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 ==== Culture ====
-Followers of Almar enjoy participating in spiritual conversation. Most commonly they will converse while they separate their souls from their physical body and speak within the spiritual realm. Whilst like this they will also often converse with lone-soles or anyone within the realm.
+Followers of Almar enjoy participating in spiritual conversation, most often in the form of their soul disconnected from their physical body. While conversing like this they will often happy welcome lone-souls into their conversation. In cases where they cannot disconnection their soul or when they wish to express their soul in the physical world they will resort to art. Their art may come in many forms from painting to music and pottery anything which promotes their expression they will try. These pieces of art often are worked on for years at a time with their creator attempting to perfect it.
-Almarians also enjoy practicing expressions of the soul, whether through arts or crafts. This expression often leads to beautiful works which they perfect over years of their life.
 ===== Priesthood Branches =====
-There are three branches of the Almarian temple, all three of which exist on both Jaern and Cahyali. They go by various names depending on where they are, with local chapters typically being entirely self-sufficient. The three branches fulfill entirely different functions.
+There are four main branches of the Almarian temple, all four of which exist on both Jaern and Cahyali. Though they may go by different names depending on where they are, each branch falls mainly into the 4 different types, each fulfilling a different purpose. Most of the local chapters are entirely self-sufficient and contain multiple branches of the temple. The priests in these chapters also occasionally take on the work of multiple branches in order to truly express themselves.
 ==== Shepherds ====
 These people focus on the welfare of the soul itself, guiding lost souls to the afterlife and guarding them from harm. They sometimes work together with the Anubian Sepulchers in detective operations and investigations, as their connection to the soul allows them to carry out limited communion with the dead and bring closure to those who have passed.
-==== Templars ====
+==== Wardens ====
 The warriors of Almar. These priests take up arms against all manner of foe, anything which would harm the soul or take it for their own ends. They channel the beliefs and power of the aspect Krinos, utilizing the powerful magic within their own souls to do battle.
+==== Templars ====
+The Templars use the Soulspark's teachings to focus the souls around them and protect them. Those in this branch mainly work to protect the living, channeling their belief to support others and prevent harm. Whether they see the harm/theft of souls or harm to any of the innocent, they do their duty and take care of it.
+In cases when the Wardens and Shepherds need to work together, the Templars also work as the intermediary for them to make sure that those who are in trouble are not harmed.
 ==== Ascendants ====
 The most traditional and oldest faction of Almarians. During Almar's ousting from the Thirteen, they were the only ones who managed to carry on belief in their god and deliver the teachings of the Soulspark to the world once Almar returned. Many find them strange, as Ascendants prefer to focus on their own souls and spend much of their time meditating, attempting to abandon their connections to earthly things.
-Shepherds and Templars both depend on the Ascendants, however, as their temples are some of the few which contain the tools and magical components necessary to supply Shepherd and Templar activities, as well as perform many divine rituals.
+Shepherds, Wardens, and Templars all depend on the Ascendants, however, as their temples are some of the few which contain the tools and magical components necessary to supply Shepherd, Warden, and Templar activities, as well as perform many divine rituals.