Coera

When Deyvid is confirmed as a Rithahnder, he is formally cast out of the church of the God of Daethan, for his violent ways. The greatest crime against the God is murder and killing, and the Rithahnder, as the Godswordsman, is the man of death. To leave him in the church and excuse the knowledge that he will kill in the future is anathema. Many of the priests of the church are vegeterians.

But as the Godswordsman, the Rithahnder cannot be cast out of the sight of the God. Instead, he is placed in "the Pocket of the God", seperated from the church and its sacraments, but not the God.