Eliash the Savior

Eliash the Savior is a priest, a prophet and a man declared to be Seinac Incarnate by the Church of the One God. He is central to the church's teachings and he brought forth a new Gospel.

Stats

 * Birthday: May 3, FY 592
 * Death: May 3, FY 642
 * Nationality: Darincedonian
 * Race: Human
 * Sex: Male
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * RPG Class: Prophet/Priest

Description
Light brown, long hair, blue eyes. Trimmed beard.

Skills
Performs miracles inspired by the One God. The Forbidden Book of Jone claims he got these powers from the Witches of Septu'xia in return for favors.

Biography
Eliash was born shortly before the War of the Necromancer. His father was a carpenter and he too took up carpentry. He was a devout Seinacian but the gods were banished when he was only two or three. For most of his life, he lived as a carpenter and nothing more.

Then, in the spring of FY 625, while teaching his apprentices, Merkus and Jone, he went into a trance. The strange thing about this trance, was that he remembered it entirely when he snapped back. He claimed the One God (Seinac) had spoken to him. The One God was still here, in spirit, and would speak through Eliash. He set about throughout Darincedonia, gathering a following, performing miracles and preaching about the One God.

Crown Prince Ralen, who was serving as regent at the time (his father King Roland II was too ill to rule) felt threatened by Eliash. . . and for good reason. Eliash believed that the non-believers had to be removed from power, with force if necessary. He amassed an army and invaded Darincedon and was promptly defeated.

Prince Ralen decided to be merciful, he let the prisoners go, except for Eliash and his cohorts. He decided to have Eliash executed. Eliash was beheaded, and for good measure, the prince stabbed him through the heart and chopped both his arms off. Eliash's head was spiked above the gate to King's Circle.

But after 10 days, Eliash arrived, seemingly from the dead, with his army at his back again, praising the glory of the One God. He declared himself to be Seinac Incarnate. Prince Ralen saw this and submitted without a fight. Eliash forgave Ralen's sins and served as Ralen's advisor (or puppetmaster depending on who you ask) until Eliash ascended to the Hereafter in FY 642.

May 3 FY 642 is both the day he was born and the day he ascended. It was a Sunday the day he ascended and from that point on all Seinacians (now named Eliashians) celebrate the first Sunday of May.

The Forbidden Book of Jone
The Forbidden Book of Jone puts Eliash's life in a different light. The book is heretical and ownership of the book is a crime punished by burning at the stake, with your hands tied to the book. The book was written by Jone and passed around several circles and copied. Copies become increasingly rare as time goes on, but one group, the Seekers of Truth, maintains several copies and hands them out to those who do not believe Eliash's message. The Seekers of Truth believe that Eliash was a charlatan and that Seinac was banished with the other gods to never come again. The book was written by the gospel writer and disciple Jone and was only discovered after Jone's death.

The Book claims that Eliash got his power from the Witches of Septu'xia who were hidden among the populace in Darincedon. They aided Eliash so they would recieve positions of power when Eliash took the kingdom. Jone claims that the witches did indeed recieve their rewards and were given stations of great influence. Not directly, but they had been placed where they could easily seduce men in power, weak men who were placed by Eliash. They performed Eliash's miracles for him and they arranged his elaborate death and ressurection. Prince Ralen executed a flesh construct animated by the witches and remotely controlled by Eliash. Eliash's army was prepared for this event to occur, so they did not lose their moral. This is true in both the Forbidden Book and in both gospels but the Forbidden Book states that military leaders were more complicit to the plan. Finally, the book ends by stating that Eliash did not ascend to the heavens, he merely died.

The Book of Jone
The Book of Jone, written by Jone, Eliash's apprentice and closest friend, is a poetic narrative that discusses Eliash's teachings and focuses on the morals and philosophy and less on the miracles.