Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

The Meetings of the Faithful are at 4:00 PM Central US time, every Saturday.
The Meetings take place at the Shrine of Mielikki, North of Beregost and South of the Friendly Arms Inn

Posted at the Friendly Alliance Inn and Baldur's Gate

"Dear Rangers and Fellow Mielikkians,

Times have been tough for the forest with the abberations sending pyromaniacs into the cloakwoods and the orcs burning the Woods of Sharp teeth.

We cannot allow such attacks on the balance that all of us live in our lives and teach others to live by. The forests we have managed by the Forest Queen's will are being thrown into discord. The animals who depend on the forests have been fleeing, often finding they have nowhere to go. We have all worked too hard to let this happen, we have tried too much, and met with too much success to fail at this point. I do not believe our efforts alone will be enough to maintain the natural order of nature. It is apart that we are weak but together we can be strong.

I propose that all the members of the faith plan to coordinate their efforts in preserving that which we care most about. To this end, I am wanting to start a meeting of the faith where all who worship Mielikki and Rangers who care about the forest are welcome to attend and coordinate efforts to maintain balance. This meeting will occur once per week at Mielikki's Shrine.

Please if you are interested or have any questions feel free to contact me. May Mielikki watch your travels through the forests and guide your path. Stay well, stay hidden, stay swift.

With Faith,
Robin Silver"

*Below Robin's signature you see a paw print of a weasel*

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Mielikki

Mielikki is the intermediate power of forests, forest creatures, rangers and dryads who serves under Silvanus, The god of wild nature and druids. Together with Silvanus and Eldath, she is one of the three major good aligned nature gods on the server with her primary patronage being Rangers. She is served by Gwaeron Windstrom, who teaches Rangers how to track -- and Lurue, who is patron to magical and talking animals. The major enemies of Mielikki are Malar, Talona and Talos.

If you want more information on Mielikki, read up on her:
http://www.nj-pbem.com/data/Gods/humangods/Mielikki.htm

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What happens at the Meeting of the Faithful: Mielikki.

Mielikki is closely aligned with druids and rangers so I want to differentiate the Church of Mielikki from the duties of druids and rangers.

Rangers are tasked with patrolling an area of land. They patrol this land in order to make sure any dangers that could threaten it are taken care of. In addition to this, they also manipulate the land by building roads or firebreaks -- an area of land where there are no combustible materials. They often do wildlife management as well, making sure that the weakest animals are culled from a population.

Druids are tasked with encouraging the growth of an area. They have spells and rituals that encourages plants and animals to thrive in an area. While Rangers often work in areas that people travel through, druids are more likely to work in the deepest of the wilderness -- away from all civilization.

The Meeting of the Faithful does not attempt to accomplish either of these tasks. The purpose of the Meeting of the Faithful is to spread respect for natural lands -- specifically forests -- and worship of Mielikki and her allies. The way that the Faithful do this is by hosting events for others to participate in that will encourage people to interact and learn respect for the forest and the forest creatures.

EVERYBODY is welcome to attend the Meeting of the Faithful, even if you are merely curious.

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What are the Meetings of the Faithful.

The Meetings of the Faithful are something I wanted to set up so that clerics have a mechanism to be clerics. The original idea was that people who were particularly religious or clerical, and wanted a chance to actually do things that a cleric would do, would start a Meeting of the Faithful to bring together the faith.

There is also a player side to this. Players are able to show their faith by attending different Meetings of the Faithful. You do not need to primarily worship a god in order to believe in or attend their meetings. The realms was made with the idea that most people would worship ALL gods in one way or another, even if only on a rainy day basis. In that vein, ALL people are welcome at a Meeting of the Faithful

If you are interested in this model, please feel free to make a thread.