New Church of Apexion

A summary of the New Church of Apexion, its tenets and Church Hierarchy

Development
The New Church of Apexion is a fairly recent development. The New Church is based on the ancient worship of Apexion the Champion, and deification of the Aubrey the Radiant Knight was legitimized and written into the Pantheon Treaty. Soldiers, guards, mercenaries and human military leaders have always turned to Apexion the Champion, but after the Directorate conquered the humans, part of the Pantheon Treaty’s legislation restricted any kind of real human military power, including the strict regimentation and ranking of religious leaders the worship of Apexion once held.

Under the Pantheon Treaty, worship of human gods became less formalized, more liberal. The New Church of Heironeous appeared a few decades ago, seeking to return worship to its old, pre-Directorate ways. This includes a return to military power, human autonomy and a strict adherence to the Apexion Code.

The New Church was founded by royal priest turned self-appointed Grand Cardinal-General Ixis Wrenwrath, a spiritual advisor to Port-of-Utopia’s royal family who has been advising Port-of-Utopia’s king, and the crown prince Algernon the Young. Wrenwrath has recently declared Prince Algernon as a reincarnation of Aubrey, the paladin of Apexion legend, returned to free humans from heathen elven shackles.

Tenets
The New Church is based on three radical tenets: The New Church believes in war for justice, obedience to Apexion and Church superiors, and the protection of the fairer sex. The most dangerous of the New Church Tenets is human autonomy from the Directorate, which calls for an end to the Pantheon Treaty. This places what the church sees as just gods next to worship of heathen elven gods, and has confounded the Directorate as the New Church has gained popularity in human lands.
 * Apexion is a masculine deity, and Aubrey was actually a man
 * Apexion is a champion of the human gods, creating a hierarchy, instead of equals, among the deities, and among humankind
 * Apexion calls for human dominance, which means emancipation from any oppressors, like elven control, and spreading the word of the Champion

Hierarchy
The New Church of Apexion follows a strict religious hierarchy with Apexion at the top, followed by the Church saints from the Book of the Champion.
 * Grand Cardinal-General, a position held by a single person, currently Ixis Wrenwrath
 * Major General-Cardinals
 * Archbishop-Colonels
 * Bishop-Sergeants
 * Corporal-Priests
 * Lay-Privates, a non-priest soldier