Empyreal Assembly

The Empyreal Assembly
Leader	Halos Vorondil
Patron	Pentharian
Leadership Style	Dictatorship
Founder	Odysseus
City	Shallam
Classes Permitted	Priest
House Tutor	Marhisa
Heraldric Arms	Azure, an angel volant Argent and three estoiles in chief Argent
Icon	the Amber Chalice (destroyed)

This page is about the House. For the class, please see Priest.

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 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 Priests Guild was founded by Odysseus in 178 AF. The Guild became a House in 396 AF. 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, developing after specific events and derived older practices. The skill of Spirituality, for example, was 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, who resides in the Chrysalis Basilica in Shallam.

Guildmasters of the Priests Guild

#	Name	Term	Comments
1	Odysseus	178-209	Founder of the modern Priests Guild, appointed by Lord Deucalion
2	Rezzo	209-?
3	Gabriella	?-?
4	Topaz	?-220
5	Maran La'Saen	220-249	Ascended to become Lord Pentharian
6	Brigit Ellinan	249-276	Stepped down to become Archprelate
7	Alpine Raighne	276-309	Longest serving Guildmaster in modern times
8	Starrsong Aramar	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 Ta'sa Crescent	379-383
14	Arithorn Corso	383-393
15	Valeo	393-396	Last Guildmaster, first House Lord of the Empyreal Assembly

Lords of the Empyreal Assembly

#	Name	Term	Comments
1	Valeo	396-399	First House Lord of the Empyreal Assembly
2	Torain Shu'in	399-402
3	Misdun Raighne	402-410
4	Obedeth Serenity	410-419
5	Meri	419-429	Abdicated by leaving the Assembly
6	Manuella Shu'in	429-452	Longest serving House Lord
7	Runa Rian	452-461
8	Meleah Cu'Arkios	461-461
9	Tesla Op'Shae	461-475
10	Meleah Cu'Arkios	475-481
11	Valeo	481-486
12	Ellodin	486-497
13	Runa Rian	497-502
14	Palanor Weltsdown	502-511
15	Mathonwy Corso	511-519	Youngest-elected House Lord
16	Quoren Ironson	519-536	Government changed to Dictatorship in line with House traditions
17	Halos Vorondil	536-Present