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| Unionism is a religion centered around the tenets of devotion, piety, obedience and ambition, to live by the example of virtuous forebears. Unionism is an organized religion with a centralized priesthood and structure, though each schismatic group is different. Because each group has different core concepts and tenets, each of them will be discussed on a separate page. | | Unionism is a religion centered around the tenets of devotion, piety, obedience and ambition, to live by the example of virtuous forebears. Unionism is an organized religion with a centralized priesthood and structure, though each schismatic group is different. Because each group has different core concepts and tenets, each of them will be discussed on a separate page. |
| ===Tenets=== | | ===Tenets=== |
| * '''Bravery:''' Unionism requires that all Unionists show bravery in the face of demons, adversity and the natural vices that all living things are born with.
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| * '''Calm:''' Unionism requires that all Unionists remain civil with one another and show kindness even when cruelty and aggression is inflicted on them.
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| * '''Chaste:''' Unionism requires that sexual relations happen only in wedlock, and only in a monogamous sense. Adultery is strictly a sin.
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| * '''Ambition:''' Unionism requires that all Unionists contribute no matter how big or small, to the great dominance of the Regalian Empire.
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| * '''Diligence:''' Unionism requires that those with merit and skill are rewarded and raised to better positions of power to reward their duty to the Empire.
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| * '''Forgiving:''' Unionism requires that all Unionists are forgiving and do not relent to the vices of revenge and pettiness for they are barbaric and banal.
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| * '''Charity:''' Unionism requires that all Unionists create equity for the poorest and weakest, so that even the infirm can contribute through charity and help.
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| * '''Honest:''' Unionism requires honesty and truth, professing the need for a strict but fair law and for fairness for the people both highborn and lowborn.
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| * '''Humble:''' Unionism requires that all Unionists see themselves as no better than the great who came before, and who they will live as an example of.
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| * '''Obedience:''' Unionism requires all Unionists to be obedient to the hierarchy of the state, to the Nobility granted rule from the Emperor, who must not be questioned.
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| * '''Great Way:''' Unionism requires all Unionists to constantly strive to contribute to the Great Way, to find opportunities to further advance the Empire and its people.
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| * '''Vessel:''' Dogmatic Unionists believe that only male Emperors can be the Vessel of the Everwatcher. The succession is Elective however, meaning no-one knows the next heir but the Emperor.
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| ===Beliefs=== | | ===Beliefs=== |