Empyreal Assembly

The Empyreal Assembly, formerly called the Priests is one of the oldest organisations in Achaea, and the details of their formation is mostly lost in history. Along with the Templars (more recently, the Paladins and the Guardians of Light) the Priests formed the two major arms of the Church of Achaea. The Priests once made their home with the rest of the Church in Delos, but have since moved with the Basilica to Shallam, where they remain a loyal organisation of that city. 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.

Traditionally, only those of the Priest class have been allowed to join, a tradition that continues within the House. 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.

Modern Leaders of the Priests

Modern Guildmasters

#	Name	Term	Comments
1	Odysseus	178-209	Founder of the modern guild, he was the first secretary then appointed GM by Deucalion
2	Gabriella	209	Tradition holds that she was the second guildmistress. This fact is, however, disputed.
3	Rezzo	209-?
4	Topaz	?-220
5	Maran	220-249	Stepped down before his ascension into Pentharian
6	Brigit	249-276	Stepped down to become Archprelate, the first modern Priest to do so
7	Alpine	276-309	Longest serving Guildmaster in modern times
8	Starrsong	309-334
9	Kyrienne	334-341
10	Victaria	341-356
11	Keturah	356-371
12	Meri	371-379	Stepped down to become Archprelate
13	Sylvia	379-383
14	Arithorn	383-393
15	Valeo	393-396	Last guildmaster of the Priests, first Lord of the Empyreal Assembly

Lords of the Empyreal Assembly

#	Name	Term	Comments
1	Valeo	396-399	First Lord of the Empyreal Assembly
2	Torain	399-402
3	Misdun	402-410
4	Obedeth	410-present