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	She espoused the principle of opportunity - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a ''priest'' of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue. Her teachings reminding those she dealt with that an investment in the orphans of the Sarvos was an investment in the future of Sarvos survived long after her death. As her charges become industrious and prosperous in their turn, and eventually had families of their own, they passed on these principles. Slowly but surely they shaped the face of Sarvos and Tassato - and by extension the League.		She espoused the principle of opportunity - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a ''priest'' of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue. Her teachings reminding those she dealt with that an investment in the orphans of the Sarvos was an investment in the future of Sarvos survived long after her death. As her charges become industrious and prosperous in their turn, and eventually had families of their own, they passed on these principles. Slowly but surely they shaped the face of Sarvos and Tassato - and by extension the League.

	Her name is a matter of interest for some scholars, but most priests consider uncovering it to be unnecessary - she is the Little Mother. She was originally known as the "Little Mother of Sarvos". References to her as the "Little Mother of the League" begin from around 30YE. There is some evidence that this slow change in identity from a patron of Sarvos to a patron of the League as a whole was the work of early supporters of the new nation. Churches of the Little Mother were built in [[Temeschwar]] despite some quiet scepticism from Maria Ivanova, Boyar of ~~Temeschwa~~, but within a few scant years they had been accepted as part of the political and spiritual landscape of the northern city. Missionaries from Temeschwar built further churches in [[Hahnmark#Kalpaheim\|Kalpaheim]] and [[Karov#Delev\|Delev]] in the same way that her missionaries had spread her renown to Highguard and the Brass Coast, and by 100YE there were churches of the Little Mother in all nations of the Empire.		Her name is a matter of interest for some scholars, but most priests consider uncovering it to be unnecessary - she is the Little Mother. She was originally known as the "Little Mother of Sarvos". References to her as the "Little Mother of the League" begin from around 30YE. There is some evidence that this slow change in identity from a patron of Sarvos to a patron of the League as a whole was the work of early supporters of the new nation. Churches of the Little Mother were built in [[Temeschwar]] despite some quiet scepticism from Maria Ivanova, Boyar of Temeschwar, but within a few scant years they had been accepted as part of the political and spiritual landscape of the northern city. Missionaries from Temeschwar built further churches in [[Hahnmark#Kalpaheim\|Kalpaheim]] and [[Karov#Delev\|Delev]] in the same way that her missionaries had spread her renown to Highguard and the Brass Coast, and by 100YE there were churches of the Little Mother in all nations of the Empire.

	==The Little Mother Today==		==The Little Mother Today==

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	If we want to raise the plight of a group of orphans as an issue in the game to make a plot out of it - what we call "raising it above the abstraction layer" - then we would do that with a Wind of Fortune that lays out a specific situation. We would lay out the implications of situation and present everyone with a set of options they might take to address the problem. In the absence of such a Wind of Fortune, any character who wants to assume that the prosperity and wellbeing of the Empire's orphans is being dealt with by the existing orphanages run by the Church of the Little Mother or similar is free to do so.		If we want to raise the plight of a group of orphans as an issue in the game to make a plot out of it - what we call "raising it above the abstraction layer" - then we would do that with a Wind of Fortune that lays out a specific situation. We would lay out the implications of situation and present everyone with a set of options they might take to address the problem. In the absence of such a Wind of Fortune, any character who wants to assume that the prosperity and wellbeing of the Empire's orphans is being dealt with by the existing orphanages run by the Church of the Little Mother or similar is free to do so.

