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== Okubo Leads ==<br />
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'''OKUBO'S INVITATIONS''' <br><br />
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See [http://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Documents_relating_to_the_Investigation_of_Cathak_Okubo]<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To V'neef Cenjanis RY768 DE14<br />
- mentions recent events in City politics bringing to mind school days<br />
- fallen from the path of forging a better world?<br />
- troubled times, we can all use true friends?<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE9<br />
- received invitation as if fated, wants to talk about magitech and geomancy<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE14<br />
- invite to the now assembled gathering<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ledaal Shinjo RY768 DE14<br />
- attended Shinjo's play in Descending Earth?<br />
- remembering climbing over walls under cover of darkness<br />
- friends standing side by side against all comers<br />
- taking in poems of Rawar and his sort, their appeal their simplicity<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE14<br />
- some day take a legion to kill the Bull<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE18<br />
- place within the Palace well-suited to martial exercise if don't mind odd stare or two venturing off the beaten path of Dynasts into areas mostly occupied by<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Sesus Septimus RY768 DE14<br />
- Wants to ask question in confidence on the 4th Legion's impending arrival <br />
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'''OKUBO'S INTERCEPTED INVITATION TO SEPTIMUS''' <br><br />
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Septimus' letter was lost by a courier, who was found dead of opium overdose. The letter was damaged, including the bottom piece having been torn off; whatever last bit of wisdom Okubo meant to convey is gone. <br />
The Thousand Scales bureaucrat who approved the courier, Thesk Dark, was disenfranchised and followed home to his apartments in the East Districts where Sesus Kanya then killed him legally. Nothing of note was found in his rooms. Sesus Kanya received a promotion and a swift return to Eagle's Launch, which coincides suspiciously with these events {needs documentation}. Who promoted her?<br />
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The courier himself was Okubo's favorite courier, which implies that Okubo likely used him because he could be trusted.<br />
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'''OKUBO AND KORA'''<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat let slip that he had seen the two together at a gala in Resplendent Earth in a discussion with Septimus. Kimiasha remembers a likely party on 16th Resplendent Earth, a mixer where several notable Dynasts from Houses Sesus, Mnemon, Cynis and Peleps paraded their kids to try and arrange marriages. Attendees of note: Lady XXXX (Mnemon?) Taira, Sesus Nagat, Cynis Wisel, Sesus Indira... Sesus Kivo, Sesus Kimiasha... "a gaggle of Peleps"... Nellens Spulumbo & Nellens Cherelle <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S POEMS''' <br><br />
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Okubo's quarters had two snippets of poetry, brushed by a Ninth Ward calligrapher, adorning his wall. Shinjo identified these as belonging to Rawar of Arjuf and carved into Rawar's Rock. A painting in the Ledaal wing of the palace gave him insight on the origins as of the thread Flowers Blossom in Spring [https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/shadow_of_the_throne/flowers-blossom-in-spring-t7.html]<br />
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"...the so-called Gatehouse of the South which guides ships onto the proper path towards the great harbour at Arjuf. It is not a place of interest for many Ledaal Dynasts, being a Legion fortress distant from other points of note, but the cliff on which it stood was known as Rawar's Rock.<br />
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The painting depicts the cliff face marked with rows of complex characters in Old Realm. <br><br />
WHEN YOU PAINT A DRAGON<br />
YOU PAINT HIS SCALES NOT HIS BONES<br />
WHEN YOU SEE A MAN<br />
YOU SEE HIS FACE NOT HIS HEART<br />
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NO MATTER HOW YOU PAINT YOUR FACE<br />
THERE WILL BE NO TIGERS<br />
AROUND THIS MOUNTAIN"<br />
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Speculation is that these poems might link to the Shogunate era sewer systems found under the Imperial Gardens and under the City itself. The song-line style poems used by the denizens of the sewers, like the demon-poems, could be key to understanding how to find significant locations. Okubo might have left these as guides for us once we find the starting location in the Gardens... possibly under the Sesus pavillion.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S GATE RECORDS'''<br><br />
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Sesus Septimus used his authority to requisition gate records that showed Okubo passing through the City gates several days prior to his death. Storage of the City's gate records is handled by Stoic Quail, the elder clerk in charge of them. He peruses the records for the 15th through the 21th of Descending Earth looking for mention of Mnemon Kora and Cathak Okubo, finding only a few mentions:<br />
- Mnemon Kora leaves the City on the 19th of DE, southern City gate<br />
- Kora and Okubo enter the City on the 21st of DE, southern City gate<br />
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'''MEANING BEHIND THE DIM SUM'''<br />
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The party met at the Blossoming Orchid Pavillion to reunite with Cathak Okubo after many years apart. Though he was waylaid before he could arrive, the meal he had planned was still served. [[Dynastic Dim Sum]] is often used to convey meaning from the host to the diners, to complement themes of discussion or to imply things that cannot be said.<br />
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First course: A platter of grapes, Vneef Thagada wine from the RY753 vintage thinned with water, and soup dumplings.<br />
Second course: grilled eel, a plate of bamboo-stuffed mushrooms over rice, and jasmine spiced salmon with cinnamon tea (of note: a servant apologized that quail stuffed with onions was not available, so the salmon was a regrettable substitution)<br />
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THEORY #1: The dishes are organized to symbolize the weakened bond of friendship between the primary-school clique (watered wine from the year everyone met), and possibly strength from renewed union between those politically opposed (grilled eel being an Air dish cooked by Fire, mushrooms a melding of Wood and Earth). This theory does not account well for the quail, as it fits a different pattern altogether.<br />
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THEORY #2: Similar to #1, but the dishes are meant to match with the invitations sent to the various guests, telling us which vaguely written hints to combine together. In this reading, combining Sorae and Shinjo's invitations nets us "go to a place where only servants go" and "leaping over walls at night", which may be a hint on where to find the hidden manse under the Servant's Pavilion. <br />
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THEORY #3: The dishes represent individuals, not themes or places. If this is the case, the first course likely represents V'neef Thagada herself (wine, grapes) and Cathak Okubo (soup dumplings, his favorite dish). Using that as a key to the second course, we are left with:<br />
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:'''Stuffed quail''' - an important personage who represents House Sesus, perhaps Lord Nagat<br />
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:'''Stuffed mushrooms''' - an earth-aligned food made to look like a flower, one possibility is an Exalt of one aspect from a House of the other (an Earth Aspect in a Wood family is Vneef Pepaa's suggestion). A possible candidate for this would be Ragara Isamatara, as a Wood Aspect in a Earth House obsessed with earthy things like gems. An alternative meaning would take the mushroom more literally, and suggest Ledaal Aleval is the intended; he is a Wood Aspect interested in mushrooms.<br />
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:'''Grilled eel''' - Descending Earth, seasonal dish. An air-aligned creature from the water placed over fire. Perhaps an air aspect wed to a fiery spouse or from a House known to favor Fire. We have several candidates for this, including Sesus Okuni, Nestor of the Temple of Mela, and Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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:'''Cinnamon tea''' - Southern flavors, not traditionally served with meals due to the burning taste. Could be tied to Arjuf, or Chiraoscuro. No notable personage matched.<br />
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:'''Jasmine Salmon''' - Resplendent Air, seasonal dish. May not have any meaning at all because of substitution.<br />
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This avenue is currently under the purview of Tyros, who is arranging a meeting with lady Thagada to confirm theory #3's validity.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S MISSING BODY''' <br><br />
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Septimus visited Toribeno after reports of vandals lurking about. The monks explained that they had been accosted by a blonde woman with several bulky bodyguards in tow in the middle of the night on the 8th AW. She seemed unsteady and cruel. Septimus checked Okubo's tomb only to find the body missing and a crumpled letter detailing Okubo's will and divestment of possessions. <br />
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It was confirmed in 'Flame on the Shore' that Cynis Tiir had absconded with the body. <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S WILL'''<br><br />
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What jade and coin he has was to be distributed to his bearers Tallow Eater and Long Road, or to their families in Ostle and Vatamu.<br><br />
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He mentions the coffin he had commissioned, and his wish to be carried to the south to be cremated at the gravestone of his father; he expressesly wishes not to be left behind in the tomb of C'taru. <br><br />
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Searing Fire, his grand daiklaive, is bestowed to Tepet Ganta; Flame that held against the sea is granted to Ledaal Primus. As Ganta was born in RE or DE, that means the will was written very recently. <br><br />
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'''TEMPLE OF FIRE & IMMACULATE MARTIAL ARTS''' <br><br />
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A martial arts Charm manual found inside the secret manse called ''Walking Among Irisis'' implies that Okubo was meditating<br />
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== Sesus Ketek Leads ==<br />
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'''SESUS KETEK AND THE CITY OF GOLD'''<br><br />
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[[Sesus Ketek]] embarked on an expedition deep into the Southern deserts that would in the end claim his life. A journal was found, left by Okubo in a tomb marked for his father, detailing the expedition noting important landmarks and oasis (transcribe journal here). <br />
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Tyros compared the journal to Rekka's description of her migratory patterns and drew a rudimentary map comparing them. Ketek's journey brought him further south than the safest oasis Rekka knows of.<br />
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A letter from [[Tepet Yoshimitsu]] of the [[9th Imperial Legion]] to [[Cathak Okubo]] can be found in the Ducks in a Row thread. It was found in Okubo's rooms in the [[East 9th Ward]]. The letter tells of the attempt to return Sesus Ketek's belongings after he died; [[Cathak Meata]] returned everything to sender, and so Yoshimitsu found Ketek's son at the [[House of Bells]] sent everything there. It appears a single monk survived the expedition and encountered Yoshimitsu's unit in the south... the monk travelled to Arjuf afterwards. Sorae has asked for further details about the encounter from the [[Taimyo Council]], as well as inquiring briefly with Dragonlord [[Tepet Saigo|Saigo]] about Yoshimitsu's fate; the man died at the [[Battle of Futile Blood]].<br><br />
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'''SESUS KETEK'S BOOKS''' <br><br />
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Sesus Ketek wrote several books on southern history and lore, all of which Cathak Okubo was in possession of and clearly interested in. The party has undertaken an investigation into a single book thus far, and will embark on similar ones after the next party gathering.<br />
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[[A Brief Summation of pre-Imperial failures in Tactical Manoeuvres against the Fae]]<br />
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[[A record of Lion Fae Incursions in the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Defensive Strategies of the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]]<br />
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[[Notable Ruins of the Southern Threshold]]<br />
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[[Suppression of Wyld-madness in the Outer Slums of Chiaroscuro]]<br />
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[[Theredin Ruin - A History]]<br />
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[[A Summation of the Battle at Teran-woo Bridge]] - Shinjo has taken inspiration from Sesus Ketek's book for his new play for the Festival of Sextes Jylis. It seems likely that the book is a distillation of events taken from pouring over the folklore of the south, including plays and songs and stories such as the one Rekka shared with Shinjo on her first night in his rooms.<br />
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'''HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY'''<br><br />
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A red carved crystal Shinjo found in the East Ninth reveals a projection of Ketek and a boy (Okubo? Yagu?) when the Purposeful Lamp is used on it. An inscription, including a possible maker's mark of sorts, can be seen:<br><br />
9.0.3<br><br />
18<br><br />
and firetongue words: ‘exacting’, ‘exciting’, or ‘excising’ followed by ‘vessel’, ‘damsel’, or ‘chisel’, with a third word below: ‘gum’, ‘gem, or ‘gam’. <br><br />
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The inside of ''Walking Among Irisis'' has this description: <br><br />
E.18<br><br />
T.762.DF.4<br><br />
G.9.0.22<br><br />
D.Text, training, Shogunate.<br><br />
A.Deferred<br><br />
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Reading ''Year Zero Void'', Tyros yields the following cryptic analysis: Numbers ‘9’, ‘10’, and ‘16’ appear to be the source of theories of some sort, and suggestion of discussion between those sources and ‘7’ at ‘GSC‘ is frequently suggested, as are discussions between ‘11’, ‘17’, and ‘19’ at ‘ECS’, sometimes adding ‘16’ at ‘GDO’. The subjects for discussion seem to be ’10.1’, from which appear to be drawn subjects ’10.0’ and ‘9.0’. Apparently the intended reader knows some information connected with ’18 CPF access on 10.0’.<br />
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The key expeditions called for seem to be a continuation of ’12 PAA on 10.1 10.0’, and ’15 18 9.0.2 and further following 10.0 9.0 developments’, the latter of which seems to depend on some sort of supply allocation via ’20 WBW’. <br />
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A letter from Sesus Roga and Nellens Taralla of the Historical Preservation Society to Sesus Ketek bears the symbols "GSC. FR 14" in the top right. Roga is listed as Venerated Chair and Taralla as Honored Treasurer.<br />
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A dedication in [[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]] records Sesus Roga and Sesus Tegra as patrons of Ketek's expedition. Tegra serves as Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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As of this posting, our theories indicate that three-character acronyms are ''places'', integers are ''people'' and decimal-designations are ''expeditions''. ''Year Zero Void'' is likely a treatise to secure funding for a Threshold expedition 10.1. CPF is believed to stand for Citadel of Purifying Flame, which would imply that Shinjo's notes for his play might relate to '18 CPF access on 10.0'.<br />
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Shinjo's conversation with the All-Seeing Eye revealed that the HPS were a group of scholars chastised by the Scarlet Empress 5 years ago. Sesus Tegra did not see the need for the corrective action, and is still angered by it and by the man tasked with bringing the wayward group to heel, Sesus Nagat. Whatever their research topics, it angered both the Throne and the Eye. Sesus Kurigazu, a Senator from the Magel household, is likewise upset by his frivolous use of the books with Jozan and Shinjo.<br />
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'''TWO SNAKES FACING EACH OTHER''' <br><br />
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The Magel family appears to be upsetting the political status quo of the Imperial City, and given Sesus Magel Ketek's obvious familial ties and Sesus Roga's chair of the Historical Preservation Society which Okubo had interest in, it behooves us to include the Magels in our investigation.<br />
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Sorae looked into the Magel family tree: <br><br />
'''Magel''' himself(herself?) descends from Sesus and Iselsi Naran, married to Cynis Parovar. Has a daughter Zhanja, and three brothers Roga, Talor and Nagat.<br><br />
'''Nagat''', the youngest, has four sons by Assuri Tarii: Marand, Mendei, Mdoro, and Mraka. Mraka is notable for toadying for Sesus Kivo.<br><br />
'''Roga''' has two daughters Kathana and Kiara, and two sons Kurigazu and Kivo. Kathana married General Dochao, interestingly, and their daughter Doshtara married Nagat's son Marand.<br><br />
'''Talor''' has two sons Urgurnazi and Kenruyo.<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat's rise to the House Sesus elder council is a recent affair in City politics as of 23rd DE and the campaign's opening. He appears to be the main sponsor of the Fourth Legion, which has taken the garrison of the Imperial City. He is mentor of a sort to General Dochao, and uncle to Sesus Kivo and Sesus Kiara. He is also one of the triumvirs of the Silent Legion, alongside Cynis Ukinyo and Vneef Bijar. He was pressured to have Sesus Septimus declared Anathema-tainted and executed by Peleps Staemos, but refrained. He wishes the investigation into Okubo's murder resolved in some way, so long as a Mnemon is not implicated. He attended the Spring Flowers Gala, where he involved Ledaal Shinjo in a plan to spread rumours of the fierce love between Peleps Archova and Sesus Zhoutai. Later he gave a gift to Jozan and Shinjo of a pair of books that showed a peculiar insight into their hearts; Jozan received ''Drunken Reflections'' by Du Fu and Shinjo received a rare copy of ''Peach Blossom Fan'' with a rewritten, happy ending.<br><br />
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'''NOTE:''' READING NAGAT'S PEACH BLOSSOM FAN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA<br />
The book appears to have been written in very late Shogunate era Chiaroscuro for the daimyo of that city. He had a cabal of romantic artists who were prolific at the time.<br />
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== Other Personages Leads ==<br />
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'''STRATEGOI SESUS DOCHAO'''<br />
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As a younger man, Strategoi Sesus Dochao served as part of an escort for one of Sesus Ketek's expeditions. Septimus asked after the story, but the General put it off for another time.<br />
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'''SESUS TEGRA, MISTRESS OF THE DELIBERATIVE'''<br />
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'''SESUS OKUNI'''<br />
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== Mysterious Places == <br />
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'''THE MURDER SCENE'''<br />
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The murder happened on East Ninjo Street. The palanquin and the bodies are covered in long straight slashes, cuts are to the neck and legs. Blood seems to have sprayed outwards away from the more poorly lit western walls of the House of Mist. Okubo seems to have been struck first, with his bearers dying moments later as they attempted to flee. Okubo's weapon was undrawn. The palanquin's lanterns were unlit, so the killer would have needed excellent night vision to have seen its target from atop the House of Mist.<br />
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Mnemon Vesko and Mnemon Palima were first upon the scene, while Peleps Turina's palanquin had passed by just before.<br />
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'''THE SERVANT'S PAVILION & THE SECRET MANSE'''<br><br />
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Sorae's letter from Okubo lead into the Palace Gardens, where she found a place "off the beaten paths of Dynasts": a pavilion for the servants who labour within the Palace. On AW 14th Shinjo sneaks into an underground tunnel network hidden beneath the pavilion, locating a room where Okubo had left behind a pair of books (Examining And Transcending The Year Zero Void and Walking Among Irises). Cuts in the obsidian walls depict a map of the Imperial Palace, with High Realm numbers over several notable locales: #1 The Western Palace Wing, #2 The Silent Legion HQ #3 The Five Dragon Bridge Gatehouse and #4 The Imperial Manse. X's denote the Servant's Pavilion and the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, with a sweeping cut marking a path from the latter to #4. <br />
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Tyros and Sorae visited the tunnel system on the night of the 15th to find the map missing. Tyros has confirmed that the location is likely a secret manse. A smashed bottle of Thagada wine and bloodstains from fists striking the wall are examined by Sorae. Tyros proves that the western tunnel was bricked up some time ago, though to what purpose we do not know. The location of the manse and the directions of the tunnels hint that they might cross the Imperial Palace walls; if true, the southern tunnel may lead into the water-way between the City and the Palace.<br />
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Sorae found the hearthstone chamber by diving into the overflowing pool in the central chamber, though the way is blocked by a grate of black jade. There are tunnels in the northern wall and a panel with the Old Realm glyph PU on the southern wall. The floor is a lattice which allows water to flow upwards.<br />
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'''EAST NINTH WARD''' <br><br />
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Shinjo spoke to a drunken laborer in the Red Ruby teahouse who recognized faux-Okubo's face and chatted with him for a time. <br />
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The calligraphy in Okubo's rooms are suspected to have been done in the calligraphers shop in the East Ninth Ward. This was confirmed later, with the stanza "The Biting Dogs Hides Its Fangs" being a fragment from peasant poetry along the Serpentine River.<br />
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Okubo had some sort of interest in the printing press in the East Ninth, but this lead may have been cut short by Zhoutai's murder of Ambrim Beg and the destruction of many supplies from the old printing business. We suspect he was trying to get a "true" version of his father's book, ''A Brief Summation'', printed; hence why he had a copy of Yagu's version filled with notations and corrections hidden in his rented rooms.<br />
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'''THE C'TARU TOMB IN TORIBENO''' <br><br />
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Tyros and Septimus found a wax-sealed flower pot in the Cathak C'Taru family tombs of Toribeno by breaking open the clay cover of Sesus Ketek. This urn contained a key which opens Okubo's East 9th apartment, a broken artifact flashlight tool, an orchid ribbon, a journal detailing Ketek's adventures into deep into the Southern wyld, and Ketek's hat (with a Cathak Meata badge covering its original Sesus Magel mon). The ribbon likely serves as a reminder to look deeper into the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, or the servants who serve there...<br />
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The flower pot almost certainly comes from a pottery merchant in the East Ninth, though this remains unconfirmed. We need to prove it and see if Okubo bought more than one pot.<br />
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'''THE COFFIN OF CLUES''' <br><br />
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Okubo had a coffin carved out of stone from the Chisel & Saw in the East 9th Ward, which his family interred him in with alarming haste. The cover of the coffin is an unfinished relief of (presumably) Cathak Okubo himself, arms crossing his chest and clutching as if holding a dagger... the blade itself is missing. There are openings on his forearms for something to be attached... perhaps bracers? On each side of the coffin are small indents and further iconic carvings, at the foot there is a carving of a blank book that the stonemasons hadn't finished. Despite the coffin appearing as some sort of puzzle, there are no mechanisms of any sort built into the stone on Tyros' inspection.<br />
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Our current belief is that the coffin exists as a record of the clues Okubo had left behind for us. The glass dagger, two brass wheels, and 'A Brief Summation' seem to line up as matching missing slots on the coffin, all of which were found in the East 9th. The wheels have a slot for a hearthstone, and the bracers themselves, are still missing.<br />
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A small charm warding against rising as a ghost was placed in the dagger-slot between Okubo's hands, and on the 9th AW Septimus found Okubo's body missing and a will dedicating Okubo's possesions to the friends' children, Primus and Ganta.<br />
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'''The Shrine Of Dutiful Harvests'''<br />
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Brother Radiant Coal has been removed from his position at the Academy and sent to [[the Shrine of Dutiful Harvests]] instead. The Shrine is located either in Ostle or somewhere near; that Okubo dropped the name of Ostle in his Will might serve as an clue that he wanted his friends to visit and speak with his former mentor (and by asking his mother to send money to a servant's family in Ostle he all but assured that Meata would refuse to visit the village!). <br />
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Shinjo is currently conspiring to find a way to visit the village, possibly with Mnemon Miasa or his brother, in order to investigate if Okubo left anything with Radiant Coal.<br />
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== Possible Enemies ==<br />
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'''LEDAAL VENOSA'''<br />
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There is a theory that Ledaal Venosa is attempting to actively hinder the investigation into Okubo's murder. If there is truth to it, she may well know or be involved in the act itself. The evidence is largely circumstantial, but compelling.<br />
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First, she was certainly listening when Shinjo passed clues hidden in poems to Sorae at the Spring Flowers Gala. Shortly thereafter, the doors to the Fire Temple were closed to Sorae; possible it was related to her duel with Vessala, and thus not conclusive.<br />
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Magistrates are eager to pin the recent murders on Tepet Sorae, and Black Wood passed along that being in possession of anything linked to Cathak Okubo could well seal such suspicions. Shinjo had gifted the red faceted statue and the glass dagger to Sorae as tokens of affection, and no one (except servants and possibly Jozan, who is in league with Venosa) was aware of it.<br />
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The evening Shinjo and Sorae intended to venture into the Gardens together to follow Okubo's clues Venosa appeared. Later ventures into the secret water manse did not find the same map that Shinjo saw that night carved into the manse walls.<br />
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'''STRATEGOI CATHAK MEATA'''<br />
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The worst mom.<br />
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[[Category:Investigation into the Death of Cathak Okubo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Okubo%27s_Murder_Investigation&diff=8733Okubo's Murder Investigation2026-09-05T02:06:59Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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== Okubo Leads ==<br />
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'''OKUBO'S INVITATIONS''' <br><br />
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See [http://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Documents_relating_to_the_Investigation_of_Cathak_Okubo]<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To V'neef Cenjanis RY768 DE14<br />
- mentions recent events in City politics bringing to mind school days<br />
- fallen from the path of forging a better world?<br />
- troubled times, we can all use true friends?<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE9<br />
- received invitation as if fated, wants to talk about magitech and geomancy<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE14<br />
- invite to the now assembled gathering<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ledaal Shinjo RY768 DE14<br />
- attended Shinjo's play in Descending Earth?<br />
- remembering climbing over walls under cover of darkness<br />
- friends standing side by side against all comers<br />
- taking in poems of Rawar and his sort, their appeal their simplicity<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE14<br />
- some day take a legion to kill the Bull<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE18<br />
- place within the Palace well-suited to martial exercise if don't mind odd stare or two venturing off the beaten path of Dynasts into areas mostly occupied by<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Sesus Septimus RY768 DE14<br />
- Wants to ask question in confidence on the 4th Legion's impending arrival <br />
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'''OKUBO'S INTERCEPTED INVITATION TO SEPTIMUS''' <br><br />
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Septimus' letter was lost by a courier, who was found dead of opium overdose. The letter was damaged, including the bottom piece having been torn off; whatever last bit of wisdom Okubo meant to convey is gone. <br />
The Thousand Scales bureaucrat who approved the courier, Thesk Dark, was disenfranchised and followed home to his apartments in the East Districts where Sesus Kanya then killed him legally. Nothing of note was found in his rooms. Sesus Kanya received a promotion and a swift return to Eagle's Launch, which coincides suspiciously with these events {needs documentation}. Who promoted her?<br />
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The courier himself was Okubo's favorite courier, which implies that Okubo likely used him because he could be trusted.<br />
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'''OKUBO AND KORA'''<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat let slip that he had seen the two together at a gala in Resplendent Earth in a discussion with Septimus. Kimiasha remembers a likely party on 16th Resplendent Earth, a mixer where several notable Dynasts from Houses Sesus, Mnemon, Cynis and Peleps paraded their kids to try and arrange marriages. Attendees of note: Lady XXXX (Mnemon?) Taira, Sesus Nagat, Cynis Wisel, Sesus Indira... Sesus Kivo, Sesus Kimiasha... "a gaggle of Peleps"... Nellens Spulumbo & Nellens Cherelle <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S POEMS''' <br><br />
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Okubo's quarters had two snippets of poetry, brushed by a Ninth Ward calligrapher, adorning his wall. Shinjo identified these as belonging to Rawar of Arjuf and carved into Rawar's Rock. A painting in the Ledaal wing of the palace gave him insight on the origins as of the thread Flowers Blossom in Spring [https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/shadow_of_the_throne/flowers-blossom-in-spring-t7.html]<br />
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"...the so-called Gatehouse of the South which guides ships onto the proper path towards the great harbour at Arjuf. It is not a place of interest for many Ledaal Dynasts, being a Legion fortress distant from other points of note, but the cliff on which it stood was known as Rawar's Rock.<br />
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The painting depicts the cliff face marked with rows of complex characters in Old Realm. <br><br />
WHEN YOU PAINT A DRAGON<br />
YOU PAINT HIS SCALES NOT HIS BONES<br />
WHEN YOU SEE A MAN<br />
YOU SEE HIS FACE NOT HIS HEART<br />
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NO MATTER HOW YOU PAINT YOUR FACE<br />
THERE WILL BE NO TIGERS<br />
AROUND THIS MOUNTAIN"<br />
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'''OKUBO'S GATE RECORDS'''<br><br />
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Sesus Septimus used his authority to requisition gate records that showed Okubo passing through the City gates several days prior to his death. Storage of the City's gate records is handled by Stoic Quail, the elder clerk in charge of them. He peruses the records for the 15th through the 21th of Descending Earth looking for mention of Mnemon Kora and Cathak Okubo, finding only a few mentions:<br />
- Mnemon Kora leaves the City on the 19th of DE, southern City gate<br />
- Kora and Okubo enter the City on the 21st of DE, southern City gate<br />
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'''MEANING BEHIND THE DIM SUM'''<br />
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The party met at the Blossoming Orchid Pavillion to reunite with Cathak Okubo after many years apart. Though he was waylaid before he could arrive, the meal he had planned was still served. [[Dynastic Dim Sum]] is often used to convey meaning from the host to the diners, to complement themes of discussion or to imply things that cannot be said.<br />
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First course: A platter of grapes, Vneef Thagada wine from the RY753 vintage thinned with water, and soup dumplings.<br />
Second course: grilled eel, a plate of bamboo-stuffed mushrooms over rice, and jasmine spiced salmon with cinnamon tea (of note: a servant apologized that quail stuffed with onions was not available, so the salmon was a regrettable substitution)<br />
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THEORY #1: The dishes are organized to symbolize the weakened bond of friendship between the primary-school clique (watered wine from the year everyone met), and possibly strength from renewed union between those politically opposed (grilled eel being an Air dish cooked by Fire, mushrooms a melding of Wood and Earth). This theory does not account well for the quail, as it fits a different pattern altogether.<br />
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THEORY #2: Similar to #1, but the dishes are meant to match with the invitations sent to the various guests, telling us which vaguely written hints to combine together. In this reading, combining Sorae and Shinjo's invitations nets us "go to a place where only servants go" and "leaping over walls at night", which may be a hint on where to find the hidden manse under the Servant's Pavilion. <br />
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THEORY #3: The dishes represent individuals, not themes or places. If this is the case, the first course likely represents V'neef Thagada herself (wine, grapes) and Cathak Okubo (soup dumplings, his favorite dish). Using that as a key to the second course, we are left with:<br />
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:'''Stuffed quail''' - an important personage who represents House Sesus, perhaps Lord Nagat<br />
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:'''Stuffed mushrooms''' - an earth-aligned food made to look like a flower, one possibility is an Exalt of one aspect from a House of the other (an Earth Aspect in a Wood family is Vneef Pepaa's suggestion). A possible candidate for this would be Ragara Isamatara, as a Wood Aspect in a Earth House obsessed with earthy things like gems. An alternative meaning would take the mushroom more literally, and suggest Ledaal Aleval is the intended; he is a Wood Aspect interested in mushrooms.<br />
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:'''Grilled eel''' - Descending Earth, seasonal dish. An air-aligned creature from the water placed over fire. Perhaps an air aspect wed to a fiery spouse or from a House known to favor Fire. We have several candidates for this, including Sesus Okuni, Nestor of the Temple of Mela, and Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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:'''Cinnamon tea''' - Southern flavors, not traditionally served with meals due to the burning taste. Could be tied to Arjuf, or Chiraoscuro. No notable personage matched.<br />
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:'''Jasmine Salmon''' - Resplendent Air, seasonal dish. May not have any meaning at all because of substitution.<br />
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This avenue is currently under the purview of Tyros, who is arranging a meeting with lady Thagada to confirm theory #3's validity.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S MISSING BODY''' <br><br />
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Septimus visited Toribeno after reports of vandals lurking about. The monks explained that they had been accosted by a blonde woman with several bulky bodyguards in tow in the middle of the night on the 8th AW. She seemed unsteady and cruel. Septimus checked Okubo's tomb only to find the body missing and a crumpled letter detailing Okubo's will and divestment of possessions. <br />
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It was confirmed in 'Flame on the Shore' that Cynis Tiir had absconded with the body. <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S WILL'''<br><br />
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What jade and coin he has was to be distributed to his bearers Tallow Eater and Long Road, or to their families in Ostle and Vatamu.<br><br />
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He mentions the coffin he had commissioned, and his wish to be carried to the south to be cremated at the gravestone of his father; he expressesly wishes not to be left behind in the tomb of C'taru. <br><br />
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Searing Fire, his grand daiklaive, is bestowed to Tepet Ganta; Flame that held against the sea is granted to Ledaal Primus. As Ganta was born in RE or DE, that means the will was written very recently. <br><br />
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'''TEMPLE OF FIRE & IMMACULATE MARTIAL ARTS''' <br><br />
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A martial arts Charm manual found inside the secret manse called ''Walking Among Irisis'' implies that Okubo was meditating<br />
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== Sesus Ketek Leads ==<br />
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'''SESUS KETEK AND THE CITY OF GOLD'''<br><br />
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[[Sesus Ketek]] embarked on an expedition deep into the Southern deserts that would in the end claim his life. A journal was found, left by Okubo in a tomb marked for his father, detailing the expedition noting important landmarks and oasis (transcribe journal here). <br />
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Tyros compared the journal to Rekka's description of her migratory patterns and drew a rudimentary map comparing them. Ketek's journey brought him further south than the safest oasis Rekka knows of.<br />
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A letter from [[Tepet Yoshimitsu]] of the [[9th Imperial Legion]] to [[Cathak Okubo]] can be found in the Ducks in a Row thread. It was found in Okubo's rooms in the [[East 9th Ward]]. The letter tells of the attempt to return Sesus Ketek's belongings after he died; [[Cathak Meata]] returned everything to sender, and so Yoshimitsu found Ketek's son at the [[House of Bells]] sent everything there. It appears a single monk survived the expedition and encountered Yoshimitsu's unit in the south... the monk travelled to Arjuf afterwards. Sorae has asked for further details about the encounter from the [[Taimyo Council]], as well as inquiring briefly with Dragonlord [[Tepet Saigo|Saigo]] about Yoshimitsu's fate; the man died at the [[Battle of Futile Blood]].<br><br />
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'''SESUS KETEK'S BOOKS''' <br><br />
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Sesus Ketek wrote several books on southern history and lore, all of which Cathak Okubo was in possession of and clearly interested in. The party has undertaken an investigation into a single book thus far, and will embark on similar ones after the next party gathering.<br />
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[[A Brief Summation of pre-Imperial failures in Tactical Manoeuvres against the Fae]]<br />
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[[A record of Lion Fae Incursions in the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Defensive Strategies of the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]]<br />
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[[Notable Ruins of the Southern Threshold]]<br />
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[[Suppression of Wyld-madness in the Outer Slums of Chiaroscuro]]<br />
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[[Theredin Ruin - A History]]<br />
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[[A Summation of the Battle at Teran-woo Bridge]] - Shinjo has taken inspiration from Sesus Ketek's book for his new play for the Festival of Sextes Jylis. It seems likely that the book is a distillation of events taken from pouring over the folklore of the south, including plays and songs and stories such as the one Rekka shared with Shinjo on her first night in his rooms.<br />
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'''HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY'''<br><br />
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A red carved crystal Shinjo found in the East Ninth reveals a projection of Ketek and a boy (Okubo? Yagu?) when the Purposeful Lamp is used on it. An inscription, including a possible maker's mark of sorts, can be seen:<br><br />
9.0.3<br><br />
18<br><br />
and firetongue words: ‘exacting’, ‘exciting’, or ‘excising’ followed by ‘vessel’, ‘damsel’, or ‘chisel’, with a third word below: ‘gum’, ‘gem, or ‘gam’. <br><br />
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The inside of ''Walking Among Irisis'' has this description: <br><br />
E.18<br><br />
T.762.DF.4<br><br />
G.9.0.22<br><br />
D.Text, training, Shogunate.<br><br />
A.Deferred<br><br />
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Reading ''Year Zero Void'', Tyros yields the following cryptic analysis: Numbers ‘9’, ‘10’, and ‘16’ appear to be the source of theories of some sort, and suggestion of discussion between those sources and ‘7’ at ‘GSC‘ is frequently suggested, as are discussions between ‘11’, ‘17’, and ‘19’ at ‘ECS’, sometimes adding ‘16’ at ‘GDO’. The subjects for discussion seem to be ’10.1’, from which appear to be drawn subjects ’10.0’ and ‘9.0’. Apparently the intended reader knows some information connected with ’18 CPF access on 10.0’.<br />
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The key expeditions called for seem to be a continuation of ’12 PAA on 10.1 10.0’, and ’15 18 9.0.2 and further following 10.0 9.0 developments’, the latter of which seems to depend on some sort of supply allocation via ’20 WBW’. <br />
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A letter from Sesus Roga and Nellens Taralla of the Historical Preservation Society to Sesus Ketek bears the symbols "GSC. FR 14" in the top right. Roga is listed as Venerated Chair and Taralla as Honored Treasurer.<br />
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A dedication in [[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]] records Sesus Roga and Sesus Tegra as patrons of Ketek's expedition. Tegra serves as Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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As of this posting, our theories indicate that three-character acronyms are ''places'', integers are ''people'' and decimal-designations are ''expeditions''. ''Year Zero Void'' is likely a treatise to secure funding for a Threshold expedition 10.1. CPF is believed to stand for Citadel of Purifying Flame, which would imply that Shinjo's notes for his play might relate to '18 CPF access on 10.0'.<br />
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Shinjo's conversation with the All-Seeing Eye revealed that the HPS were a group of scholars chastised by the Scarlet Empress 5 years ago. Sesus Tegra did not see the need for the corrective action, and is still angered by it and by the man tasked with bringing the wayward group to heel, Sesus Nagat. Whatever their research topics, it angered both the Throne and the Eye. Sesus Kurigazu, a Senator from the Magel household, is likewise upset by his frivolous use of the books with Jozan and Shinjo.<br />
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'''TWO SNAKES FACING EACH OTHER''' <br><br />
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The Magel family appears to be upsetting the political status quo of the Imperial City, and given Sesus Magel Ketek's obvious familial ties and Sesus Roga's chair of the Historical Preservation Society which Okubo had interest in, it behooves us to include the Magels in our investigation.<br />
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Sorae looked into the Magel family tree: <br><br />
'''Magel''' himself(herself?) descends from Sesus and Iselsi Naran, married to Cynis Parovar. Has a daughter Zhanja, and three brothers Roga, Talor and Nagat.<br><br />
'''Nagat''', the youngest, has four sons by Assuri Tarii: Marand, Mendei, Mdoro, and Mraka. Mraka is notable for toadying for Sesus Kivo.<br><br />
'''Roga''' has two daughters Kathana and Kiara, and two sons Kurigazu and Kivo. Kathana married General Dochao, interestingly, and their daughter Doshtara married Nagat's son Marand.<br><br />
'''Talor''' has two sons Urgurnazi and Kenruyo.<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat's rise to the House Sesus elder council is a recent affair in City politics as of 23rd DE and the campaign's opening. He appears to be the main sponsor of the Fourth Legion, which has taken the garrison of the Imperial City. He is mentor of a sort to General Dochao, and uncle to Sesus Kivo and Sesus Kiara. He is also one of the triumvirs of the Silent Legion, alongside Cynis Ukinyo and Vneef Bijar. He was pressured to have Sesus Septimus declared Anathema-tainted and executed by Peleps Staemos, but refrained. He wishes the investigation into Okubo's murder resolved in some way, so long as a Mnemon is not implicated. He attended the Spring Flowers Gala, where he involved Ledaal Shinjo in a plan to spread rumours of the fierce love between Peleps Archova and Sesus Zhoutai. Later he gave a gift to Jozan and Shinjo of a pair of books that showed a peculiar insight into their hearts; Jozan received ''Drunken Reflections'' by Du Fu and Shinjo received a rare copy of ''Peach Blossom Fan'' with a rewritten, happy ending.<br><br />
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'''NOTE:''' READING NAGAT'S PEACH BLOSSOM FAN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA<br />
The book appears to have been written in very late Shogunate era Chiaroscuro for the daimyo of that city. He had a cabal of romantic artists who were prolific at the time.<br />
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== Other Personages Leads ==<br />
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'''STRATEGOI SESUS DOCHAO'''<br />
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As a younger man, Strategoi Sesus Dochao served as part of an escort for one of Sesus Ketek's expeditions. Septimus asked after the story, but the General put it off for another time.<br />
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'''SESUS TEGRA, MISTRESS OF THE DELIBERATIVE'''<br />
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'''SESUS OKUNI'''<br />
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== Mysterious Places == <br />
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'''THE MURDER SCENE'''<br />
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The murder happened on East Ninjo Street. The palanquin and the bodies are covered in long straight slashes, cuts are to the neck and legs. Blood seems to have sprayed outwards away from the more poorly lit western walls of the House of Mist. Okubo seems to have been struck first, with his bearers dying moments later as they attempted to flee. Okubo's weapon was undrawn. The palanquin's lanterns were unlit, so the killer would have needed excellent night vision to have seen its target from atop the House of Mist.<br />
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Mnemon Vesko and Mnemon Palima were first upon the scene, while Peleps Turina's palanquin had passed by just before.<br />
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'''THE SERVANT'S PAVILION & THE SECRET MANSE'''<br><br />
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Sorae's letter from Okubo lead into the Palace Gardens, where she found a place "off the beaten paths of Dynasts": a pavilion for the servants who labour within the Palace. On AW 14th Shinjo sneaks into an underground tunnel network hidden beneath the pavilion, locating a room where Okubo had left behind a pair of books (Examining And Transcending The Year Zero Void and Walking Among Irises). Cuts in the obsidian walls depict a map of the Imperial Palace, with High Realm numbers over several notable locales: #1 The Western Palace Wing, #2 The Silent Legion HQ #3 The Five Dragon Bridge Gatehouse and #4 The Imperial Manse. X's denote the Servant's Pavilion and the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, with a sweeping cut marking a path from the latter to #4. <br />
