Lore:Alessian Order

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The Alessian Order is a once-popular but now defunct monotheistic religion originating in the coastal jungle of Cyrodiil. ^[1]. Their base of power was the Nibenay Valley ^[2]. The order was started by the prophet Marukh who had spoken to Saint Alessia (the Enlightened One) and began to question the Elven rule. Although the Order was led, initially, to believe in an abstract, unknowable single god, they tolerated the worship of polytheistic pantheons as well, such as the animal gods of the Nibeneans. The repressive, militaristic empire of the Alessians was inexplicably charismatic and saw Cyrodiil to a position of great power both as a state and a theocracy. Although they ruled for the first third of the First Era, the Order undid itself within a decade during the War of Righteousness, caused by infighting among the order itself due to money and land. A sect of the order, the Maruhkati Selective, is said to have caused The Middle Dawn, a Dragon Break spanning one thousand and eight years by attempt to exorcise elements of elven Auri-El from Imperial Akatosh.^[3]

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1. ↑ Shezarr and the Divines
2. ↑ PGE
3. ↑ Where were you when the Dragon Broke?