	However if you're playing a devout follower of the Church of the Little Mother then you are also free to roleplay that there are orphans in Urizen or anywhere there is strife, who would benefit from the assistance of the Church. If you want to make it a character objective to address their plight, then the simplest game mechanic to represent that is to build a suitably named [[~~folly~~]] - a [[commission]] that would not create rules effects but would be noteworthy enough to become part of the world and be mentioned on the wiki, depending on how many wains were invested in its creation. Outside of the context of a wind of fortune that provided specific ramifications, building an orphanage does not produce a critical game effect - but the conspicuous act represents the core charitable deed. Thus building an orphanage, perhaps naming it after a particular benefactor, is one way a character inspired by the Little Mother can demonstrate their Prosperity.		However if you're playing a devout follower of the Church of the Little Mother then you are also free to roleplay that there are orphans in Urizen or anywhere there is strife, who would benefit from the assistance of the Church. If you want to make it a character objective to address their plight, then the simplest game mechanic to represent that is to build a suitably named [[edifice]] - a [[commission]] that would not create rules effects but would be noteworthy enough to become part of the world and be mentioned on the wiki, depending on how many wains were invested in its creation. Outside of the context of a wind of fortune that provided specific ramifications, building an orphanage does not produce a critical game effect - but the conspicuous act represents the core charitable deed. Thus building an orphanage, perhaps naming it after a particular benefactor, is one way a character inspired by the Little Mother can demonstrate their Prosperity.

	It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.		It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.

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	{{CaptionedImage\|file=Little_Mother.jpg\|caption=Exemplar of [[Prosperity]], who teaches the value of charity, and invests in the future.\|align=right\|width=500}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=Little_Mother.jpg\|caption=Exemplar of [[Prosperity]], who teaches the value of charity, and invests in the future.\|align=right\|width=500}}
	==Virtue==		==Virtue==
	The Little Mother, of the League, was recognised as an exemplar of [[Prosperity]] by the [[Highguard\|Highborn]] Assembly of the Virtuous, fifty years before the formation of the Empire. Her status was later confirmed by the first [[~~Imperial~~ Synod]].		The Little Mother, of the League, was recognised as an exemplar of [[Prosperity]] by the [[Highguard\|Highborn]] Assembly of the Virtuous, fifty years before the formation of the Empire. Her status was later confirmed by the first [[Synod]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	The Basilica of the Little Mother was built in 15YE in the [[Bastion#Bastion.2C_the_White_City\|White City]] by the Custodes Clavium with extensive investment from League citizens and priests. A beautiful structure of white granite, it was much more than a place of pilgrimage and, like other churches of the Little Mother, operated as an orphanage - the largest outside of Sarvos. The prelate of the Little Mother is often a League bishop, but throughout its long history there have been prelates from every nation except the [[Imperial Orcs]].		The Basilica of the Little Mother was built in 15YE in the [[Bastion#Bastion.2C_the_White_City\|White City]] by the Custodes Clavium with extensive investment from League citizens and priests. A beautiful structure of white granite, it was much more than a place of pilgrimage and, like other churches of the Little Mother, operated as an orphanage - the largest outside of Sarvos. The prelate of the Little Mother is often a League bishop, but throughout its long history there have been prelates from every nation except the [[Imperial Orcs]].

	''Prelate of the Little Mother'' is an [[Imperial title]] ~~that provides 15 liao and 30 votes in the Imperial Synod~~. Until Winter 383YE the prelate was '''Bishop Marianne di Sarvos''', who served the people of the Empire for nearly four decades years after stepping down as [[Cardinal]] of Prosperity to take the prelacy. She was largely disinterested in (and occasionally critical of) the politics of the Synod, spending most of her waking hours running the orphanage and offering support to priests of the Little Mother across the Empire. Born in the reign of [[Empress Deanne]], there is a rumour that she intended to stand down on her 70th birthday but that with the death of her favoured successor - Bishop Ynez di Caricomare - she has resolved to continue until she can no longer discharge her duties, or a suitably devout and hard working candidate can win her respect.		''Prelate of the Little Mother'' is an [[Imperial title]]. Until Winter 383YE the prelate was '''Bishop Marianne di Sarvos''', who served the people of the Empire for nearly four decades years after stepping down as [[Cardinal]] of Prosperity to take the prelacy. She was largely disinterested in (and occasionally critical of) the politics of the Synod, spending most of her waking hours running the orphanage and offering support to priests of the Little Mother across the Empire. Born in the reign of [[Empress Deanne]], there is a rumour that she intended to stand down on her 70th birthday but that with the death of her favoured successor - Bishop Ynez di Caricomare - she has resolved to continue until she can no longer discharge her duties, or a suitably devout and hard working candidate can win her respect.

	Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration. The project to rebuild the basilica, [[Repair the Basilica of the Little Mother\|commissioned by the Senate]] in Winter 384YE, took a year to complete. The [[Prelate of the Little Mother]] now oversees a fine basilica.		Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration. The project to rebuild the basilica, [[Repair the Basilica of the Little Mother\|commissioned by the Senate]] in Winter 384YE, took a year to complete. The [[Prelate of the Little Mother]] now oversees a fine basilica.

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	''Prelate of the Little Mother'' is an [[Imperial title]] that provides 15 liao and 30 votes in the Imperial Synod. Until Winter 383YE the prelate was '''Bishop Marianne di Sarvos''', who served the people of the Empire for nearly four decades years after stepping down as [[Cardinal]] of Prosperity to take the prelacy. She was largely disinterested in (and occasionally critical of) the politics of the Synod, spending most of her waking hours running the orphanage and offering support to priests of the Little Mother across the Empire. Born in the reign of [[Empress Deanne]], there is a rumour that she intended to stand down on her 70th birthday but that with the death of her favoured successor - Bishop Ynez di Caricomare - she has resolved to continue until she can no longer discharge her duties, or a suitably devout and hard working candidate can win her respect.		''Prelate of the Little Mother'' is an [[Imperial title]] that provides 15 liao and 30 votes in the Imperial Synod. Until Winter 383YE the prelate was '''Bishop Marianne di Sarvos''', who served the people of the Empire for nearly four decades years after stepping down as [[Cardinal]] of Prosperity to take the prelacy. She was largely disinterested in (and occasionally critical of) the politics of the Synod, spending most of her waking hours running the orphanage and offering support to priests of the Little Mother across the Empire. Born in the reign of [[Empress Deanne]], there is a rumour that she intended to stand down on her 70th birthday but that with the death of her favoured successor - Bishop Ynez di Caricomare - she has resolved to continue until she can no longer discharge her duties, or a suitably devout and hard working candidate can win her respect.

	Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration.		Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration. The project to rebuild the basilica, [[Repair the Basilica of the Little Mother\|commissioned by the Senate]] in Winter 384YE, took a year to complete. The [[Prelate of the Little Mother]] now oversees a fine basilica.

	===OOC Note: Regarding Orphans===		===OOC Note: Regarding Orphans===
	While the Empire has very powerful magical medicine, it does fight a lot of wars, so it's fair to assume that there are a lot of orphans in the setting. Occasionally we reference them in the briefs for nations like the League, but for the most part we focus on the role played by the Church of the Little Mother. This is effectively a sodality that was founded in the League but which operates everywhere, providing support and help for orphans. Some nations have their own traditions as well, the Imperial Orcs often taken in children, the Navarr do likewise and we've referenced Marcher traditions in [[Think_of_the_children#Orphans_in_the_Marches\|a past Wind of Fortune]].		While the Empire has very powerful magical medicine, it does fight a lot of wars, so it's fair to assume that there are a lot of orphans in the setting. Occasionally we reference them in the briefs for nations like the League, but for the most part we focus on the role played by the Church of the Little Mother. This is effectively a sodality that was founded in the League but which operates everywhere, providing support and help for orphans. Some nations have their own traditions as well, the Imperial Orcs often taken in children, the Navarr do likewise and we've referenced Marcher traditions in [[Think_of_the_children#Orphans_in_the_Marches\|a past Wind of Fortune]].

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	Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration.		Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration.
	===OOC Note: Regarding Orphans===		===OOC Note: Regarding Orphans===
	While the Empire has very powerful magical medicine, it does fight a lot of wars, so it's ~~far~~ to assume that there are a lot of orphans in the setting. Occasionally we reference them in the briefs for nations like the League, but for the most part we focus on the role played by the Church of the Little Mother. This is effectively a sodality that was founded in the League but which operates everywhere, providing support and help for orphans. Some nations have their own traditions as well, the Imperial Orcs often taken in children, the Navarr do likewise and we've referenced Marcher traditions in [[Think_of_the_children#Orphans_in_the_Marches\|a past Wind of Fortune]].		While the Empire has very powerful magical medicine, it does fight a lot of wars, so it's fair to assume that there are a lot of orphans in the setting. Occasionally we reference them in the briefs for nations like the League, but for the most part we focus on the role played by the Church of the Little Mother. This is effectively a sodality that was founded in the League but which operates everywhere, providing support and help for orphans. Some nations have their own traditions as well, the Imperial Orcs often taken in children, the Navarr do likewise and we've referenced Marcher traditions in [[Think_of_the_children#Orphans_in_the_Marches\|a past Wind of Fortune]].