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Tyros and Sorae visited the tunnel system on the night of the 15th to find the map missing. Tyros has confirmed that the location is likely a secret manse. A smashed bottle of Thagada wine and bloodstains from fists striking the wall are examined by Sorae. Tyros proves that the western tunnel was bricked up some time ago, though to what purpose we do not know. The location of the manse and the directions of the tunnels hint that they might cross the Imperial Palace walls; if true, the southern tunnel may lead into the water-way between the City and the Palace.<br />
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Sorae found the hearthstone chamber by diving into the overflowing pool in the central chamber, though the way is blocked by a grate of black jade. There are tunnels in the northern wall and a panel with the Old Realm glyph PU on the southern wall. The floor is a lattice which allows water to flow upwards.<br />
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'''EAST NINTH WARD''' <br><br />
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Shinjo spoke to a drunken laborer in the Red Ruby teahouse who recognized faux-Okubo's face and chatted with him for a time. <br />
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The calligraphy in Okubo's rooms are suspected to have been done in the calligraphers shop in the East Ninth Ward. This was confirmed later, with the stanza "The Biting Dogs Hides Its Fangs" being a fragment from peasant poetry along the Serpentine River.<br />
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Okubo had some sort of interest in the printing press in the East Ninth, but this lead may have been cut short by Zhoutai's murder of Ambrim Beg and the destruction of many supplies from the old printing business. We suspect he was trying to get a "true" version of his father's book, ''A Brief Summation'', printed; hence why he had a copy of Yagu's version filled with notations and corrections hidden in his rented rooms.<br />
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'''THE C'TARU TOMB IN TORIBENO''' <br><br />
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Tyros and Septimus found a wax-sealed flower pot in the Cathak C'Taru family tombs of Toribeno by breaking open the clay cover of Sesus Ketek. This urn contained a key which opens Okubo's East 9th apartment, a broken artifact flashlight tool, an orchid ribbon, a journal detailing Ketek's adventures into deep into the Southern wyld, and Ketek's hat (with a Cathak Meata badge covering its original Sesus Magel mon). The ribbon likely serves as a reminder to look deeper into the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, or the servants who serve there...<br />
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The flower pot almost certainly comes from a pottery merchant in the East Ninth, though this remains unconfirmed. We need to prove it and see if Okubo bought more than one pot.<br />
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'''THE COFFIN OF CLUES''' <br><br />
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Okubo had a coffin carved out of stone from the Chisel & Saw in the East 9th Ward, which his family interred him in with alarming haste. The cover of the coffin is an unfinished relief of (presumably) Cathak Okubo himself, arms crossing his chest and clutching as if holding a dagger... the blade itself is missing. There are openings on his forearms for something to be attached... perhaps bracers? On each side of the coffin are small indents and further iconic carvings, at the foot there is a carving of a blank book that the stonemasons hadn't finished. Despite the coffin appearing as some sort of puzzle, there are no mechanisms of any sort built into the stone on Tyros' inspection.<br />
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Our current belief is that the coffin exists as a record of the clues Okubo had left behind for us. The glass dagger, two brass wheels, and 'A Brief Summation' seem to line up as matching missing slots on the coffin, all of which were found in the East 9th. The wheels have a slot for a hearthstone, and the bracers themselves, are still missing.<br />
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A small charm warding against rising as a ghost was placed in the dagger-slot between Okubo's hands, and on the 9th AW Septimus found Okubo's body missing and a will dedicating Okubo's possesions to the friends' children, Primus and Ganta.<br />
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'''The Shrine Of Dutiful Harvests'''<br />
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Brother Radiant Coal has been removed from his position at the Academy and sent to [[the Shrine of Dutiful Harvests]] instead. The Shrine is located either in Ostle or somewhere near; that Okubo dropped the name of Ostle in his Will might serve as an clue that he wanted his friends to visit and speak with his former mentor (and by asking his mother to send money to a servant's family in Ostle he all but assured that Meata would refuse to visit the village!). <br />
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Shinjo is currently conspiring to find a way to visit the village, possibly with Mnemon Miasa or his brother, in order to investigate if Okubo left anything with Radiant Coal.<br />
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== Possible Enemies ==<br />
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'''LEDAAL VENOSA'''<br />
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There is a theory that Ledaal Venosa is attempting to actively hinder the investigation into Okubo's murder. If there is truth to it, she may well know or be involved in the act itself. The evidence is largely circumstantial, but compelling.<br />
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First, she was certainly listening when Shinjo passed clues hidden in poems to Sorae at the Spring Flowers Gala. Shortly thereafter, the doors to the Fire Temple were closed to Sorae; possible it was related to her duel with Vessala, and thus not conclusive.<br />
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Magistrates are eager to pin the recent murders on Tepet Sorae, and Black Wood passed along that being in possession of anything linked to Cathak Okubo could well seal such suspicions. Shinjo had gifted the red faceted statue and the glass dagger to Sorae as tokens of affection, and no one (except servants and possibly Jozan, who is in league with Venosa) was aware of it.<br />
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The evening Shinjo and Sorae intended to venture into the Gardens together to follow Okubo's clues Venosa appeared. Later ventures into the secret water manse did not find the same map that Shinjo saw that night carved into the manse walls.<br />
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'''STRATEGOI CATHAK MEATA'''<br />
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The worst mom.<br />
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== Okubo Leads ==<br />
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'''OKUBO'S INVITATIONS''' <br><br />
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See [http://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Documents_relating_to_the_Investigation_of_Cathak_Okubo]<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To V'neef Cenjanis RY768 DE14<br />
- mentions recent events in City politics bringing to mind school days<br />
- fallen from the path of forging a better world?<br />
- troubled times, we can all use true friends?<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE9<br />
- received invitation as if fated, wants to talk about magitech and geomancy<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE14<br />
- invite to the now assembled gathering<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ledaal Shinjo RY768 DE14<br />
- attended Shinjo's play in Descending Earth?<br />
- remembering climbing over walls under cover of darkness<br />
- friends standing side by side against all comers<br />
- taking in poems of Rawar and his sort, their appeal their simplicity<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE14<br />
- some day take a legion to kill the Bull<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE18<br />
- place within the Palace well-suited to martial exercise if don't mind odd stare or two venturing off the beaten path of Dynasts into areas mostly occupied by<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Sesus Septimus RY768 DE14<br />
- Wants to ask question in confidence on the 4th Legion's impending arrival <br />
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'''OKUBO'S INTERCEPTED INVITATION TO SEPTIMUS''' <br><br />
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Septimus' letter was lost by a courier, who was found dead of opium overdose. The letter was damaged, including the bottom piece having been torn off; whatever last bit of wisdom Okubo meant to convey is gone. <br />
The Thousand Scales bureaucrat who approved the courier, Thesk Dark, was disenfranchised and followed home to his apartments in the East Districts where Sesus Kanya then killed him legally. Nothing of note was found in his rooms. Sesus Kanya received a promotion and a swift return to Eagle's Launch, which coincides suspiciously with these events {needs documentation}. Who promoted her?<br />
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The courier himself was Okubo's favorite courier, which implies that Okubo likely used him because he could be trusted.<br />
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'''OKUBO AND KORA'''<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat let slip that he had seen the two together at a gala in Resplendent Earth in a discussion with Septimus. Kimiasha remembers a likely party on 16th Resplendent Earth, a mixer where several notable Dynasts from Houses Sesus, Mnemon, Cynis and Peleps paraded their kids to try and arrange marriages. Attendees of note: Lady XXXX (Mnemon?) Taira, Sesus Nagat, Cynis Wisel, Sesus Indira... Sesus Kivo, Sesus Kimiasha... "a gaggle of Peleps"... Nellens Spulumbo & Nellens Cherelle <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S POEMS''' <br><br />
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Okubo's quarters had two snippets of poetry, brushed by a Ninth Ward calligrapher, adorning his wall. Shinjo identified these as belonging to Rawar of Arjuf and carved into Rawar's Rock. A painting in the Ledaal wing of the palace gave him insight on the origins as of the thread Flowers Blossom in Spring. <br />
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"...the so-called Gatehouse of the South which guides ships onto the proper path towards the great harbour at Arjuf. It is not a place of interest for many Ledaal Dynasts, being a Legion fortress distant from other points of note, but the cliff on which it stood was known as Rawar's Rock.<br />
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The painting depicts the cliff face marked with rows of complex characters in Old Realm. <br><br />
WHEN YOU PAINT A DRAGON<br />
YOU PAINT HIS SCALES NOT HIS BONES<br />
WHEN YOU SEE A MAN<br />
YOU SEE HIS FACE NOT HIS HEART<br />
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NO MATTER HOW YOU PAINT YOUR FACE<br />
THERE WILL BE NO TIGERS<br />
AROUND THIS MOUNTAIN"<br />
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'''OKUBO'S GATE RECORDS'''<br><br />
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Sesus Septimus used his authority to requisition gate records that showed Okubo passing through the City gates several days prior to his death. Storage of the City's gate records is handled by Stoic Quail, the elder clerk in charge of them. He peruses the records for the 15th through the 21th of Descending Earth looking for mention of Mnemon Kora and Cathak Okubo, finding only a few mentions:<br />
- Mnemon Kora leaves the City on the 19th of DE, southern City gate<br />
- Kora and Okubo enter the City on the 21st of DE, southern City gate<br />
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'''MEANING BEHIND THE DIM SUM'''<br />
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The party met at the Blossoming Orchid Pavillion to reunite with Cathak Okubo after many years apart. Though he was waylaid before he could arrive, the meal he had planned was still served. [[Dynastic Dim Sum]] is often used to convey meaning from the host to the diners, to complement themes of discussion or to imply things that cannot be said.<br />
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First course: A platter of grapes, Vneef Thagada wine from the RY753 vintage thinned with water, and soup dumplings.<br />
Second course: grilled eel, a plate of bamboo-stuffed mushrooms over rice, and jasmine spiced salmon with cinnamon tea (of note: a servant apologized that quail stuffed with onions was not available, so the salmon was a regrettable substitution)<br />
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THEORY #1: The dishes are organized to symbolize the weakened bond of friendship between the primary-school clique (watered wine from the year everyone met), and possibly strength from renewed union between those politically opposed (grilled eel being an Air dish cooked by Fire, mushrooms a melding of Wood and Earth). This theory does not account well for the quail, as it fits a different pattern altogether.<br />
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THEORY #2: Similar to #1, but the dishes are meant to match with the invitations sent to the various guests, telling us which vaguely written hints to combine together. In this reading, combining Sorae and Shinjo's invitations nets us "go to a place where only servants go" and "leaping over walls at night", which may be a hint on where to find the hidden manse under the Servant's Pavilion. <br />
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THEORY #3: The dishes represent individuals, not themes or places. If this is the case, the first course likely represents V'neef Thagada herself (wine, grapes) and Cathak Okubo (soup dumplings, his favorite dish). Using that as a key to the second course, we are left with:<br />
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:'''Stuffed quail''' - an important personage who represents House Sesus, perhaps Lord Nagat<br />
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:'''Stuffed mushrooms''' - an earth-aligned food made to look like a flower, one possibility is an Exalt of one aspect from a House of the other (an Earth Aspect in a Wood family is Vneef Pepaa's suggestion). A possible candidate for this would be Ragara Isamatara, as a Wood Aspect in a Earth House obsessed with earthy things like gems. An alternative meaning would take the mushroom more literally, and suggest Ledaal Aleval is the intended; he is a Wood Aspect interested in mushrooms.<br />
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:'''Grilled eel''' - Descending Earth, seasonal dish. An air-aligned creature from the water placed over fire. Perhaps an air aspect wed to a fiery spouse or from a House known to favor Fire. We have several candidates for this, including Sesus Okuni, Nestor of the Temple of Mela, and Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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:'''Cinnamon tea''' - Southern flavors, not traditionally served with meals due to the burning taste. Could be tied to Arjuf, or Chiraoscuro. No notable personage matched.<br />
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:'''Jasmine Salmon''' - Resplendent Air, seasonal dish. May not have any meaning at all because of substitution.<br />
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This avenue is currently under the purview of Tyros, who is arranging a meeting with lady Thagada to confirm theory #3's validity.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S MISSING BODY''' <br><br />
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Septimus visited Toribeno after reports of vandals lurking about. The monks explained that they had been accosted by a blonde woman with several bulky bodyguards in tow in the middle of the night on the 8th AW. She seemed unsteady and cruel. Septimus checked Okubo's tomb only to find the body missing and a crumpled letter detailing Okubo's will and divestment of possessions. <br />
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It was confirmed in 'Flame on the Shore' that Cynis Tiir had absconded with the body. <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S WILL'''<br><br />
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What jade and coin he has was to be distributed to his bearers Tallow Eater and Long Road, or to their families in Ostle and Vatamu.<br><br />
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He mentions the coffin he had commissioned, and his wish to be carried to the south to be cremated at the gravestone of his father; he expressesly wishes not to be left behind in the tomb of C'taru. <br><br />
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Searing Fire, his grand daiklaive, is bestowed to Tepet Ganta; Flame that held against the sea is granted to Ledaal Primus. As Ganta was born in RE or DE, that means the will was written very recently. <br><br />
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'''TEMPLE OF FIRE & IMMACULATE MARTIAL ARTS''' <br><br />
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A martial arts Charm manual found inside the secret manse called ''Walking Among Irisis'' implies that Okubo was meditating<br />
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== Sesus Ketek Leads ==<br />
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'''SESUS KETEK AND THE CITY OF GOLD'''<br><br />
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[[Sesus Ketek]] embarked on an expedition deep into the Southern deserts that would in the end claim his life. A journal was found, left by Okubo in a tomb marked for his father, detailing the expedition noting important landmarks and oasis (transcribe journal here). <br />
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Tyros compared the journal to Rekka's description of her migratory patterns and drew a rudimentary map comparing them. Ketek's journey brought him further south than the safest oasis Rekka knows of.<br />
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A letter from [[Tepet Yoshimitsu]] of the [[9th Imperial Legion]] to [[Cathak Okubo]] can be found in the Ducks in a Row thread. It was found in Okubo's rooms in the [[East 9th Ward]]. The letter tells of the attempt to return Sesus Ketek's belongings after he died; [[Cathak Meata]] returned everything to sender, and so Yoshimitsu found Ketek's son at the [[House of Bells]] sent everything there. It appears a single monk survived the expedition and encountered Yoshimitsu's unit in the south... the monk travelled to Arjuf afterwards. Sorae has asked for further details about the encounter from the [[Taimyo Council]], as well as inquiring briefly with Dragonlord [[Tepet Saigo|Saigo]] about Yoshimitsu's fate; the man died at the [[Battle of Futile Blood]].<br><br />
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'''SESUS KETEK'S BOOKS''' <br><br />
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Sesus Ketek wrote several books on southern history and lore, all of which Cathak Okubo was in possession of and clearly interested in. The party has undertaken an investigation into a single book thus far, and will embark on similar ones after the next party gathering.<br />
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[[A Brief Summation of pre-Imperial failures in Tactical Manoeuvres against the Fae]]<br />
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[[A record of Lion Fae Incursions in the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Defensive Strategies of the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]]<br />
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[[Notable Ruins of the Southern Threshold]]<br />
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[[Suppression of Wyld-madness in the Outer Slums of Chiaroscuro]]<br />
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[[Theredin Ruin - A History]]<br />
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[[A Summation of the Battle at Teran-woo Bridge]] - Shinjo has taken inspiration from Sesus Ketek's book for his new play for the Festival of Sextes Jylis. It seems likely that the book is a distillation of events taken from pouring over the folklore of the south, including plays and songs and stories such as the one Rekka shared with Shinjo on her first night in his rooms.<br />
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'''HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY'''<br><br />
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A red carved crystal Shinjo found in the East Ninth reveals a projection of Ketek and a boy (Okubo? Yagu?) when the Purposeful Lamp is used on it. An inscription, including a possible maker's mark of sorts, can be seen:<br><br />
9.0.3<br><br />
18<br><br />
and firetongue words: ‘exacting’, ‘exciting’, or ‘excising’ followed by ‘vessel’, ‘damsel’, or ‘chisel’, with a third word below: ‘gum’, ‘gem, or ‘gam’. <br><br />
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The inside of ''Walking Among Irisis'' has this description: <br><br />
E.18<br><br />
T.762.DF.4<br><br />
G.9.0.22<br><br />
D.Text, training, Shogunate.<br><br />
A.Deferred<br><br />
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Reading ''Year Zero Void'', Tyros yields the following cryptic analysis: Numbers ‘9’, ‘10’, and ‘16’ appear to be the source of theories of some sort, and suggestion of discussion between those sources and ‘7’ at ‘GSC‘ is frequently suggested, as are discussions between ‘11’, ‘17’, and ‘19’ at ‘ECS’, sometimes adding ‘16’ at ‘GDO’. The subjects for discussion seem to be ’10.1’, from which appear to be drawn subjects ’10.0’ and ‘9.0’. Apparently the intended reader knows some information connected with ’18 CPF access on 10.0’.<br />
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The key expeditions called for seem to be a continuation of ’12 PAA on 10.1 10.0’, and ’15 18 9.0.2 and further following 10.0 9.0 developments’, the latter of which seems to depend on some sort of supply allocation via ’20 WBW’. <br />
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A letter from Sesus Roga and Nellens Taralla of the Historical Preservation Society to Sesus Ketek bears the symbols "GSC. FR 14" in the top right. Roga is listed as Venerated Chair and Taralla as Honored Treasurer.<br />
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A dedication in [[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]] records Sesus Roga and Sesus Tegra as patrons of Ketek's expedition. Tegra serves as Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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As of this posting, our theories indicate that three-character acronyms are ''places'', integers are ''people'' and decimal-designations are ''expeditions''. ''Year Zero Void'' is likely a treatise to secure funding for a Threshold expedition 10.1. CPF is believed to stand for Citadel of Purifying Flame, which would imply that Shinjo's notes for his play might relate to '18 CPF access on 10.0'.<br />
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Shinjo's conversation with the All-Seeing Eye revealed that the HPS were a group of scholars chastised by the Scarlet Empress 5 years ago. Sesus Tegra did not see the need for the corrective action, and is still angered by it and by the man tasked with bringing the wayward group to heel, Sesus Nagat. Whatever their research topics, it angered both the Throne and the Eye. Sesus Kurigazu, a Senator from the Magel household, is likewise upset by his frivolous use of the books with Jozan and Shinjo.<br />
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'''TWO SNAKES FACING EACH OTHER''' <br><br />
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The Magel family appears to be upsetting the political status quo of the Imperial City, and given Sesus Magel Ketek's obvious familial ties and Sesus Roga's chair of the Historical Preservation Society which Okubo had interest in, it behooves us to include the Magels in our investigation.<br />
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Sorae looked into the Magel family tree: <br><br />
'''Magel''' himself(herself?) descends from Sesus and Iselsi Naran, married to Cynis Parovar. Has a daughter Zhanja, and three brothers Roga, Talor and Nagat.<br><br />
'''Nagat''', the youngest, has four sons by Assuri Tarii: Marand, Mendei, Mdoro, and Mraka. Mraka is notable for toadying for Sesus Kivo.<br><br />
'''Roga''' has two daughters Kathana and Kiara, and two sons Kurigazu and Kivo. Kathana married General Dochao, interestingly, and their daughter Doshtara married Nagat's son Marand.<br><br />
'''Talor''' has two sons Urgurnazi and Kenruyo.<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat's rise to the House Sesus elder council is a recent affair in City politics as of 23rd DE and the campaign's opening. He appears to be the main sponsor of the Fourth Legion, which has taken the garrison of the Imperial City. He is mentor of a sort to General Dochao, and uncle to Sesus Kivo and Sesus Kiara. He is also one of the triumvirs of the Silent Legion, alongside Cynis Ukinyo and Vneef Bijar. He was pressured to have Sesus Septimus declared Anathema-tainted and executed by Peleps Staemos, but refrained. He wishes the investigation into Okubo's murder resolved in some way, so long as a Mnemon is not implicated. He attended the Spring Flowers Gala, where he involved Ledaal Shinjo in a plan to spread rumours of the fierce love between Peleps Archova and Sesus Zhoutai. Later he gave a gift to Jozan and Shinjo of a pair of books that showed a peculiar insight into their hearts; Jozan received ''Drunken Reflections'' by Du Fu and Shinjo received a rare copy of ''Peach Blossom Fan'' with a rewritten, happy ending.<br><br />
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'''NOTE:''' READING NAGAT'S PEACH BLOSSOM FAN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA<br />
The book appears to have been written in very late Shogunate era Chiaroscuro for the daimyo of that city. He had a cabal of romantic artists who were prolific at the time.<br />
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== Other Personages Leads ==<br />
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'''STRATEGOI SESUS DOCHAO'''<br />
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As a younger man, Strategoi Sesus Dochao served as part of an escort for one of Sesus Ketek's expeditions. Septimus asked after the story, but the General put it off for another time.<br />
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'''SESUS TEGRA, MISTRESS OF THE DELIBERATIVE'''<br />
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'''SESUS OKUNI'''<br />
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== Mysterious Places == <br />
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'''THE MURDER SCENE'''<br />
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The murder happened on East Ninjo Street. The palanquin and the bodies are covered in long straight slashes, cuts are to the neck and legs. Blood seems to have sprayed outwards away from the more poorly lit western walls of the House of Mist. Okubo seems to have been struck first, with his bearers dying moments later as they attempted to flee. Okubo's weapon was undrawn. The palanquin's lanterns were unlit, so the killer would have needed excellent night vision to have seen its target from atop the House of Mist.<br />
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Mnemon Vesko and Mnemon Palima were first upon the scene, while Peleps Turina's palanquin had passed by just before.<br />
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'''THE SERVANT'S PAVILION & THE SECRET MANSE'''<br><br />
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Sorae's letter from Okubo lead into the Palace Gardens, where she found a place "off the beaten paths of Dynasts": a pavilion for the servants who labour within the Palace. On AW 14th Shinjo sneaks into an underground tunnel network hidden beneath the pavilion, locating a room where Okubo had left behind a pair of books (Examining And Transcending The Year Zero Void and Walking Among Irises). Cuts in the obsidian walls depict a map of the Imperial Palace, with High Realm numbers over several notable locales: #1 The Western Palace Wing, #2 The Silent Legion HQ #3 The Five Dragon Bridge Gatehouse and #4 The Imperial Manse. X's denote the Servant's Pavilion and the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, with a sweeping cut marking a path from the latter to #4. <br />
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Tyros and Sorae visited the tunnel system on the night of the 15th to find the map missing. Tyros has confirmed that the location is likely a secret manse. A smashed bottle of Thagada wine and bloodstains from fists striking the wall are examined by Sorae. Tyros proves that the western tunnel was bricked up some time ago, though to what purpose we do not know. The location of the manse and the directions of the tunnels hint that they might cross the Imperial Palace walls; if true, the southern tunnel may lead into the water-way between the City and the Palace.<br />
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Sorae found the hearthstone chamber by diving into the overflowing pool in the central chamber, though the way is blocked by a grate of black jade. There are tunnels in the northern wall and a panel with the Old Realm glyph PU on the southern wall. The floor is a lattice which allows water to flow upwards.<br />
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'''EAST NINTH WARD''' <br><br />
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Shinjo spoke to a drunken laborer in the Red Ruby teahouse who recognized faux-Okubo's face and chatted with him for a time. <br />
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The calligraphy in Okubo's rooms are suspected to have been done in the calligraphers shop in the East Ninth Ward. This was confirmed later, with the stanza "The Biting Dogs Hides Its Fangs" being a fragment from peasant poetry along the Serpentine River.<br />
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Okubo had some sort of interest in the printing press in the East Ninth, but this lead may have been cut short by Zhoutai's murder of Ambrim Beg and the destruction of many supplies from the old printing business. We suspect he was trying to get a "true" version of his father's book, ''A Brief Summation'', printed; hence why he had a copy of Yagu's version filled with notations and corrections hidden in his rented rooms.<br />
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'''THE C'TARU TOMB IN TORIBENO''' <br><br />
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Tyros and Septimus found a wax-sealed flower pot in the Cathak C'Taru family tombs of Toribeno by breaking open the clay cover of Sesus Ketek. This urn contained a key which opens Okubo's East 9th apartment, a broken artifact flashlight tool, an orchid ribbon, a journal detailing Ketek's adventures into deep into the Southern wyld, and Ketek's hat (with a Cathak Meata badge covering its original Sesus Magel mon). The ribbon likely serves as a reminder to look deeper into the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, or the servants who serve there...<br />
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The flower pot almost certainly comes from a pottery merchant in the East Ninth, though this remains unconfirmed. We need to prove it and see if Okubo bought more than one pot.<br />
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'''THE COFFIN OF CLUES''' <br><br />
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Okubo had a coffin carved out of stone from the Chisel & Saw in the East 9th Ward, which his family interred him in with alarming haste. The cover of the coffin is an unfinished relief of (presumably) Cathak Okubo himself, arms crossing his chest and clutching as if holding a dagger... the blade itself is missing. There are openings on his forearms for something to be attached... perhaps bracers? On each side of the coffin are small indents and further iconic carvings, at the foot there is a carving of a blank book that the stonemasons hadn't finished. Despite the coffin appearing as some sort of puzzle, there are no mechanisms of any sort built into the stone on Tyros' inspection.<br />
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Our current belief is that the coffin exists as a record of the clues Okubo had left behind for us. The glass dagger, two brass wheels, and 'A Brief Summation' seem to line up as matching missing slots on the coffin, all of which were found in the East 9th. The wheels have a slot for a hearthstone, and the bracers themselves, are still missing.<br />
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A small charm warding against rising as a ghost was placed in the dagger-slot between Okubo's hands, and on the 9th AW Septimus found Okubo's body missing and a will dedicating Okubo's possesions to the friends' children, Primus and Ganta.<br />
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'''The Shrine Of Dutiful Harvests'''<br />
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Brother Radiant Coal has been removed from his position at the Academy and sent to [[the Shrine of Dutiful Harvests]] instead. The Shrine is located either in Ostle or somewhere near; that Okubo dropped the name of Ostle in his Will might serve as an clue that he wanted his friends to visit and speak with his former mentor (and by asking his mother to send money to a servant's family in Ostle he all but assured that Meata would refuse to visit the village!). <br />
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Shinjo is currently conspiring to find a way to visit the village, possibly with Mnemon Miasa or his brother, in order to investigate if Okubo left anything with Radiant Coal.<br />
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== Possible Enemies ==<br />
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'''LEDAAL VENOSA'''<br />
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There is a theory that Ledaal Venosa is attempting to actively hinder the investigation into Okubo's murder. If there is truth to it, she may well know or be involved in the act itself. The evidence is largely circumstantial, but compelling.<br />
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First, she was certainly listening when Shinjo passed clues hidden in poems to Sorae at the Spring Flowers Gala. Shortly thereafter, the doors to the Fire Temple were closed to Sorae; possible it was related to her duel with Vessala, and thus not conclusive.<br />
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Magistrates are eager to pin the recent murders on Tepet Sorae, and Black Wood passed along that being in possession of anything linked to Cathak Okubo could well seal such suspicions. Shinjo had gifted the red faceted statue and the glass dagger to Sorae as tokens of affection, and no one (except servants and possibly Jozan, who is in league with Venosa) was aware of it.<br />
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The evening Shinjo and Sorae intended to venture into the Gardens together to follow Okubo's clues Venosa appeared. Later ventures into the secret water manse did not find the same map that Shinjo saw that night carved into the manse walls.<br />
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'''STRATEGOI CATHAK MEATA'''<br />
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The worst mom.<br />
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== Okubo Leads ==<br />
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'''OKUBO'S INVITATIONS''' <br><br />
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See [http://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Documents_relating_to_the_Investigation_of_Cathak_Okubo]<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To V'neef Cenjanis RY768 DE14<br />
- mentions recent events in City politics bringing to mind school days<br />
- fallen from the path of forging a better world?<br />
- troubled times, we can all use true friends?<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE9<br />
- received invitation as if fated, wants to talk about magitech and geomancy<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE14<br />
- invite to the now assembled gathering<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ledaal Shinjo RY768 DE14<br />
- attended Shinjo's play in Descending Earth?<br />
- remembering climbing over walls under cover of darkness<br />
- friends standing side by side against all comers<br />
- taking in poems of Rawar and his sort, their appeal their simplicity<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE14<br />
- some day take a legion to kill the Bull<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE18<br />
- place within the Palace well-suited to martial exercise if don't mind odd stare or two venturing off the beaten path of Dynasts into areas mostly occupied by<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Sesus Septimus RY768 DE14<br />
- Wants to ask question in confidence on the 4th Legion's impending arrival <br />
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'''OKUBO'S INTERCEPTED INVITATION TO SEPTIMUS''' <br><br />
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Septimus' letter was lost by a courier, who was found dead of opium overdose. The letter was damaged, including the bottom piece having been torn off; whatever last bit of wisdom Okubo meant to convey is gone. <br />
The Thousand Scales bureaucrat who approved the courier, Thesk Dark, was disenfranchised and followed home to his apartments in the East Districts where Sesus Kanya then killed him legally. Nothing of note was found in his rooms. Sesus Kanya received a promotion and a swift return to Eagle's Launch, which coincides suspiciously with these events {needs documentation}. Who promoted her?<br />
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The courier himself was Okubo's favorite courier, which implies that Okubo likely used him because he could be trusted.<br />
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'''OKUBO AND KORA'''<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat let slip that he had seen the two together at a gala in Resplendent Earth in a discussion with Septimus. Kimiasha remembers a likely party on 16th Resplendent Earth, a mixer where several notable Dynasts from Houses Sesus, Mnemon, Cynis and Peleps paraded their kids to try and arrange marriages. Attendees of note: Lady XXXX (Mnemon?) Taira, Sesus Nagat, Cynis Wisel, Sesus Indira... Sesus Kivo, Sesus Kimiasha... "a gaggle of Peleps"... Nellens Spulumbo & Nellens Cherelle <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S POEMS''' <br><br />
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Okubo's quarters had two snippets of poetry, brushed by a Ninth Ward calligrapher, adorning his wall. Shinjo identified these as belonging to Rawar of Arjuf and carved into Rawar's Rock. A painting in the Ledaal wing of the palace gave him insight on the origins as of the thread Flowers Blossom in Spring. <br />
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"...the so-called Gatehouse of the South which guides ships onto the proper path towards the great harbour at Arjuf. It is not a place of interest for many Ledaal Dynasts, being a Legion fortress distant from other points of note, but the cliff on which it stood was known as Rawar's Rock.<br />
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The painting depicts the cliff face marked with rows of complex characters in Old Realm.<br />
WHEN YOU PAINT A DRAGON<br />
YOU PAINT HIS SCALES NOT HIS BONES<br />
WHEN YOU SEE A MAN<br />
YOU SEE HIS FACE NOT HIS HEART<br />
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NO MATTER HOW YOU PAINT YOUR FACE<br />
THERE WILL BE NO TIGERS<br />
AROUND THIS MOUNTAIN"<br />
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'''OKUBO'S GATE RECORDS'''<br><br />
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Sesus Septimus used his authority to requisition gate records that showed Okubo passing through the City gates several days prior to his death. Storage of the City's gate records is handled by Stoic Quail, the elder clerk in charge of them. He peruses the records for the 15th through the 21th of Descending Earth looking for mention of Mnemon Kora and Cathak Okubo, finding only a few mentions:<br />
- Mnemon Kora leaves the City on the 19th of DE, southern City gate<br />
- Kora and Okubo enter the City on the 21st of DE, southern City gate<br />
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'''MEANING BEHIND THE DIM SUM'''<br />
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The party met at the Blossoming Orchid Pavillion to reunite with Cathak Okubo after many years apart. Though he was waylaid before he could arrive, the meal he had planned was still served. [[Dynastic Dim Sum]] is often used to convey meaning from the host to the diners, to complement themes of discussion or to imply things that cannot be said.<br />
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First course: A platter of grapes, Vneef Thagada wine from the RY753 vintage thinned with water, and soup dumplings.<br />
Second course: grilled eel, a plate of bamboo-stuffed mushrooms over rice, and jasmine spiced salmon with cinnamon tea (of note: a servant apologized that quail stuffed with onions was not available, so the salmon was a regrettable substitution)<br />
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THEORY #1: The dishes are organized to symbolize the weakened bond of friendship between the primary-school clique (watered wine from the year everyone met), and possibly strength from renewed union between those politically opposed (grilled eel being an Air dish cooked by Fire, mushrooms a melding of Wood and Earth). This theory does not account well for the quail, as it fits a different pattern altogether.<br />
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THEORY #2: Similar to #1, but the dishes are meant to match with the invitations sent to the various guests, telling us which vaguely written hints to combine together. In this reading, combining Sorae and Shinjo's invitations nets us "go to a place where only servants go" and "leaping over walls at night", which may be a hint on where to find the hidden manse under the Servant's Pavilion. <br />
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THEORY #3: The dishes represent individuals, not themes or places. If this is the case, the first course likely represents V'neef Thagada herself (wine, grapes) and Cathak Okubo (soup dumplings, his favorite dish). Using that as a key to the second course, we are left with:<br />
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:'''Stuffed quail''' - an important personage who represents House Sesus, perhaps Lord Nagat<br />
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:'''Stuffed mushrooms''' - an earth-aligned food made to look like a flower, one possibility is an Exalt of one aspect from a House of the other (an Earth Aspect in a Wood family is Vneef Pepaa's suggestion). A possible candidate for this would be Ragara Isamatara, as a Wood Aspect in a Earth House obsessed with earthy things like gems. An alternative meaning would take the mushroom more literally, and suggest Ledaal Aleval is the intended; he is a Wood Aspect interested in mushrooms.<br />
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:'''Grilled eel''' - Descending Earth, seasonal dish. An air-aligned creature from the water placed over fire. Perhaps an air aspect wed to a fiery spouse or from a House known to favor Fire. We have several candidates for this, including Sesus Okuni, Nestor of the Temple of Mela, and Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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:'''Cinnamon tea''' - Southern flavors, not traditionally served with meals due to the burning taste. Could be tied to Arjuf, or Chiraoscuro. No notable personage matched.<br />
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:'''Jasmine Salmon''' - Resplendent Air, seasonal dish. May not have any meaning at all because of substitution.<br />
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This avenue is currently under the purview of Tyros, who is arranging a meeting with lady Thagada to confirm theory #3's validity.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S MISSING BODY''' <br><br />
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Septimus visited Toribeno after reports of vandals lurking about. The monks explained that they had been accosted by a blonde woman with several bulky bodyguards in tow in the middle of the night on the 8th AW. She seemed unsteady and cruel. Septimus checked Okubo's tomb only to find the body missing and a crumpled letter detailing Okubo's will and divestment of possessions. <br />
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It was confirmed in 'Flame on the Shore' that Cynis Tiir had absconded with the body. <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S WILL'''<br><br />
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What jade and coin he has was to be distributed to his bearers Tallow Eater and Long Road, or to their families in Ostle and Vatamu.<br><br />
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He mentions the coffin he had commissioned, and his wish to be carried to the south to be cremated at the gravestone of his father; he expressesly wishes not to be left behind in the tomb of C'taru. <br><br />
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Searing Fire, his grand daiklaive, is bestowed to Tepet Ganta; Flame that held against the sea is granted to Ledaal Primus. As Ganta was born in RE or DE, that means the will was written very recently. <br><br />
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'''TEMPLE OF FIRE & IMMACULATE MARTIAL ARTS''' <br><br />
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A martial arts Charm manual found inside the secret manse called ''Walking Among Irisis'' implies that Okubo was meditating<br />
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== Sesus Ketek Leads ==<br />
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'''SESUS KETEK AND THE CITY OF GOLD'''<br><br />
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[[Sesus Ketek]] embarked on an expedition deep into the Southern deserts that would in the end claim his life. A journal was found, left by Okubo in a tomb marked for his father, detailing the expedition noting important landmarks and oasis (transcribe journal here). <br />
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Tyros compared the journal to Rekka's description of her migratory patterns and drew a rudimentary map comparing them. Ketek's journey brought him further south than the safest oasis Rekka knows of.<br />
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A letter from [[Tepet Yoshimitsu]] of the [[9th Imperial Legion]] to [[Cathak Okubo]] can be found in the Ducks in a Row thread. It was found in Okubo's rooms in the [[East 9th Ward]]. The letter tells of the attempt to return Sesus Ketek's belongings after he died; [[Cathak Meata]] returned everything to sender, and so Yoshimitsu found Ketek's son at the [[House of Bells]] sent everything there. It appears a single monk survived the expedition and encountered Yoshimitsu's unit in the south... the monk travelled to Arjuf afterwards. Sorae has asked for further details about the encounter from the [[Taimyo Council]], as well as inquiring briefly with Dragonlord [[Tepet Saigo|Saigo]] about Yoshimitsu's fate; the man died at the [[Battle of Futile Blood]].<br><br />
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'''SESUS KETEK'S BOOKS''' <br><br />
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Sesus Ketek wrote several books on southern history and lore, all of which Cathak Okubo was in possession of and clearly interested in. The party has undertaken an investigation into a single book thus far, and will embark on similar ones after the next party gathering.<br />
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[[A Brief Summation of pre-Imperial failures in Tactical Manoeuvres against the Fae]]<br />
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[[A record of Lion Fae Incursions in the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Defensive Strategies of the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]]<br />
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[[Notable Ruins of the Southern Threshold]]<br />
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[[Suppression of Wyld-madness in the Outer Slums of Chiaroscuro]]<br />
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[[Theredin Ruin - A History]]<br />
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[[A Summation of the Battle at Teran-woo Bridge]] - Shinjo has taken inspiration from Sesus Ketek's book for his new play for the Festival of Sextes Jylis. It seems likely that the book is a distillation of events taken from pouring over the folklore of the south, including plays and songs and stories such as the one Rekka shared with Shinjo on her first night in his rooms.<br />
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'''HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY'''<br><br />
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A red carved crystal Shinjo found in the East Ninth reveals a projection of Ketek and a boy (Okubo? Yagu?) when the Purposeful Lamp is used on it. An inscription, including a possible maker's mark of sorts, can be seen:<br><br />
9.0.3<br><br />
18<br><br />
and firetongue words: ‘exacting’, ‘exciting’, or ‘excising’ followed by ‘vessel’, ‘damsel’, or ‘chisel’, with a third word below: ‘gum’, ‘gem, or ‘gam’. <br><br />
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The inside of ''Walking Among Irisis'' has this description: <br><br />
E.18<br><br />
T.762.DF.4<br><br />
G.9.0.22<br><br />
D.Text, training, Shogunate.<br><br />
A.Deferred<br><br />
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Reading ''Year Zero Void'', Tyros yields the following cryptic analysis: Numbers ‘9’, ‘10’, and ‘16’ appear to be the source of theories of some sort, and suggestion of discussion between those sources and ‘7’ at ‘GSC‘ is frequently suggested, as are discussions between ‘11’, ‘17’, and ‘19’ at ‘ECS’, sometimes adding ‘16’ at ‘GDO’. The subjects for discussion seem to be ’10.1’, from which appear to be drawn subjects ’10.0’ and ‘9.0’. Apparently the intended reader knows some information connected with ’18 CPF access on 10.0’.<br />
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The key expeditions called for seem to be a continuation of ’12 PAA on 10.1 10.0’, and ’15 18 9.0.2 and further following 10.0 9.0 developments’, the latter of which seems to depend on some sort of supply allocation via ’20 WBW’. <br />
