Holy Terran Chantry

State religion of the Empire. Functions as the judicial arm of the state, especially where the use of forbidden technology is involved.

Holy Terran Chantry

Lexicon: Words Associated with the Holy Terran Chantry
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adorator: A member of any antique religious cult maintained by the Empire and tolerated by the Chantry.

anagnost: An initiate in the Chantry clergy.

Assumption of Earth: In the Chantry religion, the departure of Mother Earth following her destruction. It is said she will return when men are worthy.

bastille: Chantry judicial and penal center, usually attached to a temple sanctum.

Cantos: The Chantry holy book, a collection of songs, laws, and parables.

cathar: A surgeon-torturer of the Holy Terran Chantry.

chanter: The average priest or priestess of the Chantry religion.

Cult of Earth: See Holy Terran Chantry.

Dark/Outer Dark: Space. In the Chantry religion, a place of desolation and torment.

Elegy for Earth: The Chantry call to prayer performed at sundown each day. A funeral hymn for Mother Earth.

Exodus: The expansionist period following the environmental collapse of Earth. The peregrinations from Old Earth System before the Foundation War.

Foundation War: The war between the early Empire and the Mericanii, in which the Mericanii were destroyed and the Sollan Empire was founded.

Four Cardinals: In the Chantry religion, the four most important icona: Justice, Fortitude, Prudence, and Temperance.

Golden Age of Earth: The mythic epoch leading up to the Exodus, culminating in the Assumption of Earth and the colonization of the solar system.

High Litany: In the Chantry religion, a weekly ritual held to commemorate the destruction of Earth and to pray for a better future for humankind.

Holy Terran Chantry: State religion of the Empire. Functions as the judicial arm of the state, especially where the use of forbidden technology is involved.

icona: In the Chantry religion, a spirit or god embodying an ideal, virtue, or natural law such as Fortitude, Evolution, or Time.

Index: The catalog of punishments—monetary, corporal, and capital—maintained by the Chantry and enforced by the Inquisition.

Inquisition: The judicial branch of the Imperial Chantry, primarily concerned with the use of illegal technologies.

inquisitor: A Chantry official tasked with conducting judicial investigations and overseeing the torture of criminals.

Mother Earth: The deified homeworld of humanity and principal god of the Chantry religion.

Peregrination: Any of the historical evacuations from Earth’s system for the extrasolar colonies.

praxis: High technology, usually of the sort forbidden by Chantry law.

prior: In the Chantry clergy, the chief cleric in a prefecture.

sign of the sun disc: A gesture of benediction made by circling thumb and forefinger and touching forehead and lips before holding the hand up to the sky.

Synarch: The highest ecclesiastic office of the Imperial Chantry. Their most important function is the coronation of new Emperors.

Synod: The ruling body of the Holy Terran Chantry; a college of archpriors presided over by the Synarch.

troglodyte: A human being without higher brain functions either voluntarily for personal or religious reasons, or as the result of an accident.

Twelve Abominations: The twelve most grievous sins according to the Chantry’s Index. Legal privileges do not apply in such cases.

vate: Any preacher or holy man who is not formally a part of the Chantry clergy.

warden: Any member of the Chantry’s private armies used to defend holy sites from unwanted incursions and pillaging.

White Sword: A ceramic greatsword used by Chantry cathars for formal executions, especially of the nobility.

Writ: The Chantry’s legal and moral code, enforced by the Inquisition and the Index.

Your Reverence: Form of polite address for members of the Chantry clergy, particularly priors.

Chief Inquisitor K. F. Agari

Chief Inquisitor of the Holy Terran Chantry in Borosevo, Emesh in the Norman Veil of Marinus.

—Brothers RHOM and UDAN, cathars of the Chantry Inquisition.

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Prior Eusebia

Prior of the Holy Terran Chantry in Meidua Prefecture on Delos and a chief advisor to the House Marlowe archon LORD ALISTAIR MARLOWE.

—Her acolytes:

—SEVERN, a young chanter who serves as secretary to the prior.

—ABIATHA, an old chanter who runs the Chantry services at Devil’s Rest on most occasions.

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Chanter Severn

A young chanter who serves as secretary to PRIOR EUSEBIA for House Marlowe on Delos.

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Chanter Abiatha

An old chanter who runs the Chantry services at Devil's Rest (Delos - House Marlowe) on most occassions; Reports to PRIOR EUSEBIA.

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Grand Prior Ligeia Vas

Grand Prior of the Holy Terran Chantry on Emesh.

—Her acolyte, GILLIAM VAS, a chanter and the grand prior’s bastard son, a genetically mutated intus.

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Chanter Gilliam Vas

A chanter of the Holy Terran Chantry on Emesh and the grand prior’s (LIGEIA VAS) bastard son; a genetically mutated intus.

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Empire of Silence

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Chapters 41, 42, 45, 46, 52, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 74, 75, 76, 78

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Demon in White

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