The Priesthood of the Namer

The Priesthood of the Namer is a small sect located primarily in Aram, although a few other small temples can be found elsewhere. They're relatively few in number and are largely a monastic order, having little to do with outsiders. While magi will sometimes go to them for aid, they generally refuse to have anything to do with wizards and their kin. For their part the priests of the Namer are committed to staving off the apocalypse.

Organizational Structure

The order has largely eschewed any manner of titles, beyond the temporary. The importance of a certain member of the order will depend entirely on what they are doing that day. Structure is imposed by a series of strict rules which say that no one can do the same task twice in a row.

Stepping into the order requires giving up one's name, the order's members are identified through the task they are doing that day. So the person tending to the bees will be the Beekeeper, however, the next day another the Beekeper will be another person entirely. Names, such as they are, are entirely transitory and descriptive. Some of the more hardcore among the priesthood even eschew anything which is not a temporary and entirely descriptive noun, refusing to use place names, bynames, or given names not only for themselves but for anyone or anything else.

The order does not call itself the Priesthood of the Namer, it's a name given to them by outsiders, they refuse to give their order any kind of name.

The Nameless

The Nameless are considered the most sacred relics of the order, they are members of the order who have, through a powerful rite, removed their True Names. The Nameless become little more than gaunt approximations of the humans they once were. Becoming one of the Nameless is the ultimate reward for one of the order.

While the Nameless cannot be killed, they do not heal, age or even bleed. Their minds cannot be clouded by illusions, glamours and mind control spells and similar, and they cannot be paralysed or poisoned. If any limb is removed from the body, however, it will stop moving and cannot be reattached and they do feel pain.

Their bodies go through no major exterior changes as a result of the experience of being changed into one of the Nameless. Their skin often goes grey, however, and their mere presence seems to be unnerving to anyone who approaches them. Cats seem to especially shun their presence, but other animals also dislike them. For some reason, the Nameless have a dread of water and greatly dislike being around large pools of water for extended periods of time.

The oldest living Nameless is considered an oracle and is generally known as the Head as that is all that remains of him. A severed head hidden deep within the depths of the Aram temple, according to the records he pre-dates the Empire. The Nameless are the cornerstone of the order and a new temple cannot be founded without at least one of the Nameless present at the site.