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A letter from Sesus Roga and Nellens Taralla of the Historical Preservation Society to Sesus Ketek bears the symbols "GSC. FR 14" in the top right. Roga is listed as Venerated Chair and Taralla as Honored Treasurer.<br />
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A dedication in [[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]] records Sesus Roga and Sesus Tegra as patrons of Ketek's expedition. Tegra serves as Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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As of this posting, our theories indicate that three-character acronyms are ''places'', integers are ''people'' and decimal-designations are ''expeditions''. ''Year Zero Void'' is likely a treatise to secure funding for a Threshold expedition 10.1. CPF is believed to stand for Citadel of Purifying Flame, which would imply that Shinjo's notes for his play might relate to '18 CPF access on 10.0'.<br />
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Shinjo's conversation with the All-Seeing Eye revealed that the HPS were a group of scholars chastised by the Scarlet Empress 5 years ago. Sesus Tegra did not see the need for the corrective action, and is still angered by it and by the man tasked with bringing the wayward group to heel, Sesus Nagat. Whatever their research topics, it angered both the Throne and the Eye. Sesus Kurigazu, a Senator from the Magel household, is likewise upset by his frivolous use of the books with Jozan and Shinjo.<br />
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'''TWO SNAKES FACING EACH OTHER''' <br><br />
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The Magel family appears to be upsetting the political status quo of the Imperial City, and given Sesus Magel Ketek's obvious familial ties and Sesus Roga's chair of the Historical Preservation Society which Okubo had interest in, it behooves us to include the Magels in our investigation.<br />
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Sorae looked into the Magel family tree: <br><br />
'''Magel''' himself(herself?) descends from Sesus and Iselsi Naran, married to Cynis Parovar. Has a daughter Zhanja, and three brothers Roga, Talor and Nagat.<br><br />
'''Nagat''', the youngest, has four sons by Assuri Tarii: Marand, Mendei, Mdoro, and Mraka. Mraka is notable for toadying for Sesus Kivo.<br><br />
'''Roga''' has two daughters Kathana and Kiara, and two sons Kurigazu and Kivo. Kathana married General Dochao, interestingly, and their daughter Doshtara married Nagat's son Marand.<br><br />
'''Talor''' has two sons Urgurnazi and Kenruyo.<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat's rise to the House Sesus elder council is a recent affair in City politics as of 23rd DE and the campaign's opening. He appears to be the main sponsor of the Fourth Legion, which has taken the garrison of the Imperial City. He is mentor of a sort to General Dochao, and uncle to Sesus Kivo and Sesus Kiara. He is also one of the triumvirs of the Silent Legion, alongside Cynis Ukinyo and Vneef Bijar. He was pressured to have Sesus Septimus declared Anathema-tainted and executed by Peleps Staemos, but refrained. He wishes the investigation into Okubo's murder resolved in some way, so long as a Mnemon is not implicated. He attended the Spring Flowers Gala, where he involved Ledaal Shinjo in a plan to spread rumours of the fierce love between Peleps Archova and Sesus Zhoutai. Later he gave a gift to Jozan and Shinjo of a pair of books that showed a peculiar insight into their hearts; Jozan received ''Drunken Reflections'' by Du Fu and Shinjo received a rare copy of ''Peach Blossom Fan'' with a rewritten, happy ending.<br><br />
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'''NOTE:''' READING NAGAT'S PEACH BLOSSOM FAN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA<br />
The book appears to have been written in very late Shogunate era Chiaroscuro for the daimyo of that city. He had a cabal of romantic artists who were prolific at the time.<br />
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== Other Personages Leads ==<br />
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'''STRATEGOI SESUS DOCHAO'''<br />
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As a younger man, Strategoi Sesus Dochao served as part of an escort for one of Sesus Ketek's expeditions. Septimus asked after the story, but the General put it off for another time.<br />
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'''SESUS TEGRA, MISTRESS OF THE DELIBERATIVE'''<br />
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'''SESUS OKUNI'''<br />
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== Mysterious Places == <br />
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'''THE MURDER SCENE'''<br />
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The murder happened on East Ninjo Street. The palanquin and the bodies are covered in long straight slashes, cuts are to the neck and legs. Blood seems to have sprayed outwards away from the more poorly lit western walls of the House of Mist. Okubo seems to have been struck first, with his bearers dying moments later as they attempted to flee. Okubo's weapon was undrawn. The palanquin's lanterns were unlit, so the killer would have needed excellent night vision to have seen its target from atop the House of Mist.<br />
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Mnemon Vesko and Mnemon Palima were first upon the scene, while Peleps Turina's palanquin had passed by just before.<br />
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'''THE SERVANT'S PAVILION & THE SECRET MANSE'''<br><br />
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Sorae's letter from Okubo lead into the Palace Gardens, where she found a place "off the beaten paths of Dynasts": a pavilion for the servants who labour within the Palace. On AW 14th Shinjo sneaks into an underground tunnel network hidden beneath the pavilion, locating a room where Okubo had left behind a pair of books (Examining And Transcending The Year Zero Void and Walking Among Irises). Cuts in the obsidian walls depict a map of the Imperial Palace, with High Realm numbers over several notable locales: #1 The Western Palace Wing, #2 The Silent Legion HQ #3 The Five Dragon Bridge Gatehouse and #4 The Imperial Manse. X's denote the Servant's Pavilion and the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, with a sweeping cut marking a path from the latter to #4. <br />
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Tyros and Sorae visited the tunnel system on the night of the 15th to find the map missing. Tyros has confirmed that the location is likely a secret manse. A smashed bottle of Thagada wine and bloodstains from fists striking the wall are examined by Sorae. Tyros proves that the western tunnel was bricked up some time ago, though to what purpose we do not know. The location of the manse and the directions of the tunnels hint that they might cross the Imperial Palace walls; if true, the southern tunnel may lead into the water-way between the City and the Palace.<br />
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Sorae found the hearthstone chamber by diving into the overflowing pool in the central chamber, though the way is blocked by a grate of black jade. There are tunnels in the northern wall and a panel with the Old Realm glyph PU on the southern wall. The floor is a lattice which allows water to flow upwards.<br />
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'''EAST NINTH WARD''' <br><br />
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Shinjo spoke to a drunken laborer in the Red Ruby teahouse who recognized faux-Okubo's face and chatted with him for a time. <br />
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The calligraphy in Okubo's rooms are suspected to have been done in the calligraphers shop in the East Ninth Ward. This was confirmed later, with the stanza "The Biting Dogs Hides Its Fangs" being a fragment from peasant poetry along the Serpentine River.<br />
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Okubo had some sort of interest in the printing press in the East Ninth, but this lead may have been cut short by Zhoutai's murder of Ambrim Beg and the destruction of many supplies from the old printing business. We suspect he was trying to get a "true" version of his father's book, ''A Brief Summation'', printed; hence why he had a copy of Yagu's version filled with notations and corrections hidden in his rented rooms.<br />
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'''THE C'TARU TOMB IN TORIBENO''' <br><br />
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Tyros and Septimus found a wax-sealed flower pot in the Cathak C'Taru family tombs of Toribeno by breaking open the clay cover of Sesus Ketek. This urn contained a key which opens Okubo's East 9th apartment, a broken artifact flashlight tool, an orchid ribbon, a journal detailing Ketek's adventures into deep into the Southern wyld, and Ketek's hat (with a Cathak Meata badge covering its original Sesus Magel mon). The ribbon likely serves as a reminder to look deeper into the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, or the servants who serve there...<br />
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The flower pot almost certainly comes from a pottery merchant in the East Ninth, though this remains unconfirmed. We need to prove it and see if Okubo bought more than one pot.<br />
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'''THE COFFIN OF CLUES''' <br><br />
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Okubo had a coffin carved out of stone from the Chisel & Saw in the East 9th Ward, which his family interred him in with alarming haste. The cover of the coffin is an unfinished relief of (presumably) Cathak Okubo himself, arms crossing his chest and clutching as if holding a dagger... the blade itself is missing. There are openings on his forearms for something to be attached... perhaps bracers? On each side of the coffin are small indents and further iconic carvings, at the foot there is a carving of a blank book that the stonemasons hadn't finished. Despite the coffin appearing as some sort of puzzle, there are no mechanisms of any sort built into the stone on Tyros' inspection.<br />
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Our current belief is that the coffin exists as a record of the clues Okubo had left behind for us. The glass dagger, two brass wheels, and 'A Brief Summation' seem to line up as matching missing slots on the coffin, all of which were found in the East 9th. The wheels have a slot for a hearthstone, and the bracers themselves, are still missing.<br />
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A small charm warding against rising as a ghost was placed in the dagger-slot between Okubo's hands, and on the 9th AW Septimus found Okubo's body missing and a will dedicating Okubo's possesions to the friends' children, Primus and Ganta.<br />
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'''The Shrine Of Dutiful Harvests'''<br />
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Brother Radiant Coal has been removed from his position at the Academy and sent to [[the Shrine of Dutiful Harvests]] instead. The Shrine is located either in Ostle or somewhere near; that Okubo dropped the name of Ostle in his Will might serve as an clue that he wanted his friends to visit and speak with his former mentor (and by asking his mother to send money to a servant's family in Ostle he all but assured that Meata would refuse to visit the village!). <br />
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Shinjo is currently conspiring to find a way to visit the village, possibly with Mnemon Miasa or his brother, in order to investigate if Okubo left anything with Radiant Coal.<br />
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== Possible Enemies ==<br />
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'''LEDAAL VENOSA'''<br />
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There is a theory that Ledaal Venosa is attempting to actively hinder the investigation into Okubo's murder. If there is truth to it, she may well know or be involved in the act itself. The evidence is largely circumstantial, but compelling.<br />
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First, she was certainly listening when Shinjo passed clues hidden in poems to Sorae at the Spring Flowers Gala. Shortly thereafter, the doors to the Fire Temple were closed to Sorae; possible it was related to her duel with Vessala, and thus not conclusive.<br />
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Magistrates are eager to pin the recent murders on Tepet Sorae, and Black Wood passed along that being in possession of anything linked to Cathak Okubo could well seal such suspicions. Shinjo had gifted the red faceted statue and the glass dagger to Sorae as tokens of affection, and no one (except servants and possibly Jozan, who is in league with Venosa) was aware of it.<br />
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The evening Shinjo and Sorae intended to venture into the Gardens together to follow Okubo's clues Venosa appeared. Later ventures into the secret water manse did not find the same map that Shinjo saw that night carved into the manse walls.<br />
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'''STRATEGOI CATHAK MEATA'''<br />
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The worst mom.<br />
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[[Category:Investigation into the Death of Cathak Okubo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Shinjo%27s_Agenda&diff=8730Shinjo's Agenda2026-09-05T01:39:58Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>== Current Events ==<br />
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Waiting on letters from : <br />
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[[Ledaal Venosa]] - response to letter from morning 22nd AW <br />
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[[Sesus Nagat]] - an invite to his Villa and the cultural artifacts collected within<br />
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[[V'neef Mahara]] - invite to a gala to recruit the Untamed Flame<br />
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[[V'neef Kalla]] - response to changes to Instruction of the Wastrel<br />
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[[Ledaal Mercurio]] - an invite to peruse books on the Orderly Flame and Teran Woo<br />
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Shinjo is currently focused on finishing his play for the Festival of Wood. To that end he is adapting Immaculate treatises and hoping to 'borrow' from obscure southern works of theater by following Prodigal Salt's example. His immediate concerns are visiting the Serpent's villa, attending Toji Temple and fending off betrothals from Cynis Hibare and Mnemon Miasa; the latter he wants to lead on for a time longer in hopes of gaining knowledge of lord Dashwe and lady Kora (MAIN PLOT). Once his play is done he may also visit the Academy to show it to the monk Radiant Coal as pretext for asking after Okubo (MAIN PLOT).<br />
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Future plans include rehearsals for Mahara's gala, fielding the demands of the Untamed Flame for a role denied, and organizing a night of revelry with Jozan and Cynis Bei for Tyros' bachelor party. <br />
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Shinjo also has to deliver a letter for his father to Kalla, as well as obtaining her measurements for a suit of armor. Shinjo owes Kalla his arm for securing a gala invite and visiting a coastal retreat with her... which almost certainly means Arjuf.<br />
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== List of Subplots ==<br />
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'''Infiltration of the Cathedral'''<br><br />
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The All-Seeing Eye wants Shinjo to exploit his connection with Ragara Thannak-Tyros to obtain further access and information. The Eye demands specific details of all connections and interactions between Thannak-Tyros/the Cathedral, Ragara Raman/the 6th Legion, and the Black Helms... times and dates of meetings, contents of conversations, supply/payment transfers, and production orders.<br><br />
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- Shinjo has spoken to Tyros at length about various aspects of his craft: his desire to create new wonders over repairing and maintaining old ones, the loss of various arts like the crafting of artifacts of permanent effect that do not require such maintenance, and the techniques required for utilizing materials like moonsilver. <br><br />
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- The Eye passed along a clue on asking Tyros about the Mnemon monks who staff his Cathedral, Shinjo has not found a good way to bring this up yet <br><br />
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- Tyros let slip that his betrothal to V'neef Pepaa is a also a business partnership of sorts. Combined with his utter focus on his work at the Cathedral and his professed lack of skill in her field of bureaucracy, the implication is that she is involved in the management of his business. Shinjo intends to cross her path to learn more about her.<br><br />
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- Shinjo commissioned a suit of light armor from Tyros for V'neef Kalla. Assuming pick up is done at Tyros' manse, Shinjo and the Eye might use it as an opportunity to investigate his private documents... seeing as the circle keeps records of the Okubo investigation there, this might need to be diverted in some way. <br><br />
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'''East 9th Ward: Printing The Pillow Book'''<br><br />
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Shinjo promised Sesus Nagat a story on the unexpressed romance between Sesus Zhoutai and Peleps Archova, as well as promising Sesus Kimiasha a pillow book. The two ideas are combined, and production begins with a visit to Cynis Shungado, master of shunga woodblock art, and to the Theatre of Enticing Display for inspiration.<br />
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- Once art is done Shinjo plans to have the pillow book printed in the East 9th 'Zhoutarn' printery as an excuse to visit in person and investigate.<br><br />
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- Shungado poisoned Shinjo and used him as a model for some of the artwork, causing Shinjo to wander the Palace halls in some sort of crazed manner. He appears to have run across Cynis Tiburon, Tepet Jozan, and Peleps Staemos... which bodes ill.<br><br />
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- Shinjo may have spoken at great length about the women in his life with Shungado, as the man appears aware of the liason with Miasa and has also drugged and painted pictures of Kimiasha and Sorae entangled in bed together. Wow.<br><br />
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'''The Play of Teran Woo'''<br><br />
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The Ledaal City Maidens Saturnia and Venosa, as well as Senator Yashiva, have requested a play written for the express purpose of convincing House Cathak to march the 2nd Legion south to defeat Saloy Hin. It will be performed at the Festival of Sextes Jylis. Cathak Baitai, General Meata's lover, has agreed to act in it, but Shinjo's attempt to recruit Cathak Vessala at the Spring Flowers gala failed.<br><br />
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- Shinjo decided to use the Battle of Teran Woo to stand as metaphor in place of Scorpion Ridge, where troops from both Ledaal and Cathak units bested a dragon of Hin's. He read about Teran Woo in Sesus Ketek's book, as well as getting the tale from Rekka, a fire elemental summoned to share his bed.<br><br />
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- The intent is to "correct" Ketek's history books and thereby please General Meata, who hates her husband. The play will also show that House Ledaal's scholars share the same values as the Cathak historians with relation to "truth", as Shinjo intends to use the stage to alter the history of events such that two Dragon-Blooded armies won the field at Teran Woo, and not an assemblage of gods and elementals absent DB commanders.<br><br />
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- Shinjo convinced Tyros to recruit a fang of dragon armor pilots to act as Shogunate-era officers in a bid to involve his House's other interests in sorcery and scavenging.<br> <br />
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- The play will feature a theme for the religious in the audience of how the words of the Immaculate creed inspired the corrupt censor Swan Dragon to lead many of his fellows in the famous battle of Teran Woo under Terrestrial command.<br />
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'''Maharra's Gala'''<br><br />
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'''STAEMOS'''<br><br />
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While drugged and wandering the Palace, Shinjo appears to have encountered Peleps Staemos.<br><br />
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- Cejanis received a crate of peach schnapps (I suspect it is rice-wine with peach flavor?) with a letter from Staemos asking for her to forward the gifts to Shinjo as "completion of his end of their contract". Cejanis has sent several letters to Shinjo that have progressively angrier. She also inquired with Senator Yashiva about Shinjo's dealings with Staemos, which caused the old man to snap a cookie in twain.<br><br />
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- Shinjo sent a letter to Peleps Staemos with an overly cryptic poem.<br><br />
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'''This is my favorite infiltration on the Citadel''' <br><br />
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The Eye also demands explicit details be gathered from the Citadel of Purifying Flame: exact troop numbers, unit identifications, contents of arsenals and deployment preparations, names of officers present, destinations of any deployments. <br><br />
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- Shinjo largely bailed on this objective, though hope remains that Cathak Caiji can be tapped as a resource on 1st Legion movements. <br><br />
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== Marriages ==<br />
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There seem to be particular omens that trigger Shinjo's destined marriage. Notable related events are sex in a manse, pillow-books, and gifts of adamantine glass; Shinjo is not aware of the latter.<br />
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'''House Cathak'''<br><br />
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The Houses of Cathak and Ledaal have recent close relations, and as a "Ledaal without sorcery" Shinjo is an ideal candidate for a match to a suitable Cathak. Likely politcal angle is sealing the agreement to march the Second Legion south. This House is considered Shinjo's least favored match however.<br />
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''[[Cathak Vessala]]'' <br><br />
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The Untamed Flame was present at the Spring Flowers Gala, and was Shinjo's first choice for the role in Venosa's script. Her wild antics and threats towards Sorae resulted in Shinjo looking elsewhere for a lead actress. She was present at the Citadel of Purifying Flame, but Shinjo avoided her there in fear that his House meant to replicate his romance with Miasa and would threaten him with binding to the House of War. Recently, Shinjo engaged Vneef Mahara to write the Flame and imply that she was being denied the role at the Festival on account of the young playwright's wandering heart.<br><br />
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''[[Cathak Caiji]]'' <br><br />
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Talonlord in the 1st, Cathak Caiji is Septimus' favored candidate. She may be under the impression Shinjo is more heroic than he truly is due to his pressure on helping her see through the rumors spread through House Cathak. On AW22 V'Neef Cejanis lied to Shinjo and said she had overheard rumors of a possible match for him with Caiji in order to threaten him. He over-reacted somewhat.<br><br />
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'''House Vneef''' <br><br />
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Another close ally of House Ledaal, no obvious candidate has been put forward from the House Placentic. Unknown politics. Shinjo considers Vneef the least onerous home he could be sent to... aside from his childhood friend who stands as an easy match.<br />
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''[[V'neef Cejanis]]'' <br><br />
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The worst. A young potential Senator from Ledaal or Cathak is her ideal match, someone she can control. Shinjo asked her to assemble a list of attractive Vneef women for him to couple with in hopes of arranging something more suitable to his tastes... and to help her stop his marriage to a Cynis. Cejanis betrayed that trust and threatened him with a Cathak match, sundering the fragile agreement for the moment. <br><br />
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''[[V'neef Kalla]]'' <br><br />
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Strictly speaking not a Vneef at all but an outcaste, Kalla has been maneuvering to secure a husband since before the beginning of the chronicle. She agreed to sail for Arjuf for a performance, with speculation she was promised Shinjo as her husband (I think the actual terms were "any bachelor in the Palace of Vines" because Venosa is a witch)... learning the date of that deal may be of use in the Okubo investigation. At the very least she has recruited Tepet Jozan, Vneef Mahara and Sesus Seramis in her efforts to manipulate Shinjo. The boy has no idea, as he believes that she and Jozan are lovers; besides, who would want to marry INTO House Ledaal?<br />
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'''House Cynis''' <br><br />
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The House of Art traded a son to Arjuf a hundred years ago with promise the blood would be returned; Cynis Tiburon clearly feels Shinjo is "the Prince that was Promised" and is trying to force the issue now for political advantage in returning his vineyards. Shinjo's second-most preferred home, aside from the poor quality of the candidates, the highly political nature of the alliance, inevitable sexual abuse, having to train slaves, etc.<br />
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''[[Cynis Hinoke]] and [[Cynis Hibare]]''<br />
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Twin sisters of the Belar line threatening the bachelorhood of Shinjo and Jozan. Shinjo had the occasional dalliances with both at the Academy, and knows that the two cannot stand each other for long.<br />
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''[[Cynis Banqui]]'' <br><br />
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Short and eternally youthful, Banqui is sensitive about her swordsmanship skills and child-like appearance.<br />
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''[[Cynis Lara]]'' <br><br />
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Lacking the perfect beauty of many of the City's actresses, Lara will be angered by mention of her crooked nose.<br />
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'''House Sesus''' <br><br />
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The feathery Kajak branch is putting forth a candidate, mostly due to Sesus Kimiasha's whim and desire to free Sorae's lover from the House of Sorcery. Politics might concern Immaculate assistance with salt rate?<br />
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''[[Sesus Abeisha]]?'' <br><br />
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Student at the Academy and theatrical prodigy. Daughter of Sesus Seramis.<br />
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'''House Mnemon''' <br><br />
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Alliance between the two Houses strong in the Immaculate Order heralds some agreement for a religious project. Likely they are negotiating a deal to suppress the salt gods who are abusing the opening with the Realm's disorder to exploit the common-folk reliant on them. This behavior has had repercussions on the Empire's economics, especially on the western prefectures.<br />
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''[[Mnemon Fufuara]]'' <br><br />
Fellow student at the Academy. Possibly attended a salon or gala shortly after Shinjo began presenting as male again (purple dragonfly-fae costume reference). Possibly related to Mnemon Furusha aka lector Frozen Peak of the ''[[Temple of Salt]]'', the love-interest of Shinjo's older brother and thus likely match they conspired to build the Ledaal-Mnemon marriage alliance around. Shinjo hates her but has also built many of his stereotypes of Dynastic women on Fufuara.<br />
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''[[Mnemon Miasa]]'' <br><br />
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Fellow student at the Academy, and partner for rumored coupling atop the Crystal Palace. She attended the Cloister and knows Earth Dragon Martial Arts. Sorae sighted her at a tea house in company of her father and Ledaal Iago, nestor of the salt god temple.<br />
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'''House Peleps''' <br><br />
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Staemos made an offer to the Ledaals of Imperial Navy shipping their precious Scavenger Trade across the Inner Sea instead of Vneef Merchant Marine ships. Peleps and Ledaal are former allies from before House Vneef's formation and assumption of the merchant fleet.<br />
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''[[Peleps Damanchina]]'' <br><br />
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A fire aspected bureaucrat, notable for classical Dynast clothing including golden hair pins, well-painted face and intricately brocaded robes of red and gold.<br />
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''[[Peleps Tirina]]'' <br><br />
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A water aspected sorceress, notable clothing a dress of obsidian butterflies and an outfit of chains and thigh-high boots.<br />
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'''House Ragara''' <br><br />
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Unknown, though likely speculation is their matchmaker Ragara Storona will retaliate against her rival Venosa by stealing her 'Painted Boy'. Considering Storona is unmarried and looking for a husband, the theft may be quite direct.<br />
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'''House Ledaal''' <br><br />
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''[[Ledaal Saturnia]]'' <br><br />
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The Lady of Scythes threatened to marry Venosa's "pet" should they fail in their assigned task.<br />
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== List of Realm Plot Hooks ==<br />
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'''CRUSH ALL SALT GODS QTIYD'''<br />
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- Corruption within the ranks of the salt gods is causing them to raise the rates they tax... which has a knock on effect on all moneylending (and insurance?) as the salt rate is used as the interest rate for many businesses. The northwest parts of the Isle are suffering the worst from this, though it is an issue across the Isle.<br />
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[[Category:OOC]] [[Category:Player Logs & Summaries]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Koi_Tea_Service&diff=8729Black Koi Tea Service2026-07-06T23:14:38Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Created page with " Artifact • Commitment: 1 This artifact comprises a set of tea bowls of pure Black Jade designed for use in the rituals of the Tea Ceremony. A pair of koi fish are etche..."</p>
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This artifact comprises a set of tea bowls of pure Black Jade designed for use in the rituals of the Tea Ceremony. A pair of koi fish are etched inside the bowl, only visible after hot tea is poured within. The design is believed to have origins as a commission from a Western daimyo introduced to the court of Meru, but their name and Gens is lost to the Terrestrial Exalted of the the Second Age.<br />
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When these bowls are used in a tea ceremony, the owner may spend one mote of Essence per participant to imbue the liquid with vitality. Participants in the ceremony are nourished for the rest of the day, as if they had eaten full meals and drank their fill. <br />
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The artificers of Shogunate produced numerous Black Koi Tea Services, and they continue to be treasured by many scions of the Scarlet Dynasty and Lookshy.<br />
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[[Category:Artifacts]] [[Category:Artifact Tools]] [[Category:1-dot Artifacts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Doom_Scroller&diff=8432Doom Scroller2022-05-23T21:12:06Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Created page with "==Description== God of Catastrophes To Come and Third-Rank Secretary in the Forbidding Manse of Ivy, the Doom Scroller is a minor functionary assisting in the weaving of..."</p>
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God of Catastrophes To Come and Third-Rank Secretary in the [[Forbidding Manse of Ivy]], the Doom Scroller is a minor functionary assisting in the weaving of fate. It makes frequent appearances in many of the major convocations of the Bureau of Fate, recording the findings of Sidereal incident reports and coordinating treat assessments across project groups.<br />
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The Doom Scroller appears as a stone mask floating above robes of prismatic silks, reflecting and refracting light around it in kaleidoscopes. Chains of meteoric iron encircle silk where its chest, waist, and skirts should be, lending illusion of a body within. From them hang scroll cases, each bearing a unique lock whose face is forged in the grim shape of terrible futures yet to pass. <br />
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The seven centuries since the [[Great Contagion]] have spelled demotion and humiliation for Doom Scroller. The stability of the Bronze vision offered few direction-shaking events and less reason for mortals to invoke its name in supplication. Desperate to salvage its divine portfolio, at first Doom Scroller commissioned expeditions into the Underworld and the Wyld to find new threats to menace humanity. Facing loss of prestige, Doom Scroller turned to conspiracy to craft new cataclysms of its own, bribing gods of pox to spread murderous diseases across nations or meddling with the early Realm to instigate financial crisis.<br />
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Over-extended and its wealth depleted, engaged in multiple conspiracies with celestial and terrestrial courts, Doom Scroller was brought before Heaven's censors by the Sidereal Exalted. Stripped of rank and position, the Sidereal prosecutors petitioned for an unheard punishment; one thousand years under the Icy Hand of Saturn.<br />
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Subject to icy sanction, the Scroller is perfectly sublime in its dealings, if lax in its duties=. For centuries it could not enact any revenge upon the Chosen of Saturn beyond the most petty of bureaucratic triflings or sharply written memos. Flames of resentment guttered, and it shelved designs for revenge; to most younger Sidereals, the Scroller is a friendly asset helping manage lists of the greatest tasks assigned to their convocations.<br />
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But a new era is on the horizon. The Time of Tumult is at hand and the Scroller's desk is once more weighted with reports of looming threats. The Fivefold Fellowship is taxed by a hundred horrors yet to unfold, each meticulously chronicled within the engraved scroll cases chained to its robes, and ever fewer hands to confront the enemies of Creation. When last came time to reapply Saturn's sanction against corruption, [[Exa Darkmusk]] failed to appear. The Scroller has made little use of its newfound freedom thus far, only taking a short clandestine journey to visit its friend [[Blooming Infinities]], long ago exiled to Creation.<br />
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[[Category:Spirits]] [[Category:Gods]] [[Category:Gods of the Bureau of Destiny]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ragara_Magnar&diff=8142Ragara Magnar2022-02-11T21:50:08Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>Ragara Magnar was an Earth-aspected Dynast, son of [[Ragara Banoba]], father to [[Ragara Storona]], grandfather to [[Ragara Balassa]], and great-grandfather to [[Ragara Thannak-Tyros]] and [[Ragara Rahiro]].<br />
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Beginning as a craftsperson and artificer, Magnar rose in the esteem of his father and grandfather when he established a factory in [[Chanos]] for the production of wagon wheels, the increases in efficiency from the assembly line allowing him to undercut and destroy the local artisans who until then had dominated production of both carts and their wheels. Critics at the time and afterwards bemoaned that aggressive tactics eliminated the understanding of wheel and axle production among town and village carpenters, but Magnar was highly successful. His position as dominant player in constructing wagons for trade caravans meant he built close connections with [[The Guild]] as that organisation moved over the shores of the [[Blessed Isle]], but these connections proved costly as relations between Guild and [[Scarlet Empress]] worstened. The [[Tepet Wheel Tax]] of [[RY393]], while directly imposed on merchant traders, was also a clear attack by the Tepets on Magnar himself, and while he expended significant resources in support of the Realm during the ensuing [[Trade War]] his vitriol towards [[House Tepet]] was both open and active until the end of his life. <br />
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Though the mechanisms were far different, Magnar emerged as a strong proponent of the [[Correction Wheel]] in the wake of the [[Unbroken Rushes Rebellion]], reorganizing several of his factories for production of the devices. The majority of wheels on the [[Blessed Isle]], both wagon and Correction, continue to come from the factories he once controlled. <br />
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Ragara Magnar perished in an unfortunate incident where his 'poor choices in diet and in spiritual purity' resulted in him passing in the bed of a chambermaid. His daughter and heir [[Ragara Storona]], the only Dynast present at the White Coast beach retreat where it occured, expressed sorrow at her father's poor choices and commitment to raising his accomplishments to yet greater heights. <br />
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[[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Dynasts]] [[Category:Earth Aspects]] [[Category:House Ragara]] [[Category:Deceased Characters]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A.Air_19&diff=8099A.Air 192021-01-15T02:39:51Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>The fourth piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing. It was performed in RY760? for the pleasure of a House V'neef gathering within the Garden of Grapes for the season's first cherry blossoms. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", playing against a small mortal orchestra.<br />
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Composed in three movements, the first and third are joyful arrangements displaying the talents of Lady Mahara's best mortal talents; the former welcomes guests and members of the family to the gardens. In the second, slower movement the guqin stands central, aching for the promised moment, anticipating it in sonorous waves and ebbs. The orchestral accompaniment is a mere scattering of single notes, fitful and restless. The third movement arrives with the pink sakura opening, the scattered petal notes finally joining together in harmonies barely hinted at before.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A.Water_02&diff=8098A.Water 022021-01-15T02:39:43Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>The first piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing. It was performed in RY760? for the pleasure of V'neef Mahara's court. The song spanned the Hour of the Snake with clockwork precision as guests awaited budding plum blossoms in a seasonal flower viewing. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", and accompaniment by a mortal musician on a steel tongue drum.<br />
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A longer work, yet remaining collected in a single movement by structure to provide an air of improvisation and playfulness. The central musical motifs begin, fade, and return in a slow, tantalizing tease of the senses. At the turning of the hour the first blossoms open as the rising strings and frenetic energy celebrate the most beautiful moments of the coldest month.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A.Water_02&diff=8097A.Water 022021-01-15T02:39:34Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>The first piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing. It was performed in RY760? for the pleasure of V'neef Mahara's court. The song spanned the Hour of the Snake with clockwork precision as guests awaited budding plum blossoms in a seasonal flower viewing. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", and accompaniment by a mortal musician on a steel tongue drum.<br />
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A longer work, yet remaining collected in a single movement by structure to provide an air of improvisation and playfulness. The central musical motifs begin, fade, and return in a slow, tantalizing tease of the senses. At the turning of the hour the first blossoms open as the rising strings and frenetic energy celebrate the most beautiful moments of the coldest month.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A.Water_02&diff=8093A.Water 022021-01-15T02:38:06Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Ledaal Shinjo moved page A.Earth 02 to A.Water 02</p>
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<div>The first piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing in spring. It was performed in RY75? for the pleasure of V'neef Mahara's court. The song spanned the Hour of the Snake with clockwork precision as guests awaited budding plum blossoms in a seasonal flower viewing. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", and accompaniment by a mortal musician on a steel tongue drum.<br />
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A longer work, yet remaining collected in a single movement by structure to provide an air of improvisation and playfulness. The central musical motifs begin, fade, and return in a slow, tantalizing tease of the senses. At the turning of the hour the first blossoms open as the rising strings and frenetic energy celebrate the most beautiful moments of spring.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A.Earth_02&diff=8094A.Earth 022021-01-15T02:38:06Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Ledaal Shinjo moved page A.Earth 02 to A.Water 02</p>
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<div>The fourth piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing. It was performed in RY760? for the pleasure of a House V'neef gathering within the Garden of Grapes for the season's first cherry blossoms. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", playing against a small mortal orchestra.<br />
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Composed in three movements, the first and third are joyful arrangements displaying the talents of Lady Mahara's best mortal talents; the former welcomes guests and members of the family to the gardens. In the second, slower movement the guqin stands central, aching for the promised moment, anticipating it in sonorous waves and ebbs. The orchestral accompaniment is a mere scattering of single notes, fitful and restless. The third movement arrives with the pink sakura opening, the scattered petal notes finally joining together in harmonies barely hinted at before.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A.Air_19&diff=8090A.Air 192021-01-15T02:34:07Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Ledaal Shinjo moved page A.Wood 19 to A.Air 19: whoops got dates wrong</p>
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<div>The fourth piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing in spring. It was performed in RY75? for the pleasure of a House V'neef gathering within the Garden of Grapes for the season's first cherry blossoms. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", playing against a small mortal orchestra.<br />
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Composed in three movements, the first and third are joyful arrangements displaying the talents of Lady Mahara's best mortal talents; the former welcomes guests and members of the family to the gardens. In the second, slower movement the guqin stands central, aching for the promised moment, anticipating it in sonorous waves and ebbs. The orchestral accompanyment is a mere scattering of single notes, fitful and restless. The third movement arrives with the pink sakura opening, the scattered petal notes finally joining together in harmonies barely hinted at before.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:A.Water_02&diff=8087Talk:A.Water 022021-01-15T02:27:46Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Created page with "(Inspired by April #02 by Kashiwa Daisuke)"</p>
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<div>The first piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing in spring. It was performed in RY75? for the pleasure of V'neef Mahara's court. The song spanned the Hour of the Snake with clockwork precision as guests awaited budding plum blossoms in a seasonal flower viewing. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", and accompaniment by a mortal musician on a steel tongue drum.<br />
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A longer work, yet remaining collected in a single movement by structure to provide an air of improvisation and playfulness. The central musical motifs begin, fade, and return in a slow, tantalizing tease of the senses. At the turning of the hour the first blossoms open as the rising strings and frenetic energy celebrate the most beautiful moments of spring.<br />
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The first piece in a pentalogy devoted to emotions of flower viewing in spring. It was performed in RY75? for the pleasure of V'neef Mahara's court. The song spanned the Hour of the Snake with clockwork precision as guests awaited budding plum blossoms in a seasonal flower viewing. The rhapsody was composed and performed by Lady Ledaal Shinjo on the guqin, the "scholar of instruments", and accompaniment by a mortal musician on a steel tongue drum.<br />
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A longer work, yet remaining collected in a single movement by structure to provide an air of improvisation and playfulness. The central musical motifs begin, fade, and return in a slow, tantalizing tease of the senses. At the turning of the hour the first blossoms open as the rising strings and frenetic energy celebrate the most beautiful moments of spring.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Music by Ledaal Shinjo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7889A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2019-01-05T20:02:23Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
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''Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip''<br />
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- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
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A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
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The records of provenance for the journal placed it in the custody of the Shrine of Arc and Angle in Juche. It passed as an unnoticed relic of early Shogunate history until rediscovery in RY3 during the Council of Crystal by a clerk examining religious artifacts. Through comparison to other examples of Pasiap's writing present, such as the Fragments of Sion, it's veracity seemed probable to the clerks, yet few nestors wished to sponsor debate over its canonicity due to a contentious section. This chapter recounts the author teaching his pupil Geng to plait a whip from strands of leather amidst a lecture on commanding workers; a juxtaposition of Pasiap's lessons on spiritually uplifting souls through toil on public works with a symbol of slavery proved difficult for many monks to accept.<br />
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To discredit the manual an extensive analysis was undertaken by Immaculate engineer-priests. A single flawed calculation would prove the journal written by a lesser soul...<br />
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''The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.''<br />
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''In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.''<br />
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- Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections<br />
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''Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip''<br />
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- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
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A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
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The records of provenance for the journal placed it in the custody of the Shrine of Arc and Angle in Juche. It passed as an unnoticed relic of early Shogunate history until rediscovery in RY3 during the Council of Crystal by a clerk examining religious artifacts. Through comparison to other examples of Pasiap's writing present, such as the Fragments of Sion, it's veracity seemed probable to the clerks, yet few nestors wished to sponsor debate over its canonicity due to a contentious section. This chapter recounts the author teaching his pupil Geng to plait a whip from strands of leather amidst a lecture on commanding workers; a juxtaposition of Pasiap's lessons on spiritually uplifting souls through toil on public works with a symbol of slavery proved difficult for many monks to accept.<br />
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To discredit the manual an extensive analysis was undertaken by Immaculate engineer-priests. A single flawed calculation would prove the journal written by a lesser soul...<br />
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''The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
