Oh my gooodness the OOC gets away from me 0-0 
We will still accept ICs, yes there is a militant side to the church, but the Imperial City doesn't necessarily acknowledge it because it's one of those "We're not looking, so we don't see" things. 
The names of the Goddesses are Iara (the good one) and Jirys (bad one).
Basically the way religion works for these people is that Iara and Jirys were the ones to create Caradia, they set it up and said this is our land, they took care of the people that were placed there and were their sort of mediators to the true higher powers (though the humans don't remember anymore that those true higher powers are the original dragons). They represent that standing together Caradia is unstoppable, but when the infighting starts (as it always does with twin sisters), they fall apart. They created shapeshifters and other similar creatures because they're tricky and sometimes devious twins. 

And no. not truly everyone is out to further their names, and they know that, but as mentioned in his bio, he doesn't trust people a whole lot, so it's easier to assume that.