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 -The Eternal Order
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   * Eunomia is situated on the sole habitable planet in its system, encircled by beautifully symmetrical planetary rings.
   * It is a theocratic autocracy ruled by an Ordained emperor supported by a council of scholars, with extreme division of labour enforced through a rigid caste system.
   * Believing themselves to be destined, Eunomians traditionally adhered to an expansionist policy.
   * The Ordained at the time of [[:the_ananke_conference|the Ananke conference]], Ordained Oreteus, had started to steer the nation towards peace and reconciliation.
-  * All his efforts went to waste as [[:the_war|the War]] broke out. Ordained Oreteus died and his successor, Ordained Acantha, now rules the ragged, blighted planet with an iron fist.
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 Eunomia was founded by visionaries and people willing to champion and realize that vision. Together, they built a society from scratch, with every detail preconceived and perfected to abide to the Eternal Order – the ultimate truth of reality, the nature of all things, the only blueprint of history. It was built to be a utopia, where every person has a purpose, where from purpose comes joy, where humans can be liberated from the suffering of aimlessness and conflict. Eunomia grew to be one of the greatest powers in the galaxy; its culture flourished, the School of Eternal Order a centre of learning far and wide; its people content and trusting in their ruler. It was then that they decided to spread their way of life. This hubris led to wars large and small for centuries to follow, and conflicts within and without - the most impactful and mournful of all schisms the rebellion, or independence, of what later became [[:selas|Selas]].
 The expansionism came to an end during the reign of Ordained Oreteus. Unlike his predecessors, he had a vision of peace. This shift caused controversy amongst scholars, and more so in the military. Hushed dissent existed even amongst the royalties. But the vision of the Ordained is the Order that must be followed. Seeing the Ananke conference as an excellent opportunity to reshape Eunomia’s diplomatic relationship with others, especially Selas, their long-lost kin, Oreteus sent out a large team of delegates; amongst them was his own daughter, Princess Eusenia.
-None of them came back, and Ordained Oreteus perished, supposedly of grief, not long afterwards. This gave his younger daughter Acantha the chance to step forward and renew Eunomia’s expansionist policies. However, her policies were not met as favourably as she might have hoped. While the majority of Eunomians still believed in the fundamental rightness of the Eternal Order and the errors of all other nations, many were less convinced that outright war was the correct course of action. This group included Acantha’s brother, Prince Ilias, who was dragged before Acantha’s court and publicly stripped of caste and titles, before being cast out, along with most of his supporters.
+A mild scandal erupted when Eusenia was accused of plotting her own assassination in order to bring about war with Selas, but Eusenia handled it surprisingly well, taking the opportunity to denouce those who would attempt to sow discord. Her calm yet positive outlook gained her a significant amount of popularity and credibility as a Guide.
-Her position seeming safe, Acantha declared war on Selas and moved to mobilise troops. Before the invasion could get truly under way, however, a great protest was staged by a group comprised mostly of Visionaries and Casteless, who maintained that Acantha and her followers had fallen from the path of the Eternal Order. These protests quickly turned violent when Acantha turned the army against the Visionaries, and devolved into full-on civil war as the shock of Champions attacking Visionaries mobilised people to their cause. The rebel group became known as the Restorers due to their claim to be restoring the true Eternal Order.
+In the following years, Eusenia became known as something of a radical. Working with Visionary Despina, a prodigiously talented and startlingly young member of the Visionary Council, she pushed for greater caste fluidity, eventually resulting in the creation of the Iridescent Provinces, test cases for a new, fluid form of castes. At the same time, she encouraged more openness and freedom of speech, even among the lower castes.
-The balance of the civil war has tipped repeatedly over the years. Although initially better equipped and prepared, Acantha’s government found themselves fighting on more fronts as once they invaded Selas. The highly effective propaganda of the Restorers meant that the imperial side were also plagued by defections, notably including one by a leader, Champion John, who took a large number of Champions over with him. Eventually, Acantha’s government were able to reassert control on Eunomia, but not before the long and bloody war took out most of the planet.
+While these changes were broadly supported by the Guides and members of the Visionary Council, they were seen by many as too radical. The opening up of theological debate led to the development of mysticism and specific cults, notably including the Cult of Fluidity, who preached an understanding of the Eternal Order based on fluidity and the ultimate incomprehensibility of reality. Guides Ilias and Eusenia attempt to reason with the cult for over a year, before a group of traditionalists, frustrated both by the cults and the new Iridescent Provinces, take up arms against the Cult of Fluidity without prompting from above.
+This prompted the Guides to step in themselves. Guide Acantha took the lead of a military operation to crush both rebellions, successfully quelling both the traditionalists and the Cult. In the following investigations, it was found that Visionary Despina was at the head of the Cult of Fluidity. Some have theorised that Despina’s closeness with Eusenia is the reason that, rather than being made casteless as a matter of course, the Cult were instead ordered to join the Iridescent provinces or leave the planet. In the end, many chose to leave the planet on specially built missionary ships to spread the word of the Eternal Order throughout the galaxy.