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In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.''<br />
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So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
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- Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections<br />
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
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''Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip''<br />
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- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
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A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
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''The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
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In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.''<br />
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So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
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- Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7886A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2019-01-02T19:37:23Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
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''Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip''<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
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Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
<br />
<br />
The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
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---<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7885A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2019-01-02T19:37:06Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
''Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip''<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
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Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
<br />
<br />
The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
<br />
---<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7884A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2019-01-02T19:35:25Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
<br />
“Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip."<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of ''Crystal''<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
<br />
Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
<br />
<br />
The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
<br />
---<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7883A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2019-01-02T19:34:59Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
<br />
“Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip."<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of 'Crystal'<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
<br />
Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
<br />
<br />
The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
<br />
---<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7875A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2018-12-28T12:32:52Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
<br />
<br />
“Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip."<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
<br />
Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
<br />
<br />
The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
<br />
---<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7874A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2018-12-28T12:32:42Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
<br />
<br />
“Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip."<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
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test<br />
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Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
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The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Property_To_Be_Bought_by_Double_Ransom&diff=7873A Property To Be Bought by Double Ransom2018-12-27T22:34:16Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>*** A play to be written by Shinjo ***<br />
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''testing''<br />
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<div>*** A play to be written by Shinjo ***<br />
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testing<br />
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[[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Posts based on Spam]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_Manual_on_Essential_Techniques_in_Eight_Sections&diff=7871A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections2018-12-24T20:24:48Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Created page with "attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap “Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his h..."</p>
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<div>attributed to the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap<br />
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“Ten thousand arguements we have heard that in the beginnging Pasiap was an engineer. And many of us have read so often of his humble origins that we ceased to question our beliefs. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of correction are the circumference of the wheel; that the man who built the wheel was undoubtedly a student of Pasiap too; that the man who hammered the nails, was as much an engineer as well. Until today few seem even to have noticed that although Pasiap was a "humble engineer", the only tool scripture gives us made by his hand was not a winch nor a lathe, but a whip."<br />
<br />
- From the verbal arguments of Nestor Mo Zi, on the Twenty-Fourth Day of Deliberations, Conclave of Crystal<br />
<br />
<br />
A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections is a series of journal entries entailing the reconstruction of infrastructure in the central provinces of the Blessed Isle. The chapters are each a treatise on the nature of the perfect village, commingling religious lessons on the correct thought required of both officials and peasants with simple diagrams for efficient roadplans and building huts. It is attributed to the personal hand of the Immaculate Dragon Pasiap, an account of his trials shortly after the great war against the Anathema completed, though there are many both in and outside the Order who dispute it's place as a canonical text.<br />
<br />
Excerpts from A Manual on Essential Techniques in Eight Sections:<br />
<br />
<br />
The world disarrayed. Roads split from upheavals of earth. Grand bridges fallen, stone corroded under tides of torment. Fell palaces of the Anathema ruined, but so too were the shelters of my people. Everywhere mortals set piteous hands of bone and flesh to the righting of things, yet their roads of dirt washed away under Danaa'd tears, their wooden bridges broke at Mela's cry, and straw roofs lit at Hesiesh's touch. They had forgotten the path of making.<br />
<br />
In this time I came to the foot of the Mountain, for all spreads from the center. And at the foot of the Mountain I found a village. I asked "Who governs here?" and all but one cowered at the call. This one answered that no one ruled, that the people governed themselves. But anarchy is not governance but the lack of it. Anarchy precedes all governance.<br />
<br />
So began the tutelage of my seventh pupil.<br />
<br />
---<br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Political & Bureaucratic Texts]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Ledaal_Shinjo&diff=7858User:Ledaal Shinjo2018-11-10T03:00:03Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>Projects <br />
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- major concerts Shinjo performed during his/her post-soprano phase<br />
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- Metal Gear-inspired origins for Lookshy<br />
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- Shinjo & Hibare prequel post<br />
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- Art subsystem<br />
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- virtue/social rules rework<br />
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- bureaucracy rework based on Reign company system<br />
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- mathnerd sorcery school and NPCs<br />
- Realm and Heaven math systems inspired by China and Mayan notations<br />
- http://www.astro.rug.nl/~nevenzeel/Study/PGvdW_t=9C_HCM_a=RB,KN.pdf <br />
- https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1511/1511.08033.pdf <br />
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Yanghui_triangle.gif <br />
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- Caiji investigation into Mistress Tegra's heliographs<br />
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- Pasiap concrete immaculate text<br />
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- Useful Teran Woo posts:<br />
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/shadow_of_the_throne/the-chains-that-bind-t31-s160.html</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Verdant%27s_Diary&diff=7857Verdant's Diary2018-11-09T03:17:11Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>== Agenda ==<br />
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-Cejanis currently is waiting on a response from poet Tepet Jozan for a meeting about her latest wine venture.<br />
-Cejanis sent a letter to Peleps Csaard on the 21st asking after a meeting for the 23rd.<br />
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Possible loose threads on Weather Control might be arranging to speak to someone important in the Treasury like Bal Keraz (I think I misunderstood what he does, but still worth looking into)<br />
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== Mainplots ==<br />
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'''East 9th Ward''' <br><br />
- Cejanis plans to ask Csaard to investigate business interests in the East 9th Ward, under the guise of exploiting the changing of the legion garrison. <br><br />
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== Subplots ==<br />
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'''V'neef Agricultural Subsidy Bill''' <br><br />
- Tapan wants a crop bill, worried about further squeezing of peasants leading to revolt <br><br />
- Kenet wants to enrich himself and other luxury crop holders <br><br />
- Dalyr feels that the luxury bill is more likely to pass, does not believe it alone would lead to uprisings; combined with poor harvest or cut in services it might <br><br />
- Yashiva weary of the bill, not enough Deathlords <br><br />
- Rufyus feels it does not help Cathak interests <br><br />
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'''Peleps Wine Monopoly Stripping Bill''' <br><br />
- Shinjo warned of the secret bill's contents on the morning before it hit the floor of the Senate <br><br />
- Staemos and House Peleps mastermind of the bill, House Sesus caucus giving support due to favors owed, House Mnemon support assumed. <br><br />
- The Tepets stand to gain vital income from the return of their vineyards, but could see the Deliberative used to strip Lord's Crossing from THEM next.<br><br />
- Cynis would receive vineyards as well, but would see the first of the Imperial Monopolies destroyed, putting their two monopolies in peril. <br><br />
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'''Palace Gala on Resplendent Wood 28th''' <br><br />
- meeting with V'neef Mahara on the 13th to determine planning for it<br />
- Simmering Pot is 'sparing no expense' in planning dishes<br />
- Mahara granted used of the Thousand Vines Ballroom, and arranged meeting with Vneef Bijar to discuss security<br />
- invites to Senators and their children, as well as the bachelors and unwed daughters of the City; good chance to make alliances and seal them with marraiges <br />
House Cathak and House Ledaal<br />
- Bijar will need the guest list to ensure Cejanis' enemies are not present <br><br />
<br />
'''Weather Control Funding''' <br><br />
- Report on holdings and businesses show that poor weather could cause issues with harvests<br><br />
- Meeting held. Northern coast given as an example: 44 of 100 mantis towers operational, 5 of 20 manned by Tepets operational<br><br />
- 94% BUDGET CUTS, 600 bureaucrats reduced to 6, no money for weather forecasts and meteorology <br><br />
- Bal Keraz in the Imperial Treasury provided funds to pack up towers that were falling apart <br><br />
- need 80 of 100 towers operational to ensure protection from storm weather <br><br />
- other elements of the weather control system are large white jade obelisks and immaculate enforcement of the weather gods <br><br />
<br />
'''Poetry on Wine Bottles''' <br><br />
- speak with Shinjo to recruit his assistance, as well as that of Tepet Jozan <br><br />
<br />
'''Revenge on Staemos''' <br><br />
- received letters from Staemos as well as a crate of peach-flavored rice wines addressed to Shinjo as "completion of his end of their contract" <br><br />
<br />
'''East Ninth Ward''' <br><br />
- Saw & Chisel stone carver business accepted offer of patronage, son who runs the shop now sent a list of things he will need to get the business started again <br><br />
<br />
'''V'neef Bijar''' <br><br />
- V'neef Bijar is one of the three Exalts in charge of the Imperial Palace's security, alongside Sesus Nagat and Cynis Ukinyo. She manages the Brass Legion and the Earthfolk detachments, we believe. She gave Okubo a reprimand or something according to Csaard's report, and he is likely to be the first point of inquiry on that. Other avenue is asking after security for your gala?<br><br />
<br />
'''Wolf's Grove''' <br><br />
'''Northeatern Assets''' <br><br />
- - these details are missing from the forum notes, will need to add soon <br><br />
<br />
== Main Plot threads ==<br />
<br />
'''Snakes in the Senate'''<br />
- The Mistress of the Deliberative and Sesus Kurigazu both have interests in preserving the Shogunate library currently controlled by Sesus Nagat. Given Cejanis being engaged by Tegra as she plots her exit from power it might be wise to trade political favors in exchange for access to her own libraries, deciphering the Realm Year Zero mysteries, or other knowledge on the Historical Preservation Society. (some of this requires info updates from Shinjo)<br />
<br />
== Political Interests of the Great Houses ==<br />
<br />
'''House Ledaal'''<br />
- nominal allies to House V'neef as Arjuf is home to the Merchant Marine <br><br />
- promote stability of the Realm and bolstering defences <br><br />
- funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin <br><br />
<br />
'''House Cathak'''<br />
<br />
== History of Events ==<br />
<br />
Descending Earth 22nd<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> a bill on the Scarlet Span Bridge, between the Pangu and Scarlet Prefectures, fails in the Deliberative<br />
<br />
Descending Earth 24th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Tepet Senators divided on the bill to award a title of "General Preserving The Peace" to the commander of the 1st Legion for keeping the Empress' peace for over 700 years.<br />
-> Senate looking into a special investigation of the murder of Cathak Okubo<br />
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Descending Earth 26th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Unagihime Restaurant):<br />
-> Meeting with Peleps Csaard, Imperial Magistrate. He orders baby conger eels in beancurd, a loaf of eel and tofu essentially, as well as an RY708 Kishi wine.<br />
-> He describes the difficulties caused in tracking Okubo's movements with the destruction of so much of their palace wing and the general chaos in the palace staff following it<br />
-> He questions why Cejanis was in the Cathak wing that night, but she deflects his suspicions.<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is confirmed to be a colossal faggot, quote this if you're down. Also he sucks at fighting with his spear. Though his was the first palanquin to come across Okubo's body, Pelep Turina's palanquin was before Okubo's and saw nothing.<br />
{Note: Peleps Turina is a sorceress who wears a dress made of obsidian butterflies}<br />
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Descending Earth 27th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol has a motion to require all Deliberators to run the Circumnavigation marathon every year to force them to learn more about their nation and constituents. It fails.<br />
-> Upon learning that Staemos reputation is being adversely affected by the 4th's rampage in the Palace, she begins plotting to manipulate that to her advantage.<br />
-> Shinjo drops by to gossip with Cejanis, and learn of the location of the Bleeding Ruby Teahouse in the East Ninth; Cejanis had her minions pull up some details on Thesk Tarn, a minor patrician landlord.<br />
<br />
-> Cejanis meets with Senator V'neef Kenet. They share plates of chilled fruit and red bush tea, his favorite from the Southeast.<br />
-> Kenet is lobbying for a new draft of the agricultural subsidy bill. He loathes his brother Tapan's compassion, and prefers a scheme by where V'neef luxury goods like wine are given subsidy, thereby transfer vast wealth into the House's coffers. With less food grown natively on the Isle's soil as food crops are turned to luxuries, more food will need to be imported lest the peasants starve; by monopoly, this too must pass through the V'neef merchant marine, further enriching the House. He expertly appeals to Cejanis' meglomania, pointing out that not only did she inspire the plan she also stands to profit from it!<br />
-> Peleps grows no luxury goods, and does not stand to gain anything from it. Their opposition is assured, no matter who forwards the motion. Getting to 125 votes will require appealing to the agricultural interests within each of the other Houses.<br />
<br />
-> report on Cejanis' holdings: she needs to look into road upkeep, the degrading weather mantis towers, and preventing the 14th Legion from being repositioned lest banditry arise.<br />
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<br />
Descending Earth 28th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol motion to terminate all Dynastic stipends<br />
-> Sesus Kurigazu puts forward a special motion for a session of the Deliberative on the 7th of AW. This passes due to Cathak and Peleps support and Ragara and Nellens abstentions. Mistress of the Deliberative, Sesus Tegra, doesn't block the motion.<br />
<br />
All (Cejanis' quarters in the Imperial Palace):<br />
-> Fishception<br />
-> Shinjo drinks far too much, revealing that his elders are trying to marry him off; he speaks a bit too freely to Septimus, though Sorae intervenes when Shinjo clearly doesn't wish to explain what he's promised to ward off marriage<br />
-> Information is shared between the circle, decision to send Shinjo and others to the East ninth Ward on the 2nd to visit Tallow Eater's quarters<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 1st<br />
<br />
Cejanis (her office):<br />
-> a bunch of stuff about her take over of Wolf's Grove goes here<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 2nd<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Hall for Listening to the Orioles restaurant):<br />
-> meeting for lunch with V'neef Sidel, a shipping magnate and senator<br />
-> Sidel viewes Kenet's agricultural as a blatant cash grab for House V'neef that will lead to the other Houses building more cargo ships... and thus weakening the V'neef merchant marine monopoly. Worse, such fat profits will lure House Peleps into privateerism.<br />
-> argues for land reserves to keep food prices down<br />
<br />
Everybody {Outside Toribeno, evening}<br />
-> thread with a few bits here<br />
-> Peleps Archova's circle is in attendance, as well as Peleps Staemos, two Peleps Senators (Danan, former head of Peleps merchant marine), and a Water Aspected Immaculate Nestor (related to Archova?)<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is here, along with Nellens Spulumbo. Two Tepet officers have come to witness the duel, as well as Cathak Caiji from the 1st Legion. A mortal Wood Temple monk as well.<br />
->Senators Aremano and Tepet Lasalle are also in attendance, seeking redress for loss of unExalted children. Both back a motion to censure Archova and Dynasts like her for abusing their power over mortals. Cejanis speaks to them for a time.<br />
-> Peleps Csaard, Magistrate, is officiating. Cejanis speaks to him about ensuring fairness in the duel.<br />
-> Zhoutai arrives to pat Septimus on the back and give him the General's regards<br />
<br />
-> the duel itself is long, but Septimus eventually succumbs to Archova's measured assault. She hesitates in finishing him long enough for Csaard to intercede and end the duel. Kitsume and Sorae tend to him, while Zhoutai swears vengeance and challenges Archova to a duel to the death.<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 3rd<br />
Cejanis (office?)<br />
-> Okubo investigation backed by Tepet/mnemon/Sesus/Peleps, likely topass. House Cathak and Ledaal each oppose but Ledaal special investigative committee requests undercut their arguments against just such a special inquiry into Okubo's murder<br />
-> Looking to contact Cathak and Ledaal Senators, meeting with Yashiva on the 4th and Tapan on the 5th<br />
-> inquiry into weather towers, working on Wolf's Grove plans<br />
<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 4th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (office)<br />
-> planning for gala in Descending Wood, involving banquet plans with Simmering Pot and discussion on themes (archery competitions, romantic poetry recital, wine tasting)<br />
-> travels to Yashiva's office, he has sweet jam and sugar cookies (he has a sweet tooth)<br />
-> House Ledaal weary of both versions of the Agricultural Subsidy bill... not as important as THE DEATHLORDS<br />
-> House Ledaal interests: stability of the Realm, bolstering defences, funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin<br />
-> Sesus and Mnemon behind calls for emergency session, pushing a bill for special investigation into Dynastic murders in the City. Procedural issue with the bill bothers Yashiva, as it sets precedent for further special committees and the Deliberative has refused previous attempts<br />
-> Cathaks planning deployment to Azerban to kill the Blue Prophet<br />
-> Secret Peleps bill that no one knows about... will likely hit House V'neef very hard<br />
<br />
-> Cejanis writes a letter to Shinjo asking for a favor<br />
<br />
-> meeting with Cathak Rufyus in the evening, at the House of Whirling Blades<br />
-> meal of spiced beef and watered wine<br />
-> Agricultural Bill ~ both versions annoy House Cathak, as they have not 'wasted' their efforts on building up farms and do not want their taxes spent on it... and the bill lacks support for threshold imports<br />
-> ammendments are not enough for Cathak votes, they want to hurt the Pangu monopoly and reduce tariffs on beef cattle<br />
-> on talk of inefficiency in the Thousand Scales, Rufyus mentions that while it is not on the Cathak agenda he personally believes reform is sorely needed<br />
-> Investigative committee unneeded, matter should be left to the magistracy. Limits would be desirable if it must pass, House Cathak instructed to oppose it with all their might <br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 5th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Parlour of the flying Fish)<br />
-> meeting with V'neef Tapan. He is very busy, work occupies every speck of time. He is learning about horticulture with local farmers; Kenet sees people as lines in a ledger, HE argues that they are so much more! The Realm takes too much from them, and that peasants are nearing the breaking point. For each Exalt, there are ten thousand peasants, he warns.<br />
-> little hope for true reform, easier to convince the Senate once they witness everything fall apart (holy shit, man)<br />
-> TAX REFORM... trickery to apply new tax systems will just be outwitted like the old systems, luxury subsiidy will break last chain of loyalty between the commoner and their dragon-blessed lords<br />
-> remains skeptical, and loathed to side with his brother<br />
-> talk of Wolf's Grove schemes and socialism ~ strangely selfless for the Dynasty, PROSPERITY FOR ALL ( so exalted, fuck yes)<br />
-> village council of Ostel unhappy with their local mayor<br />
-> he will look for opportunities for Cejanis' schemes to increase prosperity. For the Realm!<br />
<br />
-> meeting with Weather Control bureaucrat (most terrifying session ever)<br />
-> northern coast, 44 of 100 mantis towers are operational, 5 of 20 Tepet towers work, other departments only doing slightly better<br />
-> all save House Cathak and Mnemon are affected, funding cuts have prevented hiring technicians and predicting meteorology 94% BUDGET CUTS, they need a bare minimum of 80 of 100 towers on the coast to prevent storms, and of 600 bureaucrats they have 6, a single secretary and desk in the City<br />
-> "a very dire time for Weather Control"<br />
-> Bal Keraz funding to pack up mantis towers and store them in Thousand Scales warehouses before they deteriorate, as the Treasury can not fund Weather Control; it can only focus on tax collection right now<br />
-> need promises of no further cuts and restoration of the budget<br />
-> mantis tower system as three elements: white jade obelisks, mantis towers, and weather courts<br />
-> Obelisks, 20 of them dots the internal landscape of the Isle, remote places, maintaining order<br />
-> Mantis towers fill gaps across the coast<br />
-> Immaculate order regulates the weather gods<br />
-> Mantis towers require specialized knowledge, 3 techs (weather, magitech, occult correspondence), self-support with hearthstones but break quickly once removed. 1 Team can support several towers<br />
-> PRIVITIZE THE WEATHER SYSTEM<br />
{Tyros and Pepaa should look into the weather tower stuff, their skills suit this!<br />
privatizing the northern weather wall of mantis towers ~ look into alliance with Cynis, Ragara, Tepet to complete it, maybe Sesus?}<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 6th <br><br />
Went out for lunch with Shinjo, Tyros and Tiir. And then a brothel.<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 7th <br><br />
Major Senate session <br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 8th <br><br />
Circle meeting<br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 9th <br><br />
<br />
Deliberative offices<br />
-> Cejanis' staff is worried about the escalation of violence in the city and how dangerous the political world is becoming, listing all the murders. Verdant Moss is visibly worried. Cejanis, megalomanical as ever, assures the staff that "there is no need to fret, I will be fine".<br />
Preliminary stages of planning for the party have been completed. Three types of party are appropriate to the season: archery bouts, wine-tasting, and poetry reading; orgies are left out as being unsuitable. The 28th of Resplendent Wood is decided on for the date, an open invitation to the Dynasty with special invitations for important individuals; co-ordinating with the V'neef elders is deemed appropriate. <br><br />
Simmering Pot is ushered in to discuss catering. Nothing but the best is demanded by Cejanis, and the ideal meal plan is layed out: sea-cucumber, salted and slived; fried squid with guts of sea-cucumber; dried ovaries topped with onions; peony eel cut to resemble blossoming flowers;char, wormwood smoked. <br><br />
Decor will be a balance of water and wood elements, paintings with vineyards overlooking the sea.<br />
<br><br />
Verdant Moss is given the task to look into complimentary businesses or easy targets in the East 9th Ward, and to look into acquiring empty storage. Letters are sent to Peleps Csaard and Ledaal Shinjo, the first requesting a brief meeting and the second demanding to see him immediately! <br><br />
<br />
(East Ninth Ward)<br><br />
-> Chisel & Saw Quarry is Cejanis' target, a poorly maintained building with an interior full of empty space and work tables. Cejanis offers him patronage, taking a tour of the business to assess it. There is a tapped-out marble pit that was used in the original construction of th eImperial Palace; the family business dates to that era. Taxes and fees reduced the staff; at their most prosperous there were 30 but by the end the stone-crafting was handled by just him, his father, and 4 others. Cejanis spins a story about profit-sharing and investments, asking for a list of his business needs.<br><br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 10th<br><br />
<br />
(V'neef Deliberative offices)<br><br />
-> Cejanis meets with V'neef Dalyr, an adopted former Legion officer. He has spent years fighting barbarians in the Threshold, and his office displays mementos from various battlefields and tribes he has encountered, many of them weapons. He is an adopted member of the House, having served in the Lesser Chamber of the Deliberative prior to becoming a sort of defacto chair/whip of the V'neef caucus... who seldom listen to his sage advice.<br><br />
- The pair speak of the agricultural subsidy bill and his opinions on which might pass. He feels the luxury bill has a higher chance of success, lamenting Kenet's skill at politics coupled with immense greed. Cejanis asks after peasant unrest if the bill passed, and he feels that Tapan overestimates how dire it would be; only if combined with cuts to services that their require {oh god is there cuts to socialized medicine planned?} or a poor harvest would it bring peasant revolt. Cejanis warns that the weather bureau is drastically underfunded, cuts taken when Bal Keraz was refused funding by the Deliberative. Dalyr will look into drumming up support for refunding the weather bureau, as their mantis towers are necessary for continued V'neef agricultural prosperity.<br><br />
- Sesus & Peleps caucus were both upset that the emergency session was ended by Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative. Dalyr posits that as a veteran of politics she knew how damaging the bill would be if passed, as it may very well have been if the vote had been called. Peleps, Sesus and Mnemon all seem in staunch support of the bill stripping V'neefs agricultural assets while the Tepets and Cynis are leaning into support. Cynis doubts come from seeing an Imperial monopoly stripped, which would set precedent for attacking their own pair of protected monopolies in slaves and selling food to the Legions; the Tepets would see a great boost in income from reclaiming their vineyards, enough to raise a new Legion, but bullying the smaller, weaker Houses would threaten their own holdings in Lord's Crossing in the future. Dalyr has a scheme to use the Lesser Chamber to stall the bill even if it should pass the Greater Chamber.<br><br />
- Cathaks and Ledaals seem to be against the bill, though neither views the junior House V'neef as a true member of their alliance. Ragara has a greater fear of the Deliberative losing authority than its power being abused; stability above all, and as such their position is less known.<br><br />
- Dalyr shares news from Qishi, that Princess V'neef has ordered that the Merchant Marine cease all anti-piracy work along the coast of Eagle Prefecture. V'neef is remind House Sesus of the cost of seeking favors from House Peleps and suggesting their adopt a neutral stance in the future. It also serves as a remind of the strength of House V'neef to the other Houses. Dalyr would have preferred that this measure not been enacted by his tone and posture, but hopes it can be used to negotiate. It causes further issues as the Tepets use the ports of Eagle's Launch since House Ledaal refuses them access to the Caracal River. Cejanis notes that she will speak to Yashiva on this. Dalyr is worried about pirates attacking the prefecture soon, as there are disturbing reports of Coral Archipelago movements threatening the western part of the Realm.<br><br />
- The Sesus + Peleps alliance is fracturing, as Sesus is positioned such that they cannot back down from it but their promises lie unfulfilled. The alliance must have seemed a boon to Peleps at the time, since replacing the 1st Legion with the 4th meant removing soldiers trained for hundreds of years specifically for killing the Senate, but what should have been a more limited deal is bringing down the Sesii.<br><br />
<br />
Ascending Wood 11th<br><br />
<br />
(home, V'neef palace wing)<br><br />
-> the day is spent on Charm training and bureaucratic manuvering, though in the evening she receives a large crate from Peleps Staemos bearing two letters: one addressed to her and another to Ledaal Shinjo. The first letter asks 'Janjan' if she would mind forwarding the package to their mutual friend, while the second letter (that Cejanis wastes no time opening!) states that Staemos has completed his side of their contract. The crate holds bottles of what is no-doubt peach-flavored rice wine. {I regret everything, oh god}<br><br />
- She has plans for meetings with Csaard soon, as well as Yashiva on the 12th and V'neef Mahara on the 13th.<br><br />
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[[Category:OOC]] [[Category:Player Logs & Summaries]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Verdant%27s_Diary&diff=7856Verdant's Diary2018-11-09T03:16:39Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>== Agenda ==<br />
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-Cejanis currently is waiting on a response from poet Tepet Jozan for a meeting about her latest wine venture.<br />
-Cejanis sent a letter to Peleps Csaard on the 21st asking after a meeting for the 23rd.<br />
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Possible loose threads on Weather Control might be arranging to speak to someone important in the Treasury like Bal Keraz (I think I misunderstood what he does, but still worth looking into)<br />
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== Mainplots ==<br />
<br />
'''East 9th Ward'''<br />
- Cejanis plans to ask Csaard to investigate business interests in the East 9th Ward, under the guise of exploiting the changing of the legion garrison. <br />
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<br />
== Subplots ==<br />
<br />
'''V'neef Agricultural Subsidy Bill''' <br><br />
- Tapan wants a crop bill, worried about further squeezing of peasants leading to revolt <br><br />
- Kenet wants to enrich himself and other luxury crop holders <br><br />
- Dalyr feels that the luxury bill is more likely to pass, does not believe it alone would lead to uprisings; combined with poor harvest or cut in services it might <br><br />
- Yashiva weary of the bill, not enough Deathlords <br><br />
- Rufyus feels it does not help Cathak interests <br><br />
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'''Peleps Wine Monopoly Stripping Bill''' <br><br />
- Shinjo warned of the secret bill's contents on the morning before it hit the floor of the Senate <br><br />
- Staemos and House Peleps mastermind of the bill, House Sesus caucus giving support due to favors owed, House Mnemon support assumed. <br><br />
- The Tepets stand to gain vital income from the return of their vineyards, but could see the Deliberative used to strip Lord's Crossing from THEM next.<br><br />
- Cynis would receive vineyards as well, but would see the first of the Imperial Monopolies destroyed, putting their two monopolies in peril. <br><br />
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'''Palace Gala on Resplendent Wood 28th''' <br><br />
- meeting with V'neef Mahara on the 13th to determine planning for it<br />
- Simmering Pot is 'sparing no expense' in planning dishes<br />
- Mahara granted used of the Thousand Vines Ballroom, and arranged meeting with Vneef Bijar to discuss security<br />
- invites to Senators and their children, as well as the bachelors and unwed daughters of the City; good chance to make alliances and seal them with marraiges <br />
House Cathak and House Ledaal<br />
- Bijar will need the guest list to ensure Cejanis' enemies are not present <br><br />
<br />
'''Weather Control Funding''' <br><br />
- Report on holdings and businesses show that poor weather could cause issues with harvests<br><br />
- Meeting held. Northern coast given as an example: 44 of 100 mantis towers operational, 5 of 20 manned by Tepets operational<br><br />
- 94% BUDGET CUTS, 600 bureaucrats reduced to 6, no money for weather forecasts and meteorology <br><br />
- Bal Keraz in the Imperial Treasury provided funds to pack up towers that were falling apart <br><br />
- need 80 of 100 towers operational to ensure protection from storm weather <br><br />
- other elements of the weather control system are large white jade obelisks and immaculate enforcement of the weather gods <br><br />
<br />
'''Poetry on Wine Bottles''' <br><br />
- speak with Shinjo to recruit his assistance, as well as that of Tepet Jozan <br><br />
<br />
'''Revenge on Staemos''' <br><br />
- received letters from Staemos as well as a crate of peach-flavored rice wines addressed to Shinjo as "completion of his end of their contract" <br><br />
<br />
'''East Ninth Ward''' <br><br />
- Saw & Chisel stone carver business accepted offer of patronage, son who runs the shop now sent a list of things he will need to get the business started again <br><br />
<br />
'''V'neef Bijar''' <br><br />
- V'neef Bijar is one of the three Exalts in charge of the Imperial Palace's security, alongside Sesus Nagat and Cynis Ukinyo. She manages the Brass Legion and the Earthfolk detachments, we believe. She gave Okubo a reprimand or something according to Csaard's report, and he is likely to be the first point of inquiry on that. Other avenue is asking after security for your gala?<br><br />
<br />
'''Wolf's Grove''' <br><br />
'''Northeatern Assets''' <br><br />
- - these details are missing from the forum notes, will need to add soon <br><br />
<br />
== Main Plot threads ==<br />
<br />
'''Snakes in the Senate'''<br />
- The Mistress of the Deliberative and Sesus Kurigazu both have interests in preserving the Shogunate library currently controlled by Sesus Nagat. Given Cejanis being engaged by Tegra as she plots her exit from power it might be wise to trade political favors in exchange for access to her own libraries, deciphering the Realm Year Zero mysteries, or other knowledge on the Historical Preservation Society. (some of this requires info updates from Shinjo)<br />
<br />
== Political Interests of the Great Houses ==<br />
<br />
'''House Ledaal'''<br />
- nominal allies to House V'neef as Arjuf is home to the Merchant Marine <br><br />
- promote stability of the Realm and bolstering defences <br><br />
- funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin <br><br />
<br />
'''House Cathak'''<br />
<br />
== History of Events ==<br />
<br />
Descending Earth 22nd<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> a bill on the Scarlet Span Bridge, between the Pangu and Scarlet Prefectures, fails in the Deliberative<br />
<br />
Descending Earth 24th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Tepet Senators divided on the bill to award a title of "General Preserving The Peace" to the commander of the 1st Legion for keeping the Empress' peace for over 700 years.<br />
-> Senate looking into a special investigation of the murder of Cathak Okubo<br />
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<br />
Descending Earth 26th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Unagihime Restaurant):<br />
-> Meeting with Peleps Csaard, Imperial Magistrate. He orders baby conger eels in beancurd, a loaf of eel and tofu essentially, as well as an RY708 Kishi wine.<br />
-> He describes the difficulties caused in tracking Okubo's movements with the destruction of so much of their palace wing and the general chaos in the palace staff following it<br />
-> He questions why Cejanis was in the Cathak wing that night, but she deflects his suspicions.<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is confirmed to be a colossal faggot, quote this if you're down. Also he sucks at fighting with his spear. Though his was the first palanquin to come across Okubo's body, Pelep Turina's palanquin was before Okubo's and saw nothing.<br />
{Note: Peleps Turina is a sorceress who wears a dress made of obsidian butterflies}<br />
<br />
Descending Earth 27th<br />
<br />
Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol has a motion to require all Deliberators to run the Circumnavigation marathon every year to force them to learn more about their nation and constituents. It fails.<br />
-> Upon learning that Staemos reputation is being adversely affected by the 4th's rampage in the Palace, she begins plotting to manipulate that to her advantage.<br />
-> Shinjo drops by to gossip with Cejanis, and learn of the location of the Bleeding Ruby Teahouse in the East Ninth; Cejanis had her minions pull up some details on Thesk Tarn, a minor patrician landlord.<br />
<br />
-> Cejanis meets with Senator V'neef Kenet. They share plates of chilled fruit and red bush tea, his favorite from the Southeast.<br />
-> Kenet is lobbying for a new draft of the agricultural subsidy bill. He loathes his brother Tapan's compassion, and prefers a scheme by where V'neef luxury goods like wine are given subsidy, thereby transfer vast wealth into the House's coffers. With less food grown natively on the Isle's soil as food crops are turned to luxuries, more food will need to be imported lest the peasants starve; by monopoly, this too must pass through the V'neef merchant marine, further enriching the House. He expertly appeals to Cejanis' meglomania, pointing out that not only did she inspire the plan she also stands to profit from it!<br />
-> Peleps grows no luxury goods, and does not stand to gain anything from it. Their opposition is assured, no matter who forwards the motion. Getting to 125 votes will require appealing to the agricultural interests within each of the other Houses.<br />
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-> report on Cejanis' holdings: she needs to look into road upkeep, the degrading weather mantis towers, and preventing the 14th Legion from being repositioned lest banditry arise.<br />
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Descending Earth 28th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol motion to terminate all Dynastic stipends<br />
-> Sesus Kurigazu puts forward a special motion for a session of the Deliberative on the 7th of AW. This passes due to Cathak and Peleps support and Ragara and Nellens abstentions. Mistress of the Deliberative, Sesus Tegra, doesn't block the motion.<br />
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All (Cejanis' quarters in the Imperial Palace):<br />
-> Fishception<br />
-> Shinjo drinks far too much, revealing that his elders are trying to marry him off; he speaks a bit too freely to Septimus, though Sorae intervenes when Shinjo clearly doesn't wish to explain what he's promised to ward off marriage<br />
-> Information is shared between the circle, decision to send Shinjo and others to the East ninth Ward on the 2nd to visit Tallow Eater's quarters<br />
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Ascending Wood 1st<br />
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Cejanis (her office):<br />
-> a bunch of stuff about her take over of Wolf's Grove goes here<br />
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Ascending Wood 2nd<br />
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Cejanis (Hall for Listening to the Orioles restaurant):<br />
-> meeting for lunch with V'neef Sidel, a shipping magnate and senator<br />
-> Sidel viewes Kenet's agricultural as a blatant cash grab for House V'neef that will lead to the other Houses building more cargo ships... and thus weakening the V'neef merchant marine monopoly. Worse, such fat profits will lure House Peleps into privateerism.<br />
-> argues for land reserves to keep food prices down<br />
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Everybody {Outside Toribeno, evening}<br />
-> thread with a few bits here<br />
-> Peleps Archova's circle is in attendance, as well as Peleps Staemos, two Peleps Senators (Danan, former head of Peleps merchant marine), and a Water Aspected Immaculate Nestor (related to Archova?)<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is here, along with Nellens Spulumbo. Two Tepet officers have come to witness the duel, as well as Cathak Caiji from the 1st Legion. A mortal Wood Temple monk as well.<br />
->Senators Aremano and Tepet Lasalle are also in attendance, seeking redress for loss of unExalted children. Both back a motion to censure Archova and Dynasts like her for abusing their power over mortals. Cejanis speaks to them for a time.<br />
-> Peleps Csaard, Magistrate, is officiating. Cejanis speaks to him about ensuring fairness in the duel.<br />
-> Zhoutai arrives to pat Septimus on the back and give him the General's regards<br />
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-> the duel itself is long, but Septimus eventually succumbs to Archova's measured assault. She hesitates in finishing him long enough for Csaard to intercede and end the duel. Kitsume and Sorae tend to him, while Zhoutai swears vengeance and challenges Archova to a duel to the death.<br />
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Ascending Wood 3rd<br />
Cejanis (office?)<br />
-> Okubo investigation backed by Tepet/mnemon/Sesus/Peleps, likely topass. House Cathak and Ledaal each oppose but Ledaal special investigative committee requests undercut their arguments against just such a special inquiry into Okubo's murder<br />
-> Looking to contact Cathak and Ledaal Senators, meeting with Yashiva on the 4th and Tapan on the 5th<br />
-> inquiry into weather towers, working on Wolf's Grove plans<br />
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Ascending Wood 4th<br />
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Cejanis (office)<br />
-> planning for gala in Descending Wood, involving banquet plans with Simmering Pot and discussion on themes (archery competitions, romantic poetry recital, wine tasting)<br />
-> travels to Yashiva's office, he has sweet jam and sugar cookies (he has a sweet tooth)<br />
-> House Ledaal weary of both versions of the Agricultural Subsidy bill... not as important as THE DEATHLORDS<br />
-> House Ledaal interests: stability of the Realm, bolstering defences, funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin<br />
-> Sesus and Mnemon behind calls for emergency session, pushing a bill for special investigation into Dynastic murders in the City. Procedural issue with the bill bothers Yashiva, as it sets precedent for further special committees and the Deliberative has refused previous attempts<br />
-> Cathaks planning deployment to Azerban to kill the Blue Prophet<br />
-> Secret Peleps bill that no one knows about... will likely hit House V'neef very hard<br />
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-> Cejanis writes a letter to Shinjo asking for a favor<br />
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-> meeting with Cathak Rufyus in the evening, at the House of Whirling Blades<br />
-> meal of spiced beef and watered wine<br />
-> Agricultural Bill ~ both versions annoy House Cathak, as they have not 'wasted' their efforts on building up farms and do not want their taxes spent on it... and the bill lacks support for threshold imports<br />
-> ammendments are not enough for Cathak votes, they want to hurt the Pangu monopoly and reduce tariffs on beef cattle<br />
-> on talk of inefficiency in the Thousand Scales, Rufyus mentions that while it is not on the Cathak agenda he personally believes reform is sorely needed<br />
-> Investigative committee unneeded, matter should be left to the magistracy. Limits would be desirable if it must pass, House Cathak instructed to oppose it with all their might <br />
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Ascending Wood 5th<br />
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Cejanis (Parlour of the flying Fish)<br />
-> meeting with V'neef Tapan. He is very busy, work occupies every speck of time. He is learning about horticulture with local farmers; Kenet sees people as lines in a ledger, HE argues that they are so much more! The Realm takes too much from them, and that peasants are nearing the breaking point. For each Exalt, there are ten thousand peasants, he warns.<br />
-> little hope for true reform, easier to convince the Senate once they witness everything fall apart (holy shit, man)<br />
-> TAX REFORM... trickery to apply new tax systems will just be outwitted like the old systems, luxury subsiidy will break last chain of loyalty between the commoner and their dragon-blessed lords<br />
-> remains skeptical, and loathed to side with his brother<br />
-> talk of Wolf's Grove schemes and socialism ~ strangely selfless for the Dynasty, PROSPERITY FOR ALL ( so exalted, fuck yes)<br />
-> village council of Ostel unhappy with their local mayor<br />
-> he will look for opportunities for Cejanis' schemes to increase prosperity. For the Realm!<br />
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-> meeting with Weather Control bureaucrat (most terrifying session ever)<br />
-> northern coast, 44 of 100 mantis towers are operational, 5 of 20 Tepet towers work, other departments only doing slightly better<br />
-> all save House Cathak and Mnemon are affected, funding cuts have prevented hiring technicians and predicting meteorology 94% BUDGET CUTS, they need a bare minimum of 80 of 100 towers on the coast to prevent storms, and of 600 bureaucrats they have 6, a single secretary and desk in the City<br />
-> "a very dire time for Weather Control"<br />
-> Bal Keraz funding to pack up mantis towers and store them in Thousand Scales warehouses before they deteriorate, as the Treasury can not fund Weather Control; it can only focus on tax collection right now<br />
-> need promises of no further cuts and restoration of the budget<br />
-> mantis tower system as three elements: white jade obelisks, mantis towers, and weather courts<br />
-> Obelisks, 20 of them dots the internal landscape of the Isle, remote places, maintaining order<br />
-> Mantis towers fill gaps across the coast<br />
-> Immaculate order regulates the weather gods<br />
-> Mantis towers require specialized knowledge, 3 techs (weather, magitech, occult correspondence), self-support with hearthstones but break quickly once removed. 1 Team can support several towers<br />
-> PRIVITIZE THE WEATHER SYSTEM<br />
{Tyros and Pepaa should look into the weather tower stuff, their skills suit this!<br />
privatizing the northern weather wall of mantis towers ~ look into alliance with Cynis, Ragara, Tepet to complete it, maybe Sesus?}<br />
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Ascending Wood 6th <br><br />
Went out for lunch with Shinjo, Tyros and Tiir. And then a brothel.<br />
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Ascending Wood 7th <br><br />
Major Senate session <br />
