Difference between revisions of "Shu-Dereth"

The Great Chain is the chain that links all living members of Shu-Dereth to Wyrn and then to Jaddeth. Masters were always called hroden, and but there were two different ways a servant could serve a master. One way was to swear to be someone's odiv, which was irrevocably binding. Krondet was a less binding oath, where one listened to the counsel of their hroden, but were not morally obligated to do what they say. In the priesthood, everyone in the Great Chain were odivs and bound to do what someone higher in the chain commanded.{{ref|b|eElantris|c|12}}

Entering Derethi priests joined one of many monasteries. They each serve as religious training as well as train them for various tasks:{{ref|b|eElantris|c|17}}{{ref|b|eElantris|c|36}}