Mother's Helping Hand/School/Religions/The One/Sun
Order of the Sun
The Order of the Sun is the religious order dedicated to the leadership, education and spiritual growth of the church. It consists of Monks/Nuns, Priests/Priestesses, High Priests/Priestesses and Patrons/Matrons.
Religious Herarchy
Monks/Nuns: Monks and Nuns are the most prolific and common in the Order. It is the starting rank in the Order. Their duties consist primarily in taking care of the day to day needs of the Church, Order and flock. Secondary to that are their studies for progression within the Order.
Priest/Priestess: Responsible for a particular Church, Convent or other religons structure, the Priest/Priestesses is the ultimate rule and authority for church matters in their area of governance. They are also responsible for guiding the masses in the tennants of faith and caring out judgment for religons crimes among the clergy beneath them.
Priests/Priestesses have authority over any member of a different order of equal or lesser rank assigned to them.
Lamptons currently has one Priestess assigned to it's church, while Larange currently has three Priests and two Priestesses assigned to various religons buildings.
High Priest/Priestesses: Responsible for the governance and care for all religious organizations in a given area. They hold sway over multiple locations and in some cases multiple cities.
High Priests/Priestesses have authority over any member of a different order in their area of equal or lesser rank, unless the member is in the area temporarily on the orders of another of equal or higher rank than the High Priest/Priestesses.
Lamptons and Larange are oversean by one High Priestesses.
Patron/Matron: Patrons/Matrons oversea the governance of an area controled by multiple High Priests/Priestesses.
Patrons/Matrons have authority over any member of a different order in their area of equal or lesser rank, unless the member is in the area temporarily on the orders of another of equal or higher rank than the Patron/Matron.
The entirety of the outskirts to include Lamptons and Larange is under the authority of one Matron.
There is one Patron/Matron who is considered the head of The Order of the Sun. This is an appointed position by the Patriarch/Matriarch and is a lifetime appointment. Currently the head of the Order of the sun is a Patron