Thread:Lord Maxen Montclair/@comment-6335668-20131201054200/@comment-1196363-20131201060130

I should go beyond the simple implications and observe that no one in-game claims that Columban is a 'claimant' to the Archbishopric of the Council of Bishops. That *is* his position, much as Stromheart is not a 'claimant' to the Grand Master of the Silver Hand Chapter. Now, they might claim that he is not the Archbishop of the Church of the Holy Light, but I have clarified the language of the article to make it clear that it refers solely to the position on the Council, which should solve the issue.

The distinction that is not being made here by Arathorstories is that the Council of Bishops is not the same as lore institution called the Church of the Holy Light, just as the Silver Hand Chapter is not the lore same as institution called The Silver Hand.

There are lore-abiding priests and paladins outside of both organisations who are RP as part of the lore organisations Church of the Holy Light and The Silver Hand. And yet, even those people who do not subscribe to the separate, distinct, player organisations would not deny that Mellar and Stromheart are the respective leaders of the 'player-run' organisations that they serve: the Council of Bishops and the Silver Hand Chapter.