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Capital: Town of Grayington Dioceses Population: 120,200 – Oeridians 57,600, Suloise 21,200, Flan 13,000, Elves 14,800, Gnomes 5,800, Halflings 3,200, Half Orcs 1,600 Half Elves 900 Ruler: Plar Eldried Sarneth (Rao) Bishop: Velt Harkin |
he diocese of Grayington is located
in the north central part of Veluna. Its border stops just short of Veluna City though the city itself still falls under the
protection of Grayington. It is ruled by the Plar of Veluna, Eldried Sarneth. He has ruled for the last 25 years and his father
ruled for 42 years before him. The Plar believes that the worship of Rao is the only true religion and that all who do not
worship him just need some enlightenment to see the way. This makes Grayington the most religious and intolerant of the seven
dioceses. Do not take this intolerance to mean witch-hunts and burning crosses though. This intolerance shows through in a
lack of churches of other faiths, total unwillingness of the population to listen to any priest not of Rao, and sometimes just
downright rudeness towards those of other religions. There are very few other noble houses in Grayington as the Plar owns
almost all the land in the diocese making him the biggest owner of land in Veluna after the church of Rao. The diocese's
representative to the Celestial Order is Mathew Sarneth. He is the younger brother of Eldried and has a tendency to preach to
the Order about Rao constantly, making him a tolerated annoyance at most gatherings.
The Plar of Veluna is a man of great passions. He believes that Rao and Veluna must be the ones to lead the other misguided countries to the light. The nobles of House Sarneth have shown in the past a tendency to step down when their sons are of the age to rule properly. Eldried's oldest son Redin reaches that age in 3 years and so far the Plar has shown no signs of wanting to step down. Only time will tell how this plays out.
Bishop Velt is new to the diocese of Grayington. He was appointed a year ago by the Canon and is still working on fitting in. He is easily intimidated by the Plar and sometimes takes his frustrations out on others after a brow beating from him. The Plar listens to very little of what the bishop has to say and this has upset the bishop's superiors.
Brother Wood is known far and wide in the diocese and is tolerated better than most non-believers. He preaches the gospel of St. Cuthbert, but even as he feels it's a lost cause, he continues on. The Plar and his son do not like Brother Wood at all, but have not found a way to get him to leave yet.
The noble house of Sarneth rules from this town. Grayington is a rather plain town. All the buildings are in neat rows and it is very clean. The town has very few taverns or bars and those it does have are very upstanding establishments. It has what most consider a very overly protective police force. Patrols are frequent and few people are seen on the streets at night. Strangers moving about at night are quickly escorted to their rooms if they have them or to the jail.
The Circle of hands lies a days ride south of Grayington. It consists of 3 sets of large stone hands rising up from the earth. They have been there since the first inhabitants moved into the area. They are immune to all scrying and divination magic, and so far nobody knows what their purpose is..