Ranks of priests of Rafiel, increasing:

• Junior Acolyte
• Acolyte
• Marking Shaman
• Death Shaman: black robes, speaks for the prosecution in a trial
• Life Shaman: speaks for the defense in a trial
• Colourless Shaman: judge in a trial
• White Shaman: they can bring Shadow Elves back to life. Phoranin is one of these.
• Radiant Shaman: knows Rafiel's plans for the Shadow Elves => Brotherhood of Radiance (?). There is only one Radiant Shaman, she is Porphyiel.

• he said:
• Freya has set a plan in motion which will kill many Shadow Elves
• Thora is instrumental in this
• Rafiel doesn't know what the plan is (is he just being paranoid?)
• stay close to the wielder of the sword and observe them
• Rafiel did not interfere in Tessarael's reincarnation
• Rafiel has no objections to him marrying Phoranin or Tess' behaviour
• there was a city held by Shadow Elves, Aengmoor, they were driven out by humanoids: orcs and their ilk.
• Rafiel: deity of the Shadow Elves. He's a cool dude and wears glasses. Tess' respect for him has slowly increased with time and understanding of what's happening. Phorannin was awed by Rafiel's presence, Tess should probably either learn that lesson or wake up at some stage ... (Strange when you start viewing a deity on a personal level: he's cool, set up the Shadow Elves well, gotta like the guy, he's got guts to have done all this.)
• Rafiel's plane appeared as a great leafy forest. Rafiel appeared as roughly late middle-aged, wearing glasses and normal gear.