![[grav_dio_sigil.jpg|400]] ## Overview --- The Church of Gravity is a diocese in [[Transelmany]]. It is the largest mountain diocese, sharing borders with four dioceses and the Voromir River. It bears great cultural significance in Transelmany, as [[Yemisi Fayowa]]'s home; and its capital Kerasili was renamed Yemisiilu in her honor after she died. This makes it a notable tourist destination. Its geography is similar to the other mountain dioceses, consisting mostly of rainforest and a small section of savanna in its southeast. It has the largest population of the mountain dioceses, and the highest % of emigrants from Ciselmany, who came during the Amnesty. Before the revolution, it was a region of little economic importance, owing to its dense rainforest cover, high elevation, and a relative scarcity of arable land. This made it a prime location for Ciselman resettlement in the time after the Haal treaty. Its subsequent transformation into a trade hub and economic powerhouse under Fayowa’s stewardship as part of Transelmany, coupled with its disproportionate intake of [[Hagioism|Hagioist]] Ciselman migrants relative to other dioceses, contributed greatly to Fayowa’s personality cult. This overwhelming popularity, the unique demographic makeup of her diocese’s population, and the nascence of [[Marie Adonai]], granted Fayowa significant political caché, and allowed the Church of Gravity slightly more autonomy than the Transelman constitution technically afforded it. In 672 AL, Fayowa’s career was cut short by a failed assassination attempt. This forced her daughter Temi to take her place on field missions on a de facto basis while Fayowa stayed in their family home to recover, remaining Saint of Gravity on a de jure basis. Her council seat was rotated amongst Gravity Archbishops, and while she lived for four more years, she was never able to fully recover from her injuries. As time passed, and as Marie Adonai grew into her role, her once sizable influence on the Council waned. Still, The Church of Gravity would become the only one to opt for hereditary political leadership, in choosing Temi Fayowa to be the next Saint, despite the fact that she was not yet an Archbishop.