#aurena

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landsaints, also known as redsaints for the type of red grass common across all of aurena (called “shalesh,” it’s the grass in the piece with shiaaj and the occultation), are kind of both a “sheriff” or peacekeeper of a particular region and also a kind of spiritual guide to the people of that region. the number of landsaints typically assigned to regions is based on the region’s population, with rural areas typically only having one or two, and large highly populated cities having as many as ten. landsaints typically have at least one but sometimes a handful of “knights,” which serve as a kind of deputy, and are mortals proven capable and worthy of serving the saint and their people. a lot of situations in a community are handled by the knights, but some things require the touch of a saint.

skysaints, also known as bluesaints/greensaints (the sky of aurena is a kind of tealish color, and the tenvo language does not distinguish between blue and green), sometimes also called “warrior-saints,” are specifically chosen saints who are exceptionally skilled in combat, tactics, and diplomacy, are either the commanders of or the sole forces of an Outer Realm Occultation, serving directly under Raam to bring peace and order to the Outer Realms via unimaginable violence. outside of occultations, some skysaints serve as landsaints as well, with a so-called “knightsaint,” being a fulltime landsaint who takes over when Raam calls the skysaints away, but serves as a knight during downtimes. even during occultations, skysaints might bring mortal knights, if they have many, to aid the war effort.

there’s a fair bit of (usually) lighthearted animosity between landsaints and skysaints, with skysaints typically seeing landsaints as lesser saints, and landsaints seeing skysaints as puffed up meatheads.