Salee

The Salee temple at Asafor is located on a large tract of land which includes a number of serene lakes and ponds

Followers of Salaah, God of Peace

“When titans fight, it is the grass that suffers.”
“Rivers cut through mountains not because of power but because of persistence.”
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
“Indifference is the opposite of love, art, and faith. Action is the only remedy to indifference.”

The Salee are a relatively minor political power in Kalderesh, although they are very influential in Krethes, where they own an important district, the Province of Salaah. It is adminstered from Savimasko by Guarin Gwychardus, Marquis of Savimasko.

Amongst the citizens, the Salee clerics are highly respected and admired for their quiet, thoughtful presence, even in the face of the most tumultuous events.

In matters of state, the Salee are often given a deciding vote. Commentators have suggested that this means the Salee are actually more powerful than the Aadites.

The Prelate of the Salee, Jaeden Lenderman, is resident in Camfor, with Grand High Priests in Daernbeck, Sikafor, Torbeck and, of course, Pai. The Duke of Toreen and the Marquis of Coth-Rom are both senior clerics of Salaah.

The clerics of Salaah generally perform very solemn rituals and ceremonies. The exception is White Monday, celebrated on December 27, when meditation and formality are set aside and great feasts with much eating, drinking and merrymaking are held. Performers and artists are engaged to help make the day memorable, and playwrights and poets compete for the honour of having their material performed.

Salee ceremonies are popular amongst the people because they provide a sense of order and stability in what seems, at times, like a chaotic world.

Rites of atonement, communion, confirmation, naming and purification are solemn and taken very seriously by both priest and laity. Fasting and meditation is a popular personal ritual, and most clerics teach their followers short insightful phrases that are used as petitionary prayers in the daily running of affairs.

Funerals are similarly solemn, but are not sombre or sad, but are rather seen as peaceful encounters with the dead.

Like the other churches, the Salee have religious structures like temples and chapels, but they are equally likely to worship outside these traditional spaces: around a countryside pond, on the gentle slopes of a hill, in a quiet market at night, or high above the city on a rooftop.

The Mysteries of Salaah are sedate, with choral music or processions of singers creating an uplifting experience. The Mysteries are performed on the shores of a lake, on river banks, or overlooking the ocean.