The Benevolent Parish

The Benevolent Parish is the religious organization of the city of Founders' Wake. It was established during the events of A Quiet Year at the shoreside settlement, when several high-ranking members of the church, including the Hand of Guidance, left Hominine to instead join the community building Founders' Wake.

The Benevolent Parish worships the vestige Benevolence, by whose teachings mortalkind was able to learn magic. The first followers of Benevolence created the kingdom of Hominine, a theocracy, which waged war on other vestiges and mortals alike.

It was these magic-users' disregard for the material cost of their doings that caused the climate apocalypse and the storm that overtook the surface world.

In the city of Founders' Wake, the Benevolent Parish occupies a luxurious building in the Conservatory district. It is still led by the Hand of Guidance, who also serves as a Ballaster in the city's government, representing the needs and interests of the Parish. The Benevolent Parish also includes a cloister, where Devo la Main was raised, and was groomed to eventually become the next figurehead, before he defected and left.

Following in the tradition of Benevolence originally teaching them magic, current members of the Benevolent Parish are scholars of the arcane. They designed, create, and distribute vapor suits, the de facto dive suit used in the city.

Known members of the Benevolent Parish include the Hand of Guidance, Benefactor Orlean, an unnamed young female front desk attendant, and Dolores (an older woman shocked by Devo's profanity in the lobby). Known previous members include Brother Seldom, who left the Parish even before the Quiet Year, and Devo la Main.