The True Resurrection
In the chapel of Torm, a young and solitary priestess that remained after Celwig Olwyn, the former head of the church of Torm in Baldur's Gate, had called all faithful to gather in the wake of gods return to the heavens.
Ria Olwyn, the adopted daughter of the former head priest, speaks with divine inspiration to all those that come to hear her words.
"Torm, the Loyal Fury, has returned! He has returned from beyond! By the grace of Ao, the Overgod, he has been brought back in reward for his sacrifice- for staying True!" - The renewed zeal of the priestess can almost be physically felt. - "He came to me in a vision! So vivid, so glorious! He spoke to me of his return, of the souls of the valiant heroes who laid their lives low to help him slay the Dark Lord Bane! Their spirits are well and all at peace."
But then, her composure had considerably steeled, as she uttered the following words - "However... He also spoke of the duty and the weight of sin our faith bears. The corruption of our brothers and sisters in Tantras and the crimes they have committed against worshippers of other gods of all that is Good." - She paused, measuring those gathered with her gaze - "Torm the True takes up the penance for those sins and so are we. For we have a Duty to perform to not only ourselves and our families but all good beings of Faerun."
The young priestess turned herself around towards the altar, upon which rests a book- the holy scripture- of Torm's faith and his service to Tyr and the Triad. She closes it and places a new, blank one on top of it. There, she begins to write down words as she speaks them - "The Loyal Fury shall redeem his faith and its name by fulfilling Debts that he owes to all good beings of Faerun.
The first. The Debt of Persecution. To repay for the persecution of other religions, the truly faithful will aid other followers of the gods of Good in re-establishing themselves.
The second. The Debt of Dereliction. To atone for the abdication of duty to guard against strife, the Tormtar must spend all possible effort in the elimination of the surviving cults of the dead god, Bane, and oppose the rise of the new power of great evil who is known as Cyric." - The priestess pauses, letting the name of a new foe sink in.
"The third." - Ria continues - "The Debt of Destruction. All Tormtar are obliged to relieve the destruction to the magic that the Weave had suffered during the Godswar. All places where magic ceased to work are to be reported and repaired. All results of the magical chaos that remain upon the land must similarly be undone."
She turns around to face the gathered again. - "These are the words of Torm, this is our Penance of Duty." - Ria Olwyn bows her head and raises the freshly written upon pages for all to see above her head. As she does so, it seems as if the inscribed words themselves shine with divine, golden light.
Once the moment of wonderment passes and the glow fades, she lowers the book and speaks once more - "But that is not all which Torm had shared with me. Penance is but a path towards redemption. However, we tread upon this path unarmed and alone when we do so without an understanding of why the sins were caused and how to prevent them from happening ever again. We bring the risk for it to take place once again. To take away from the True God's lustre. It is why he had decided to change our organisation. Our hierarchy. No more it will be unified. Instead, it will be separated into three tiers. The First will be the Priesthood. The second will be the Knights, Paladins and their orders. The Third will be the Faithful themselves."
At the end, she speaks - "Much I have shared with you this day and there is much more to. For now, leave with his return in your heart and his words in your mind. Leave and do as he would bid us all. Let us not lower ourselves to blind obedience but think upon his words and the weight of the Duty upon us, so that we may carry it responsibly.