Difference between revisions of "Hierocracy"

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|The church tried to seize control. The priests tried to conquer the world—for its own good, they claimed.

As the Hierocracy grew larger, it became increasingly difficult to hold the theocracy together.{{book ref|sa3|19}} Before it could spread to western Roshar, the Hierocracy became embroiled in the War of Loss, a conflict spearheaded by the man later known as the [[Sunmaker]].{{book ref|sa1|18}} The Sunmaker united together the ten princedoms of Alethkar for the first time since the fall of [[Alethela]] into one nation.{{book ref|sa1|24}} It is unknown if any other factions joined them, but working together the Alethi forces fought the Hierocracy in truly epic battles, whose like has not been seen on Roshar since then.{{book ref|sa1|52}} The Sunmaker managed to cast down the Hierocracy,{{book ref|sa1|18}} which had been weakened by its size.{{book ref|sa3|19}} Its fall led to much chaos and destruction, many eastern cities were sacked and destroyed, with the notable exception of [[Kholinar]].{{book ref|sa2|1|12}}

 

 

=== Legacy ===

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|They were taught to follow the priests. Not the Almighty or the Heralds, but the priests.

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During the Hierocracy, the ardentia assumed near-absolute control of eastern Roshar.{{book ref|sa2|3}} The ultimate authority of the Hierocracy was the ardents themselves, rather than the Heralds or the Almighty, and the ardents used mysticism as one of their greatest tools.{{book ref|sa1|18}} Claiming their right to rule came from the Almighty,{{book ref|sa3|34}} ardents controlled what people learned, what religious paths they followed, and the overall doctrine, claiming that the common people could not understand theology. They justified this with visions and prophecies from the Almighty that they claimed to see. This flew in the face of traditional Vorin doctrine, which held that trying to divine the future was evil, and a part of the heart of [[Voidbinding]].

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