Church of Reansucru

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Church of Reansucru
General Information
Status	Dissolved / NFG
Leader	Sami Freemason
2IC	Gabriel Kaine
Headquarters	Planet Danuta
Historical Information
Founded	Year 14 Day 185
Dissolved	Year 15 Day 137
Political Information
Affiliation	Holowan
Industry	Religion
Holosite	Church of Reansucru

Description

The Reansucru faith is a belief in the Force and as such has no structure or titles. The Church however is a physical embodiment of the faith. So while its focus is on the faith, the Church utilizes classifications, laws, and other means of structure to provide a foundation for followers to live by. Early tenants of the faith classified the force as neither good nor evil, dark or light. It did however come to the belief that there were different aspects of the faith that presented themselves in how one lived their lives. Come to be known as the Shades of the Force, the colored classification of how the Force worked in us became a foundation of the Church's Dogma.

To that end, when the Church reemerged in the fourteenth year of Darkness, it abandoned the earlier model of seeking to include everyone into the faith community. Doing so required too much flexibility and variations depending on which culture, race, or social norms, that it became to difficult to encompass every walk of life into the Church's lifestyle. The faith still could easily apply to all, but the physical Church itself was being stretched to thin that it was quickly losing its identity. For these reasons, amongst others, the Church, in its revised state, sought out to narrow its scope and focus, thusly taking on the role as an embodiment of the White Shade of the Force.

The prior model of the Church did not seek out to place any laws, edicts, or regulations on its followers. Its beliefs were that such restrictions took away from ones focus on the Force, but after watching the Church's disorganization with its prior policies, it became evident that a focus on the Force could be attained with a respect and adherence to law and order. In fact, many of the Church's followers take solace in the knowledge that they can live their lives by a set of codes and find peace and tranquility in doing so.

Left to Right: Crueya Vandron, Reina Kaine, Bassius Kane, Gabriel Kaine, Sami Freemason

In the early part of Year 15, delegates from the Church and Holowan Mechanicals met on the planet Danuta in the Colavas System to discuss how the people and systems of Ardroxia, Cejansij, and Colavas could come together in a united bond of brotherhood and prosperity. At the conclusion of the summit, it was agreed upon that the Church of Reansucru would merge its sovereign territories with those of Holowan Mechanicals creating one unified entity often referred to as Holowan Proper. In this new Holowan, Crueya Vandron would serve as the Lord Regent, while the Church's Magister, Gabriel Kaine would become the Lord Protector. Furthermore, the Church would become a division of Holowan and the Reasucru Faith would become its official religion.

As a faith community, often referred to simply as 'The Faith', the Church seeks to better educate and serve the community by focusing on its education and community outreaches. Those who seek to serve the Faith's spiritual needs are known as Religio. All of the Church's celebrations, ceremonies, and services are conducted by those within this Order. The other order in the Faith is the Doctrina. It serves to better the Church's religious holdings by devoting their lives to passing on wisdom and lore of Reansucru and its different Shades. It is common practice for those serving the Doctrina to adopt a devotion to the Shade that best embodies their spiritual core, which will often employ them as professors and or councilors in the numerous education system of the Church

Shades of the Force

Shades of the Force

The Church holds to the belief that the Force is more than just Good vs. Evil or Dark vs. Light. The beliefs of the Church come to view the Force as many things, all of which are characterized by 5 Shades. The Shades of the Force are: Red, Green, White, Blue, and Black. Each of the five shades embody the different aspects the manifest from the Force.

Shade of Red: This shade is the embodiment of fury, passion, emotion, and impulse. Those who follow the Shade of Red are known to be driven by their strong emotions, value the freedoms, and believe in the power of the individual. Often preferring an offensive approach to life, those in which the Shade of Red falls on tend to be dynamic and unbound, but sometimes fall victim to being shortsighted and or temperamental. Prayers to the Red Shade are often for matters of emotions, strength of power, and for action.

Shade of White: The shade of white encompasses the virtues of law, order, protection, honor, and justice. When the Force casts its white shade, individuals are driven by a strong moral conviction to provide protection to those around them, and see to it that the needs of the greater good outweigh any individual need of their own. While choosing to follow plans that revolve strategy and defense, the shade of white is sometimes known to be uncreative or authoritarian. Prayers to the White Shade are many times geared towards seeking the purity of justice, the moral fiber of honor, and actions that server greater goods.

Shade of Green: What fuels the green shade is the ferocity in which life grows. Powered by the Green Shade of the Force, one is empowered with the brute force that comes from the power of life, often acting on urges even at the point of coming across as unthinking and predatory. With regards to the living, the Shade of Green favors natural order, community, and abundant growth. The true strength of this shade is that of its strength…pure instinctual, adaptive, and living strength. When prayers are sent to the Green Shade, one calls for strength, action, growth, and above all…life.

Shade of Blue: With the usage of knowledge, the Shade of Blue can be manipulative, logical, deceitful, and with patience…powerful. The Shade of Blue values a person's intellect, their ability to be creative, and progressive. Many followers of this shade go as far as creating great machines, wonders of bewilderment, and vast cities. Choosing to employee secrecy and schemes, one needs to be mindful that they do not become overly manipulative and treacherous in pursuit of this shade. Prayers sent to the Shade of Blue ask for both knowledge and wisdom.

Shade of Black Never has there been a shade of the Force that is so loved and hated as that of the Shade of Black. Practitioners of this shade love the power, but oft forgets the price that is paid for such power. The Shade of Black utilizes fear, darkness, ambition, and death. Those who call on the Shade of Black can be called ambitious and unashamed, but the draw of what is gained is sometimes lost on those that become devouring and enslaving. One can not serve the darkness without the taint of death, decay, and corruption being ever presence. However, as hated and or feared as it is, there can not be light without darkness, or life without death. Prayers to the Shade of Black seek power, knowledge, and needs of those praying in all matters of fear and death.