The Order
Purpose
Of all the good churches on Golarion, Iomedae's is the most aggressive in seeking out and fighting evil. Her priests prefer to be out questing rather than doing mundane tasks in a city. Older and infirm priests who cannot handle the rigors of battle work in courtrooms and as advisors to nobles and city leaders, or else train the next generation of crusaders. Layfolk and talented acolytes staff most in-city positions, and see to the auxiliary needs of the church, helping run temple-owned farms, smithies, and shops.
The church currently devotes a great deal of its focus to the Mendevian Crusades against the horror of the Worldwound, seeing it as the greatest threat to Golarion as a whole, though it also encourages those members who seek to guard innocents against the orcs of Belkzen, the undead surrounding Gallowspire, and other threats. While the church as a whole may have to make hard choices about how to dedicate resources, it is not monolithic: individual worshipers are still encouraged to protect their own communities and fight injustice wherever they find it.
Iomedae informally enforces Aroden's teachings as well as her own, in deference both to her patron and to his followers who have been absorbed by her church, although she is more forward-looking in her goals and doesn't let herself be constrained by the events of history. Her church's sensitivity toward the legacy of Aroden is largely responsible for people accepting her as his heir and allowing her followers to take over his properties and holy artifacts.
The church currently devotes a great deal of its focus to the Mendevian Crusades against the horror of the Worldwound, seeing it as the greatest threat to Golarion as a whole, though it also encourages those members who seek to guard innocents against the orcs of Belkzen, the undead surrounding Gallowspire, and other threats. While the church as a whole may have to make hard choices about how to dedicate resources, it is not monolithic: individual worshipers are still encouraged to protect their own communities and fight injustice wherever they find it.
Iomedae informally enforces Aroden's teachings as well as her own, in deference both to her patron and to his followers who have been absorbed by her church, although she is more forward-looking in her goals and doesn't let herself be constrained by the events of history. Her church's sensitivity toward the legacy of Aroden is largely responsible for people accepting her as his heir and allowing her followers to take over his properties and holy artifacts.