Pontifex

The title of Pontifex is reserved for those serving as pontiff of the Floating Church.

The Pontifex serves until they resign, either by choice or in death.

To date, only four individuals have held this position.

VEROTH SCHOSEN
Once a destitute lumber worker living in a dingy Cliffside hovel, Veroth Schosen's life took a drastic turn when he met Brother Zwickel, who was visiting Sargeroth in the late First Era to spread Floatism. Attracted to Zwickel's ideas of floating above life's woes, Schosen retired from his woodcutting days and went on to establish what would later be known as the Floating Church, serving as its first Pontifex.

GEDRIC THIERRY
Formerly a cobbler from the outskirts of Nadir's Square, Gedric Thierry was known for his charity, often giving away his wares to low-class families. He was still a young man when Brother Zwickel arrived to share the concepts of Floatism. Thierry followed the example of Veroth Schosen and lived within the Floating Sanctuary as a devoted student alongside those who would later become the first monks of the Floating Order of Clerics.

After Brother Zwickel's departure, Thierry supported would-be Pontifex Veroth in establishing the Floating Church. Thierry succeeded Veroth Schosen as second Pontifex of the Floating Church after Schosen's willing resignation due to extreme old age, serving as pontiff for six years before dying of sudden heart failure.