Bible



The Bible is the holy scripture of the temple managed by the High Bishop of the temple. It contains tales of the gods, like the tale of the creation of the world, which are recited at their corresponding ceremonies by the High Bishop. The Ehrenfest bible is ornately decorated with all sorts of gems and has a belt attached at the sides with a lock locking the belt on the cover side. Only the High Bishop owns the key to open the bible. When Rozemyne becomes the High Bishop, Fran is tasked to look after the key. The bible used parchment which had beautiful letters written on it and showed signs of aging as the edges are yellow.

The bible is stored in the High Bishop's chambers, displayed on the altar inbetween the god statue and a candle, making it the center of the altar.

According to legend when the first king was chosen by the Gods he was also allowed to transcribe Mestionora's original bible, the Grutrissheit. This is the origin of the holy books used to this day throughout all of the land.

The lonely God of Darkness encountered the Goddess of Light and they gave birth to the Eternal Five, thus creating the world. The god of life Ewigeliebe fell in love at first sight with Geduldh and asks the God of Darkness for his permission to marry her. He gladly agreed in hope they would give birth to many children. Ewigeliebe is quite possessive even feeling jealous of their unborn child. Therefore, he freezes Geduldh, trapping her in ice which made her lose her power. Winter was created. The Goddess of Light begins to worry about Geduldh after their contact broke off since the marriage. She finds Geduldh and melts the ice which Flutrane then floods away with Ewigeliebe who lost his power. Flutrane and her subordinate godessess' strengthen the children, the seeds. Spring was created. The God of Fire Leidenschaft and his subordinate gods further strengthened the plants. Summer was created. Ewigeliebe's power also returned and he began searching for Geduldh. The Goddess of Wind Schutzaria wants to protect Geduldh, so they joined forces so that the plants are harvestable. Autumn was created. Due to the extensive use of power Geduldh's siblings were weakened, leading to Ewigeliebe gaining the upper hand again and the story follows the same trail as before. The seasons were created. Being unable to kill Ewigeliebe as that would prevent new life from being born, the winter was the season of endurance until they regained their power to rescue Geduldh again.

One of the first books Myne makes via printing was a set of children's bibles. The first part is about the seven higher gods and following books deal with their respective subordinate gods. To be more suitable for children Myne simplified the more complicated language used in the regular bible. It also contains black-and-white illustrations drawn by Myne's attendant Wilma.

Initially the children's bibles are only used to teach the orphans and young grey robes to read. When Rozemyne introduced them in the winter-playroom they quickly spread among the nobility too. On top of helping children to learn to read in the first place, the books also help noble children to learn about the gods. This knowledge is improtant for performing blessings and certain other forms of magic and thus a subject at the Royal Academy. With the children's bible noble children have an easier time learning the theological basics than with the much dryer learning style of the academy.


 * The former High Bishop Bezewanst scribbled words of prayers into the bible instead of memorising them.
 * As Rozemyne only had to give blessings while leaving the recitation to Ferdinand, who had everything memorised, she basically doesn't need the bible at ceremonies.