	If we want to raise the plight of a group of orphans as an issue in the game to make a plot out of it - what we call "raising it above the abstraction layer" - then we would do that with a Wind of Fortune that lays out a specific situation. We would lay out the implications of situation and present everyone with a set of options they might take to address the problem. In the absence of such a Wind of Fortune, any character who wants to assume that the prosperity and wellbeing of the Empire's orphans is being dealt with by the existing orphanages run by the Church of the Little Mother or similar is free to do so.		If we want to raise the plight of a group of orphans as an issue in the game to make a plot out of it - what we call "raising it above the abstraction layer" - then we would do that with a Wind of Fortune that lays out a specific situation. We would lay out the implications of situation and present everyone with a set of options they might take to address the problem. In the absence of such a Wind of Fortune, any character who wants to assume that the prosperity and wellbeing of the Empire's orphans is being dealt with by the existing orphanages run by the Church of the Little Mother or similar is free to do so.

Rafferty: /* Further Reading */

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	It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.		It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.
			==Further Reading==
			* [[Prosperity]]
			* [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|Three celebrations and a funeral]] - Winer 383YE Wind of Fortune about the tragedy at the Basilica of the Little Mother
	[[Category:Inspirations]]		[[Category:Inspirations]]
	[[Category:The League]]		[[Category:The League]]

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	===The Basilica of the Little Mother===		===The Basilica of the Little Mother===
	The Basilica of the Little Mother was built in 15YE in the [[Bastion#Bastion.2C_the_White_City\|White City]] by the Custodes Clavium with extensive investment from League citizens and priests. A beautiful structure of white granite, it is much more than a place of pilgrimage and, like other churches of the Little Mother, ~~operates~~ as an orphanage - the largest outside of Sarvos. The prelate of the Little Mother is often a League bishop, but throughout its long history there have been prelates from every nation except the [[Imperial Orcs]].		The Basilica of the Little Mother was built in 15YE in the [[Bastion#Bastion.2C_the_White_City\|White City]] by the Custodes Clavium with extensive investment from League citizens and priests. A beautiful structure of white granite, it was much more than a place of pilgrimage and, like other churches of the Little Mother, operated as an orphanage - the largest outside of Sarvos. The prelate of the Little Mother is often a League bishop, but throughout its long history there have been prelates from every nation except the [[Imperial Orcs]].

	''Prelate of the Little Mother'' is an [[Imperial title]] that provides 15 liao and 30 votes in the Imperial Synod. ~~The current~~ prelate is Bishop Marianne di Sarvos, who ~~has~~ served the people of the Empire for 32 years after stepping down as [[Cardinal]] of Prosperity to take the prelacy. She is largely disinterested in (and occasionally critical of) the politics of the Synod, spending most of her waking hours running the orphanage and offering support to priests of the Little Mother across the Empire. Born in the reign of [[Empress Deanne]], there is a rumour that she intended to stand down on her 70th birthday but that with the death of her favoured successor - Bishop Ynez di Caricomare - she has resolved to continue until she can no longer discharge her duties, or a suitably devout and hard working candidate can win her respect.		''Prelate of the Little Mother'' is an [[Imperial title]] that provides 15 liao and 30 votes in the Imperial Synod. Until Winter 383YE the prelate was '''Bishop Marianne di Sarvos''', who served the people of the Empire for nearly four decades years after stepping down as [[Cardinal]] of Prosperity to take the prelacy. She was largely disinterested in (and occasionally critical of) the politics of the Synod, spending most of her waking hours running the orphanage and offering support to priests of the Little Mother across the Empire. Born in the reign of [[Empress Deanne]], there is a rumour that she intended to stand down on her 70th birthday but that with the death of her favoured successor - Bishop Ynez di Caricomare - she has resolved to continue until she can no longer discharge her duties, or a suitably devout and hard working candidate can win her respect.

