The Sanctuary

Organization

The leader of the Sanctuary is Athena in her human reincarnation. But since Athena only descends down from Olympus as a human incarnation only once every roughly two hundred years, the charge was left mainly to the Pope, the highest rank of the Sanctuary, and her second in command, followed by 88 Saints and more soldiers.

The goal of the Sanctuary is to protect Athena and maintain peace of the world in secret, with least to no interference on most of the affairs around the world in which most of the world population can solve problems on their own. Sanctuary will intervene only when the things that threaten to destroy peace of the world cannot be handled by any other means but the power of Cosmo, most of them cataclysmic and are of divine forces.

To those who are enemies of the Saints, the destruction of the Sanctuary, along with Athena's life, is their primary goal.

Pope

The Grand Pope of the Sanctuary is Athena's representative. He is usually chosen among the most virtuous and stronger Saints, often he is a Gold Saint but not necessarily. Being Athena's right hand, he should be wise and capable, because he has the duty to lead the whole Sanctuary army and any Saint is supposed to offer their total obedience to him.

As the religious leader, he is often the only one who is allowed to comunicate with Athena, expecially before the reincarnation of the Goddess, an event that the Grand Pope should foresee reading the movements of the stars. He is the only one who is also allowed to go to Star Hill, a hidden location in the Sanctuary hard to reach for even most Saints, so the Grand Pope needs remarkable skill to reach that place.

Beiside his strength, authority and wisdom, the Grand Pope has also some divine items at his disposition, gifts from Athena herself, or heritages from the Myth Age. All these things make all the people of Sanctuary honor and respect him as he would be almost a God. The next Pope is often chosen by Athena at the end of the Holy War and he remains in charge until the next era that is more than 200 years after, but due to his advanced age, he usually nominates his successor among the strongest and more righteous Saints of the new era, just before the start of the new Holy War. The power of the Great Pope comes also from his great knowledge, because he has access to the old books kept in Sanctuary library and also at Star Hill observatory.