Difference between revisions of "Hierocracy"

The main goal of the Hierocracy was to unite the world in the Vorin faith; under the rule of the ardents.{{book ref|sa1|26}} Claiming a divine mandate from the Almighty, the Vorin church seized control of the government.{{book ref|sa3|34}} By the zenith of its power, the Hierocracy controlled nearly all of eastern Roshar,{{book ref|sa2|3}} but it never managed to conquer the entire continent.{{book ref|sa3|2}} It is uncertain what nations aside from [[Alethela]]{{book ref|sa1|18}} were controlled by the Hierocracy, but as it was a united Vorin coalition,{{book ref|sa3|59}} it is likely that the other primarily Vorin eastern nations of [[Kharbranth]], [[Natanatan]] and [[Jah Keved]] also fell under the Church's influence.{{book ref|sa1|8}} The Church tried to conquer the world and control the people for their own good.{{book ref|sa1|18}} The most powerful ardents claimed to be receiving visions from the [[Almighty]] himself. These visions, which only the priests could receive helped to further solidify their control. They grainedgranted their rule legitimacy, while simultaneously obfuscating their own religion.

One of the other primary goals of the Hierocracy was to expunge knowledge of [[Shadesmar]], the [[Knights Radiant]] and the [[Recreance]],{{book ref|sa2|3}} the first failure of Vorinism,{{book ref|sa1|45}} from the records as best as they could.{{book ref|sa2|3}} Many primary sources and other historical documents were tampered with and altered by the ardents in their attempts to repress history. They suppressed knowledge of the abilities of the Knights Radiant, as well as subjects related to them, such as their home city, the lost of city of [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|6}} This cleansing of history is present across all of Roshar; even the great libraries of the world such as the [[Palanaeum]] show signs of this tampering.