Tarah
Leadership Style	Elected Autocracy
Founder	Odysseus
City	Shallam
Classes Permitted	None
House Tutor	Marhisa
Heraldric Arms	None
Icon	The Amber Chalice (destroyed)

The Empyreal Assembly, formerly called the Priests Guild, is one of the oldest organisations in Achaea, although the details of its formation is mostly lost in history. Along with the Templars (more recently, the Paladins guild and presently the Guardians of Light) the Empyreal Assembly forms one of the two major arms of the Church of Achaea. Originally at housed in Delos, the guild and now House moved to Shallam when the Church successfully petitioned Sarapis to move the Basilica to Shallam. In the Modern age, the guild of the Priests was founded by Odysseus in 178AF. The guild became a House in 396AF. The organisation is devoted to the tenets of Honour, Service, and Wisdom as well as the ideals of Order, Righteousness, and Light.

Originally, only those of the Priest class were allowed to join, however in the year 403, they began to allow membership to those of the Paladin class. They have gradually increased the number of allowed classes since that time. The skills of the Priest class evolved slowly over the history of the organisation, developed after specific events and derived older practices. The skills of Spirituality, for example, were gifted to the ancient Priests by the Hierarchs of Celestia after being judged worthy of having angels as guardians. Devotion is derived from the ancient Rites of the Holy Church, and exists today as more a compact version of the older one.

The Empyreal Assembly's house tutor is Marhisa, Priestess of Virtue.

Their icon, the Amber Chalice, has fallen.

Modern Leaders of the Priests

Modern Guildmasters

Odysseus

178-209 - Founder of the modern guild, he was the first secretary then appointed GM by Deucalion

Rezzo

209-?

Topaz

?-220

Maran

220-249 - Stepped down before his ascension into Pentharian

Brigit

249-276 - Stepped down to become Archprelate, the first modern Priest to do so

Alpine

276-309 - Longest serving Guildmaster in modern times

Starrsong

309-334

Kyrienne

334-341

Victaria

341-356

Keturah

356-371

Meri

371-379 - Stepped down to become Archprelate

Sylvia

379-383

Arithorn

383-393

Valeo

393-396 - Last guildmaster of the Priests, first Lord of the Empyreal Assembly

Lords of the Empyreal Assembly

Valeo

396-399 - First Lord of the Empyreal Assembly

Torain

399-402

Misdun

402-410

Obedeth

410-419

Meri

419-429 - Meri left the house, thus resigning her position.

Manuella

429- Current