During the month of Slyphian, in the year 97, Sahmie Rhasye,
guildmistress of the Priests, convened the leaders of the guild to
discuss what she saw as a misdirection of the guild's energy. While
meeting, she suddenly was overcome by a deep slumber, and her body
transcended from the Prime Material Plane. Some hours passed, and she
returned to her concerned friends, claiming to have had a profound
revelation. This vision illuminated the transgressions of the guild
against the realm of the Spirit, and it provided her with a clear
picture of what must be done to patch the apathy and worldliness that
have overcome them. Quickly she moved to disband her guild, to purge the
mars that the revelation had detailed. Surprise and chagrin filled many
of her former guildmembers.

As the month wore on, she was approached by many asking what would
happen and what she would do. Near the end of the month, she began to
hear voices, musical tones, and insects buzzing. She followed their
noise to the source deep in Shallam, where she again gathered many of
her former guildleaders. They too began to hear this musical noise,
which manifested itself as tiny sparkling pinpoints of light. As each
professed to hear the sounds and see the lights, the lights became
stronger, becoming a full curtain. Sahmie reached out her hand and
pulled aside the curtain, to see what was hidden from discovery, and the
curtain fell away, revealing two great columns of light, framing the
gateway into a new hall. As this hall was revealed, the knowledge of
Illumination was granted to Sahmie, and with that knowledge, the guild
of Luminaries was created.

Soon after the founding of this guild of light, a faction of the old
Priests gathered together and declared that they would continue to hold
to the ideals of the old guild. They formed an organization based upon
those ideals, and based it within the city of Ashtan, long a harborer of
enemies to the Priests. Still the masters of healing, it remains to be
seen what they will make of this new opportunity.

Penned by my hand on the 10th of Chakros, in the year 98 MA.