User:Truthwatch3r/Iridescent Tones and related info

From Hallandren:

Hallandren is a theocracy ruled by the Pantheon of the Returned, headed by the God King. The Iridescent Tones, which grew out of the Cult of the Returned, is the religion behind this theocracy, and is responsible for the worship and care of the Hallandren Returned. Each Returned is given a palace in the Court of Gods in T'Telir, and served by a group of attendants and priests. The priests organize the interactions between the Returned and the citizens, including the weekly offering of Breath that the Returned require to survive and the daily hearing of petitions.

As part of the government, each Returned is assigned specific administrative duties, such as maintaining the city sewers or commanding part of the army. The God King can nominally make any decision he pleases, but in reality much of the day-to-day government decisions are made by the priests of the various gods.

Write-up from WB 12:

Each Returned has a purpose, an objective which they knew about when deciding to come back "and offer blessings and knowledge." On the other side, one can see into the future; something that they see convinces them to return. When they cross the Iridescent Wave, though, this memory fragments. The process of hearing petitions is a way of helping the Returned to remember their purpose. Their objective may be: to heal one person, to share information regarding something, to participate in a certain event, to fix a problem. Their followers provide them with Breath to keep them alive until they fulfill their purpose. "In the meantime, we pry for auguries and blessings, which can be gleaned only from one who has touched the future as you have." (This is all from Llarimar's convo w Lightsong)

Vivenna, ch 13: "Regular people can’t just walk into the Court of Gods. If you want to watch the judgments at the Court Assembly, you either have to be favored of one of the gods, be extremely influential, or you have to draw and win the lottery."

Treledees, ch 40: He feels Austre "abandoned" them to Kalad the Destroyer, so he feels no loyalty towards Austre. Instead, he follows the Returned because he sees Peacegiver as the god who arrived to help them.