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Ascending Wood 8th <br><br />
Circle meeting<br />
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Ascending Wood 9th <br><br />
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Deliberative offices<br />
-> Cejanis' staff is worried about the escalation of violence in the city and how dangerous the political world is becoming, listing all the murders. Verdant Moss is visibly worried. Cejanis, megalomanical as ever, assures the staff that "there is no need to fret, I will be fine".<br />
Preliminary stages of planning for the party have been completed. Three types of party are appropriate to the season: archery bouts, wine-tasting, and poetry reading; orgies are left out as being unsuitable. The 28th of Resplendent Wood is decided on for the date, an open invitation to the Dynasty with special invitations for important individuals; co-ordinating with the V'neef elders is deemed appropriate. <br><br />
Simmering Pot is ushered in to discuss catering. Nothing but the best is demanded by Cejanis, and the ideal meal plan is layed out: sea-cucumber, salted and slived; fried squid with guts of sea-cucumber; dried ovaries topped with onions; peony eel cut to resemble blossoming flowers;char, wormwood smoked. <br><br />
Decor will be a balance of water and wood elements, paintings with vineyards overlooking the sea.<br />
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Verdant Moss is given the task to look into complimentary businesses or easy targets in the East 9th Ward, and to look into acquiring empty storage. Letters are sent to Peleps Csaard and Ledaal Shinjo, the first requesting a brief meeting and the second demanding to see him immediately! <br><br />
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(East Ninth Ward)<br><br />
-> Chisel & Saw Quarry is Cejanis' target, a poorly maintained building with an interior full of empty space and work tables. Cejanis offers him patronage, taking a tour of the business to assess it. There is a tapped-out marble pit that was used in the original construction of th eImperial Palace; the family business dates to that era. Taxes and fees reduced the staff; at their most prosperous there were 30 but by the end the stone-crafting was handled by just him, his father, and 4 others. Cejanis spins a story about profit-sharing and investments, asking for a list of his business needs.<br><br />
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Ascending Wood 10th<br><br />
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(V'neef Deliberative offices)<br><br />
-> Cejanis meets with V'neef Dalyr, an adopted former Legion officer. He has spent years fighting barbarians in the Threshold, and his office displays mementos from various battlefields and tribes he has encountered, many of them weapons. He is an adopted member of the House, having served in the Lesser Chamber of the Deliberative prior to becoming a sort of defacto chair/whip of the V'neef caucus... who seldom listen to his sage advice.<br><br />
- The pair speak of the agricultural subsidy bill and his opinions on which might pass. He feels the luxury bill has a higher chance of success, lamenting Kenet's skill at politics coupled with immense greed. Cejanis asks after peasant unrest if the bill passed, and he feels that Tapan overestimates how dire it would be; only if combined with cuts to services that their require {oh god is there cuts to socialized medicine planned?} or a poor harvest would it bring peasant revolt. Cejanis warns that the weather bureau is drastically underfunded, cuts taken when Bal Keraz was refused funding by the Deliberative. Dalyr will look into drumming up support for refunding the weather bureau, as their mantis towers are necessary for continued V'neef agricultural prosperity.<br><br />
- Sesus & Peleps caucus were both upset that the emergency session was ended by Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative. Dalyr posits that as a veteran of politics she knew how damaging the bill would be if passed, as it may very well have been if the vote had been called. Peleps, Sesus and Mnemon all seem in staunch support of the bill stripping V'neefs agricultural assets while the Tepets and Cynis are leaning into support. Cynis doubts come from seeing an Imperial monopoly stripped, which would set precedent for attacking their own pair of protected monopolies in slaves and selling food to the Legions; the Tepets would see a great boost in income from reclaiming their vineyards, enough to raise a new Legion, but bullying the smaller, weaker Houses would threaten their own holdings in Lord's Crossing in the future. Dalyr has a scheme to use the Lesser Chamber to stall the bill even if it should pass the Greater Chamber.<br><br />
- Cathaks and Ledaals seem to be against the bill, though neither views the junior House V'neef as a true member of their alliance. Ragara has a greater fear of the Deliberative losing authority than its power being abused; stability above all, and as such their position is less known.<br><br />
- Dalyr shares news from Qishi, that Princess V'neef has ordered that the Merchant Marine cease all anti-piracy work along the coast of Eagle Prefecture. V'neef is remind House Sesus of the cost of seeking favors from House Peleps and suggesting their adopt a neutral stance in the future. It also serves as a remind of the strength of House V'neef to the other Houses. Dalyr would have preferred that this measure not been enacted by his tone and posture, but hopes it can be used to negotiate. It causes further issues as the Tepets use the ports of Eagle's Launch since House Ledaal refuses them access to the Caracal River. Cejanis notes that she will speak to Yashiva on this. Dalyr is worried about pirates attacking the prefecture soon, as there are disturbing reports of Coral Archipelago movements threatening the western part of the Realm.<br><br />
- The Sesus + Peleps alliance is fracturing, as Sesus is positioned such that they cannot back down from it but their promises lie unfulfilled. The alliance must have seemed a boon to Peleps at the time, since replacing the 1st Legion with the 4th meant removing soldiers trained for hundreds of years specifically for killing the Senate, but what should have been a more limited deal is bringing down the Sesii.<br><br />
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Ascending Wood 11th<br><br />
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(home, V'neef palace wing)<br><br />
-> the day is spent on Charm training and bureaucratic manuvering, though in the evening she receives a large crate from Peleps Staemos bearing two letters: one addressed to her and another to Ledaal Shinjo. The first letter asks 'Janjan' if she would mind forwarding the package to their mutual friend, while the second letter (that Cejanis wastes no time opening!) states that Staemos has completed his side of their contract. The crate holds bottles of what is no-doubt peach-flavored rice wine. {I regret everything, oh god}<br><br />
- She has plans for meetings with Csaard soon, as well as Yashiva on the 12th and V'neef Mahara on the 13th.<br><br />
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[[Category:OOC]] [[Category:Player Logs & Summaries]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Ledaal_Shinjo&diff=7828User:Ledaal Shinjo2018-10-09T19:21:39Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>Projects <br />
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- major concerts Shinjo performed during his/her post-soprano phase<br />
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- Metal Gear-inspired origins for Lookshy<br />
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- Shinjo & Hibare prequel post<br />
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- Art subsystem<br />
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- virtue/social rules rework<br />
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- bureaucracy rework based on Reign company system<br />
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- mathnerd sorcery school and NPCs<br />
- Realm and Heaven math systems inspired by China and Mayan notations<br />
- http://www.astro.rug.nl/~nevenzeel/Study/PGvdW_t=9C_HCM_a=RB,KN.pdf <br />
- https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1511/1511.08033.pdf <br />
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Yanghui_triangle.gif <br />
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- Caiji investigation into Mistress Tegra's heliographs<br />
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- Pasiap concrete immaculate text</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ausang_Torokanu&diff=7824Ausang Torokanu2018-10-04T13:35:32Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>''From the writings of [[Foundation Apex]], archivist to [[Ledaal Visaren]] of [[Tuchara]]:''<br />
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Among the most notable figures of the early [[Shogunate Era]], Ausang Torokanu’s history has been clouded by myth and legend. [[Jalan Dai]]’s [[Fire Chronicle]] places her birth on the day of the [[Usurpation]] as the by-blow of a Sidereal-Terrestrial marriage, while [[Tula the Elder]]’s [[Record of the Nineteen Shoguns]] states that she was born immaculately from the womb of [[Mela]], who tutored her in the art of [[Sorcery]]. She first appears in reputable histories roughly twenty years before the founding of the Shogunate, acting as counselor and lover to [[Raikuru]] of [[Telben]], tempering his rashness and aiding him in strategy and statecraft. Torokanu was instrumental in defeating the [[Nine Winds Coalition]] and establishing Raikuru as [[Shogun]]. She has also been attributed with the writing of the [[White Words Codex]] and in some accounts the founding of the [[Versino]].<br />
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Many of these tales are disputed by the current [[Immaculate Order]], which deemed many of Torokanu’s works on the [[Will of Hesiesh]] to be heresies during the [[COUNCIL OF NOTCEA]] in the wake of the Great Contagion. <br />
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'''Source''': Adapted from original by Quendalon on the unofficial Exalted wiki. <br />
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[[Category:Dragonblooded]] [[Category:Deceased Characters]] [[Category:Shogunate Characters]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Okubo%27s_Murder_Investigation&diff=7699Okubo's Murder Investigation2018-02-12T00:25:31Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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== Okubo Leads ==<br />
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'''OKUBO'S INVITATIONS''' <br><br />
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See [http://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Documents_relating_to_the_Investigation_of_Cathak_Okubo]<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To V'neef Cenjanis RY768 DE14<br />
- mentions recent events in City politics bringing to mind school days<br />
- fallen from the path of forging a better world?<br />
- troubled times, we can all use true friends?<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE9<br />
- received invitation as if fated, wants to talk about magitech and geomancy<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE14<br />
- invite to the now assembled gathering<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ledaal Shinjo RY768 DE14<br />
- attended Shinjo's play in Descending Earth?<br />
- remembering climbing over walls under cover of darkness<br />
- friends standing side by side against all comers<br />
- taking in poems of Rawar and his sort, their appeal their simplicity<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE14<br />
- some day take a legion to kill the Bull<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE18<br />
- place within the Palace well-suited to martial exercise if don't mind odd stare or two venturing off the beaten path of Dynasts into areas mostly occupied by<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Sesus Septimus RY768 DE14<br />
- Wants to ask question in confidence on the 4th Legion's impending arrival <br />
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'''OKUBO'S INTERCEPTED INVITATION TO SEPTIMUS''' <br><br />
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Septimus' letter was lost by a courier, who was found dead of opium overdose. The letter was damaged, including the bottom piece having been torn off; whatever last bit of wisdom Okubo meant to convey is gone. <br />
The Thousand Scales bureaucrat who approved the courier, Thesk Dark, was disenfranchised and followed home to his apartments in the East Districts where Sesus Kanya then killed him legally. Nothing of note was found in his rooms. Sesus Kanya received a promotion and a swift return to Eagle's Launch, which coincides suspiciously with these events {needs documentation}. Who promoted her?<br />
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The courier himself was Okubo's favorite courier, which implies that Okubo likely used him because he could be trusted.<br />
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'''OKUBO AND KORA'''<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat let slip that he had seen the two together at a gala in Resplendent Earth in a discussion with Septimus. Kimiasha remembers a likely party on 16th Resplendent Earth, a mixer where several notable Dynasts from Houses Sesus, Mnemon, Cynis and Peleps paraded their kids to try and arrange marriages. Attendees of note: Lady XXXX (Mnemon?) Taira, Sesus Nagat, Cynis Wisel, Sesus Indira... Sesus Kivo, Sesus Kimiasha... "a gaggle of Peleps"... Nellens Spulumbo & Nellens Cherelle <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S GATE RECORDS'''<br><br />
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Sesus Septimus used his authority to requisition gate records that showed Okubo passing through the City gates several days prior to his death. Storage of the City's gate records is handled by Stoic Quail, the elder clerk in charge of them. He peruses the records for the 15th through the 21th of Descending Earth looking for mention of Mnemon Kora and Cathak Okubo, finding only a few mentions:<br />
- Mnemon Kora leaves the City on the 19th of DE, southern City gate<br />
- Kora and Okubo enter the City on the 21st of DE, southern City gate<br />
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'''MEANING BEHIND THE DIM SUM'''<br />
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The party met at the Blossoming Orchid Pavillion to reunite with Cathak Okubo after many years apart. Though he was waylaid before he could arrive, the meal he had planned was still served. [[Dynastic Dim Sum]] is often used to convey meaning from the host to the diners, to complement themes of discussion or to imply things that cannot be said.<br />
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First course: A platter of grapes, Vneef Thagada wine from the RY753 vintage thinned with water, and soup dumplings.<br />
Second course: grilled eel, a plate of bamboo-stuffed mushrooms over rice, and jasmine spiced salmon with cinnamon tea (of note: a servant apologized that quail stuffed with onions was not available, so the salmon was a regrettable substitution)<br />
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THEORY #1: The dishes are organized to symbolize the weakened bond of friendship between the primary-school clique (watered wine from the year everyone met), and possibly strength from renewed union between those politically opposed (grilled eel being an Air dish cooked by Fire, mushrooms a melding of Wood and Earth). This theory does not account well for the quail, as it fits a different pattern altogether.<br />
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THEORY #2: Similar to #1, but the dishes are meant to match with the invitations sent to the various guests, telling us which vaguely written hints to combine together. In this reading, combining Sorae and Shinjo's invitations nets us "go to a place where only servants go" and "leaping over walls at night", which may be a hint on where to find the hidden manse under the Servant's Pavilion. <br />
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THEORY #3: The dishes represent individuals, not themes or places. If this is the case, the first course likely represents V'neef Thagada herself (wine, grapes) and Cathak Okubo (soup dumplings, his favorite dish). Using that as a key to the second course, we are left with:<br />
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:'''Stuffed quail''' - an important personage who represents House Sesus, perhaps Lord Nagat<br />
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:'''Stuffed mushrooms''' - an earth-aligned food made to look like a flower, one possibility is an Exalt of one aspect from a House of the other (an Earth Aspect in a Wood family is Vneef Pepaa's suggestion). A possible candidate for this would be Ragara Isamatara, as a Wood Aspect in a Earth House obsessed with earthy things like gems. An alternative meaning would take the mushroom more literally, and suggest Ledaal Aleval is the intended; he is a Wood Aspect interested in mushrooms.<br />
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:'''Grilled eel''' - Descending Earth, seasonal dish. An air-aligned creature from the water placed over fire. Perhaps an air aspect wed to a fiery spouse or from a House known to favor Fire. We have several candidates for this, including Sesus Okuni, Nestor of the Temple of Mela, and Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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:'''Cinnamon tea''' - Southern flavors, not traditionally served with meals due to the burning taste. Could be tied to Arjuf, or Chiraoscuro. No notable personage matched.<br />
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:'''Jasmine Salmon''' - Resplendent Air, seasonal dish. May not have any meaning at all because of substitution.<br />
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This avenue is currently under the purview of Tyros, who is arranging a meeting with lady Thagada to confirm theory #3's validity.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S MISSING BODY''' <br><br />
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Septimus visited Toribeno after reports of vandals lurking about. The monks explained that they had been accosted by a blonde woman with several bulky bodyguards in tow in the middle of the night on the 8th AW. She seemed unsteady and cruel. Septimus checked Okubo's tomb only to find the body missing and a crumpled letter detailing Okubo's will and divestment of possessions. <br />
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It was confirmed in 'Flame on the Shore' that Cynis Tiir had absconded with the body. <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S WILL'''<br><br />
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What jade and coin he has was to be distributed to his bearers Tallow Eater and Long Road, or to their families in Ostle and Vatamu.<br><br />
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He mentions the coffin he had commissioned, and his wish to be carried to the south to be cremated at the gravestone of his father; he expressesly wishes not to be left behind in the tomb of C'taru. <br><br />
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Searing Fire, his grand daiklaive, is bestowed to Tepet Ganta; Flame that held against the sea is granted to Ledaal Primus. As Ganta was born in RE or DE, that means the will was written very recently. <br><br />
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'''TEMPLE OF FIRE & IMMACULATE MARTIAL ARTS''' <br><br />
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A martial arts Charm manual found inside the secret manse called ''Walking Among Irisis'' implies that Okubo was meditating<br />
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== Sesus Ketek Leads ==<br />
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'''SESUS KETEK AND THE CITY OF GOLD'''<br><br />
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Sesus Ketek embarked on an expedition deep into the Southern deserts that would in the end claim his life. A journal was found, left by Okubo in a tomb marked for his father, detailing the expedition noting important landmarks and oasis (transcribe journal here). <br />
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Tyros compared the journal to Rekka's description of her migratory patterns and drew a rudimentary map comparing them. Ketek's journey brought him further south than the safest oasis Rekka knows of.<br />
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A letter from Tepet Yoshimitsu of the 9th Legion to Cathak Okubo can be found in the Ducks in a Row thread. It was found in Okubo's rooms in the East 9th Ward. The letter tells of the attempt to return Sesus Ketek's belongings after he died; Cathak Meata returned everything to sender, and so Yoshimitsu found Ketek's son at the House of Bells sent everything there. It appears a single monk survived the expedition and encountered Yoshimitsu's unit in the south... the monk travelled to Arjuf afterwards. Sorae has asked for further details about the encounter from the Taimyo Council, as well as inquiring briefly with Dragonlord Saigo about Yoshimitsu's fate; the man died at the Battle of Futile Blood.<br><br />
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'''SESUS KETEK'S BOOKS''' <br><br />
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Sesus Ketek wrote several books on southern history and lore, all of which Cathak Okubo was in possession of and clearly interested in. The party has undertaken an investigation into a single book thus far, and will embark on similar ones after the next party gathering.<br />
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[[A Brief Summation of pre-Imperial failures in Tactical Manoeuvres against the Fae]]<br />
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[[A record of Lion Fae Incursions in the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Defensive Strategies of the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]]<br />
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[[Notable Ruins of the Southern Threshold]]<br />
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[[Suppression of Wyld-madness in the Outer Slums of Chiaroscuro]]<br />
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[[Theredin Ruin - A History]]<br />
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[[A Summation of the Battle at Teran-woo Bridge]] - Shinjo has taken inspiration from Sesus Ketek's book for his new play for the Festival of Sextes Jylis. It seems likely that the book is a distillation of events taken from pouring over the folklore of the south, including plays and songs and stories such as the one Rekka shared with Shinjo on her first night in his rooms.<br />
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'''HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY'''<br><br />
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A red carved crystal Shinjo found in the East Ninth reveals a projection of Ketek and a boy (Okubo? Yagu?) when the Purposeful Lamp is used on it. An inscription, including a possible maker's mark of sorts, can be seen:<br><br />
9.0.3<br><br />
18<br><br />
and firetongue words: ‘exacting’, ‘exciting’, or ‘excising’ followed by ‘vessel’, ‘damsel’, or ‘chisel’, with a third word below: ‘gum’, ‘gem, or ‘gam’. <br><br />
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The inside of ''Walking Among Irisis'' has this description: <br><br />
E.18<br><br />
T.762.DF.4<br><br />
G.9.0.22<br><br />
D.Text, training, Shogunate.<br><br />
A.Deferred<br><br />
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Reading ''Year Zero Void'', Tyros yields the following cryptic analysis: Numbers ‘9’, ‘10’, and ‘16’ appear to be the source of theories of some sort, and suggestion of discussion between those sources and ‘7’ at ‘GSC‘ is frequently suggested, as are discussions between ‘11’, ‘17’, and ‘19’ at ‘ECS’, sometimes adding ‘16’ at ‘GDO’. The subjects for discussion seem to be ’10.1’, from which appear to be drawn subjects ’10.0’ and ‘9.0’. Apparently the intended reader knows some information connected with ’18 CPF access on 10.0’.<br />
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The key expeditions called for seem to be a continuation of ’12 PAA on 10.1 10.0’, and ’15 18 9.0.2 and further following 10.0 9.0 developments’, the latter of which seems to depend on some sort of supply allocation via ’20 WBW’. <br />
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A letter from Sesus Roga and Nellens Taralla of the Historical Preservation Society to Sesus Ketek bears the symbols "GSC. FR 14" in the top right. Roga is listed as Venerated Chair and Taralla as Honored Treasurer.<br />
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A dedication in [[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]] records Sesus Roga and Sesus Tegra as patrons of Ketek's expedition. Tegra serves as Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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As of this posting, our theories indicate that three-character acronyms are ''places'', integers are ''people'' and decimal-designations are ''expeditions''. ''Year Zero Void'' is likely a treatise to secure funding for a Threshold expedition 10.1. CPF is believed to stand for Citadel of Purifying Flame, which would imply that Shinjo's notes for his play might relate to '18 CPF access on 10.0'.<br />
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Shinjo's conversation with the All-Seeing Eye revealed that the HPS were a group of scholars chastised by the Scarlet Empress 5 years ago. Sesus Tegra did not see the need for the corrective action, and is still angered by it and by the man tasked with bringing the wayward group to heel, Sesus Nagat. Whatever their research topics, it angered both the Throne and the Eye. Sesus Kurigazu, a Senator from the Magel household, is likewise upset by his frivolous use of the books with Jozan and Shinjo.<br />
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'''TWO SNAKES FACING EACH OTHER''' <br><br />
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The Magel family appears to be upsetting the political status quo of the Imperial City, and given Sesus Magel Ketek's obvious familial ties and Sesus Roga's chair of the Historical Preservation Society which Okubo had interest in, it behooves us to include the Magels in our investigation.<br />
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Sorae looked into the Magel family tree: <br><br />
'''Magel''' himself(herself?) descends from Sesus and Iselsi Naran, married to Cynis Parovar. Has a daughter Zhanja, and three brothers Roga, Talor and Nagat.<br><br />
'''Nagat''', the youngest, has four sons by Assuri Tarii: Marand, Mendei, Mdoro, and Mraka. Mraka is notable for toadying for Sesus Kivo.<br><br />
'''Roga''' has two daughters Kathana and Kiara, and two sons Kurigazu and Kivo. Kathana married General Dochao, interestingly, and their daughter Doshtara married Nagat's son Marand.<br><br />
'''Talor''' has two sons Urgurnazi and Kenruyo.<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat's rise to the House Sesus elder council is a recent affair in City politics as of 23rd DE and the campaign's opening. He appears to be the main sponsor of the Fourth Legion, which has taken the garrison of the Imperial City. He is mentor of a sort to General Dochao, and uncle to Sesus Kivo and Sesus Kiara. He is also one of the triumvirs of the Silent Legion, alongside Cynis Ukinyo and Vneef Bijar. He was pressured to have Sesus Septimus declared Anathema-tainted and executed by Peleps Staemos, but refrained. He wishes the investigation into Okubo's murder resolved in some way, so long as a Mnemon is not implicated. He attended the Spring Flowers Gala, where he involved Ledaal Shinjo in a plan to spread rumours of the fierce love between Peleps Archova and Sesus Zhoutai. Later he gave a gift to Jozan and Shinjo of a pair of books that showed a peculiar insight into their hearts; Jozan received ''Drunken Reflections'' by Du Fu and Shinjo received a rare copy of ''Peach Blossom Fan'' with a rewritten, happy ending.<br><br />
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'''NOTE:''' READING NAGAT'S PEACH BLOSSOM FAN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA<br />
The book appears to have been written in very late Shogunate era Chiaroscuro for the daimyo of that city. He had a cabal of romantic artists who were prolific at the time.<br />
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== Other Personages Leads ==<br />
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'''STRATEGOI SESUS DOCHAO'''<br />
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As a younger man, Strategoi Sesus Dochao served as part of an escort for one of Sesus Ketek's expeditions. Septimus asked after the story, but the General put it off for another time.<br />
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'''SESUS TEGRA, MISTRESS OF THE DELIBERATIVE'''<br />
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'''SESUS OKUNI'''<br />
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== Mysterious Places == <br />
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'''THE MURDER SCENE'''<br />
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The murder happened on East Ninjo Street. The palanquin and the bodies are covered in long straight slashes, cuts are to the neck and legs. Blood seems to have sprayed outwards away from the more poorly lit western walls of the House of Mist. Okubo seems to have been struck first, with his bearers dying moments later as they attempted to flee. Okubo's weapon was undrawn. The palanquin's lanterns were unlit, so the killer would have needed excellent night vision to have seen its target from atop the House of Mist.<br />
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Mnemon Vesko and Mnemon Palima were first upon the scene, while Peleps Turina's palanquin had passed by just before.<br />
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'''THE SERVANT'S PAVILION & THE SECRET MANSE'''<br><br />
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Sorae's letter from Okubo lead into the Palace Gardens, where she found a place "off the beaten paths of Dynasts": a pavilion for the servants who labour within the Palace. On AW 14th Shinjo sneaks into an underground tunnel network hidden beneath the pavilion, locating a room where Okubo had left behind a pair of books (Examining And Transcending The Year Zero Void and Walking Among Irises). Cuts in the obsidian walls depict a map of the Imperial Palace, with High Realm numbers over several notable locales: #1 The Western Palace Wing, #2 The Silent Legion HQ #3 The Five Dragon Bridge Gatehouse and #4 The Imperial Manse. X's denote the Servant's Pavilion and the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, with a sweeping cut marking a path from the latter to #4. <br />
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Tyros and Sorae visited the tunnel system on the night of the 15th to find the map missing. Tyros has confirmed that the location is likely a secret manse. A smashed bottle of Thagada wine and bloodstains from fists striking the wall are examined by Sorae. Tyros proves that the western tunnel was bricked up some time ago, though to what purpose we do not know. The location of the manse and the directions of the tunnels hint that they might cross the Imperial Palace walls; if true, the southern tunnel may lead into the water-way between the City and the Palace.<br />
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Sorae found the hearthstone chamber by diving into the overflowing pool in the central chamber, though the way is blocked by a grate of black jade. There are tunnels in the northern wall and a panel with the Old Realm glyph PU on the southern wall. The floor is a lattice which allows water to flow upwards.<br />
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'''EAST NINTH WARD''' <br><br />
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Shinjo spoke to a drunken laborer in the Red Ruby teahouse who recognized faux-Okubo's face and chatted with him for a time. <br />
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The calligraphy in Okubo's rooms are suspected to have been done in the calligraphers shop in the East Ninth Ward. This was confirmed later, with the stanza "The Biting Dogs Hides Its Fangs" being a fragment from peasant poetry along the Serpentine River.<br />
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Okubo had some sort of interest in the printing press in the East Ninth, but this lead may have been cut short by Zhoutai's murder of Ambrim Beg and the destruction of many supplies from the old printing business. We suspect he was trying to get a "true" version of his father's book, ''A Brief Summation'', printed; hence why he had a copy of Yagu's version filled with notations and corrections hidden in his rented rooms.<br />
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'''THE C'TARU TOMB IN TORIBENO''' <br><br />
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Tyros and Septimus found a wax-sealed flower pot in the Cathak C'Taru family tombs of Toribeno by breaking open the clay cover of Sesus Ketek. This urn contained a key which opens Okubo's East 9th apartment, a broken artifact flashlight tool, an orchid ribbon, a journal detailing Ketek's adventures into deep into the Southern wyld, and Ketek's hat (with a Cathak Meata badge covering its original Sesus Magel mon). The ribbon likely serves as a reminder to look deeper into the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, or the servants who serve there...<br />
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The flower pot almost certainly comes from a pottery merchant in the East Ninth, though this remains unconfirmed. We need to prove it and see if Okubo bought more than one pot.<br />
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'''THE COFFIN OF CLUES''' <br><br />
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Okubo had a coffin carved out of stone from the Chisel & Saw in the East 9th Ward, which his family interred him in with alarming haste. The cover of the coffin is an unfinished relief of (presumably) Cathak Okubo himself, arms crossing his chest and clutching as if holding a dagger... the blade itself is missing. There are openings on his forearms for something to be attached... perhaps bracers? On each side of the coffin are small indents and further iconic carvings, at the foot there is a carving of a blank book that the stonemasons hadn't finished. Despite the coffin appearing as some sort of puzzle, there are no mechanisms of any sort built into the stone on Tyros' inspection.<br />
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Our current belief is that the coffin exists as a record of the clues Okubo had left behind for us. The glass dagger, two brass wheels, and 'A Brief Summation' seem to line up as matching missing slots on the coffin, all of which were found in the East 9th. The wheels have a slot for a hearthstone, and the bracers themselves, are still missing.<br />
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A small charm warding against rising as a ghost was placed in the dagger-slot between Okubo's hands, and on the 9th AW Septimus found Okubo's body missing and a will dedicating Okubo's possesions to the friends' children, Primus and Ganta.<br />
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'''The Shrine Of Dutiful Harvests'''<br />
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Brother Radiant Coal has been removed from his position at the Academy and sent to [[the Shrine of Dutiful Harvests]] instead. The Shrine is located either in Ostle or somewhere near; that Okubo dropped the name of Ostle in his Will might serve as an clue that he wanted his friends to visit and speak with his former mentor (and by asking his mother to send money to a servant's family in Ostle he all but assured that Meata would refuse to visit the village!). <br />
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Shinjo is currently conspiring to find a way to visit the village, possibly with Mnemon Miasa or his brother, in order to investigate if Okubo left anything with Radiant Coal.<br />
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== Possible Enemies ==<br />
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'''LEDAAL VENOSA'''<br />
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There is a theory that Ledaal Venosa is attempting to actively hinder the investigation into Okubo's murder. If there is truth to it, she may well know or be involved in the act itself. The evidence is largely circumstantial, but compelling.<br />
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First, she was certainly listening when Shinjo passed clues hidden in poems to Sorae at the Spring Flowers Gala. Shortly thereafter, the doors to the Fire Temple were closed to Sorae; possible it was related to her duel with Vessala, and thus not conclusive.<br />
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Magistrates are eager to pin the recent murders on Tepet Sorae, and Black Wood passed along that being in possession of anything linked to Cathak Okubo could well seal such suspicions. Shinjo had gifted the red faceted statue and the glass dagger to Sorae as tokens of affection, and no one (except servants and possibly Jozan, who is in league with Venosa) was aware of it.<br />
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The evening Shinjo and Sorae intended to venture into the Gardens together to follow Okubo's clues Venosa appeared. Later ventures into the secret water manse did not find the same map that Shinjo saw that night carved into the manse walls.<br />
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'''STRATEGOI CATHAK MEATA'''<br />
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The worst mom.<br />
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[[Category:Investigation into the Death of Cathak Okubo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Decree_Of_Sextes_Jylis&diff=7698Decree Of Sextes Jylis2018-02-10T18:28:04Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: Created page with "'''Description:''' An Immaculate hymn. ---- Through all this world strode Jylis: thrice his foot he planted, <br> and flowers pollinated in his footstep's dust. <br> Sexte..."</p>
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Through all this world strode Jylis: thrice his foot he planted, <br><br />
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and flowers pollinated in his footstep's dust. <br><br />
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Sextes, the guardian, he whom none deceiveth, made three steps, thenceforth <br><br />
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establishing his high decrees! <br><br />
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Look ye on the works of Jylis and hew to the holy. <br><br />
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The dragons evermore behold that loftiest place of Sextes, like <br><br />
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an eye extended through the heavens. <br><br />
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This, Jylis' station most sublime, the sages, ever-vigilant, <br><br />
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lovers of holy song, light up. <br><br />
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May the gods rejoice in the upholding of Law! <br><br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Music & Theater]] [[Category:Immaculate Order]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Shimmering_Pool&diff=7635Shimmering Pool2018-01-08T02:04:44Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>A Shimmering Pool is a decorative feature found occasionally in the gardens and palaces of the [[Scarlet Dynasty]] and Threshold nobility. The simplest Shimmering Pools are simply small basins, urns, or [[Marble]] pools filled not with water but with silvery [[Quicksilver]]. Such a substance delivers the shimmer of the [[Most High]]'s light upon water far more consistently than water itself, with a rarity that demonstrates wealth and power. The most extravagant Shimmering Pools include fountains, producing an eternal silver cascade to delight onlookers.<br />
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Some gardens and chambers incorporate Shimmering Pools to serve as the water in vast maps laid out upon the floors, liquid to mark seas and rivers without evaporation. Though splendid, these pale next to the now-rare manse-maps of the [[First Age]], where [[Moonsilver]] allowed the waters of the map and rivers to move up and down coastlines with the tides or overflow their banks during flooding. <br />
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[[Category:Architecture]] [[Category:Dynastic Gardens]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Okubo%27s_Murder_Investigation&diff=7627Okubo's Murder Investigation2018-01-04T03:53:25Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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== Okubo Leads ==<br />
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'''OKUBO'S INVITATIONS''' <br><br />
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See [http://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Documents_relating_to_the_Investigation_of_Cathak_Okubo]<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To V'neef Cenjanis RY768 DE14<br />
- mentions recent events in City politics bringing to mind school days<br />
- fallen from the path of forging a better world?<br />
- troubled times, we can all use true friends?<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE9<br />
- received invitation as if fated, wants to talk about magitech and geomancy<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ragara Tyros RY768 DE14<br />
- invite to the now assembled gathering<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Ledaal Shinjo RY768 DE14<br />
- attended Shinjo's play in Descending Earth?<br />
- remembering climbing over walls under cover of darkness<br />
- friends standing side by side against all comers<br />
- taking in poems of Rawar and his sort, their appeal their simplicity<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE14<br />
- some day take a legion to kill the Bull<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo to Tepet Sorae RY768 DE18<br />
- place within the Palace well-suited to martial exercise if don't mind odd stare or two venturing off the beaten path of Dynasts into areas mostly occupied by<br />
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Letter From Cathak Okubo To Sesus Septimus RY768 DE14<br />
- Wants to ask question in confidence on the 4th Legion's impending arrival <br />
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'''OKUBO'S INTERCEPTED INVITATION TO SEPTIMUS''' <br><br />
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Septimus' letter was lost by a courier, who was found dead of opium overdose. The letter was damaged, including the bottom piece having been torn off; whatever last bit of wisdom Okubo meant to convey is gone. <br />
The Thousand Scales bureaucrat who approved the courier, Thesk Dark, was disenfranchised and followed home to his apartments in the East Districts where Sesus Kanya then killed him legally. Nothing of note was found in his rooms. Sesus Kanya received a promotion and a swift return to Eagle's Launch, which coincides suspiciously with these events {needs documentation}. Who promoted her?<br />
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The courier himself was Okubo's favorite courier, which implies that Okubo likely used him because he could be trusted.<br />
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'''OKUBO AND KORA'''<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat let slip that he had seen the two together at a gala in Resplendent Earth in a discussion with Septimus. Kimiasha remembers a likely party on 16th Resplendent Earth, a mixer where several notable Dynasts from Houses Sesus, Mnemon, Cynis and Peleps paraded their kids to try and arrange marriages. Attendees of note: Lady XXXX (Mnemon?) Taira, Sesus Nagat, Cynis Wisel, Sesus Indira... Sesus Kivo, Sesus Kimiasha... "a gaggle of Peleps"... Nellens Spulumbo & Nellens Cherelle <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S GATE RECORDS'''<br><br />
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Sesus Septimus used his authority to requisition gate records that showed Okubo passing through the City gates several days prior to his death. Storage of the City's gate records is handled by Stoic Quail, the elder clerk in charge of them. He peruses the records for the 15th through the 21th of Descending Earth looking for mention of Mnemon Kora and Cathak Okubo, finding only a few mentions:<br />
- Mnemon Kora leaves the City on the 19th of DE, southern City gate<br />
- Kora and Okubo enter the City on the 21st of DE, southern City gate<br />
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'''MEANING BEHIND THE DIM SUM'''<br />
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The party met at the Blossoming Orchid Pavillion to reunite with Cathak Okubo after many years apart. Though he was waylaid before he could arrive, the meal he had planned was still served. [[Dynastic Dim Sum]] is often used to convey meaning from the host to the diners, to complement themes of discussion or to imply things that cannot be said.<br />
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First course: A platter of grapes, Vneef Thagada wine from the RY753 vintage thinned with water, and soup dumplings.<br />
Second course: grilled eel, a plate of bamboo-stuffed mushrooms over rice, and jasmine spiced salmon with cinnamon tea (of note: a servant apologized that quail stuffed with onions was not available, so the salmon was a regrettable substitution)<br />
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THEORY #1: The dishes are organized to symbolize the weakened bond of friendship between the primary-school clique (watered wine from the year everyone met), and possibly strength from renewed union between those politically opposed (grilled eel being an Air dish cooked by Fire, mushrooms a melding of Wood and Earth). This theory does not account well for the quail, as it fits a different pattern altogether.<br />
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THEORY #2: Similar to #1, but the dishes are meant to match with the invitations sent to the various guests, telling us which vaguely written hints to combine together. In this reading, combining Sorae and Shinjo's invitations nets us "go to a place where only servants go" and "leaping over walls at night", which may be a hint on where to find the hidden manse under the Servant's Pavilion. <br />
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THEORY #3: The dishes represent individuals, not themes or places. If this is the case, the first course likely represents V'neef Thagada herself (wine, grapes) and Cathak Okubo (soup dumplings, his favorite dish). Using that as a key to the second course, we are left with:<br />
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:'''Stuffed quail''' - an important personage who represents House Sesus, perhaps Lord Nagat<br />
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:'''Stuffed mushrooms''' - an earth-aligned food made to look like a flower, one possibility is an Exalt of one aspect from a House of the other (an Earth Aspect in a Wood family is Vneef Pepaa's suggestion). A possible candidate for this would be Ragara Isamatara, as a Wood Aspect in a Earth House obsessed with earthy things like gems. An alternative meaning would take the mushroom more literally, and suggest Ledaal Aleval is the intended; he is a Wood Aspect interested in mushrooms.<br />
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:'''Grilled eel''' - Descending Earth, seasonal dish. An air-aligned creature from the water placed over fire. Perhaps an air aspect wed to a fiery spouse or from a House known to favor Fire. We have several candidates for this, including Sesus Okuni, Nestor of the Temple of Mela, and Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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:'''Cinnamon tea''' - Southern flavors, not traditionally served with meals due to the burning taste. Could be tied to Arjuf, or Chiraoscuro. No notable personage matched.<br />
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:'''Jasmine Salmon''' - Resplendent Air, seasonal dish. May not have any meaning at all because of substitution.<br />
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This avenue is currently under the purview of Tyros, who is arranging a meeting with lady Thagada to confirm theory #3's validity.<br />
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'''OKUBO'S MISSING BODY''' <br><br />
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Septimus visited Toribeno after reports of vandals lurking about. The monks explained that they had been accosted by a blonde woman with several bulky bodyguards in tow in the middle of the night on the 8th AW. She seemed unsteady and cruel. Septimus checked Okubo's tomb only to find the body missing and a crumpled letter detailing Okubo's will and divestment of possessions. <br />
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It was confirmed in 'Flame on the Shore' that Cynis Tiir had absconded with the body. <br><br />
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'''OKUBO'S WILL'''<br><br />
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What jade and coin he has was to be distributed to his bearers Tallow Eater and Long Road, or to their families in Ostle and Vatamu.<br><br />
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He mentions the coffin he had commissioned, and his wish to be carried to the south to be cremated at the gravestone of his father; he expressesly wishes not to be left behind in the tomb of C'taru. <br><br />
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Searing Fire, his grand daiklaive, is bestowed to Tepet Ganta; Flame that held against the sea is granted to Ledaal Primus. As Ganta was born in RE or DE, that means the will was written very recently. <br><br />
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'''TEMPLE OF FIRE & IMMACULATE MARTIAL ARTS''' <br><br />
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A martial arts Charm manual found inside the secret manse called ''Walking Among Irisis'' implies that Okubo was meditating<br />
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== Sesus Ketek Leads ==<br />
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'''SESUS KETEK AND THE CITY OF GOLD'''<br><br />
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Sesus Ketek embarked on an expedition deep into the Southern deserts that would in the end claim his life. A journal was found, left by Okubo in a tomb marked for his father, detailing the expedition noting important landmarks and oasis (transcribe journal here). <br />
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Tyros compared the journal to Rekka's description of her migratory patterns and drew a rudimentary map comparing them. Ketek's journey brought him further south than the safest oasis Rekka knows of.<br />