 =====Eunomia now=====
-//"We are struggling, but we do not suffer. We are on the right path, so we cannot suffer. We are - we must be - the Ordained must be right, so we must not suffer..."//\\
+In the years since the Cult left, Eunomia has remained largely peaceful, and the marks left by civil unrest have started to fade. The Iridescent Provinces appear to be a successful experiment, though the results of the test won’t be known for at least another fifty years - enough time for a generation to have grown up knowing nothing but. In the meantime, more provinces are being designated Iridescent and the freedom of movement into them has proven popular.
-- A prayer overheard in a chapel\\
-Eunomia’s caste system has grown ever more strict over the past two decades of civil war, and now that the war has trailed out there is no sign of relenting. One notable feature of the slow tightening of the law over the past couple of decades is that the Champions have slowly risen in prominence and authority.
+Ordained Oresteus has remained in power for the past thirty years, and has now begun speaking of stepping down in favour of a new ordained. It is generally assumed that this will be one of his three children, but the question of whether he and the Council will nominate Ilias, Acantha or Eusenia is very much a live one. The question of succession joins many of the questions that Eunomia has, now that things are more up for debate, and the future seems, for the first time, somewhat uncertain.
-Physically speaking, Eunomia has been the subject of aggressive attacks from both sides of the war. As both sides became more desperate, scorched earth tactics became more common with chemical weapons being released into the soil and the water supply. The people of Eunomia stand proudly among their ruined cities, telling themselves that all of the death and destruction is the price they have gladly paid to maintain the true Eternal Order. And the version of the Order they follow is true, for any who say it isn’t have long since been subject to one of Ordained Acantha’s frequent purges.
+While Eunomia and Selas have remained hostile towards each other, the fact that the Eunomians were busy dealing with problems in domestic politics has meant that their foreign policy with Selas has been somewhat neglected, with the exception of a few propaganda missions. The planet does harbour a number of Selasi Reunificationists who fled persecution on their own planet and came to Eunomia, where home were found for them in the Iridescent Provinces. Many have proved their talents and moved into the Visionary caste.
-Eunomia now also harbours a large number of Selasi Reunificationists who fled their own planet’s civil war. Although the Eunomians have used these Selasi as evidence of their reasonable policies, in reality the Selasi occupy an extremely uneasy position, as they do not fit into Eunomia’s strict caste system.
+=====The People of Eunomia=====
-=====The people of Eunomia=====
+//We are all instruments of the Eternal Order. Some are suited to rule, some are suited for war. Only time and trust can show us what the Order has in store.//
+ -- Teachings of the Visionaries
-//We are all instruments of the Eternal Order. Some are shaped to rule. Some are sharpened for war.//\\
+Every member of Eunomian society belongs to a caste. This caste dictates their role in society, and may change over time based on the individual’s talents and skills. All children are assigned the ‘Potential’ caste at birth, and then assigned one of the other four castes once their natural inclinations are uncovered. Potential is also the caste assigned to those who feel their current caste no longer works for them, or those who have lost their way in the Eternal Order.
-- Teachings of Visionary Nava
-Every member of the Eunomian society belongs to a caste. Having only a first name, their caste titles serve as effective surnames. There are officially four castes in Eunomia, with the Casteless forming the fifth. Officially, the castes are equal; however, in practice, some are more equal than others. Decades of civil war have slightly confused the position of the castes, but as the government claws its way back into stability, they are making an effort to shepherd the caste boundaries back to their traditional places.
+Eunomians do not have surnames; where international diplomacy requires one, Eunomians will use their caste title. Education is universal and mandated, initially very general with specialisation once the child’s caste is determined. While there is no prohibition on intercaste relations, old habits die hard and they are often frowned upon by society.
-Universally enforced education (conditioning) starts from birth. There is no fluidity between castes.\\
 The castes are as follow:\\
 **Guide** - Royalty\\
-The Guides are born and raised to rule. The Ordained would normally select an heir from the Guides before passing. In the rare cases that no heir would be named, the Council would select one instead.\\
+The Guides rule over Eunomia from the highest position. The Guides have historically belonged to one family, but when the current generation pass away it is assumed that the next generation will be elevated from the current selection of Visionaries, to guide Eunomian society forwards.\\
 The colour of attire for Guides on formal occasions is white.
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 **Realizer** - Craftsman/Labourer\\
-The rest of the Eunomian citizens are the Realizers, despite not being given any political rights, they are the lifeblood of the civilization. They are the most numerous, but also the ones most damaged by the Bloodblight.\\
+The rest of the Eunomian citizens are the Realizers, despite not being given any political rights, they are the lifeblood of the civilization.\\
 Artists also belong to this caste. Their role has always been somewhat debated.\\
-The colour of attire for Realizers on formal occasions is dark-red. However, since the Bloodblight, people have stopped wearing red - not that there have been many formal occasions in that time.\\
+The colour of attire for Realizers on formal occasions is dark-red.\\
-**Potential** – Casteless Outcast\\
-The Potential are removed from society - sometimes temporarily, sometimes permanently. These are criminals, dissenters, etc, people who have failed to realise their full potentials for the good of the society. Only upon their potentials being realised //correctly// would they be allowed to return to society.\\
+**Potential** - Casteless\\
+The Potential are those who have the potential to become any of the other castes - hence the name. For this reason, this is the caste to which most children belong, but also those who have lost their way within the Eternal Order. \\
+The colour of attire for Potentials on formal occasions is iridescence.

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