			Tragically, shortly before the Winter Solstice 383YE, the basilica was [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|gutted by fire]] and Bishop Marianne sadly lost her life in the conflagration.
			===OOC Note: Regarding Orphans===
			While the Empire has very powerful magical medicine, it does fight a lot of wars, so it's far to assume that there are a lot of orphans in the setting. Occasionally we reference them in the briefs for nations like the League, but for the most part we focus on the role played by the Church of the Little Mother. This is effectively a sodality that was founded in the League but which operates everywhere, providing support and help for orphans. Some nations have their own traditions as well, the Imperial Orcs often taken in children, the Navarr do likewise and we've referenced Marcher traditions in [[Think_of_the_children#Orphans_in_the_Marches\|a past Wind of Fortune]].

			If we want to raise the plight of a group of orphans as an issue in the game to make a plot out of it - what we call "raising it above the abstraction layer" - then we would do that with a Wind of Fortune that lays out a specific situation. We would lay out the implications of situation and present everyone with a set of options they might take to address the problem. In the absence of such a Wind of Fortune, any character who wants to assume that the prosperity and wellbeing of the Empire's orphans is being dealt with by the existing orphanages run by the Church of the Little Mother or similar is free to do so.

			However if you're playing a devout follower of the Church of the Little Mother then you are also free to roleplay that there are orphans in Urizen or anywhere there is strife, who would benefit from the assistance of the Church. If you want to make it a character objective to address their plight, then the simplest game mechanic to represent that is to build a suitably named [[folly]] - a [[commission]] that would not create rules effects but would be noteworthy enough to become part of the world and be mentioned on the wiki, depending on how many wains were invested in its creation. Outside of the context of a wind of fortune that provided specific ramifications, building an orphanage does not produce a critical game effect - but the conspicuous act represents the core charitable deed. Thus building an orphanage, perhaps naming it after a particular benefactor, is one way a character inspired by the Little Mother can demonstrate their Prosperity.

			It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.
	[[Category:Inspirations]]		[[Category:Inspirations]]
	[[Category:The League]]		[[Category:The League]]

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	It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.		It is also perfectly fine to roleplay that your [[congregation]] supports an orphanage, or that you are active in charitable enterprises between events, just as it's fine that you go on raids or spend your time studying magic. There is more to the teachings of the Little Mother than just a concern for dispossessed children and education, however. As the page on the wiki suggests, she espoused the ''principle of opportunity'' - that giving people the opportunity to work hard was the kind of charity that those who pursued Prosperity should embrace. Her view was that the true purpose of a priest of Prosperity was not to embrace those who had worked hard but rather to help those who lacked the tools or the skills to find their own virtue - not only orphans. A priest dedicated to the Little Mother, can also choose to focus their ambitions more on helping people find Prosperity and virtue - perhaps by identifying groups that are failing to live up to their potential and helping them find the tools they need - there are alternatives to building orphanages.
	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
			* [[Prelate of the Little Mother]]
			* [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|Three celebrations and a funeral]] - Winter 383YE Wind of Fortune detailing the tragedy at the Basilica of the Little Mother
	* [[Prosperity]]		* [[Prosperity]]
	* [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|Three celebrations and a funeral]] - Winter 383YE Wind of Fortune detailing the tragedy at the Basilica of the Little Mother
	[[Category:Inspirations]]		[[Category:Inspirations]]
	[[Category:The League]]		[[Category:The League]]

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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	* [[Prosperity]]		* [[Prosperity]]
	* [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|Three celebrations and a funeral]] - ~~Winer~~ 383YE Wind of Fortune ~~about~~ the tragedy at the Basilica of the Little Mother		* [[Three_celebrations_and_a_funeral#Tragedy_of_the_Little_Mother\|Three celebrations and a funeral]] - Winter 383YE Wind of Fortune detailing the tragedy at the Basilica of the Little Mother
	[[Category:Inspirations]]		[[Category:Inspirations]]
	[[Category:The League]]		[[Category:The League]]