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A letter from Tepet Yoshimitsu of the 9th Legion to Cathak Okubo can be found in the Ducks in a Row thread. It was found in Okubo's rooms in the East 9th Ward. The letter tells of the attempt to return Sesus Ketek's belongings after he died; Cathak Meata returned everything to sender, and so Yoshimitsu found Ketek's son at the House of Bells sent everything there. It appears a single monk survived the expedition and encountered Yoshimitsu's unit in the south... the monk travelled to Arjuf afterwards. Sorae has asked for further details about the encounter from the Taimyo Council, as well as inquiring briefly with Dragonlord Saigo about Yoshimitsu's fate; the man died at the Battle of Futile Blood.<br><br />
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'''SESUS KETEK'S BOOKS''' <br><br />
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Sesus Ketek wrote several books on southern history and lore, all of which Cathak Okubo was in possession of and clearly interested in. The party has undertaken an investigation into a single book thus far, and will embark on similar ones after the next party gathering.<br />
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[[A Brief Summation of pre-Imperial failures in Tactical Manoeuvres against the Fae]]<br />
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[[A record of Lion Fae Incursions in the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Defensive Strategies of the Late Shogunate]]<br />
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[[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]]<br />
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[[Notable Ruins of the Southern Threshold]]<br />
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[[Suppression of Wyld-madness in the Outer Slums of Chiaroscuro]]<br />
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[[Theredin Ruin - A History]]<br />
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[[A Summation of the Battle at Teran-woo Bridge]] - Shinjo has taken inspiration from Sesus Ketek's book for his new play for the Festival of Sextes Jylis. It seems likely that the book is a distillation of events taken from pouring over the folklore of the south, including plays and songs and stories such as the one Rekka shared with Shinjo on her first night in his rooms.<br />
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'''HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY'''<br><br />
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A red carved crystal Shinjo found in the East Ninth reveals a projection of Ketek and a boy (Okubo? Yagu?) when the Purposeful Lamp is used on it. An inscription, including a possible maker's mark of sorts, can be seen:<br><br />
9.0.3<br><br />
18<br><br />
and firetongue words: ‘exacting’, ‘exciting’, or ‘excising’ followed by ‘vessel’, ‘damsel’, or ‘chisel’, with a third word below: ‘gum’, ‘gem, or ‘gam’. <br><br />
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The inside of ''Walking Among Irisis'' has this description: <br><br />
E.18<br><br />
T.762.DF.4<br><br />
G.9.0.22<br><br />
D.Text, training, Shogunate.<br><br />
A.Deferred<br><br />
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Reading ''Year Zero Void'', Tyros yields the following cryptic analysis: Numbers ‘9’, ‘10’, and ‘16’ appear to be the source of theories of some sort, and suggestion of discussion between those sources and ‘7’ at ‘GSC‘ is frequently suggested, as are discussions between ‘11’, ‘17’, and ‘19’ at ‘ECS’, sometimes adding ‘16’ at ‘GDO’. The subjects for discussion seem to be ’10.1’, from which appear to be drawn subjects ’10.0’ and ‘9.0’. Apparently the intended reader knows some information connected with ’18 CPF access on 10.0’.<br />
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The key expeditions called for seem to be a continuation of ’12 PAA on 10.1 10.0’, and ’15 18 9.0.2 and further following 10.0 9.0 developments’, the latter of which seems to depend on some sort of supply allocation via ’20 WBW’. <br />
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A letter from Sesus Roga and Nellens Taralla of the Historical Preservation Society to Sesus Ketek bears the symbols "GSC. FR 14" in the top right. Roga is listed as Venerated Chair and Taralla as Honored Treasurer.<br />
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A dedication in [[Flame Soaring Ascendant over Desert Sands]] records Sesus Roga and Sesus Tegra as patrons of Ketek's expedition. Tegra serves as Mistress of the Deliberative.<br />
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As of this posting, our theories indicate that three-character acronyms are ''places'', integers are ''people'' and decimal-designations are ''expeditions''. ''Year Zero Void'' is likely a treatise to secure funding for a Threshold expedition 10.1. CPF is believed to stand for Citadel of Purifying Flame, which would imply that Shinjo's notes for his play might relate to '18 CPF access on 10.0'.<br />
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Shinjo's conversation with the All-Seeing Eye revealed that the HPS were a group of scholars chastised by the Scarlet Empress 5 years ago. Sesus Tegra did not see the need for the corrective action, and is still angered by it and by the man tasked with bringing the wayward group to heel, Sesus Nagat. Whatever their research topics, it angered both the Throne and the Eye. Sesus Kurigazu, a Senator from the Magel household, is likewise upset by his frivolous use of the books with Jozan and Shinjo.<br />
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'''TWO SNAKES FACING EACH OTHER''' <br><br />
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The Magel family appears to be upsetting the political status quo of the Imperial City, and given Sesus Magel Ketek's obvious familial ties and Sesus Roga's chair of the Historical Preservation Society which Okubo had interest in, it behooves us to include the Magels in our investigation.<br />
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Sorae looked into the Magel family tree: <br><br />
'''Magel''' himself(herself?) descends from Sesus and Iselsi Naran, married to Cynis Parovar. Has a daughter Zhanja, and three brothers Roga, Talor and Nagat.<br><br />
'''Nagat''', the youngest, has four sons by Assuri Tarii: Marand, Mendei, Mdoro, and Mraka. Mraka is notable for toadying for Sesus Kivo.<br><br />
'''Roga''' has two daughters Kathana and Kiara, and two sons Kurigazu and Kivo. Kathana married General Dochao, interestingly, and their daughter Doshtara married Nagat's son Marand.<br><br />
'''Talor''' has two sons Urgurnazi and Kenruyo.<br><br />
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Sesus Nagat's rise to the House Sesus elder council is a recent affair in City politics as of 23rd DE and the campaign's opening. He appears to be the main sponsor of the Fourth Legion, which has taken the garrison of the Imperial City. He is mentor of a sort to General Dochao, and uncle to Sesus Kivo and Sesus Kiara. He is also one of the triumvirs of the Silent Legion, alongside Cynis Ukinyo and Vneef Bijar. He was pressured to have Sesus Septimus declared Anathema-tainted and executed by Peleps Staemos, but refrained. He wishes the investigation into Okubo's murder resolved in some way, so long as a Mnemon is not implicated. He attended the Spring Flowers Gala, where he involved Ledaal Shinjo in a plan to spread rumours of the fierce love between Peleps Archova and Sesus Zhoutai. Later he gave a gift to Jozan and Shinjo of a pair of books that showed a peculiar insight into their hearts; Jozan received ''Drunken Reflections'' by Du Fu and Shinjo received a rare copy of ''Peach Blossom Fan'' with a rewritten, happy ending.<br><br />
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'''NOTE:''' READING NAGAT'S PEACH BLOSSOM FAN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA<br />
The book appears to have been written in very late Shogunate era Chiaroscuro for the daimyo of that city. He had a cabal of romantic artists who were prolific at the time.<br />
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== Other Personages Leads ==<br />
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'''STRATEGOI SESUS DOCHAO'''<br />
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As a younger man, Strategoi Sesus Dochao served as part of an escort for one of Sesus Ketek's expeditions. Septimus asked after the story, but the General put it off for another time.<br />
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'''SESUS TEGRA, MISTRESS OF THE DELIBERATIVE'''<br />
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'''SESUS OKUNI'''<br />
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== Mysterious Places == <br />
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'''THE MURDER SCENE'''<br />
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The murder happened on East Ninjo Street. The palanquin and the bodies are covered in long straight slashes, cuts are to the neck and legs. Blood seems to have sprayed outwards away from the more poorly lit western walls of the House of Mist. Okubo seems to have been struck first, with his bearers dying moments later as they attempted to flee. Okubo's weapon was undrawn. The palanquin's lanterns were unlit, so the killer would have needed excellent night vision to have seen its target from atop the House of Mist.<br />
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Mnemon Vesko and Mnemon Palima were first upon the scene, while Peleps Turina's palanquin had passed by just before.<br />
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'''THE SERVANT'S PAVILION & THE SECRET MANSE'''<br><br />
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Sorae's letter from Okubo lead into the Palace Gardens, where she found a place "off the beaten paths of Dynasts": a pavilion for the servants who labour within the Palace. On AW 14th Shinjo sneaks into an underground tunnel network hidden beneath the pavilion, locating a room where Okubo had left behind a pair of books (Examining And Transcending The Year Zero Void and Walking Among Irises). Cuts in the obsidian walls depict a map of the Imperial Palace, with High Realm numbers over several notable locales: #1 The Western Palace Wing, #2 The Silent Legion HQ #3 The Five Dragon Bridge Gatehouse and #4 The Imperial Manse. X's denote the Servant's Pavilion and the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, with a sweeping cut marking a path from the latter to #4. <br />
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Tyros and Sorae visited the tunnel system on the night of the 15th to find the map missing. Tyros has confirmed that the location is likely a secret manse. A smashed bottle of Thagada wine and bloodstains from fists striking the wall are examined by Sorae. Tyros proves that the western tunnel was bricked up some time ago, though to what purpose we do not know. The location of the manse and the directions of the tunnels hint that they might cross the Imperial Palace walls; if true, the southern tunnel may lead into the water-way between the City and the Palace.<br />
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Sorae found the hearthstone chamber by diving into the overflowing pool in the central chamber, though the way is blocked by a grate of black jade. There are tunnels in the northern wall and a panel with the Old Realm glyph PU on the southern wall. The floor is a lattice which allows water to flow upwards.<br />
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'''EAST NINTH WARD''' <br><br />
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Shinjo spoke to a drunken laborer in the Red Ruby teahouse who recognized faux-Okubo's face and chatted with him for a time. <br />
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The calligraphy in Okubo's rooms are suspected to have been done in the calligraphers shop in the East Ninth Ward. This was confirmed later, with the stanza "The Biting Dogs Hides Its Fangs" being a fragment from peasant poetry along the Serpentine River.<br />
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Okubo had some sort of interest in the printing press in the East Ninth, but this lead may have been cut short by Zhoutai's murder of Ambrim Beg and the destruction of many supplies from the old printing business. We suspect he was trying to get a "true" version of his father's book, ''A Brief Summation'', printed; hence why he had a copy of Yagu's version filled with notations and corrections hidden in his rented rooms.<br />
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'''THE C'TARU TOMB IN TORIBENO''' <br><br />
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Tyros and Septimus found a wax-sealed flower pot in the Cathak C'Taru family tombs of Toribeno by breaking open the clay cover of Sesus Ketek. This urn contained a key which opens Okubo's East 9th apartment, a broken artifact flashlight tool, an orchid ribbon, a journal detailing Ketek's adventures into deep into the Southern wyld, and Ketek's hat (with a Cathak Meata badge covering its original Sesus Magel mon). The ribbon likely serves as a reminder to look deeper into the Blossoming Orchid Pavilion, or the servants who serve there...<br />
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The flower pot almost certainly comes from a pottery merchant in the East Ninth, though this remains unconfirmed. We need to prove it and see if Okubo bought more than one pot.<br />
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'''THE COFFIN OF CLUES''' <br><br />
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Okubo had a coffin carved out of stone from the Chisel & Saw in the East 9th Ward, which his family interred him in with alarming haste. The cover of the coffin is an unfinished relief of (presumably) Cathak Okubo himself, arms crossing his chest and clutching as if holding a dagger... the blade itself is missing. There are openings on his forearms for something to be attached... perhaps bracers? On each side of the coffin are small indents and further iconic carvings, at the foot there is a carving of a blank book that the stonemasons hadn't finished. Despite the coffin appearing as some sort of puzzle, there are no mechanisms of any sort built into the stone on Tyros' inspection.<br />
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Our current belief is that the coffin exists as a record of the clues Okubo had left behind for us. The glass dagger, two brass wheels, and 'A Brief Summation' seem to line up as matching missing slots on the coffin, all of which were found in the East 9th. The wheels have a slot for a hearthstone, and the bracers themselves, are still missing.<br />
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A small charm warding against rising as a ghost was placed in the dagger-slot between Okubo's hands, and on the 9th AW Septimus found Okubo's body missing and a will dedicating Okubo's possesions to the friends' children, Primus and Ganta.<br />
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== Possible Enemies ==<br />
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'''LEDAAL VENOSA'''<br />
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There is a theory that Ledaal Venosa is attempting to actively hinder the investigation into Okubo's murder. If there is truth to it, she may well know or be involved in the act itself. The evidence is largely circumstantial, but compelling.<br />
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First, she was certainly listening when Shinjo passed clues hidden in poems to Sorae at the Spring Flowers Gala. Shortly thereafter, the doors to the Fire Temple were closed to Sorae; possible it was related to her duel with Vessala, and thus not conclusive.<br />
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Magistrates are eager to pin the recent murders on Tepet Sorae, and Black Wood passed along that being in possession of anything linked to Cathak Okubo could well seal such suspicions. Shinjo had gifted the red faceted statue and the glass dagger to Sorae as tokens of affection, and no one (except servants and possibly Jozan, who is in league with Venosa) was aware of it.<br />
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The evening Shinjo and Sorae intended to venture into the Gardens together to follow Okubo's clues Venosa appeared. Later ventures into the secret water manse did not find the same map that Shinjo saw that night carved into the manse walls.<br />
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'''STRATEGOI CATHAK MEATA'''<br />
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The worst mom.<br />
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[[Category:Investigation into the Death of Cathak Okubo]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Verdant%27s_Diary&diff=7626Verdant's Diary2018-01-04T03:51:34Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: /* Main Plot threads */</p>
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<div>== Agenda ==<br />
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-Cejanis currently is waiting on a response from poet Tepet Jozan for a meeting about her latest wine venture.<br />
-Cejanis sent a letter to Peleps Csaard on the 21st asking after a meeting for the 23rd.<br />
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Possible loose threads on Weather Control might be arranging to speak to someone important in the Treasury like Bal Keraz (I think I misunderstood what he does, but still worth looking into)<br />
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== Subplots ==<br />
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'''V'neef Agricultural Subsidy Bill''' <br><br />
- Tapan wants a crop bill, worried about further squeezing of peasants leading to revolt <br><br />
- Kenet wants to enrich himself and other luxury crop holders <br><br />
- Dalyr feels that the luxury bill is more likely to pass, does not believe it alone would lead to uprisings; combined with poor harvest or cut in services it might <br><br />
- Yashiva weary of the bill, not enough Deathlords <br><br />
- Rufyus feels it does not help Cathak interests <br><br />
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'''Peleps Wine Monopoly Stripping Bill''' <br><br />
- Shinjo warned of the secret bill's contents on the morning before it hit the floor of the Senate <br><br />
- Staemos and House Peleps mastermind of the bill, House Sesus caucus giving support due to favors owed, House Mnemon support assumed. <br><br />
- The Tepets stand to gain vital income from the return of their vineyards, but could see the Deliberative used to strip Lord's Crossing from THEM next.<br><br />
- Cynis would receive vineyards as well, but would see the first of the Imperial Monopolies destroyed, putting their two monopolies in peril. <br><br />
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'''Palace Gala on Resplendent Wood 28th''' <br><br />
- meeting with V'neef Mahara on the 13th to determine planning for it<br />
- Simmering Pot is 'sparing no expense' in planning dishes<br />
- Mahara granted used of the Thousand Vines Ballroom, and arranged meeting with Vneef Bijar to discuss security<br />
- invites to Senators and their children, as well as the bachelors and unwed daughters of the City; good chance to make alliances and seal them with marraiges <br />
House Cathak and House Ledaal<br />
- Bijar will need the guest list to ensure Cejanis' enemies are not present <br><br />
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'''Weather Control Funding''' <br><br />
- Report on holdings and businesses show that poor weather could cause issues with harvests<br><br />
- Meeting held. Northern coast given as an example: 44 of 100 mantis towers operational, 5 of 20 manned by Tepets operational<br><br />
- 94% BUDGET CUTS, 600 bureaucrats reduced to 6, no money for weather forecasts and meteorology <br><br />
- Bal Keraz in the Imperial Treasury provided funds to pack up towers that were falling apart <br><br />
- need 80 of 100 towers operational to ensure protection from storm weather <br><br />
- other elements of the weather control system are large white jade obelisks and immaculate enforcement of the weather gods <br><br />
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'''Poetry on Wine Bottles''' <br><br />
- speak with Shinjo to recruit his assistance, as well as that of Tepet Jozan <br><br />
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'''Revenge on Staemos''' <br><br />
- received letters from Staemos as well as a crate of peach-flavored rice wines addressed to Shinjo as "completion of his end of their contract" <br><br />
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'''East Ninth Ward''' <br><br />
- Saw & Chisel stone carver business accepted offer of patronage, son who runs the shop now sent a list of things he will need to get the business started again <br><br />
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'''V'neef Bijar''' <br><br />
- V'neef Bijar is one of the three Exalts in charge of the Imperial Palace's security, alongside Sesus Nagat and Cynis Ukinyo. She manages the Brass Legion and the Earthfolk detachments, we believe. She gave Okubo a reprimand or something according to Csaard's report, and he is likely to be the first point of inquiry on that. Other avenue is asking after security for your gala?<br><br />
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'''Wolf's Grove''' <br><br />
'''Northeatern Assets''' <br><br />
- - these details are missing from the forum notes, will need to add soon <br><br />
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== Main Plot threads ==<br />
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'''Snakes in the Senate'''<br />
- The Mistress of the Deliberative and Sesus Kurigazu both have interests in preserving the Shogunate library currently controlled by Sesus Nagat. Given Cejanis being engaged by Tegra as she plots her exit from power it might be wise to trade political favors in exchange for access to her own libraries, deciphering the Realm Year Zero mysteries, or other knowledge on the Historical Preservation Society. (some of this requires info updates from Shinjo)<br />
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== Political Interests of the Great Houses ==<br />
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'''House Ledaal'''<br />
- nominal allies to House V'neef as Arjuf is home to the Merchant Marine <br><br />
- promote stability of the Realm and bolstering defences <br><br />
- funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin <br><br />
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'''House Cathak'''<br />
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== History of Events ==<br />
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Descending Earth 22nd<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> a bill on the Scarlet Span Bridge, between the Pangu and Scarlet Prefectures, fails in the Deliberative<br />
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Descending Earth 24th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Tepet Senators divided on the bill to award a title of "General Preserving The Peace" to the commander of the 1st Legion for keeping the Empress' peace for over 700 years.<br />
-> Senate looking into a special investigation of the murder of Cathak Okubo<br />
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Descending Earth 26th<br />
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Cejanis (Unagihime Restaurant):<br />
-> Meeting with Peleps Csaard, Imperial Magistrate. He orders baby conger eels in beancurd, a loaf of eel and tofu essentially, as well as an RY708 Kishi wine.<br />
-> He describes the difficulties caused in tracking Okubo's movements with the destruction of so much of their palace wing and the general chaos in the palace staff following it<br />
-> He questions why Cejanis was in the Cathak wing that night, but she deflects his suspicions.<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is confirmed to be a colossal faggot, quote this if you're down. Also he sucks at fighting with his spear. Though his was the first palanquin to come across Okubo's body, Pelep Turina's palanquin was before Okubo's and saw nothing.<br />
{Note: Peleps Turina is a sorceress who wears a dress made of obsidian butterflies}<br />
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Descending Earth 27th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol has a motion to require all Deliberators to run the Circumnavigation marathon every year to force them to learn more about their nation and constituents. It fails.<br />
-> Upon learning that Staemos reputation is being adversely affected by the 4th's rampage in the Palace, she begins plotting to manipulate that to her advantage.<br />
-> Shinjo drops by to gossip with Cejanis, and learn of the location of the Bleeding Ruby Teahouse in the East Ninth; Cejanis had her minions pull up some details on Thesk Tarn, a minor patrician landlord.<br />
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-> Cejanis meets with Senator V'neef Kenet. They share plates of chilled fruit and red bush tea, his favorite from the Southeast.<br />
-> Kenet is lobbying for a new draft of the agricultural subsidy bill. He loathes his brother Tapan's compassion, and prefers a scheme by where V'neef luxury goods like wine are given subsidy, thereby transfer vast wealth into the House's coffers. With less food grown natively on the Isle's soil as food crops are turned to luxuries, more food will need to be imported lest the peasants starve; by monopoly, this too must pass through the V'neef merchant marine, further enriching the House. He expertly appeals to Cejanis' meglomania, pointing out that not only did she inspire the plan she also stands to profit from it!<br />
-> Peleps grows no luxury goods, and does not stand to gain anything from it. Their opposition is assured, no matter who forwards the motion. Getting to 125 votes will require appealing to the agricultural interests within each of the other Houses.<br />
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-> report on Cejanis' holdings: she needs to look into road upkeep, the degrading weather mantis towers, and preventing the 14th Legion from being repositioned lest banditry arise.<br />
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Descending Earth 28th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol motion to terminate all Dynastic stipends<br />
-> Sesus Kurigazu puts forward a special motion for a session of the Deliberative on the 7th of AW. This passes due to Cathak and Peleps support and Ragara and Nellens abstentions. Mistress of the Deliberative, Sesus Tegra, doesn't block the motion.<br />
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All (Cejanis' quarters in the Imperial Palace):<br />
-> Fishception<br />
-> Shinjo drinks far too much, revealing that his elders are trying to marry him off; he speaks a bit too freely to Septimus, though Sorae intervenes when Shinjo clearly doesn't wish to explain what he's promised to ward off marriage<br />
-> Information is shared between the circle, decision to send Shinjo and others to the East ninth Ward on the 2nd to visit Tallow Eater's quarters<br />
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Ascending Wood 1st<br />
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Cejanis (her office):<br />
-> a bunch of stuff about her take over of Wolf's Grove goes here<br />
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Ascending Wood 2nd<br />
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Cejanis (Hall for Listening to the Orioles restaurant):<br />
-> meeting for lunch with V'neef Sidel, a shipping magnate and senator<br />
-> Sidel viewes Kenet's agricultural as a blatant cash grab for House V'neef that will lead to the other Houses building more cargo ships... and thus weakening the V'neef merchant marine monopoly. Worse, such fat profits will lure House Peleps into privateerism.<br />
-> argues for land reserves to keep food prices down<br />
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Everybody {Outside Toribeno, evening}<br />
-> thread with a few bits here<br />
-> Peleps Archova's circle is in attendance, as well as Peleps Staemos, two Peleps Senators (Danan, former head of Peleps merchant marine), and a Water Aspected Immaculate Nestor (related to Archova?)<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is here, along with Nellens Spulumbo. Two Tepet officers have come to witness the duel, as well as Cathak Caiji from the 1st Legion. A mortal Wood Temple monk as well.<br />
->Senators Aremano and Tepet Lasalle are also in attendance, seeking redress for loss of unExalted children. Both back a motion to censure Archova and Dynasts like her for abusing their power over mortals. Cejanis speaks to them for a time.<br />
-> Peleps Csaard, Magistrate, is officiating. Cejanis speaks to him about ensuring fairness in the duel.<br />
-> Zhoutai arrives to pat Septimus on the back and give him the General's regards<br />
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-> the duel itself is long, but Septimus eventually succumbs to Archova's measured assault. She hesitates in finishing him long enough for Csaard to intercede and end the duel. Kitsume and Sorae tend to him, while Zhoutai swears vengeance and challenges Archova to a duel to the death.<br />
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Ascending Wood 3rd<br />
Cejanis (office?)<br />
-> Okubo investigation backed by Tepet/mnemon/Sesus/Peleps, likely topass. House Cathak and Ledaal each oppose but Ledaal special investigative committee requests undercut their arguments against just such a special inquiry into Okubo's murder<br />
-> Looking to contact Cathak and Ledaal Senators, meeting with Yashiva on the 4th and Tapan on the 5th<br />
-> inquiry into weather towers, working on Wolf's Grove plans<br />
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Ascending Wood 4th<br />
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Cejanis (office)<br />
-> planning for gala in Descending Wood, involving banquet plans with Simmering Pot and discussion on themes (archery competitions, romantic poetry recital, wine tasting)<br />
-> travels to Yashiva's office, he has sweet jam and sugar cookies (he has a sweet tooth)<br />
-> House Ledaal weary of both versions of the Agricultural Subsidy bill... not as important as THE DEATHLORDS<br />
-> House Ledaal interests: stability of the Realm, bolstering defences, funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin<br />
-> Sesus and Mnemon behind calls for emergency session, pushing a bill for special investigation into Dynastic murders in the City. Procedural issue with the bill bothers Yashiva, as it sets precedent for further special committees and the Deliberative has refused previous attempts<br />
-> Cathaks planning deployment to Azerban to kill the Blue Prophet<br />
-> Secret Peleps bill that no one knows about... will likely hit House V'neef very hard<br />
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-> Cejanis writes a letter to Shinjo asking for a favor<br />
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-> meeting with Cathak Rufyus in the evening, at the House of Whirling Blades<br />
-> meal of spiced beef and watered wine<br />
-> Agricultural Bill ~ both versions annoy House Cathak, as they have not 'wasted' their efforts on building up farms and do not want their taxes spent on it... and the bill lacks support for threshold imports<br />
-> ammendments are not enough for Cathak votes, they want to hurt the Pangu monopoly and reduce tariffs on beef cattle<br />
-> on talk of inefficiency in the Thousand Scales, Rufyus mentions that while it is not on the Cathak agenda he personally believes reform is sorely needed<br />
-> Investigative committee unneeded, matter should be left to the magistracy. Limits would be desirable if it must pass, House Cathak instructed to oppose it with all their might <br />
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Ascending Wood 5th<br />
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Cejanis (Parlour of the flying Fish)<br />
-> meeting with V'neef Tapan. He is very busy, work occupies every speck of time. He is learning about horticulture with local farmers; Kenet sees people as lines in a ledger, HE argues that they are so much more! The Realm takes too much from them, and that peasants are nearing the breaking point. For each Exalt, there are ten thousand peasants, he warns.<br />
-> little hope for true reform, easier to convince the Senate once they witness everything fall apart (holy shit, man)<br />
-> TAX REFORM... trickery to apply new tax systems will just be outwitted like the old systems, luxury subsiidy will break last chain of loyalty between the commoner and their dragon-blessed lords<br />
-> remains skeptical, and loathed to side with his brother<br />
-> talk of Wolf's Grove schemes and socialism ~ strangely selfless for the Dynasty, PROSPERITY FOR ALL ( so exalted, fuck yes)<br />
-> village council of Ostel unhappy with their local mayor<br />
-> he will look for opportunities for Cejanis' schemes to increase prosperity. For the Realm!<br />
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-> meeting with Weather Control bureaucrat (most terrifying session ever)<br />
-> northern coast, 44 of 100 mantis towers are operational, 5 of 20 Tepet towers work, other departments only doing slightly better<br />
-> all save House Cathak and Mnemon are affected, funding cuts have prevented hiring technicians and predicting meteorology 94% BUDGET CUTS, they need a bare minimum of 80 of 100 towers on the coast to prevent storms, and of 600 bureaucrats they have 6, a single secretary and desk in the City<br />
-> "a very dire time for Weather Control"<br />
-> Bal Keraz funding to pack up mantis towers and store them in Thousand Scales warehouses before they deteriorate, as the Treasury can not fund Weather Control; it can only focus on tax collection right now<br />
-> need promises of no further cuts and restoration of the budget<br />
-> mantis tower system as three elements: white jade obelisks, mantis towers, and weather courts<br />
-> Obelisks, 20 of them dots the internal landscape of the Isle, remote places, maintaining order<br />
-> Mantis towers fill gaps across the coast<br />
-> Immaculate order regulates the weather gods<br />
-> Mantis towers require specialized knowledge, 3 techs (weather, magitech, occult correspondence), self-support with hearthstones but break quickly once removed. 1 Team can support several towers<br />
-> PRIVITIZE THE WEATHER SYSTEM<br />
{Tyros and Pepaa should look into the weather tower stuff, their skills suit this!<br />
privatizing the northern weather wall of mantis towers ~ look into alliance with Cynis, Ragara, Tepet to complete it, maybe Sesus?}<br />
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Ascending Wood 6th <br><br />
Went out for lunch with Shinjo, Tyros and Tiir. And then a brothel.<br />
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Ascending Wood 7th <br><br />
Major Senate session <br />
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Ascending Wood 8th <br><br />
Circle meeting<br />
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Ascending Wood 9th <br><br />
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Deliberative offices<br />
-> Cejanis' staff is worried about the escalation of violence in the city and how dangerous the political world is becoming, listing all the murders. Verdant Moss is visibly worried. Cejanis, megalomanical as ever, assures the staff that "there is no need to fret, I will be fine".<br />
Preliminary stages of planning for the party have been completed. Three types of party are appropriate to the season: archery bouts, wine-tasting, and poetry reading; orgies are left out as being unsuitable. The 28th of Resplendent Wood is decided on for the date, an open invitation to the Dynasty with special invitations for important individuals; co-ordinating with the V'neef elders is deemed appropriate. <br><br />
Simmering Pot is ushered in to discuss catering. Nothing but the best is demanded by Cejanis, and the ideal meal plan is layed out: sea-cucumber, salted and slived; fried squid with guts of sea-cucumber; dried ovaries topped with onions; peony eel cut to resemble blossoming flowers;char, wormwood smoked. <br><br />
Decor will be a balance of water and wood elements, paintings with vineyards overlooking the sea.<br />
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Verdant Moss is given the task to look into complimentary businesses or easy targets in the East 9th Ward, and to look into acquiring empty storage. Letters are sent to Peleps Csaard and Ledaal Shinjo, the first requesting a brief meeting and the second demanding to see him immediately! <br><br />
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(East Ninth Ward)<br><br />
-> Chisel & Saw Quarry is Cejanis' target, a poorly maintained building with an interior full of empty space and work tables. Cejanis offers him patronage, taking a tour of the business to assess it. There is a tapped-out marble pit that was used in the original construction of th eImperial Palace; the family business dates to that era. Taxes and fees reduced the staff; at their most prosperous there were 30 but by the end the stone-crafting was handled by just him, his father, and 4 others. Cejanis spins a story about profit-sharing and investments, asking for a list of his business needs.<br><br />
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Ascending Wood 10th<br><br />
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(V'neef Deliberative offices)<br><br />
-> Cejanis meets with V'neef Dalyr, an adopted former Legion officer. He has spent years fighting barbarians in the Threshold, and his office displays mementos from various battlefields and tribes he has encountered, many of them weapons. He is an adopted member of the House, having served in the Lesser Chamber of the Deliberative prior to becoming a sort of defacto chair/whip of the V'neef caucus... who seldom listen to his sage advice.<br><br />
- The pair speak of the agricultural subsidy bill and his opinions on which might pass. He feels the luxury bill has a higher chance of success, lamenting Kenet's skill at politics coupled with immense greed. Cejanis asks after peasant unrest if the bill passed, and he feels that Tapan overestimates how dire it would be; only if combined with cuts to services that their require {oh god is there cuts to socialized medicine planned?} or a poor harvest would it bring peasant revolt. Cejanis warns that the weather bureau is drastically underfunded, cuts taken when Bal Keraz was refused funding by the Deliberative. Dalyr will look into drumming up support for refunding the weather bureau, as their mantis towers are necessary for continued V'neef agricultural prosperity.<br><br />
- Sesus & Peleps caucus were both upset that the emergency session was ended by Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative. Dalyr posits that as a veteran of politics she knew how damaging the bill would be if passed, as it may very well have been if the vote had been called. Peleps, Sesus and Mnemon all seem in staunch support of the bill stripping V'neefs agricultural assets while the Tepets and Cynis are leaning into support. Cynis doubts come from seeing an Imperial monopoly stripped, which would set precedent for attacking their own pair of protected monopolies in slaves and selling food to the Legions; the Tepets would see a great boost in income from reclaiming their vineyards, enough to raise a new Legion, but bullying the smaller, weaker Houses would threaten their own holdings in Lord's Crossing in the future. Dalyr has a scheme to use the Lesser Chamber to stall the bill even if it should pass the Greater Chamber.<br><br />
- Cathaks and Ledaals seem to be against the bill, though neither views the junior House V'neef as a true member of their alliance. Ragara has a greater fear of the Deliberative losing authority than its power being abused; stability above all, and as such their position is less known.<br><br />
- Dalyr shares news from Qishi, that Princess V'neef has ordered that the Merchant Marine cease all anti-piracy work along the coast of Eagle Prefecture. V'neef is remind House Sesus of the cost of seeking favors from House Peleps and suggesting their adopt a neutral stance in the future. It also serves as a remind of the strength of House V'neef to the other Houses. Dalyr would have preferred that this measure not been enacted by his tone and posture, but hopes it can be used to negotiate. It causes further issues as the Tepets use the ports of Eagle's Launch since House Ledaal refuses them access to the Caracal River. Cejanis notes that she will speak to Yashiva on this. Dalyr is worried about pirates attacking the prefecture soon, as there are disturbing reports of Coral Archipelago movements threatening the western part of the Realm.<br><br />
- The Sesus + Peleps alliance is fracturing, as Sesus is positioned such that they cannot back down from it but their promises lie unfulfilled. The alliance must have seemed a boon to Peleps at the time, since replacing the 1st Legion with the 4th meant removing soldiers trained for hundreds of years specifically for killing the Senate, but what should have been a more limited deal is bringing down the Sesii.<br><br />
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Ascending Wood 11th<br><br />
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(home, V'neef palace wing)<br><br />
-> the day is spent on Charm training and bureaucratic manuvering, though in the evening she receives a large crate from Peleps Staemos bearing two letters: one addressed to her and another to Ledaal Shinjo. The first letter asks 'Janjan' if she would mind forwarding the package to their mutual friend, while the second letter (that Cejanis wastes no time opening!) states that Staemos has completed his side of their contract. The crate holds bottles of what is no-doubt peach-flavored rice wine. {I regret everything, oh god}<br><br />
- She has plans for meetings with Csaard soon, as well as Yashiva on the 12th and V'neef Mahara on the 13th.<br></div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Verdant%27s_Diary&diff=7625Verdant's Diary2018-01-04T03:50:55Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>== Agenda ==<br />
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-Cejanis currently is waiting on a response from poet Tepet Jozan for a meeting about her latest wine venture.<br />
-Cejanis sent a letter to Peleps Csaard on the 21st asking after a meeting for the 23rd.<br />
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Possible loose threads on Weather Control might be arranging to speak to someone important in the Treasury like Bal Keraz (I think I misunderstood what he does, but still worth looking into)<br />
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== Subplots ==<br />
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'''V'neef Agricultural Subsidy Bill''' <br><br />
- Tapan wants a crop bill, worried about further squeezing of peasants leading to revolt <br><br />
- Kenet wants to enrich himself and other luxury crop holders <br><br />
- Dalyr feels that the luxury bill is more likely to pass, does not believe it alone would lead to uprisings; combined with poor harvest or cut in services it might <br><br />
- Yashiva weary of the bill, not enough Deathlords <br><br />
- Rufyus feels it does not help Cathak interests <br><br />
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'''Peleps Wine Monopoly Stripping Bill''' <br><br />
- Shinjo warned of the secret bill's contents on the morning before it hit the floor of the Senate <br><br />
- Staemos and House Peleps mastermind of the bill, House Sesus caucus giving support due to favors owed, House Mnemon support assumed. <br><br />
- The Tepets stand to gain vital income from the return of their vineyards, but could see the Deliberative used to strip Lord's Crossing from THEM next.<br><br />
- Cynis would receive vineyards as well, but would see the first of the Imperial Monopolies destroyed, putting their two monopolies in peril. <br><br />
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'''Palace Gala on Resplendent Wood 28th''' <br><br />
- meeting with V'neef Mahara on the 13th to determine planning for it<br />
- Simmering Pot is 'sparing no expense' in planning dishes<br />
- Mahara granted used of the Thousand Vines Ballroom, and arranged meeting with Vneef Bijar to discuss security<br />
- invites to Senators and their children, as well as the bachelors and unwed daughters of the City; good chance to make alliances and seal them with marraiges <br />
House Cathak and House Ledaal<br />
- Bijar will need the guest list to ensure Cejanis' enemies are not present <br><br />
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'''Weather Control Funding''' <br><br />
- Report on holdings and businesses show that poor weather could cause issues with harvests<br><br />
- Meeting held. Northern coast given as an example: 44 of 100 mantis towers operational, 5 of 20 manned by Tepets operational<br><br />
- 94% BUDGET CUTS, 600 bureaucrats reduced to 6, no money for weather forecasts and meteorology <br><br />
- Bal Keraz in the Imperial Treasury provided funds to pack up towers that were falling apart <br><br />
- need 80 of 100 towers operational to ensure protection from storm weather <br><br />
- other elements of the weather control system are large white jade obelisks and immaculate enforcement of the weather gods <br><br />
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'''Poetry on Wine Bottles''' <br><br />
- speak with Shinjo to recruit his assistance, as well as that of Tepet Jozan <br><br />
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'''Revenge on Staemos''' <br><br />
- received letters from Staemos as well as a crate of peach-flavored rice wines addressed to Shinjo as "completion of his end of their contract" <br><br />
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'''East Ninth Ward''' <br><br />
- Saw & Chisel stone carver business accepted offer of patronage, son who runs the shop now sent a list of things he will need to get the business started again <br><br />
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'''V'neef Bijar''' <br><br />
- V'neef Bijar is one of the three Exalts in charge of the Imperial Palace's security, alongside Sesus Nagat and Cynis Ukinyo. She manages the Brass Legion and the Earthfolk detachments, we believe. She gave Okubo a reprimand or something according to Csaard's report, and he is likely to be the first point of inquiry on that. Other avenue is asking after security for your gala?<br><br />
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'''Wolf's Grove''' <br><br />
'''Northeatern Assets''' <br><br />
- - these details are missing from the forum notes, will need to add soon <br><br />
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== Main Plot threads ==<br />
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'''Snakes in the Senate'''<br />
- The Mistress of the Deliberative and Sesus Kurigazu both have interests in preserving the Shogunate library currently controlled by Sesus Nagat. Given Cejanis being engaged by Tegra as she plots her exit from power it might be wise to trade political favors in exchange for access to her own libraries, deciphering the Realm Year Zero mysteries, or other knowledge on the Historical Preservation Society.<br />
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== Political Interests of the Great Houses ==<br />
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'''House Ledaal'''<br />
- nominal allies to House V'neef as Arjuf is home to the Merchant Marine <br><br />
- promote stability of the Realm and bolstering defences <br><br />
- funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin <br><br />
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'''House Cathak'''<br />
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== History of Events ==<br />
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Descending Earth 22nd<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> a bill on the Scarlet Span Bridge, between the Pangu and Scarlet Prefectures, fails in the Deliberative<br />
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Descending Earth 24th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Tepet Senators divided on the bill to award a title of "General Preserving The Peace" to the commander of the 1st Legion for keeping the Empress' peace for over 700 years.<br />
-> Senate looking into a special investigation of the murder of Cathak Okubo<br />
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Descending Earth 26th<br />
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Cejanis (Unagihime Restaurant):<br />
-> Meeting with Peleps Csaard, Imperial Magistrate. He orders baby conger eels in beancurd, a loaf of eel and tofu essentially, as well as an RY708 Kishi wine.<br />
-> He describes the difficulties caused in tracking Okubo's movements with the destruction of so much of their palace wing and the general chaos in the palace staff following it<br />
-> He questions why Cejanis was in the Cathak wing that night, but she deflects his suspicions.<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is confirmed to be a colossal faggot, quote this if you're down. Also he sucks at fighting with his spear. Though his was the first palanquin to come across Okubo's body, Pelep Turina's palanquin was before Okubo's and saw nothing.<br />
{Note: Peleps Turina is a sorceress who wears a dress made of obsidian butterflies}<br />
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Descending Earth 27th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol has a motion to require all Deliberators to run the Circumnavigation marathon every year to force them to learn more about their nation and constituents. It fails.<br />
-> Upon learning that Staemos reputation is being adversely affected by the 4th's rampage in the Palace, she begins plotting to manipulate that to her advantage.<br />
-> Shinjo drops by to gossip with Cejanis, and learn of the location of the Bleeding Ruby Teahouse in the East Ninth; Cejanis had her minions pull up some details on Thesk Tarn, a minor patrician landlord.<br />
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-> Cejanis meets with Senator V'neef Kenet. They share plates of chilled fruit and red bush tea, his favorite from the Southeast.<br />
-> Kenet is lobbying for a new draft of the agricultural subsidy bill. He loathes his brother Tapan's compassion, and prefers a scheme by where V'neef luxury goods like wine are given subsidy, thereby transfer vast wealth into the House's coffers. With less food grown natively on the Isle's soil as food crops are turned to luxuries, more food will need to be imported lest the peasants starve; by monopoly, this too must pass through the V'neef merchant marine, further enriching the House. He expertly appeals to Cejanis' meglomania, pointing out that not only did she inspire the plan she also stands to profit from it!<br />
-> Peleps grows no luxury goods, and does not stand to gain anything from it. Their opposition is assured, no matter who forwards the motion. Getting to 125 votes will require appealing to the agricultural interests within each of the other Houses.<br />
