>[!infobox|codex] &nbsp; >![[Scholars of Thesos-1789871952420.webp]] > >#### Information >|Status|Active| >|-|-| >|Purpose|Worship of Étoile| >|Location|[[Fortuma]]<br>[[Elyseé]]</br>| >|Leader|Archmage Cain Zealmont| # Scholars of Thesos >[!quote|gloss] ><span class='at-lg'>To practice simple living and detachment from material possessions in emulation of Étoile's life and earthly ministry.</span> >[!card] About >The **Thesosians** are a group of related organizations in the [[Lumière d'Étoile]] Church, founded by the Fortumian _Saint Thesos of Carcallon_. Thesosians adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of the founder and of his main associates and followers. > >The original Rule of Saint Thesos approved by the pope did not allow ownership of property, requiring members of the order to beg for food while preaching. The austerity was meant to emulate the life and ministry of Étoile Christ. Thesosians traveled and preached in the streets, while staying in church properties. > >While officially a sect of the [[Clergy of Grigori]], the Scholars of Thesos gain noteriety and recognition as their own sect of the [[Dawnguard]] due to their extremely ascetic[^1] lifestyle, which puts greater emphasis and worship in the pursuit of education and study through perpetual pilgrimage, meaning there are no monasteries, church, or other physical locations to which Thesosians can be found. > >Thesosians aim to seek, gain and spread knowledge, and are the librarians, doctors, wizards, architects, inventors, artists and artificers/mechanics of the kingdom. Thesosians are currently are most interested in fully eradicating The Eclipse Plague, which has almost fully gone extinct. %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` TABLE WITHOUT ID link(file.link, title) AS "<p class='at-stat'>Session Appearances</p>" FROM [[]] WHERE type = "session" SORT type ASC ``` %% | <p class='at-stat'>Session Appearances</p> | | ------------------------------------------ | %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% [^1]: **Asceticism** is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.