The Koramian Heresy on Duria

Koramia is, of course, the heart of the Koramian Heresy, though the vast majority of worshippers of Vortumnus in Duria look to the Prelate of Paeldain as their ultimate spiritual guide in the mortal world. It is in Koramia that it was believed that, about eleven centuries ago, a young boy named Garimund of Ryard discovered the Glorious Galleon and retrieved the Koram. This holy book describes how, upon the birth of Vortumnus to Fides and Meliboea, Lord Ptharos realized he had become mad with power and turned over rulership of the gods to this newest of gods.

Though the Church of Vortumnus is heavily involved in the politics of Koramia, church leaders elsewhere are careful to point out that their loyalty is to the God of Honor, not to the Koramian Crown. Within Koramia, the Church is administered by seven Archbishops (including the Prelate, who is described as a ‘first among equals’), with most other nations having at least one Archbishop responsible for the administration of the Church in those nations. The Red Band are a knightly order of paladins dedicated to Vortumnus who operate as fighting monks for the Church, mainly centered in Paeldain (though there are chapterhouses of the Red Band throughout western Duria and even a few in far-flung Narbonne, on Aurea).

Outside of Koramia, most worshippers of Vortumnus are knights, lesser nobility, some soldiers (particularly cavalrymen) and hunters.