Mason Wrote:What I had in mind was us OOC'ly writing "the bible" for the religion of Eorzea which would be acknowledged by RP'ers as such. Hence the voting on every little bit the people who come together submit.
Ha, I hadn't even considered expanding on an already existing religion when I wrote that. Hurr wut iz reading skills ¯\(°_o)/¯
To be honest, I've almost never RP'd a character that belonged to a canon faith. Most religions invented for games only serve as plot devices and are never actually given any depth. Only the information relevant to quests or missions was ever revealed about any of the religions of Vana'diel were those relevant to a quest or mission. For example, what do we know about the religion of the Tonberries other than what is revealed in the RotZ storyline or related quests? Or that of the Moblins? What sort of god is Zahak, and what are the teachings of Walahra?
With any luck, SE will take a page from series like the Elder Scrolls and Warhammer 40k, and write a decent amount of backstory to go with the actual events of the game. In case they don't, having a sort of Biblical Commission to do so for them is a great idea. One question though: Would it only be open to everyone, or just people who's beliefs fit? If we're talking about expanding on the true history of the world, I would think opening it to everyone would be okay, since it applies to everyone regardless of faith. For individual faiths, those whose characters belong to them could form their own councils to create and decide on lore. It might even be interesting to create IC organizations for such, though it could become a problem if two guilds make separate councils for the same religion. Having one cross-guild organization here would solve that, but I don't think we could force that on the individual guilds.
The only issue I can see with the idea itself is that trying to decide the truth by majority vote might not go over very well with the minority. Perhaps considering the decisions of such a council as just suggestions would be best. After all, ultimately it's just fanon, and lord knows most fans can never agree on anything.
