Empyreal Assembly

The Priests are one of the oldest organisations in Achaea, the detalis of their formation 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, called the Empyreal Assembly 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 exist today as more compact versions of the older ones.

Modern Leaders of the Priests

Modern Guildmasters

#	Name	Term	Comments
1	Odysseus	178-209	Founder of the modern Guild, was the first secretary then appointed GM by Deucalion
2	Gabriella	209	Was the guildmistress for only a very short time
3	Rezzo	209-?
4	Topaz	?-220	Second guildmaster to be unseated by a contestation
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	Stepped down, longest serving Guildmaster in modern times
8	Starrsong	309-334	Stepped down
9	Kyrienne	334-341	Stepped down amid controversy
10	Victaria	341-356	Stepped down
11	Keturah	356-371	Stepped down
12	Meri	371-379	Stepped down to become Archprelate
13	Sylvia	379-383	Stepped down and was outguilded by Lady Tarah, the Patron, days before the close of the election
14	Arithorn	383-393	Third GM to be unseated by a contestation, the first since Topaz
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-	First Lord of the Empyreal Assembly