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The Principle of Exceptionalism is the precept that King Viseriel I Arana worked out with the High Aldarch of the Church of Alaxon in order for them to tolerate the continued practice of incestuous marriages by House Arana, as well as to end the ongoing Church Uprising. It was developed by King Viseriel, with help from Priest X and Priest X. It is called Exceptionalism for short, and its supporters Exceptionalists.
Doctrine[]
The Principle of Exceptionalism's basic tenet was simple: the Church had been born in old Aldmeris, where the laws laid down by the gods in the holy texts decreed that incest was an abomination. The Principle of Exceptionalism confirmed this, but with one caveat: the Aranas were not like other Mer as they rode gryphons and were, as far as they knew, the only ones in the world able to do so. In addition, they did not have their roots in Aldmeris, but in the Ayleid Empire, where different laws and traditions held sway. The Aranas wed brother to sister as the Ayleids had always done, and as the gods had made them this way, it was not for mortals to judge. The Altmeri religion preached the doctrine throughout the archipelago.