Cambrecia in the Fourth Age
| This is an article on the History of Feyworld | |
| Years: 2062 NC to 2102 NC | |
| Age: The Fourth Age of Man | |
| Continent: Duria | |
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When the Old Gods returned to the world in 2062 NC, Cambrecia was almost immediately reborn from the ashes of the Dark Times. With no Great Empire to remain loyal to, the few remaining Episcopi still loyal to Zelosia City elected a new Potentate, Gabriel I, and he formally issued the Edict of Absolution, which not only absolved all who had been condemned by the Church in the past (with the notable exceptions of Ditis Carnifex and the Mage King), but it formally declared Cambrecia independent of any civilian government, beholden only to Zelos himself, with the Potentate as his ultimate agent in the mortal realm. Even official priestly titles were altered to the local language: Episcopi and Archisacerdi became Archbishops, Sacerdos became Bishops and Flamen became Priests (the Potentate retained his title, though he declared himself no longer subject to a Pontifex Maximus). Not only were the schismatics from the Zelosian Schism restored to the Church, but ecclesiastic ambassadors were sent to Koramia and, in 2070 NC, Potentate Gabriel I formally announced the Edict of One State, which embraced those worshipers of Zelos following the Koramian Heresy, the Aebasan Orthodoxy and the Imperial Ecclesia, with preference for none. Essentially, the Potentate declared that henceforth, the Church would support the decisions of the legitimate local civilian government on how the gods governed themselves.
Despite having lost much of its territory to the war, strife and the depredations of the Dark Times, Gabriel I and his successors (Ambrose I, Urban IV and the current Potentate, Gabriel II) seem satisfied to rule over the remaining territory as the Holy See. Though ambassadorial overtures to the splinter states were initially received suspiciously at best, the Potentates recognized the legitimacy of Daredonia, Kamaros, Numentora, Auteria and even the Freecity of Neptaris. Zelosia City itself has grown quickly in the Fourth Age of Man as trade routes reopen and pilgrims travel to the Great Temple to pay homage to the renewed God of the State.
