The Belfry

Representing each of the various religions on Sprin'Torel is The Belfry. This faction works to ensure that each of the religions is not only properly represented but also that each one gets its dues.

History
Though the churches were always present throughout history, they felt as if they weren't being given the respect that they were due. The Shadow Pantheon and the Gods of Chaos felt underrepresented, and were ready to make themselves more dominant in society. The Legion of Light and The Order were prepared to completely annihilate whatever organisations existed to represent The Shadow Pantheon and the Gods of Chaos.

As tensions grew, The Council of Harmony decided to work with the Gold Helms and mediate a peace between the two sides. And thus, The Belfry was born. The Belfry seeks to give equal representation to each of the groups, creating a system where each group within the pantheon elects a representative to speak on their behalf in The Belfry. Each year, they host an election to rotate between which church represents their group, allowing for each church to have a say regarding any issues they may have - both internally and with other churches.

That isn't to say that this solved every problem between the groups, of course. While this served to solve the big issues, such as ensuring each church was properly represented, funded, and maintained in every major city, there were still some issues with fairness and conflicts between individual churches that this arrangement hardly helped with.

Of course, the Council of Harmony did what they could to help minimize the damage - and what they couldn't do on their own, they called upon the Gold Helms for help. And regardless of what issues the churches may have with this, they all agree this was the best arrangement that they could have come up with or hoped for.

Philosophy
Though The Belfry is mostly focused on maintaining their own internal peace, this hardly stops individual churches from arranging their own means of amassing power. Whether this is done through subterfuge or by influencing the upper class elites, all that matters to each member of the Belfry is that they remain known and garner as much influence as possible.

But at the end of the day, the goal of the Belfry is peace within to create peace without for all.

Notable Members

 * Lucian Hawke
 * First Peacekeeper who organised The Belfry and codified the law ruling over the Belfry
 * Azusa Dicey
 * Peacekeeper who stood between a High Priest of Fire and a High Priestess of the Forge, preventing a potential collapse of the Belfry.
 * Nahiri Seville
 * Amended the law of the Belfry to make it more fair for all parties involved
 * Torbor Pierce
 * Weaved magic into the law of the Belfry, making it more difficult for members to break