[quote=@Atalanta]
For the purpose of the story, have the companions already been elected as the new guardians? Or will they be at the beginning?
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Just freshly raised up, fresh off the various rituals for confirmation and so forth. The faith of Udrau is a public faith, so many rituals done in Daran public life are "In the Eyes of Udrau" or "in Udrau's name" but it's not much of a faith otherwise, with any expansive beliefs or behavioral restrictions. It's more like Udrau is conceived of as a spirit of the place but one that has never spoken or acknowledged the worship.

It allows for a lot of other faiths in the setting, lol, and most Guardians presumably go through a ceremony of their faith if they wish, in addition to the one that gives praise to Udrau.

So this is the first meeting, and guess what, it's in the murder scene. We can take this -all- kinds of ways.