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-> report on Cejanis' holdings: she needs to look into road upkeep, the degrading weather mantis towers, and preventing the 14th Legion from being repositioned lest banditry arise.<br />
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Descending Earth 28th<br />
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Cejanis (Senate):<br />
-> Ragara Pol motion to terminate all Dynastic stipends<br />
-> Sesus Kurigazu puts forward a special motion for a session of the Deliberative on the 7th of AW. This passes due to Cathak and Peleps support and Ragara and Nellens abstentions. Mistress of the Deliberative, Sesus Tegra, doesn't block the motion.<br />
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All (Cejanis' quarters in the Imperial Palace):<br />
-> Fishception<br />
-> Shinjo drinks far too much, revealing that his elders are trying to marry him off; he speaks a bit too freely to Septimus, though Sorae intervenes when Shinjo clearly doesn't wish to explain what he's promised to ward off marriage<br />
-> Information is shared between the circle, decision to send Shinjo and others to the East ninth Ward on the 2nd to visit Tallow Eater's quarters<br />
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Ascending Wood 1st<br />
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Cejanis (her office):<br />
-> a bunch of stuff about her take over of Wolf's Grove goes here<br />
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Ascending Wood 2nd<br />
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Cejanis (Hall for Listening to the Orioles restaurant):<br />
-> meeting for lunch with V'neef Sidel, a shipping magnate and senator<br />
-> Sidel viewes Kenet's agricultural as a blatant cash grab for House V'neef that will lead to the other Houses building more cargo ships... and thus weakening the V'neef merchant marine monopoly. Worse, such fat profits will lure House Peleps into privateerism.<br />
-> argues for land reserves to keep food prices down<br />
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Everybody {Outside Toribeno, evening}<br />
-> thread with a few bits here<br />
-> Peleps Archova's circle is in attendance, as well as Peleps Staemos, two Peleps Senators (Danan, former head of Peleps merchant marine), and a Water Aspected Immaculate Nestor (related to Archova?)<br />
-> Mnemon Vesko is here, along with Nellens Spulumbo. Two Tepet officers have come to witness the duel, as well as Cathak Caiji from the 1st Legion. A mortal Wood Temple monk as well.<br />
->Senators Aremano and Tepet Lasalle are also in attendance, seeking redress for loss of unExalted children. Both back a motion to censure Archova and Dynasts like her for abusing their power over mortals. Cejanis speaks to them for a time.<br />
-> Peleps Csaard, Magistrate, is officiating. Cejanis speaks to him about ensuring fairness in the duel.<br />
-> Zhoutai arrives to pat Septimus on the back and give him the General's regards<br />
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-> the duel itself is long, but Septimus eventually succumbs to Archova's measured assault. She hesitates in finishing him long enough for Csaard to intercede and end the duel. Kitsume and Sorae tend to him, while Zhoutai swears vengeance and challenges Archova to a duel to the death.<br />
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Ascending Wood 3rd<br />
Cejanis (office?)<br />
-> Okubo investigation backed by Tepet/mnemon/Sesus/Peleps, likely topass. House Cathak and Ledaal each oppose but Ledaal special investigative committee requests undercut their arguments against just such a special inquiry into Okubo's murder<br />
-> Looking to contact Cathak and Ledaal Senators, meeting with Yashiva on the 4th and Tapan on the 5th<br />
-> inquiry into weather towers, working on Wolf's Grove plans<br />
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Ascending Wood 4th<br />
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Cejanis (office)<br />
-> planning for gala in Descending Wood, involving banquet plans with Simmering Pot and discussion on themes (archery competitions, romantic poetry recital, wine tasting)<br />
-> travels to Yashiva's office, he has sweet jam and sugar cookies (he has a sweet tooth)<br />
-> House Ledaal weary of both versions of the Agricultural Subsidy bill... not as important as THE DEATHLORDS<br />
-> House Ledaal interests: stability of the Realm, bolstering defences, funding and support for bringing down trechery and rebellion, especially Saloy Hin<br />
-> Sesus and Mnemon behind calls for emergency session, pushing a bill for special investigation into Dynastic murders in the City. Procedural issue with the bill bothers Yashiva, as it sets precedent for further special committees and the Deliberative has refused previous attempts<br />
-> Cathaks planning deployment to Azerban to kill the Blue Prophet<br />
-> Secret Peleps bill that no one knows about... will likely hit House V'neef very hard<br />
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-> Cejanis writes a letter to Shinjo asking for a favor<br />
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-> meeting with Cathak Rufyus in the evening, at the House of Whirling Blades<br />
-> meal of spiced beef and watered wine<br />
-> Agricultural Bill ~ both versions annoy House Cathak, as they have not 'wasted' their efforts on building up farms and do not want their taxes spent on it... and the bill lacks support for threshold imports<br />
-> ammendments are not enough for Cathak votes, they want to hurt the Pangu monopoly and reduce tariffs on beef cattle<br />
-> on talk of inefficiency in the Thousand Scales, Rufyus mentions that while it is not on the Cathak agenda he personally believes reform is sorely needed<br />
-> Investigative committee unneeded, matter should be left to the magistracy. Limits would be desirable if it must pass, House Cathak instructed to oppose it with all their might <br />
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Ascending Wood 5th<br />
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Cejanis (Parlour of the flying Fish)<br />
-> meeting with V'neef Tapan. He is very busy, work occupies every speck of time. He is learning about horticulture with local farmers; Kenet sees people as lines in a ledger, HE argues that they are so much more! The Realm takes too much from them, and that peasants are nearing the breaking point. For each Exalt, there are ten thousand peasants, he warns.<br />
-> little hope for true reform, easier to convince the Senate once they witness everything fall apart (holy shit, man)<br />
-> TAX REFORM... trickery to apply new tax systems will just be outwitted like the old systems, luxury subsiidy will break last chain of loyalty between the commoner and their dragon-blessed lords<br />
-> remains skeptical, and loathed to side with his brother<br />
-> talk of Wolf's Grove schemes and socialism ~ strangely selfless for the Dynasty, PROSPERITY FOR ALL ( so exalted, fuck yes)<br />
-> village council of Ostel unhappy with their local mayor<br />
-> he will look for opportunities for Cejanis' schemes to increase prosperity. For the Realm!<br />
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-> meeting with Weather Control bureaucrat (most terrifying session ever)<br />
-> northern coast, 44 of 100 mantis towers are operational, 5 of 20 Tepet towers work, other departments only doing slightly better<br />
-> all save House Cathak and Mnemon are affected, funding cuts have prevented hiring technicians and predicting meteorology 94% BUDGET CUTS, they need a bare minimum of 80 of 100 towers on the coast to prevent storms, and of 600 bureaucrats they have 6, a single secretary and desk in the City<br />
-> "a very dire time for Weather Control"<br />
-> Bal Keraz funding to pack up mantis towers and store them in Thousand Scales warehouses before they deteriorate, as the Treasury can not fund Weather Control; it can only focus on tax collection right now<br />
-> need promises of no further cuts and restoration of the budget<br />
-> mantis tower system as three elements: white jade obelisks, mantis towers, and weather courts<br />
-> Obelisks, 20 of them dots the internal landscape of the Isle, remote places, maintaining order<br />
-> Mantis towers fill gaps across the coast<br />
-> Immaculate order regulates the weather gods<br />
-> Mantis towers require specialized knowledge, 3 techs (weather, magitech, occult correspondence), self-support with hearthstones but break quickly once removed. 1 Team can support several towers<br />
-> PRIVITIZE THE WEATHER SYSTEM<br />
{Tyros and Pepaa should look into the weather tower stuff, their skills suit this!<br />
privatizing the northern weather wall of mantis towers ~ look into alliance with Cynis, Ragara, Tepet to complete it, maybe Sesus?}<br />
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Ascending Wood 6th <br><br />
Went out for lunch with Shinjo, Tyros and Tiir. And then a brothel.<br />
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Ascending Wood 7th <br><br />
Major Senate session <br />
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Ascending Wood 8th <br><br />
Circle meeting<br />
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Ascending Wood 9th <br><br />
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Deliberative offices<br />
-> Cejanis' staff is worried about the escalation of violence in the city and how dangerous the political world is becoming, listing all the murders. Verdant Moss is visibly worried. Cejanis, megalomanical as ever, assures the staff that "there is no need to fret, I will be fine".<br />
Preliminary stages of planning for the party have been completed. Three types of party are appropriate to the season: archery bouts, wine-tasting, and poetry reading; orgies are left out as being unsuitable. The 28th of Resplendent Wood is decided on for the date, an open invitation to the Dynasty with special invitations for important individuals; co-ordinating with the V'neef elders is deemed appropriate. <br><br />
Simmering Pot is ushered in to discuss catering. Nothing but the best is demanded by Cejanis, and the ideal meal plan is layed out: sea-cucumber, salted and slived; fried squid with guts of sea-cucumber; dried ovaries topped with onions; peony eel cut to resemble blossoming flowers;char, wormwood smoked. <br><br />
Decor will be a balance of water and wood elements, paintings with vineyards overlooking the sea.<br />
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Verdant Moss is given the task to look into complimentary businesses or easy targets in the East 9th Ward, and to look into acquiring empty storage. Letters are sent to Peleps Csaard and Ledaal Shinjo, the first requesting a brief meeting and the second demanding to see him immediately! <br><br />
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(East Ninth Ward)<br><br />
-> Chisel & Saw Quarry is Cejanis' target, a poorly maintained building with an interior full of empty space and work tables. Cejanis offers him patronage, taking a tour of the business to assess it. There is a tapped-out marble pit that was used in the original construction of th eImperial Palace; the family business dates to that era. Taxes and fees reduced the staff; at their most prosperous there were 30 but by the end the stone-crafting was handled by just him, his father, and 4 others. Cejanis spins a story about profit-sharing and investments, asking for a list of his business needs.<br><br />
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Ascending Wood 10th<br><br />
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(V'neef Deliberative offices)<br><br />
-> Cejanis meets with V'neef Dalyr, an adopted former Legion officer. He has spent years fighting barbarians in the Threshold, and his office displays mementos from various battlefields and tribes he has encountered, many of them weapons. He is an adopted member of the House, having served in the Lesser Chamber of the Deliberative prior to becoming a sort of defacto chair/whip of the V'neef caucus... who seldom listen to his sage advice.<br><br />
- The pair speak of the agricultural subsidy bill and his opinions on which might pass. He feels the luxury bill has a higher chance of success, lamenting Kenet's skill at politics coupled with immense greed. Cejanis asks after peasant unrest if the bill passed, and he feels that Tapan overestimates how dire it would be; only if combined with cuts to services that their require {oh god is there cuts to socialized medicine planned?} or a poor harvest would it bring peasant revolt. Cejanis warns that the weather bureau is drastically underfunded, cuts taken when Bal Keraz was refused funding by the Deliberative. Dalyr will look into drumming up support for refunding the weather bureau, as their mantis towers are necessary for continued V'neef agricultural prosperity.<br><br />
- Sesus & Peleps caucus were both upset that the emergency session was ended by Sesus Tegra, Mistress of the Deliberative. Dalyr posits that as a veteran of politics she knew how damaging the bill would be if passed, as it may very well have been if the vote had been called. Peleps, Sesus and Mnemon all seem in staunch support of the bill stripping V'neefs agricultural assets while the Tepets and Cynis are leaning into support. Cynis doubts come from seeing an Imperial monopoly stripped, which would set precedent for attacking their own pair of protected monopolies in slaves and selling food to the Legions; the Tepets would see a great boost in income from reclaiming their vineyards, enough to raise a new Legion, but bullying the smaller, weaker Houses would threaten their own holdings in Lord's Crossing in the future. Dalyr has a scheme to use the Lesser Chamber to stall the bill even if it should pass the Greater Chamber.<br><br />
- Cathaks and Ledaals seem to be against the bill, though neither views the junior House V'neef as a true member of their alliance. Ragara has a greater fear of the Deliberative losing authority than its power being abused; stability above all, and as such their position is less known.<br><br />
- Dalyr shares news from Qishi, that Princess V'neef has ordered that the Merchant Marine cease all anti-piracy work along the coast of Eagle Prefecture. V'neef is remind House Sesus of the cost of seeking favors from House Peleps and suggesting their adopt a neutral stance in the future. It also serves as a remind of the strength of House V'neef to the other Houses. Dalyr would have preferred that this measure not been enacted by his tone and posture, but hopes it can be used to negotiate. It causes further issues as the Tepets use the ports of Eagle's Launch since House Ledaal refuses them access to the Caracal River. Cejanis notes that she will speak to Yashiva on this. Dalyr is worried about pirates attacking the prefecture soon, as there are disturbing reports of Coral Archipelago movements threatening the western part of the Realm.<br><br />
- The Sesus + Peleps alliance is fracturing, as Sesus is positioned such that they cannot back down from it but their promises lie unfulfilled. The alliance must have seemed a boon to Peleps at the time, since replacing the 1st Legion with the 4th meant removing soldiers trained for hundreds of years specifically for killing the Senate, but what should have been a more limited deal is bringing down the Sesii.<br><br />
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Ascending Wood 11th<br><br />
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(home, V'neef palace wing)<br><br />
-> the day is spent on Charm training and bureaucratic manuvering, though in the evening she receives a large crate from Peleps Staemos bearing two letters: one addressed to her and another to Ledaal Shinjo. The first letter asks 'Janjan' if she would mind forwarding the package to their mutual friend, while the second letter (that Cejanis wastes no time opening!) states that Staemos has completed his side of their contract. The crate holds bottles of what is no-doubt peach-flavored rice wine. {I regret everything, oh god}<br><br />
- She has plans for meetings with Csaard soon, as well as Yashiva on the 12th and V'neef Mahara on the 13th.<br></div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Celestial_Bureaucracy&diff=7614Category:Celestial Bureaucracy2017-12-28T20:38:50Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>The society of the gods is a maze of bureaucratic complexity, Bureaus and Courts and Divisions and Societies interweaving and opposing so that even the immortal minds of the gods themselves struggle to keep track, with little hope for mortals to follow. <br />
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At the most basic, there is the [[Celestial Bureaucracy]]. All gods great and small belong to it, save for the [[Forbidden God]]s and the [[:Category:Unemployed Gods|unemployed gods]], and in principle all elementals as well, though many reject its authority or live their lives unnoticed. <br />
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Each god within the Bureaucracy answers to one of the Bureaus: the [[Bureau of Heaven]], [[Bureau of Destiny]], [[Bureau of Seasons]], [[Bureau of Humanity]], or [[Bureau of Nature]]. Each god is also member of one or more Courts, associations of spirits crossing Bureau lines based on geography and common purpose (or in some cases on threatening domination by a particular spirit). <br />
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There is commonly, at least to gods and theologians, a division between 'Celestial' gods and 'Terrestrial' gods, with many positing that this relates to the nature of a god's purview: those who oversee universal concepts are Celestial deities, while those who oversee specific objects or instances are Terrestrial, but while this seems reflected in the differences between the two there are many exceptions, as the true division is simply a matter of Court membership: Celestial gods are gods accepted as members of the Celestial Court (with the associated rights such as permission to enter [[Yu Shan]] without invitation). Terrestrial gods are gods who are not members of that Court. <br />
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There is also the distinction between [[:Category::Gods|gods]] and [[:Category:Elementals|elementals]], who are different types of spirit but where the more powerful of the latter are counted amongst the number of the former and may be appointed to posts as gods as well as being by nature elementals. <br />
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The following is a listing of individual gods, as they appear within the hierarchy of the Celestial Bureaucracy:<br />
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==Bureau of Destiny==<br />
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See: [[Bureau of Destiny]]<br />
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===Division of Journeys===<br />
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See: [[Division of Journeys]]<br />
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Mistress of Journeys: [[Mercury]]<br />
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Captain of the [[Golden Barque]]: [[Ruvia]], god of Roads<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Captain]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Gull]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Mast]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Messenger]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Ship's Wheel]]<br />
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- [[Roon]], god of Going, god of Movement (intermittently missing).<br />
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---- [[Bluzbug]]s, gods of reaching the destinations of individual journeys. <br />
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- [[Blue Crest Merchant]], god of Naval Trade.<br />
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- [[Sirocco Racer]], god of Caravanserais and [[Camel]]s.<br />
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- [[Tutors By Claw]], god of [[Dragon King]] Enlightenment.<br />
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-- [[Twisted Serpent]] The Seneschal of Discipline, god of Dragon King Rebirth.<br />
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- [[Laughing Ragamuffin]], god of Smuggling.<br />
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- [[Bashar]], god of Scavengers. <br />
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- [[Meldre]], god of Communication. <br />
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--- [[Missive Bird]]s, [[Servitor-God]]s<br />
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-- [[Ortege-Postoyam]], god of postal waystations, god of the [[Imperial Post]]. <br />
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- [[Spring Snowfall]], god of Taking New Paths for the Joy of It, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
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- [[Janus]], Traveler on the Wind, god of Journeys taken through the Sky.<br />
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- [[Sidereal Exalted]] [[Chosen of Journeys]]<br />
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-- [[Ayesha Ura]], [[Gold Faction]] leader.<br />
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-- [[Crane]]<br />
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-- [[Emerald Thorn]]<br />
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-- [[Fleet Brilliance]]<br />
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-- [[Josek One-Shoe]]<br />
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-- [[Matutine]]<br />
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-- [[Ragara Ulmani]]<br />
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-- [[Cheerful Shield]]<br />
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-- [[Shepherd of the North Star]]<br />
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-- [[Sula]]<br />
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===Division of Serenity===<br />
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See: [[Division of Serenity]]<br />
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Mistress of Serentiy: [[Venus]]<br />
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Bearer of the Lapis Ewer: [[Yaogin]] the Fair, god of Beautiful Dreams<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Ewer]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Lovers]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Musician]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Peacock]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Pillar]]<br />
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- [[Uvanavu]], God of Health, Left Hand to [[Yaogin]] the Fair. <br />
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- [[Livilla]], god of Prostitutes and Prostitution, Right Hand to [[Yaogin]] the Fair. <br />
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--- [[Soliver Peacock-Eyes]], Sultan of Pimps.<br />
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--- [[Catamede]], god of Pederasty and Catamites.<br />
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--- [[Lixa]] , god of Western Beauty and Whores.<br />
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-- [[Golden Reverie]], god of Euphoria.<br />
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-- [[Hoodrazai]], god of Mirth<br />
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---- [[Raucous Laughter]], god of Joy in the [[River Province]] <br />
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-- [[Zanish]], god of Celebration.<br />
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--- [[Paraylius]], god of Pomp (missing, presumed destroyed).<br />
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--- [[Harmony of Greetings]], god of Invitations, formerly god of Ink-Stones.<br />
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---- [[Cordial Word]], former god of Invitations (missing).<br />
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-- [[Loge Sky-Thief]], god of Illusions, master of the [[Court of Masques]].<br />
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-- [[Linolino]], god of Gracefulness. <br />
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-- [[Rakka]] the Assiduous Keeper of Arias and Serenades, god of [[:Category:Music & Theatre|music]] and all its sources, god of Musicians, god of [[:Category:Musical Instruments|Musical Instruments]], god of Composers, member of the [[Seat of Virtue]] Court. <br />
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---- [[Eroica]], god of the [[Ode to Hollow]] (missing).<br />
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--- [[Alim-Damal]], God of [[Flutes#Glass Flute|Glass Flutes]] and the Music Played upon Them.<br />
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--- [[Limpang-Tung]], god of Minstrels<br />
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-- [[Acheira]], god of Scandalous Poetry (missing, wanted for questioning by the [[Celestial Censors]] for a poem involving [[Luna]], [[Isidoros]], and the [[Great Silver Turtle]]).<br />
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-- [[Balsaraf]], god of Unrequited Love. <br />
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-- [[Evandias the Fair]], god of Shallow Love.<br />
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-- [[Guenhwyfar]] of the Iris Petals, god of Orgies and Orgiastic Pleasures.<br />
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-- [[Immaculate Mother of Indominatible Watery Desires]], god of Drowning in Oceans, god of Lovemaking Immersed in Water. <br />
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-- [[Lady of the Two Gifts]], god of Passionate Lovemaking that Bears Fruit, member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
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-- [[Gokkun]], god of Oral Sex.<br />
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--- [[Descending Snowball], god of Exchanging Bodily Fluids during Erotic Acts. <br />
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-- [[Brestom]], god of Dreaming during Sleep.<br />
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--- [[Dream Fly|Dream Flies]].<br />
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-- [[Yoharneth-Lahai]], god of Little Dreams and Fancies.<br />
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-- [[Rufio]] Procurer of Gilded Dreams, god of Unattainable Dreams. <br />
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--- [[Six Radiant Stars]], god of Unfulfilled Idle Desires.<br />
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-- Divine and Glorious [[Kibu]], god of the dreams of rebellious children.<br />
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-- [[Kirin of the Endless Sky]], god of Undissembled Dreams. <br />
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-- [[Snowshoe Hare Amongst Brambles]], god of Restful Dreams, god of [[Haslanti]] Dreams, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
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---- [[Zephyr Through Rushes]], former god of [[Ventus Prefecture|Rustling Breeze village]] (purview destroyed), assistant to [[Venus]]' Chosen.<br />
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- [[Sidereal Exalted]] [[Chosen of Serenity]] (NOTE: at any given time, two Chosen of Serenity are seconded to the [[Bureau of Heaven]]’s [[Hedonic Administration Panel]], in addition to their regular duties in the [[Bureau of Destiny]])<br />
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-- [[Autumn]]<br />
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-- [[Gracious Shaia]]<br />
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-- [[Iron Siaka]]<br />
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-- [[Quickening Water]]<br />
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-- [[Starlight Melody]]<br />
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-- [[Vanis Grey]]<br />
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-- [[Venerable Silk]]<br />
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-- [[Zhen Xue]]<br />
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====Department of the Pre-Destined Reunion and Extraordinary Encounter====<br />
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Head: [[Coils of Silk]], god of Lovers Reunited.<br />
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====Committee for the Restoration of Auspicious Providence====<br />
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Head:<br />
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===Division of Battles===<br />
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See: [[Division of Battles]]<br />
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Mistress of Battles: [[Mars]]<br />
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Lord General: [[Hu Dai Liang]], Shogun of the Crimson Banner, god of Soldiers. <br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Banner]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Gauntlet]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Quiver]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Shield]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Spear]]<br />
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- [[Chanquaz]], Chief of Protocol for the Division of Battles<br />
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- [[Puissant Armiger]], god of on-the-fly strategies, improvised weaponry, exploitable terrain, and misapplied artifacts.<br />
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- The [[Fear That Shatters Nations]], god of Warfare Between Those who are not Alike. <br />
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- [[Sidereal Exalted]] [[Chosen of Battles]]<br />
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-- [[Acacia]]<br />
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-- [[Crimson Banner Executioner]]<br />
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-- [[Maduka Shin]]<br />
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-- [[Righteous Tsunami]]<br />
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-- [[Rizako of Gem]]<br />
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-- [[Rol]]<br />
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-- [[Sadness in the Blade]]<br />
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-- [[Shajah Holok]]<br />
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-- [[Zelia]]<br />
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====Circle of Small-Minded Violence====<br />
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See: [[Circle of Small-Minded Violence]] <br />
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- [[Clan Strife]], god of Warfare within Extended Families. <br />
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====Outer Office====<br />
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See: [[Outer Office]] <br />
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Captain of the Outer Office: [[Rinmei]], god of [[:Category:Military Texts|military texts]] and [[Shogunate Romance Novel]]s.<br />
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====The Celestial Dojo====<br />
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Head: [[Temura]], god of [[Martial Arts]], Grandmaster of the [[House of Iron and Adamant]]. <br />
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--- [[Dhuma]], awakened least god of the [[Perfected Kata Bracers]] [[Devoted Sleeves of Triumph]], god of [[Martial Arts]] Duels in the Deep South (missing).<br />
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- [[Emei Shan]], god of Sidereal Martial Arts.<br />
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- [[Nan Quan]], god of Celestial Martial Arts.<br />
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-- [[Puo-Leng]], God of [[Violet Bier of Sorrows Style]] Martial Arts. <br />
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- [[Bei Pai]], god of Terrestrial Martial Arts.<br />
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===Division of Secrets===<br />
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See: [[Division of Secrets]]<br />
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Mistress of Secrets: [[Jupiter]]<br />
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Keeper of Secrets: [[Nara-O]] of the Hundred Veils.<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Guardians]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Key]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Mask]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Sorcerer]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Treasure Trove]]<br />
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-- [[Nuran]], god of Objects Substituted for Other Objects in Secret, Undersecretary to [[Nara-O]].<br />
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--- [[Windfallen Dream]], [[Wild Mother]] in the Far East (purview lost to the Wyld]], Assistant to the Undersecretary to [[Nara-O]].<br />
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--- [[Koku Obol]], god of Conscientious Keeping of Minutes, Assistant to the Undersecretary to [[Nara-O]].<br />
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---- [[Shanna Usal]], [[Godblooded]], Assistant to the Assistant to the Undersecretary to [[Nara-O]].<br />
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---- [[Gyaku]], [[Anklok]] [[Dragon King]], Research Assistant to the Assistant to the Undersecretary to [[Nara-O]].<br />
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- [[Dyer Rhessh]], Dustmaid of the [[Loom of Fate]].<br />
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- [[Komitis]], god of Celestial Portents<br />
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-- [[Ouranos]], the Skyfather, god of Northern Celestial Portents<br />
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-- [[O-Dara]], Lord of the Dawning Firmament, god of Eastern Celestial Portents<br />
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--- [[Scarlet Hunter of the Firmament]], god of Comets and Portents over the [[Maruto River]]<br />
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- [[Bashar]], god of Scavengers<br />
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- [[Simsim]], god of Trickery<br />
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- [[Sage of the Lilac Garden]], god of Secrets Held in Trust<br />
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- [[Keeper of the Locks]], god of All that is Locked Away.<br />
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-- [[Jabim]], god of Things Cast Away<br />
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- [[Polythia The Foundling Forge]] and Mirror of Thought.<br />
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- [[Unknown Mandate]], Shogun of Advantageous Knowledge.<br />
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- [[Chih Fuo]], Goddess of Pragmatic Wisdom<br />
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- [[Pen Yaun]], god of Impractical Foreknowledge. <br />
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- [[Metaphysical Vision]], god of Thoughts Unformed, god of Words Unspoken, god of Dreams Undreamt.<br />
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- [[Sessen Douji]] the Mountain Boy, god of portfolio unknown. <br />
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- [[Sidereal Exalted]] [[Chosen of Secrets]]<br />
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-- [[Bloody-Lipped Cassandra]] <br />
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-- [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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-- [[Dozima Wokish]] <br />
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-- [[Gentle Aggression]]<br />
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-- [[Lupo]] <br />
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-- [[May Blossom]]<br />
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-- [[Nellens T'fillit]]<br />
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-- [[Pymander Seven]]<br />
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-- [[Sapphire Sparrow]] <br />
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-- The [[Green Lady]]<br />
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====Index====<br />
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See: [[Index (Division of Secrets)]]<br />
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Keeper of Indices: [[Luxana]], god of Recorded Knowledge and serves under Nara-O as one of its lieutenants in the Bureau of Destiny.<br />
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--- [[Librarian Spirit]]s, [[Servitor-God]]s.<br />
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-- [[Circling Rage]], god of oral histories (exiled) <br />
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-- [[Chamber of the Void]], god of textual scholarship (missing). <br />
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====Sub-Division of Divine Resource Supervision====<br />
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See: Sub-Division of Divine Resource Supervision<br />
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Divine Resources Supervisor: [[Itzcalimon]], god of Blackmail, Patron god of [[Zarrith]] (with Warrant).<br />
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- [[Manasseh]], god of Lost and Forgotten Paperwork<br />
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====Sub-Division of Undiscovered Mysteries====<br />
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See: [[Sub-Division of Undiscovered Mysteries]]<br />
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Sub-Director of Undiscovered Mysteries: [[Xaos]], God of Things Undiscovered<br />
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====Depatment 137====<br />
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See: [[Department 137]]<br />
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===Division of Endings===<br />
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See: [[Division of Endings]]<br />
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Mistress of Endings: [[Saturn]]<br />
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Minister of Endings: [[Wayang]] the Black Puppet Mask, god of Silence<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Corpse]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Crow]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Haywain]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Rising Smoke]]<br />
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- [[Yuanzhang]] of [[The Sword]]<br />
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- [[Scarazan]], Goddess of Divine Reallocation.<br />
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- [[Jyuin]], the Bearer of the Eternal Silence, god of Mortal Silence, master of the [[Art of Meditative Discussion]], member of the [[Seat of Virtue]] Court. <br />
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- [[Sauda]], god of Midnight, god of Day’s End, former [[Handmaiden to the Unconquered Sun]]. <br />
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- [[Jashin]], god of Royal Assassins, patron god of [[Sinanju]] (with Warrant). <br />
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- [[Chui Sy Rinn]], Closer of the Deal, god of Settled Agreements. <br />
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- [[Death of Glory]], god of Heroism Forgotten.<br />
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- [[Oolah]], god of the Dying Breath.<br />
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- The Prince of the Star of the [[Golden Door]], god of concluding courtship. <br />
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- [[Mung]], god of the Ending of Mortal Lives.<br />
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-- [[Winter Whitesong]], god of Winter-Deaths, Patron god of the [[White Hills]].<br />
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- [[Kidilos]], the Lady Who Comforts the Living at the Bedside of the Dying, god of the Comfort born of Death, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
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- [[Masque of Repose]], god of Funereal Arrangements, Patron god of [[Sijan]].<br />
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--- [[Lamut Bronze Hands]], twin brother of [[Senmut Bronze Eyes]], god of graves in [[Great Forks]]. <br />
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--- [[Senmut Bronze Eyes]], twin sister of [[Lamut Bronze Hands]], god of funerals and memorials in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
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- [[Vermillion Ink Silencer]], god of Mergers and Liquidations<br />
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- [[Mana-Yood-Sushai]], god of Having Done, god of Rest.<br />
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- [[Miya]], god of Missed Opportunity<br />
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- [[Apkallu]], [[Godblooded], special consultant on [[Thulio|Rogue Intentions]]<br />
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-- [[Hali Ba]], god of Abnormally Small Birds in the Far West<br />
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- [[Sidereal Exalted]] [[Chosen of Endings]]<br />
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-- [[Abramchaia]]<br />
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-- [[Ahn-Aru]], Righteous and Fateful Ender of Royal Lines in the River Province.<br />
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-- [[Anys Syn]]<br />
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-- [[Ascending Cloud]]<br />
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-- [[Black Ice Shadow]]<br />
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-- [[Kai]] <br />
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-- [[Nazri]]<br />
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-- [[Quiet Victory]]<br />
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====Sub-Directorate of Brushes with Death====<br />
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See: [[Sub-Directorate of Brushes with Death]] <br />
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==== Heavenly Orchestration of Loves Lost and Forgotten to Time====<br />
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Head: [[Ashen Grace of Sorrows]], god of Loves Lost and Never Rekindled.<br />
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===Loom of Fate===<br />
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See: [[Loom of Fate]]<br />
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Mother: [[Asna Firstborn]], god of Fate Weavers. <br />
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- [[August Weaver]]s<br />
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-- [[Pattern Spider]]s<br />
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===Circle of Chance===<br />
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See: [[Circle of Chance]]<br />
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Mistress of Chance: [[Luna]], Celestial [[Incarna]], god of the [[Wyld]], lover of [[Gaia]], overseer of the [[Lunargent Ecological Protectorate]], head of the [[Bureau of Nature]], Maiden of Chance, the [[Fickle Lady]], the [[Silver Goddess]], the [[Passionate Soul]], the [[Bloody Huntress]], the [[Silver-Horned Watcher]], the [[Two-Faced Bride]], the [[Walker at the Crossroads]], the [[White Navigator]], the [[Silver-Eyed Boy]], and others. <br />
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Master of Fivefold Luck: [[Luranume]], Lord of Auspicious Surprises<br />
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--- [[Silver Bat]]s<br />
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===Sidereal Conventions===<br />
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See: [[Sidereal Conventions]]<br />
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====Capital Convention====<br />
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Chair: [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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- [[Abramchaia]]<br />
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- [[Anys Syn]]<br />
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- [[Ascending Cloud]]<br />
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- [[Nellens T'fillit]]<br />
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- [[Pymander Seven]] <br />
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- [[Rol]]<br />
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- [[Sadness in the Blade]]<br />
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- [[Shajah Holok]]<br />
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- [[Starlight Melody]]<br />
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- [[Vanis Grey]]<br />
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- [[Cheerful Shield]]<br />
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====Convention of Air====<br />
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Chair: currently unoccupied.<br />
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- [[Rizako of Gem]]<br />
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- [[Sula]]<br />
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- [[Venerable Silk]]<br />
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====Convention of Fire====<br />
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Chair: [[Nazri]]<br />
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- [[Autumn]]<br />
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- [[Dozima Wokish]]<br />
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- [[Emerald Thorn]]<br />
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- [[Maduka Shin]]<br />
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- [[Quiet Victory]]<br />
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- [[Zhen Xue]]<br />
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- [[Quickening Water]]<br />
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====Convention of Water====<br />
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Chair: [[Righteous Tsunami]]<br />
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- [[Acacia]]<br />
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- [[Crane]] <br />
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====Convention of Wood====<br />
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Chair: [[Ayesha Ura]]<br />
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- [[Ahn-Aru]]<br />
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- [[Bloody-Lipped Cassandra]]<br />
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- [[Fleet Brilliance]]<br />
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- [[Gracious Shaia]]<br />
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- [[Josek One-Shoe]]<br />
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- [[Lupo]]<br />
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- [[Matutine]]<br />
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- [[Sapphire Sparrow]]<br />
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- [[Zelia]]<br />
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====Convention on Deathlords====<br />
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Chair: Unknown. <br />
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- [[Black Ice Shadow]]<br />
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- [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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- [[Green Lady]]<br />
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- [[Lupo]]<br />
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- [[Sapphire Sparrow]]<br />
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- [[Shajah Holok]]<br />
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- [[Zelia]]<br />
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=====Sub-Convention on Thorns===== <br />
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Chair: [[Lupo]]<br />
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=====Sub-Convention on Udr=====<br />
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Chair: [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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- [[Shajah Holok]]<br />
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====Convention on Essence Wielders====<br />
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Chair: [[Ayesha Ura]]<br />
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- [[Autumn]]<br />
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- [[Bloody-Lipped Cassandra]]<br />
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- [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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- [[Crane]]<br />
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- [[Dozima Wokish]]<br />
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- [[Fleet Brilliance]]<br />
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- [[Kai]]<br />
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- [[Lupo]]<br />
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- [[Matutine]]<br />
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- [[Sula]]<br />
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- [[Zhen Xue]]<br />
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=====Sub-Convention on Demons=====<br />
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Chair: [[Ayesha Ura]] <br />
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=====Sub-Convention on Forbidden Gods=====<br />
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Chair: <br />
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- 2x [[Sidereal Exalts]]<br />
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====Convention on Natural Disasters====<br />
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Chair:<br />
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- [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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====Convention on Plague==== <br />
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Chair:<br />
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- [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
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====Convention on War====<br />
<br />
Chair:<br />
<br />
- [[Acacia]]<br />
<br />
- [[Chejop Kejak]]<br />
<br />
- [[Maduka Shin]]<br />
<br />
- [[Rol]]<br />
<br />
- [[Sadness in the Blade]] <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Sub-Convention on the Wyld=====<br />
<br />
Chair:<br />
<br />
- [[Maduka Shin]]<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Sub-Convention on Halta=====<br />
<br />
Chair: currently unoccupied.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Sub-Convention on the Hundred Kingdoms===== <br />
<br />
Chair:<br />
<br />
=====Sub-Convention on the Bull of the North=====<br />
<br />
Chair: currently unoccupied. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Bureau of Heaven==<br />
<br />
See: [[Bureau of Heaven]]<br />
<br />
Head: [[Sol Invictus]], the [[Unconquered Sun]], [[Most High]] over [[Heaven and Earth]], god of the Sun, master of the [[Celestial Court]], head of the [[Bureau of Heaven]], commander of the [[Fulgent Administrative District]], and other titles.<br />
