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===Evintarian Schism===

The Evintarian Schism occured directly after the death of the prophet Theomar, when the Concilly Council convened to discuss the matter of the succession. Several Concilly members had dabbled into Magic already, and more of them were of the opinion that Magic could be used to advance Humanity by using it. The hardliner Dogmatic Councillors however felt that Theomar’s preaching on the purity of the soul proved that Magic was a corruption that should be guarded against. The Schism occured when the hardliners broke off the Conclave and started hunting down Magic-users, turning the Empire distinctly anti-Occult. The Evintarian (named after their preacher Horopados Evinter), fled to Etosil and seceded from the Empire. They were later re-integrated into the Empire, but remain religiously separate. And have developed a more pro-Occult and evolution-oriented view of Unionism called [[Evintarian Unionism]]. There remains a lot of bad blood between the Evintarian and Dogmatic Unionists because of the religious violence between the two over the centuries.

~~===Vultragon Schism===~~

The Vultragon Schism occured regionally in the very south of the Regalian Archipelago, and was triggered by the arrival of Dragons in the Empire, but was already building for a long time because of resentment against the aristocracy and the ruling classes abusing their power. Vultragon Unionism formally split when the Celates of Vultaro and Montania declared apostasy from the Concilly Council. Instead, the Council was locally disbanded, and a single figurehead was chosen Supremoclast by vote from the Celates. Vultragon Unionism diverges from Dogmatic and Evintarian Unionism in that it takes a very critical approach to Unionism where asking questions and being critical of religious dogma is encouraged, something the other Councils consider heresy. [[Vultragon Unionism]] as such is a much more science and fact oriented faith where spirituality and natural science often blur together. For a while Vultragon Unionism rejected the Divine Beings, but eventually it adopted the Emended Divine Beings and restored the Dogmatic Divine Beings as canon, though with a twist. Because of its inherently critical nature, Vultragon Unionism is not well liked by the other religious schisms of Unionism.

===Emended Schism===

The Emended Schism has a somewhat more staggered appearance, in that it did not come about in just a single schism. Originally, Emended Unionism was Dogartan Unionism~~, which~~ was a very small schism of Anglian preachers who rejected the wealth of the Evintarian and Unionist Councils~~. Dogartan celate eventually came to espouse~~ the virtues of asceticism and poverty, and ~~rejected a formalized religious hierarchy~~, ~~though were largely still in line with Dogmatic tenets~~. In ~~more~~ recent years, the Dogartan ~~celates have~~ developed new theological arguments heavily rejecting Ivrae-Sange legitimacy and establishing the Emended Divine Beings as their true version of Canon, claiming that the Ivrae dynasty was so incompetent that by their incompetence, they admitted to being usurpers of the true Vessels. [[Emended ~~Unionism]] still upholds~~ that ~~Theomar was~~ the ~~prophet~~, ~~but claims he was never~~ the ~~first Vessel~~.

The Emended Schism has a somewhat more staggered appearance, in that it did not come about in just a single schism. Originally, Emended Unionism was split between Dogartan Unionism and Vultragon Unionism. Dogartan Unionism was a very small schism of Anglian preachers who rejected the wealth of the Evintarian and Unionist Councils, espousing the virtues of asceticism and poverty. Vultragon Unionism on the other hand was triggered by commoner resentment against the aristocracy and the ruling classes abusing their power, embracing critical thinking as they questioned authority. In recent years, the Dogartan Celates developed new theological arguments heavily rejecting Ivrae-Sange legitimacy and establishing the Emended Divine Beings as their true version of Canon, claiming that the Ivrae dynasty was so incompetent that by their incompetence, they admitted to being usurpers of the true Vessels. This message was well-received by the Vultragons, leading to both communities to merge into the Emended Schism. Because of its inherently critical nature and belief that alexander is not the correct Emperor, Emended Unionism is not well liked by the other religious schisms of Unionism.

==Core Identity==

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 ===Evintarian Schism===
 The Evintarian Schism occured directly after the death of the prophet Theomar, when the Concilly Council convened to discuss the matter of the succession. Several Concilly members had dabbled into Magic already, and more of them were of the opinion that Magic could be used to advance Humanity by using it. The hardliner Dogmatic Councillors however felt that Theomar’s preaching on the purity of the soul proved that Magic was a corruption that should be guarded against. The Schism occured when the hardliners broke off the Conclave and started hunting down Magic-users, turning the Empire distinctly anti-Occult. The Evintarian (named after their preacher Horopados Evinter), fled to Etosil and seceded from the Empire. They were later re-integrated into the Empire, but remain religiously separate. And have developed a more pro-Occult and evolution-oriented view of Unionism called [[Evintarian Unionism]]. There remains a lot of bad blood between the Evintarian and Dogmatic Unionists because of the religious violence between the two over the centuries.
-===Vultragon Schism===
-The Vultragon Schism occured regionally in the very south of the Regalian Archipelago, and was triggered by the arrival of Dragons in the Empire, but was already building for a long time because of resentment against the aristocracy and the ruling classes abusing their power. Vultragon Unionism formally split when the Celates of Vultaro and Montania declared apostasy from the Concilly Council. Instead, the Council was locally disbanded, and a single figurehead was chosen Supremoclast by vote from the Celates. Vultragon Unionism diverges from Dogmatic and Evintarian Unionism in that it takes a very critical approach to Unionism where asking questions and being critical of religious dogma is encouraged, something the other Councils consider heresy. [[Vultragon Unionism]] as such is a much more science and fact oriented faith where spirituality and natural science often blur together. For a while Vultragon Unionism rejected the Divine Beings, but eventually it adopted the Emended Divine Beings and restored the Dogmatic Divine Beings as canon, though with a twist. Because of its inherently critical nature, Vultragon Unionism is not well liked by the other religious schisms of Unionism.
 ===Emended Schism===
-The Emended Schism has a somewhat more staggered appearance, in that it did not come about in just a single schism. Originally, Emended Unionism was Dogartan Unionism, which was a very small schism of Anglian preachers who rejected the wealth of the Evintarian and Unionist Councils. Dogartan celate eventually came to espouse the virtues of asceticism and poverty, and rejected a formalized religious hierarchy, though were largely still in line with Dogmatic tenets. In more recent years, the Dogartan celates have developed new theological arguments heavily rejecting Ivrae-Sange legitimacy and establishing the Emended Divine Beings as their true version of Canon, claiming that the Ivrae dynasty was so incompetent that by their incompetence, they admitted to being usurpers of the true Vessels. [[Emended Unionism]] still upholds that Theomar was the prophet, but claims he was never the first Vessel.
+The Emended Schism has a somewhat more staggered appearance, in that it did not come about in just a single schism. Originally, Emended Unionism was split between Dogartan Unionism and Vultragon Unionism. Dogartan Unionism was a very small schism of Anglian preachers who rejected the wealth of the Evintarian and Unionist Councils, espousing the virtues of asceticism and poverty. Vultragon Unionism on the other hand was triggered by commoner resentment against the aristocracy and the ruling classes abusing their power, embracing critical thinking as they questioned authority. In recent years, the Dogartan Celates developed new theological arguments heavily rejecting Ivrae-Sange legitimacy and establishing the Emended Divine Beings as their true version of Canon, claiming that the Ivrae dynasty was so incompetent that by their incompetence, they admitted to being usurpers of the true Vessels. This message was well-received by the Vultragons, leading to both communities to merge into the Emended Schism. Because of its inherently critical nature and belief that alexander is not the correct Emperor, Emended Unionism is not well liked by the other religious schisms of Unionism.
 ==Core Identity==