Category: Temple Institutions

Children of Ertfiil

A religious organization, based in the Pe’wan’skiili and Omi worlds, which believes that the destroyed civilization in the Mother Root of Ertfiil are the progenitors of all hominid cultures. Like The Temple of the Eighth Root, they believe that Earth is the lost culture, the Eighth Root, but that it is the cause of the Great Catastrophe, which led to The Time of Forgetting. Political Tendency Politically, The Children of Ertfiil are reactionary and most aligned with The Guardians of the Path and other isolationists. This reactionary isolationist faction believes the 15 inner worlds are superior and should not concern themselves with the affairs of the outer worlds, and not allow those inferior Peoples a voice in the Convergence. Not adverse to violence. They sometimes align with the Autonomists over specific goals. Most animosity toward the Mutualists. Many religious fanatics in this faction believe that Ertfill is the sole origin…

Order of Eve

Order of Eve Educators. The third rank in the hierarchy of The Temple.

Order of Magdalene

Order of Magdalene The fourth rank in The Temple is the magdalenes. They are associated with health and care-giving. Their robes are blue.

Order of Zoë

Order of Zoë The order of science. The second order in the hierarchy of The Temple.

Temple of the Eight Roots

Encyclopedia of the Convergence AKA The Temple The Temple, with the help of sympathetic scientists, is the organization which gave the D-Gate technology to the Bolivarian Alliance on Earth and established The Temple of New Life, their sister church. Religious Beliefs The Temple’s beliefs are gnostic in nature. The structure is a hierarchical matriarchy, with a pseudo-priest class, called the Order of Sofia. They profess to believe that all is illusion, and that the sheep must be led into the future. In practice, most are scientists and teachers. Political Tendency Politically, the Temple is on the left side of the spectrum, although there are conservative and reactionary factions, as well.

The Temple

Encyclopedia of the Convergence The Temple is the generic name for The Temple of the Eight Roots (known on Earth as The Temple of New life.) The Temple of the Eight Roots Beliefs & Teachings: The Temple’s beliefs are gnostic in nature. The structure is a hierarchical matriarchy, with a pseudo-priest class, called Order of Sofia. They profess to believe that all is illusion, and that the sheep must be led into the future. In practice, most are scientists and teachers. Political Tendency Politically, the Temple is on the left side of the spectrum, generally associated with the Mutualists, although there are conservative and reactionary factions, as well. The Temple of New Life (Earth) The Temple of New Life has its origins on Earth as an RPG. It was concieved and designed by The Temple Of The Eight Roots, a religious group allied with the Mutualist Tendency in The Convergence.…

Travelers of Eckhau

Order of The Temple to which many Travelers belong. Politically, it is aligned with Mutualists and Autonomists, and contains many Travelers from the Outer Planets, and the Travelers Guilds. Return to Index