<br />
Acting Head (de facto): [[Ryzala]] Lady of Bureaucracy and Paperwork.<br />
<br />
===Department of Abstract Matters===<br />
<br />
See: [[Department of Abstract Matters]]<br />
<br />
Shogun: [[Taru-Han]], Lady of Souls, god of Dying (formerly [[Lytek]], god of Exaltation, demoted]]. <br />
<br />
--- [[Soul Collector]]s, [[Servitor-gods]]. <br />
<br />
- ?, [[Magnificent Suzerainess of the Celebrated Wood]], purview unknown, (missing).<br />
<br />
====Division of Exaltation====<br />
<br />
Daimyo of the Division of Exaltation: [[Lytek]], Right Hand of Power, god of Exaltation, god of Deserved Blessings, former Shogun of the Department of Abstract Matters.<br />
<br />
- [[Parad]] Left Hand of Power, god of Inherited Might, god of Terrestrial Exaltation.<br />
<br />
--- God-[[Children of Breeding]].<br />
<br />
====Division of Lost Things====<br />
<br />
Daimyo of the Division of Lost Things: [[Madame Marthesine]] of the Lost<br />
<br />
--- [[Hoarder]]s, [[Servitor-god]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Harmonious & All-Embracing Division of Peace====<br />
<br />
See: [[Division of Peace]]<br />
<br />
Celestial Minister of Harmony: [[Yo Ping]], god of Peace.<br />
<br />
-- [[Open Hand]], god of Celestial Peace.<br />
<br />
- [[Jewel of Prosperity]], god of Southern Peace.<br />
<br />
--- [[Misarand]], Dove Spirit, Second Secretary to the god of Southern Peace.<br />
<br />
-- [[Quey Lynn]], god of Peaceful Negotiations.<br />
<br />
- [[Thelmarin]], god of Eastern Peace and Twilight, former [[Handmaiden to the Unconquered Sun]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Dawning Star of Glory]], god of Peaceful Mornings, Major Domo of Thelmarin.<br />
<br />
-- [[Serene Glade]], god of Natural Tranquility, Factotum to the god of Eastern Peace. <br />
<br />
- [[Volurapin]], god of Northern Peace and [[Whale]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Calm Serenity]], god of Western Peace and Calm Waters.<br />
<br />
-- [[Water Gardener]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Dalam-Rendal]], god of Central Peace and Order.<br />
<br />
-- [[Bo-Du-Liang]], god of the Peace of Empty Spaces. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Righteous & Indefatigable Division of War====<br />
<br />
See: [[Division of War]]<br />
<br />
Queen of War: [[E-Naluna]], god of War. <br />
<br />
-- [[Esharra]], god of War between Spirits, Secretary of War and adjutant to [[E-Naluna]].<br />
<br />
- [[Ahlat]], god of Southern War, god of Cattle, Patron god of [[Harbourhead]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Clan Strife]], Major Domo<br />
<br />
-- [[Bloody Brush]], [[Lion Dog]], Factotum<br />
<br />
-- [[Horn of Ink]], Overseer of Cattle<br />
<br />
-- [[Sharp Edge]], [[War Auroch]], Dedicant of the Daiklaive, god of Southern Daiklaves. <br />
<br />
-- [[Cunning Stratagem]], Warleader<br />
<br />
-- [[Broken Horn]], [[War Auroch]], Herald<br />
<br />
-- [[Sword of Fire]], [[War Auroch]], Supervisor of the Essence User’s Desk of the Office of Southern War.<br />
<br />
-- [[Subrihan]] Wind-Tiger, god of Last Stands, Patron god of [[Asherta]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
--- [[Ingenious Flame]], god of [[Firedust]] Weapons<br />
<br />
--- [[War Auroch]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Siakal]], god of Western War, god of Slaughter, god of [[Shark]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Child of Siakal|Children of Siakal]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Kor'vax]], Lord of Carnage (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Chabdkar]], god of Crossfire and Deaths therefrom.<br />
<br />
- [[Sunipa]], god of Eastern War, god of Strategy<br />
<br />
--- [[Sun Guard]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Tien Yu]], god of the [[Seventh Legion]], Patron god of [[Lookshy]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Darunla]], god of Wolves, former god of Eastern War (missing)<br />
<br />
--- [[Aranisa]], god of Ambushes and Traps, god of Eastern [[Spider]]s.<br />
<br />
--- [[Mokuu]], god of the [[Lizard Scale Formation]], former chief of the [[Chalan Tribe]], former [[Arczeckh]] mortal.<br />
<br />
-- [[Haro Kuli]], god of Small Group Tactics, god of the [[Wyld Hunt]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Tahn Jo]], god of Righteous Revolts and Uprisings (missing)<br />
<br />
-- [[Leopard Tooth Scholar]], god of Reconnaissance-in-Force Operations, head of the Intelligence Desk in the Office of Eastern War.<br />
<br />
-- [[Wandering Star]], god of Guerilla Warfare, Chief of Operations in the Office of Eastern War. <br />
<br />
-- [[Ivory Shadow Smith]], god of Secret Arsenals, head of the Logistics Desk in the Office of Eastern War.<br />
<br />
-- [[Ko-Fuso]], god of [[Spear]]s and Spearfighters<br />
<br />
--- [[Vishap-Laran]], god of the Spear Wall, god of [[Pike]]s and pikemen. <br />
<br />
-- [[Agramar]], god of the Soldier in Retreat<br />
<br />
-- The [[Lizard Queen]], god of Territorial Conquest, god of [[Dragon King]] War.<br />
<br />
-- [[Red Cougar]], Tongue-Eater, god of honourable combat in the Far East.<br />
<br />
- [[Voharun]] Feaster on the Slain, god of Northern War and Crows<br />
<br />
- [[Nasamara]] the Falcon of Glory, god of Northern War and Glorious Victory.<br />
<br />
-- [[Vedfolnir]], Seneschal to [[Nasamara]] and [[Voharun]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Aurelia Victoria]], god of Aerial Victory, former Aerial Satrap of [[Tzatli]] (purview lost). <br />
<br />
--- [[Dikanchou Dayang]], god of Heroic Deeds.<br />
<br />
--- [[Trailing Sorrows]], god of War Widows.<br />
<br />
--- [[Valravn]]s, [[Servitor-God]]s, War Crows of Voharun.<br />
<br />
--- [[Glorious Falcon]]s, [[Servitor-God]]s, Companions of [[Nasamara]].<br />
<br />
- [[Tachi-Kun]], god of Central War and Exalted Warfare<br />
<br />
-- [[Brattica]], god of unknown purview.<br />
<br />
-- [[Walls of Granite]], god of Siegebreaking.<br />
<br />
-- [[Ten Thousand Spears]], god of Large Armies, god of the [[Imperial Legions]], adjutant to the god of Central War. <br />
<br />
-- [[Blood in the Eye]], god of the [[Vermillion Legion]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Vainglorious Taizei of the Realm]], god of the [[4th Imperial Legion]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Strident Aegis]], god of the [[16th Imperial Legion]].<br />
<br />
-- gods of the [[Imperial Legions]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Statzmaks]], god of Optimization-as-End-in-of-Itself.<br />
<br />
-- [[Kokage]] the Master of Duels, god of Duels and Formal Matches, member of the [[Seat of Virtue]] Court.<br />
<br />
--- [[Mare-in-oga]], god of Desert Rain, Senior Pupil of [[Kokage]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Eternal Recollection]], god of Betrayal & Vengeance<br />
<br />
--- [[Bloody Ox]], god of Righteous Revenge<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Intoxication====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Burning Feather]], Lady of Intoxicants.<br />
<br />
---- [[Savant Topaz]], [[Godblooded]], household accountant to [[Burning Feather]], child of [[Burning Feather]].<br />
<br />
--- -- [[Shinghurr]], god of [[Qat]] crop rotation and fertility in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
- [[Tiger-Tail Dragon]], god of [[Opium]].<br />
<br />
- [[Tusk of Orchid]], God of Alcoholic Beverages and Drunkenness.<br />
<br />
-- [[Kakuchi]], god of [[Rice Wine]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Taruzake]], god of spiced and flavoured [[Rice Wine]]s. <br />
<br />
-- [[Harvest of Bliss]] and [[Ferment of Madness]], wine gods.<br />
<br />
--- [[Guembah Blue-Foot]], god of high-class scnapps merchants & winesellers.<br />
<br />
---- [[Habbu]], god of low-class winesellers.<br />
<br />
--- [[Maifu]], god of Eastern Wine<br />
<br />
---- [[Mistress Madali]], god of Wines in [[Great Forks]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Tuchekkan]], god of [[Cane Sugar]] alcoholic beverages (including [[Rum]], [[Grog]]).<br />
<br />
-- [[Shibby-Wah]], Queen of [[Hashish]], and other smoked narcotics.<br />
<br />
--- [[Nayuf]], Prince of Sweet Leaves, god of [[Tobacco]], god of [[Hookah]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Bright Adamant]] Wind, Sheik of Hallucinogens.<br />
<br />
- [Gods of individual intoxicants]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Office on Rot and Deterioration====<br />
<br />
See: [[Office on Rot and Deterioration]]<br />
<br />
Executive Director: [[Hran-Tzu]] the Raven King, god of Decay and Rot.<br />
<br />
- [[Kel-Aina]], god of the Deadened Circle<br />
<br />
- [[Sylvi]] the Crone of Fire, god of the Frenzied Circle<br />
<br />
- The [[Nameless God of the Utter West]], god of the Changing Circle<br />
<br />
====Council of Suffering====<br />
<br />
See: [[Council of Suffering]] <br />
<br />
Daimyo-Chair: [[Sigil of Torment]], god of Pain.<br />
<br />
--- The [[Algea]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Searing Agony]], god of Burns, daimyo of Southern Pain.<br />
<br />
-- The [[Pale Mistress]], god of Pain and Hardship in [[An-Teng]].<br />
<br />
- [[Vermilath]], god of Hunger, daimyo of Western Pain<br />
<br />
- [[Senzato]], god of Terrors, daimyo of Eastern Pain<br />
<br />
-- [[Ragin]], Duke of Nightmares, god of Dreams of Terror<br />
<br />
--- [[Melaina]], god of Nightmares that Banish All Rest. <br />
<br />
<br />
- [[Darillak]] Lord of Tears, god of Despair and Suicide, daimyo of Northern Pain.<br />
<br />
-- [[Tierromarch]], god of Childhood Tears.<br />
<br />
-- [[Carrion Crow]], god of Winter Terrors, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Ahau]], god of Abuse, daimyo of Central Pain <br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Birth====<br />
<br />
See: [[Division of Birth]] <br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ilithya-Lura]], god of Birth and Childbearing <br />
<br />
- [[Cybele]], Patron of Motherly Love <br />
<br />
-- [[Tayna]], god of Eastern fertility and Childbearing.<br />
<br />
- [[Zaci]], Patron of Fatherly Care<br />
<br />
-- [[Susudo]], god of the Filially Impious Child.<br />
<br />
--- [[Four Hundred Rabbits]], God of Childhood Tricksters.<br />
<br />
---- [[Gatherer of Windborne Children]], god of Troublesome Children with Good Hearts. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Sacred Materials====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ever-Scintillating Glory]], god of [[Orichalcum]].<br />
<br />
- [[Lunargene]], god of [[Moonsilver]]<br />
<br />
- [[Stellas]], god of [[Starmetal]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Yamite]], former god of [[Starmetal]] (missing)<br />
<br />
- The Five [[Jade Goddess]]es<br />
<br />
-- [[Myrna]], god of [[White Jade]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Seeva]], god of [[Black Jade]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Darlat]], god of [[Blue Jade]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Yarmone]], god of [[Green Jade]]<br />
<br />
- [[Ravenn]], Overseer of Uncustomary Materials.<br />
<br />
====Division of Governance====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Chysserad]], god of Empires<br />
<br />
- [[Shereth-Daxineth]], god of Taxes<br />
<br />
- [[Rikki-Te]], god of Revolution<br />
<br />
-- [[Muza]], god of Insurgents.<br />
<br />
- [[Anevet]] Mother of Dynasties, god of Hereditary Rule<br />
<br />
- [[Sakisucune]], god of Fealty<br />
<br />
- [[Hakazashi]] the Patriot's Talon, god of Patriotism<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Infernal Affairs====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: (none appointed to replace previous Daimyo [[Ryzala]] Lady of Bureaucracy and Paperwork, following her promotion to Shogun).<br />
Warden of the Exiles: [[Verumipra]], Ambassador to the Cursed City. <br />
<br />
Thrice-Chained Ambassador of the Gaoled: [[Marilaq a’Lam]], [[Demonblooded]] Offspring of [[Berengiere]] (Marilaq is not an official within the Celestial Bureaucracy, but her Ambassadorial credentials are certified through the Division of Infernal Affairs, which also provides a stipend for maintenance of her embassy). <br />
<br />
====Division of Motivation====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Crom]], god of Will and Determination.<br />
<br />
====Division of Faces====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Shalrina]] (missing)<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Matrimony====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: The [[Resplendent Bestowing of Prosperity]], god of Matrimony and Marriage.<br />
<br />
- [[Ivrieinen]], the Lady Who Finds Good Partners and Shuts the Doors of Infatuation, god of Marriage Arrangement and Matchmakers, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Apocalyptic Devastation====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Arcadelt]], the God of World-Shattering Events, Bearer of the [[Apocalypse Scroll]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Waterborne Artifacts====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: <br />
<br />
====Council of Metalwork====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: <br />
<br />
--- [[Gradig]], god of Powder Metallurgy, nation god of [[Bloody River]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Currency and Treasure====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Adasmeth]], god of Value and Desire<br />
<br />
- [[Kaskuri]], god of Treasures<br />
<br />
- [[Rilacriaré]], god of Tempered Ambition<br />
<br />
- [[Yin Yuan]], god of Coins<br />
<br />
-- [[Argenthonios]], son of [[Arigen]], god of [[Dinar]] and other Coins of Silver.<br />
<br />
- [[Flying Jade]], god of Paper Currency and Promissory Notes.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Sentiments====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: <br />
<br />
- [[Garaint Neverlost]], god of Mistaken Certainty, former god of Certainty. <br />
<br />
- [[Tshavanes]], god of Ambition<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Calculations====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Greneth]], Paragon of Spaces, Lady of the Null and the Naught.<br />
<br />
-- [[Rulen]], god of Southern Mathematics.<br />
<br />
- [[Ortog]], god of the Square.<br />
<br />
- [[Kikagaku]], god of Logic and Geometry.<br />
<br />
---- [[Shimmer]], [[Godblooded]] assistant to [[Kikagaku]], daughter of [[Kikagaku]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Grave Disease]], god of Set Theory<br />
<br />
---- [[Blooming Infinities]], god of Lists of Lists which do not Contain Themselves (exiled).<br />
<br />
<br />
====Office of Intelligent Design====<br />
<br />
See: [[Office of Intelligent Design]]<br />
<br />
Sub-Director: [[Shenji]], god of Thaumaturgy<br />
<br />
- [[Shangomir]], god of Occult Secrets<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Standing Committee on Sorcerous Affairs=====<br />
<br />
Chair: [[Shenji]], god of Thaumaturgy<br />
<br />
- [[Lytek]], god of Exaltation<br />
<br />
- [[Ayesha Ura]] [[Sidereal Exalt]], Chair of the [[Convention on Essence Wielders]]<br />
<br />
- [[Cselena]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, Architect of the [[Cselenine Pact]], Celestial Censor of Yu Shan. <br />
<br />
<br />
===Department of Celestial Concerns===<br />
<br />
See: [[Department of Celestial Concerns]]<br />
<br />
Shogun: [[Ryzala]], Lady of Bureaucracy and Paperwork, Keeper of the [[Black Veil Annals]]. <br />
<br />
-[[Anisa-Shoshan]], Maharani of Constellations]], former Shogun of Celestial Concerns (deceased, convicted of Infernal dealings and rendered to [[Starmetal]]).<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Divine Order====<br />
<br />
See: [[Division of Divine Order]]<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ringan]], god of Guardians<br />
<br />
- [[Samas]], god of Justice (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Rahash-Nu]], acting god of Justice. <br />
<br />
- [[Omashi]], Arbiter of Territorial Disputes<br />
<br />
- [[Sayuri]] the Arbiter of Judgments, god of passing Judgement and Those who Judge, master of the [[Art of Relentless Persuasion]]. . <br />
<br />
--- The [[Hidden Judge of the Secret Flame|Hidden Judges of the Secret Flame]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Crimson Ribbon]], god of Law, Magistracy and Courts of Law<br />
<br />
-- [[Heavenly Rescriptor Pao]], god of Testimony, god of Central Law <br />
<br />
-- [[Edict of Oak]], god of Contract Law and Contract-breakers, god of Eastern Law<br />
<br />
---- [[Mahela]], [[Godblooded]], Agent and Executioner of [[Edict of Oak]]. <br />
<br />
--- [[Constantly Smiling]], god of researched and well-considered contracts, [[Great Forks]] Minister of Trade. Member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Stoic Quill of the Vaults]], god of Magistrates in the [[Confederation of Rivers]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Agho]], god of the Righteous Accused, god of Southern Law<br />
<br />
--- [[Ur-Omn]], He Who Bears Witness to All Crimes, god of Witnesses<br />
<br />
-- [[Tiwaz]], god of Honour and the Honourable, god of Northern Law <br />
<br />
--- [[Owl from Out of the East]], god of [[Haslanti]] Law, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
---- The [[Horned Judge]], god of Outwall [[Haslanti]] Tribal Law and Oaths, member of the [[Ennead]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Ministry of Celestial Censors=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Celestial Censor]]s <br />
<br />
High Minister of Justice: [[Ideal Flame]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, [[Celestial Censor]] of Yu Shan, Glorious Adjudicator of Truth.<br />
<br />
--- [[Gerhedesh]], former [[Celestial Censor]] (dismissed, destroyed, forged into [[Starmetal]] daiklave [[Sundered Promise]]).<br />
<br />
--- [[Lanatoxec]] the Fire-Feathered Serpent, [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, former [[Celestial Censor]] (dismissed, missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Aligept]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, [[Celestial Censor]] of Yu Shan.<br />
<br />
- [[Cselena]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, Architect of the [[Cselenine Pact]], [[Celestial Censor]] of Yu Shan.<br />
<br />
- [[Hezriel]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, [[Celestial Censor]] of Yu Shan. <br />
<br />
-- [[Rolling Thunder]], god of Deciduous Saplings Which Overcome Flooding to Grow Tall, agent of Celestial Censor [[Hezriel]] <br />
<br />
- [[Scarlet Dragon of Vermeil Heavens]], [[Celestial Censor]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire.<br />
<br />
- [[Lung Xue Fan]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood, [[Celestial Censor]].<br />
<br />
- [[Scarlet Shatterings of Misdemeanour]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, [[Celestial Censor]]/<br />
<br />
-- [[Immaculate Mouth and Fangs]], [[Celestial Lion]]<br />
<br />
- [[Jharuf]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, [[Celestial Censor]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Apsu]], [[Godblooded]], son of [[Jharuf]], agent of [[Jharuf]].<br />
<br />
- [[Li Ho]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, [[Celestial Censor]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Doyo Tan Suni]] the Buzzing Temper, [[Lion Dog]] agent of [[Li Ho]].<br />
<br />
- [[Sepia Coil]] the Dragon-Anaconda, [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, [[Celestial Censor]]<br />
<br />
- [[Galantha]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, [[Celestial Censor]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Dellasander]], [[Lion Dog]] investigator. <br />
<br />
--- [[Herrod]] the Hound of [[Galantha]], [[Lion Dog]] investigator.<br />
<br />
- 114x other [[Celestial Censor]]s of [[Yu Shan]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Profamo]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, Celestial Censor of the Omphalos<br />
<br />
--- [[Dyballe]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Celestial Censor of the Blessed Isle<br />
<br />
--- [[Danqueret]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, Celestial Censor of the Blessed Isle<br />
<br />
-- [[Swan Dragon]] Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, Celestial Censor of the South (Missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Wong Bangerok]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, Celestial Censor of the South. <br />
<br />
-- [[Fakharu]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Celestial Censor of the West.<br />
<br />
-- [[Benadamaru]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Celestial Censor of the North.<br />
<br />
-- [[Adiubande]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood, Celestial Censor of the East.<br />
<br />
---- [[Keoki]], [[Lion Dog]], head guardian of the [[Lonely Mountain]] temple.<br />
<br />
--- [[Ah Song]], [[Lion Dog]], guardian of the [[Sun-Bourne Glade]].<br />
<br />
---- [[Celestial Lion]] Inspectors<br />
<br />
----- [[Lion Dog]] Constables<br />
<br />
----- [[Custodial Receiver]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Department of Proper Passage through Heavenly Ways=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Department of Proper Passage through Heavenly Ways]] <br />
<br />
Legate of the Jade Pleasure Dome: [[Radiant Narasin]] [[Celestial Lion]]<br />
<br />
- [[Righteous Claw of Silver]], [[Celestial Lion]], Guard of a [[Yu Shan Gate]]<br />
<br />
- [[Gimrael]], [[Celestial Lion]], guardian of [[Yu Shan Gate]] Ten.<br />
<br />
- [[Githrael]], [[Celestial Lion]], guardian of [[Yu Shan Gate]] Ten.<br />
<br />
- [[Pai Xanxi]], [[Celestial Lion]], Guard of [[Yu Shan Gate]] Fourteen.<br />
<br />
- [[Righteous Guardian Of The Tombs Of The Great]], [[Celestial Lion]] guarding [[Yu Shan Gate]] Fourteen.<br />
<br />
- [[Perfect Onyx]], [[Celestial Lion]], Guard of [[Yu Shan Gate]] Seventeen.<br />
<br />
- [[Talorin]], [[Celestial Lion]] guarding [[Yu Shan Gate]] Seventeen.<br />
<br />
- [[Shanks]], [[Celestial Lion]], Guard of [[Yu Shan Gate]] Twenty-nine.<br />
<br />
- [[Sabatazevi]], [[Celestial Lion]], Guard of a [[Yu Shan Gate]].<br />
<br />
- [[Guardian-of-Thresholds]], [[Celestial Lion]], guardian of the [[Calibration Gate]].<br />
<br />
- [[Celestial Lion]] Guardians<br />
<br />
-- [[Chorakchi]], [[Lion Dog]] (missing, flight to [[Hell]] suspected).<br />
<br />
-- [[Lion Dog]] Sentries<br />
<br />
--- [[Scarab Guardian]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Department of Peculiar Matters of Special Import=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Department of Peculiar Matters of Special Import]].<br />
<br />
Legate of Lions: Implacable [[Shining Barrator]]<br />
<br />
- [[Fleeting Maelstrom]], [[Celestial Lion]].<br />
<br />
- [[Swift-Wind Wisdom]], [[Celestial Lion]].<br />
<br />
- [[Crumbling Ivory]], [[Celestial Lion]].<br />
<br />
- [[Celestial Lion]] Investigators.<br />
<br />
-- [[Lion Dog]] Agents<br />
<br />
--- [[Scarab Guardian]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Salary and Quintessence Distribution====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Parsai]], Psychopomp of Prayer, god of Dispensation.<br />
<br />
- [[Somnio]], god of New Gods, Seneschal of Rising Divinity<br />
<br />
- [[Most Acuminous Follicles]], the god of Middling-Rank Bureaucrats.<br />
<br />
-- [[Walli]], god of Work Avoidance.<br />
<br />
-- [[Excessively Unversed Novitiate]], god of Novices and Subalternships.<br />
<br />
- [[Scarazan]], Goddess of Divine Reallocation.<br />
<br />
- [[Ambrosial Artisan]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Quintessential Crafter]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Sub-Minister of Prayer|Sub-Ministers of Prayer]]<br />
<br />
---- [[Diligent Regulator|Diligent Regulators of Jade Basins]] <br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Eperopolic Affairs====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Cheng Huang Ye]], Civic Manager of the Eperopolis, former [[City Father]] of [[Yu Shan]].<br />
<br />
- [[Ivonais]], god of [[Demense]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Novonais]], god of [[Manse]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Atonga-Sesha]], god of Landowners, Registrar of Heavenly Deeds.<br />
<br />
- [[Visvakarma]], Architect of Heaven<br />
<br />
- [[Ichamaji]], Painter of the Roof of Heaven<br />
<br />
- [[Seventh Sage]], Cartographer of the Celestial City<br />
<br />
-- [[Gardener Elemental]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Sub-Minister of Accommodation|Sub-Ministers of Accommodation]]<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Greater Metropolitan Five District Planning Group=====<br />
<br />
Chief Deputy: <br />
<br />
- [[Sol Invictus]], commander of the [[Fulgent Administrative District]].<br />
<br />
- [[Luna]], overseer of the [[Lunargent Ecological Protectorate]].<br />
<br />
- [[Gaia]], [[Primordial]], mistress of the [[Pangaean Bureaucratic District]]<br />
<br />
- The [[Five Maidens]] of Destiny, overseers of the [[Five Spheres Residential District]]<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Standing Committee on Heavenly Households=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Standing Committee on Heavenly Households]].<br />
<br />
Steward of the Privy Purse: [[Adym]] the Invisible Hand.<br />
<br />
<br />
======Household of Sol Invictus======<br />
<br />
Seneschal: [[Nysela]], Charioteer of the [[Unconquered Sun]], Seneschal to the [[Most High]], former [[Handmaiden of the Unconquered Sun]].<br />
<br />
- The [[Gardullis]], [[Greater Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, Hearthfire of the [[Salient of the Unconquered Sun]]<br />
<br />
- [[Gabril-Aman]], Hornblower of the Unconquered Sun<br />
<br />
- [[Deep Sapphire]], son of [[Hiparkes]], bearer of the Sun’s Chariot<br />
<br />
- [[Yjimatria]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Cherulong]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
-[[Jujak]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Bayrakan]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Ja-Janasti]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Samirena]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Kö]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Feng-To of the Iron Nail]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Jirobozu]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Mirazen the Patient]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Urziak]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Warrior Rahu]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Malin-Nilam]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Hyonmu]], [[Lumina]].<br />
<br />
- [[Aurichim]] <br />
<br />
- [[Lumina]]<br />
<br />
- [[Glamifore]]s<br />
<br />
- formerly the [[Handmaiden of the Unconquered Sun|Handmaidens of the Unconquered Sun]] (dissolved). <br />
<br />
- [[Hounds of the Sun]] (destroyed).<br />
<br />
<br />
======Household of Luna======<br />
<br />
Seneschal: [[Amandre]], god of [[Moon Pond]]s and Moonlight on Water, Regent of the Moon<br />
<br />
======Household of Mercury======<br />
<br />
======Household of Venus======<br />
<br />
======Household of Mars======<br />
<br />
Grandmaster: [[Temura]], god of [[Martial Arts]], Grandmaster of the [[House of Iron and Adamant]].<br />
<br />
======Household of Jupiter======<br />
<br />
Steward: [[Dyer Rhessh]], Dustmaid of the [[Loom of Fate]]<br />
<br />
======Household of Saturn======<br />
<br />
======Household of Gaia======<br />
<br />
======Household of Autochthon======<br />
<br />
<br />
===== Division of Solitary Comforts=====<br />
<br />
======Palace of Broken Spirits======<br />
<br />
The Gaoler Gentle: [[Xul]], god of Spiritual Recovery. <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Hedonic Administration Panel=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Hedonic Administration Panel]]<br />
<br />
-- 2x [[Sidereal Exalted]] [[Chosen of Serenity]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Lion Dog]] Bouncers<br />
<br />
--- [[Odalisque]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Celestial Trade and Commerce====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ayizan]], god of Markets.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Division of Celestial Travel and Transport====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Hadarach]], Guardian of the Sixty-One Gates.<br />
<br />
- [[Shakhali]], Lord of the Three Winged Legions, Aerial Satrap of Heaven. <br />
<br />
-- [[Ikaru-Thiaz]], Pilot to the Golden Barque, god of [[Aerial Rickshaw]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Nehalennia]], Warden of the [[Celestial Cloud]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Department of Argent and Aurum Waterways=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Atra-Hasi]] god of the [[Quicksilver Canal]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Silver Waves]], [[Canal God]].<br />
<br />
- [[Canal God]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Ubu]], [[Unerring Pilot]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Unerring Pilot]]s of [[Dragon-boat]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Maintainer of the Heavenly Currents|Maintainers of the Heavenly Currents]]<br />
<br />
---- [[Canal Elemental]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Authority of Self-Examination====<br />
<br />
See: [[Authority of Self-Examination]]<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ilzwaran]], god of Factual Writing Related to Governing Procedures<br />
<br />
- [[Omphalan]], god of Bureaucratic Integrity and Curbing Corruption<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Department of Treaties and Treatises=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Yomiko]], god of [[Paper in Creation|Paper]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Khentkheti of Leaves]], [[Wicker Crocodile]], god of Paper in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Wicker Crocodile]]s, local [[[[Paper in Creation|Paper]] gods. <br />
<br />
-- [[Lin Jun Po]], god of New-Bristled Calligraphy Brushes<br />
<br />
======Office of Treaties and Treatises of the [[Imperial City]]======<br />
<br />
Overseer: [[Shin Lao]], god of Imperial Documents within the [[Scarlet Empire]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Bureau of Seasons==<br />
<br />
See: [[Bureau of Seasons]]<br />
<br />
Shogun-Regent of the Seasons and Weather: [[Ghataru]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air.<br />
<br />
--- [[Dragon King]] aides. <br />
<br />
- [[Aratas]], god of the Harvest<br />
<br />
<br />
===Court of the Season of Air===<br />
<br />
Daimyo of the Season of Air: [[Nasri]], [[Storm Serpent]], god of Rainstorms, General of the [[Aerial Legion]]<br />
<br />
<br />
--- [[Sanguarde]], god of Southerly Winds in the [[:Category:The Northeast|Northeast]], former Master of the [[Court of the Summer Valley]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Mar Surrease]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, god of Westerly Winds, Master of the [[Brigade of Western-Flowing Breezes]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Syla the Blessed Wind]], god of Westerly Winds in the [[River Province]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Karga Shina]],[[Huraka]], god of West Morning Wind, member of the [[Brigade of Western-Flowing Breezes]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Old Grandfather]], god of the winds in [[Windgate]] town.<br />
<br />
- [[Longinas]], god of Destructive Storms, Witness of Unrelenting Change (deceased, suicide). <br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Ascending Air: [Orora-Hido]], god of Rainclouds<br />
<br />
---- [[Gentle Falling Water]], god of Rain in [[The Lap]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Silver-Blossom Breeze]], princess of Calms Before the Storm, Kazei of the Third Week of Ascending Air<br />
<br />
--- [[Ilma-Juma]], god of the Silence Before the Thunder, Regent of The Transition, Shozei of the First Day of Ascending Air. <br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Resplendent Air: [[Pirouette of Thunders]], god of Tornados<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Descending Air: [[Curi-Vaperi]], god of Cold Rains<br />
<br />
<br />
===Court of the Season of Water===<br />
<br />
Daimyo of the Season of Water: [[Zutaka]], [[Thunderbird]], god of Blizzards<br />
<br />
--- The [[Three Floods]]<br />
<br />
--- The [[Nine Snows]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Onyx Dragon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, god of Cold Weather in the [[:Category:The Southwest|Southwestern Threshold]], former Daimyo of the Season of Water in the [[Bureau of Seasons]].<br />
<br />
-- [[White Mountain]], god of Northern Blizzards, former Master of the [[Court of White Mountain]], former husband of [[Chill Morn]] (exiled, missing).<br />
<br />
--- [[Master Winter]], god of Winter Storms on the [[White Sea]], member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Broken Ice Spear]], god of Northern Ice upon Land, former husband of [[Frilla]] god of Northern Ice upon Water.<br />
<br />
-- [[Frilla]], god of Northern Ice upon Water, former wife of [[Broken Ice Spear]] god of Northern Ice upon Land. <br />
<br />
-- [[Chill Morn]], Queen of Winter, god of Fresh Fallen Snow, wife of [[Raventalon]] god of Northern Birds, former wife of [[White Mountain]] god of Northern Blizzards. <br />
<br />
--- The [[Frost Maiden]], god of Snowfall in the [[:Category:The Northeast|Northeast]], patron of the [[Valley of Summer]].<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Ascending Water: [[Steel Wind]], god of Biting Cold<br />
<br />
-- [[Yellow Howling Bear]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, god of Sleet, Kazei of the First Week Ascending Water.<br />
<br />
-- [[Lady Chimney Draft]], god of the Chill that Comes when a Guest Enters a House, god of the Warmth that Comes of Trust and Companionship, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]], Kazei of the Second Week Ascending Water.<br />
<br />
--- [[Borean Scintillance]], god of Light on Snow, Patron god of [[Frostlight]], Shozei of the First Day of the Second Week Ascending Water.<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Resplendent Water: [[Mahiya-Varsha]], the Cyclone Puppeteer, god of Tropical Storms<br />
---- [[Hasan Laughing Typhoon]], [[Godblooded]] groundskeeper to [[Mahiya-Varsha]], child of [[Mahiya-Varsha]].<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Descending Water: [[Eye of the Eagle]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, god of Squalls. <br />
<br />
<br />
===Court of the Season of Earth===<br />
<br />
Daimyo of the Season of Earth: [[Sano-Medaro]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, god of Sunshine.<br />
<br />
--- [[Five Lords of Mist]]<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Ascending Earth: [[White Sand]]<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Resplendent Earth: [[Gleaming Crystal]]<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Descending Earth: [[Whispering Clay]]<br />
<br />
<br />
===Court of the Season of Wood===<br />
<br />
Daimyo of the Season of Wood: [[Jetazuro]], Daimyo of Clouds<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Ascending Wood: [[Scarlet Kitsune]]<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Resplendent Wood: [[Ravenous Flame]]<br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Descending Wood: <br />
<br />
===Court of the Season of Fire===<br />
<br />
- Daimyo of the Season of Fire: [[Klen-Metarma]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, god of Sandstorms.<br />
<br />
--- [[Five Droughts]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Three Siroccos]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Flesh-Stripping Howler of the Far Southern Desert]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Mare-in-oga]], god of Desert Rain, Senior Pupil of [[Kokage]] (no longer fulfilling duties in the [[Bureau of Seasons]]). <br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Ascending Fire: -[[Yaelma]] of the Thunders, god of Haboobs, god of winds on open plains. <br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Resplendent Fire: <br />
<br />
- Taisho of the Month of Descending Fire: [[Fading Fire]], Prince of Falling Leaves, god of the Autumn Breeze.<br />
<br />
-- [[Gently Drifting Halcyon]], god of calm breezes, Kazei of the First Week of Descending Fire<br />
<br />
--- [[Ilma-Juma]], god of the Silence Before the Thunder, Regent of The Transition, Shozei of the Last Day of Descending Fire. <br />
<br />
<br />
===Storm Arbitration Commission===<br />
<br />
- [[Naresh]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Arbiter of Northern Storms. <br />
<br />
- [[Isli]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Arbiter of Western Storms (missing). <br />
<br />
- [[Alarast]], [[Storm Serpent]], Arbiter of Western Storms (acting).<br />
<br />
-- The [[Great Storm Dragon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, god of [[:Category:The Southwest|Southwestern]] Storms. <br />
<br />
-- The [[Storm Mother]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Fathrin]], [[Huraka]], Arbiter of Southern Storms.<br />
<br />
- [[Memimar]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood, Arbiter of Eastern Storms. <br />
<br />
-- [[Ten Thousand Thunders]], god of storms in the [[River Province]], patron god of [[Jonquil]] village (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
- [[Mareth-Annon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Arbiter of the Storms of the [[Blessed Isle]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Cho the Corpulent]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, god of Summer Storms.<br />
<br />
-- [[Lu Far Win]], god of Winds that Carry Away Unprotected Possessions.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Meteorological Records Commission===<br />
<br />
See: [[Meteorological Records Commission]]<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ocean Crimson Lotus]], god of Changing Temperatures.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Aerial Legion===<br />
<br />
General of the Aerial Legion: [[Nasri]], [[Storm Serpent]], god of Rainstorms<br />
<br />
- [[Payt P'tar]], Counter of Raindrops, Quartermaster-General of the Aerial Legion.<br />
<br />
- [[Naresh]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Taimyo of the Aerial Legion, Arbiter of Northern Storms. <br />
<br />
- [[Alarast]], [[Storm Serpent]], Taimyo of the Aerial Legion, Arbiter of Western Storms <br />
<br />
- [[Fathrin]], [[Huraka]], Taimyo of the Aerial Legion, Arbiter of Southern Storms.<br />
<br />
- [[Memimar]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood, Taimyo of the Aerial Legion, Arbiter of Eastern Storms.<br />
<br />
- [[Mareth-Annon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Taimyo of the Aerial Legion, Arbiter of the Storms of the Blessed Isle.<br />
<br />
-- [[Storm Serpent]] officers (in large numbers)<br />
<br />
--- [[Thunderbird]]s (numbering in the thousands)<br />
<br />
--- [[Huraka]] (numbering in the thousands)<br />
<br />
- [[Council of Winds]]<br />
<br />
===Commission of Climate Calibration===<br />
<br />
Chair: Disputed. <br />
<br />
- Claimant (de-facto, as acknowledged by the [[Bureau of Seasons]]): [[Ilma-Juma]], god of the Silence Before the Thunder, Regent of The Transition<br />
<br />
- Claimant (as acknowledged by the [[Court of Seasons]] and [[Immaculate]] [[Prayer Calendar]]): None.<br />
<br />
- Claimant (as acknowledged by the [[Bureau of Humanity]] and [[Five Days Darkness]]): [[Five Days Darkness]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Bureau of Humanity==<br />
<br />
See: [[Bureau of Humanity]]<br />
<br />
Chief Executive: [[Wun Ja]], the Shining Metropolis, god of Cities, Director of the [[Department of Human Habitations]].<br />
--- [[Dutiful Sentinel]], god of the Preservation of Human Dignity. Liaison with the [[Bureau of Heaven]].<br />
<br />
===Department of Human Habitations===<br />
<br />
See: [[Department of Human Habitations]]<br />
<br />
Director: [[Wun Ja]], the Shining Metropolis, god of Cities, Chief Executive of the [[Bureau of Humanity]].<br />
<br />
- [[Orak-Ro]], [[Forbidden God]], former god of Cities (replaced by [[Wun Ja]]), former [[City Father]] of [[Meru]] (replaced by [[Ameru]]), (missing).<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Administration of Central Civilization=====<br />
<br />
Satrap of the Realm: [[Jagalza]], god of [[The Realm]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Jade Dragon]], Plenipotentary of the [[Blessed Isle]] and its Settlements<br />
<br />
- [[Ameru]], [[City Father]] of [[Meru]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Orak-Ro]], [[Forbidden God]], former god of Cities (replaced by [[Wun Ja]], former [[City Father]] of [[Meru]] (replaced by [[Ameru]]), (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Gri-Fel]], [[City Father]] of the [[Imperial City]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Uryon-Sardath]], [[City Father]] of [[Arjuf]], former [[City Father]] of [[Sardath]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Chung Ting]], [[City Mother]] of [[Juche]]<br />
<br />
-- [[City Father]]s & [[City Mother]]s of the [[Blessed Isle]]<br />
<br />
---- [[Field God]]s of the Blessed Isle<br />
<br />
- [[Ancient Stone of Journeys]], god of the [[Great Coast Road]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Road God]]s of [[Blessed Isle]] paths. <br />
<br />
--- [[Caravan God]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Administration of Eastern Civilization=====<br />
<br />
Satrap of the East: [[Tambora]] of the Thousand Faces<br />
<br />
- [[Ivy Hatra]], Plenipotentary of the East<br />
<br />
-- [[Scavenger of Wood and Bone]], god of Cities Reborn<br />
<br />
-- [[Wind-Borne Blessing]], god of Messenger Birds<br />
<br />
-- [[Steran]], [[City Father]] of [[Lacheron]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Itzcalimon]], Patron god of [[Zarrith]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Tsen-Usen]], [[City Father]] of [[Ilio Stara]], god of the Ilio Stara [[Bonsai]] (missing). <br />
<br />
-- [[Faoladh]], god of the [[Dog-Head Tribe]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Caltia]] the Eternal, god of [[Conifer]]ous Forests, [[Eminence]] in the Troika of Woods, patron god of [[Halta]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
--- [[Dremnos]], Lord of Stone, former patron god of the [[Hundred Cities of the Farwall]] (purview destroyed), patron god of [[Twistybranch]] Village in [[Halta]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
--- [[Lohath]], Veil of Dawn, former [[Handmaiden to the Unconquered Sun]], god of [[Halta]]n Weaving and Weavers.<br />
<br />
-- Golden-Eyed [[Jorst]], god of [[Deciduous]] Forests, [[Eminence]] in the Troika of Woods, patron god of [[Linowa]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Dreaming Lotus]], former Eastern tribal god, nation god of [[Bloody River]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Gradig]], god of Powder Metallurgy, nation god of [[Bloody River]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Rejak]], god of the Bloody River, nation god of [[Bloody River]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Tribe of the Three Owls|Emerald Roothammer]], god of the [[Tribe of the Three Owls]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Elder Oak]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the forests along the upper [[Maruto River]], patron god of the [[Ten Tribes of Oak]] (with Warrant), patron of [[Farhold]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Ancient Spindle]], god of [[Bark Cloth]] weaving and production, patron god of [[White Pines]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
---- [[Bogdash]], god of Trade in [[White Pines]] and along the [[White Trade Road]].<br />
<br />
<br />
-- [[Yeke Delger]], [[City Father]] of Celeren.<br />
<br />
-- [[Cha Delgarai]], [[City Father]] of [[Tanjung]]. <br />
<br />
-- Eastern [[City Father]]s & [[City Mother]]s<br />
<br />
--- Eastern [[Field God]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Legate Oblius]], [[Road God]] of the [[White Trade Road]] between [[White Pines]] and [[Akita City]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Road God]]s of the [[The East|Eastern]] paths. <br />
<br />
--- [[Caravan God]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Ventressi-Merdo]], Prefect of the [[River Province]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Undefeated Granite Daughter]], god of Field-stones and [[Scavenger Lands]] Masonry<br />
<br />
-- [[Xochichem]], Patron nation-god of [[Chaya]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Gen]], [[City Father]] of [[Nexus]], former City Father of [[Hollow]]<br />
<br />
--- ?, god of Crone's Street in [[Nexus]], former god of Laughing Maiden Avenue in [[Hollow]] (purview eliminated).<br />
<br />
--- [[Emerald Rainbow]], senior hearth-god of [[River Province]] confectioneries.<br />
<br />
-- [[Tu Yu]], [[City Father]] of [[Deheleshen]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Tien Yu]], god of the [[Seventh Legion]], Patron god of [[Lookshy]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Shield of a Different Day]], Patron god of [[Geat Forks]] (with Warrant), former god of Peaceful War, One of the Three in the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Spinner of Glorious Tales]], Patron god of [[Geat Forks]] (with Warrant), former god of Wandering Storytellers, former mortal, One of the Three in the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Weaver of Dreams of Victory]], Patron god of [[Geat Forks]] (with Warrant), former god of Victorious Dreams, One of the Three in the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Shinghurr]], god of [[Qat]] crop rotation and fertility in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Masque of Repose]], god of Funereal Arrangements, Patron god of [[Sijan]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Aptorius]] of the Grasslands, [[City Father]] of [[Puyo]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Yuchu Zhen]], [[City Father]] of [[Delsinar]], brother to [[Mishaka]]’s former city god, [[Yuwen Hu]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Ishigani]], patron god of [[Yelang]] (with Warrant), former river god.<br />
<br />
-- [[Xichil-Yan]], Patron god of [[Mishaka]] (with Warrant, replacing the destroyed [[Yuwen Hu]]), former god of peacock migrations.<br />
<br />
-- [[Leeayta]], [[City Mother]] of [[Rathess]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Rose and Gold Seneschal]], [[City Father]] of [[Maharesh]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Triumphant Monarch of the Foremost Peak]], [[City Father]] of [[Kalishar]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Soaring Majestic Father]], Patron god of [[Keldin Cliff-Cities]], god of the [[Keldin Mountains]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Golden River Hunter]], [[City Father]] of [[Lionsroar]], god of the [[Lion’s Roar Falls]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Tchokko]], [[City Father]] of [[Thorns]] (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Albinshar]], [[City Father]] of [[Albin'Shar]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Ten Thousand Thunders]], god of storms in the [[River Province]], patron god of [[Jonquil]] village (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[City Father]]s & [[City Mother]]s of the [[River Province]]<br />
<br />
---- [[Field God]]s of the River Province<br />
<br />
-- [[Road God]]s of [[River Province]] paths. <br />
<br />
--- [[Caravan God]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Administration of Southern Civilization=====<br />
<br />
Satrap of the South: [[Biriketh]], Lady of the Generous Waters.<br />
<br />
- [[Weary Heron]], Plenipotentiary of the South, god of Hard-Won Plenty.<br />
<br />
-- The [[Golden Lord]], Patron god of [[An Teng]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Grandmother Bright]], Patron god of [[Chiaroscuro]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Subrihan]] Wind-Tiger, god of Last Stands, Patron god of [[Asherta]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Granias]], god of the [[Lap]] Lands and Reaper of Harvests<br />
<br />
--- [[Old Man of the Mountain]], god of [[Last Supplicant]] of Endless Power<br />
<br />
-- [[Zocho]], [[City Father]] of [[Kriss]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Black Quarry]], [[City Father]] of [[Gem]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Zomea]], [[City Father]] of [[Planquin]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Alaffin of the Jaguar Gates]], [[City Father]] of the [[Gates of the Jaguar]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Soma Haraja]], [[City Father]] of a city whose very name was destroyed in the [[Balorian Crusade]] (purview destroyed) (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Ximone]], [[City Mother]] of [[Cangiante]].<br />
<br />
-- Southern [[City Father]]s & [[City Mother]]s<br />
<br />
---- Southern [[Field God]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Road God]]s of the [[The South|Southern]] paths. <br />
<br />
--- [[Caravan God]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Administration of Western Civilization=====<br />
<br />
Satrap of the West: [[Zokaron-Temesh]].<br />
<br />
- [[Serene Kraken]], Plenipotentiary of the West<br />
<br />
-- [[Tya Edralneth]], god of the [[Tya]], former mortal.<br />
<br />
-- [[Sunset Wave]] <br />
<br />
-- [[Empress of Sapphire and Sand]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Huehueotle]], god of [[Mochimu]].<br />
<br />
-- The [[Volcano Tribe]], [[Volcano God]]s of the [[Wavecrest]] Archipelago, nation-gods of [[Wavecrest]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Kishan]], [[City Father]] of [[Coral Bay]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Ascended Elder of Jade]], [[City Father]] of [[Jade-Upon-The-River]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Shaloy of the Shining Rod]], patron god of [[Iorane]] the City of Pinnacles (with Warrant) (purview lost to the [[Wyld]]), former god of Western Surveyors and Property Lines, (missing).<br />
<br />
-- Western [[City Father]]s & [[City Mother]]s<br />
<br />
---- Western [[Field God]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Road God]]s of the [[The West|Western]] paths. <br />
<br />
--- [[Caravan God]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Administration of Northern Civilization=====<br />
<br />
Satrap of the North: [[Tarendar]]<br />
<br />
- [[Furious Strix]], Plenipotentiary of the North<br />
<br />
-- [[Torngasak]], Walker on Bitter Paths, [[City Father]] of [[Windcreche]], nation-god of the [[Haslanti]] (contested by the [[Ennead]], censured by the [[Immaculate Order]]).<br />
<br />
-- [[Nootaikok]], [[City Father]] of [[Gorot]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Raventalon]], god of Northern [[:Category:Birds|Birds]], god of Northern [[Raven]]s, patron god of the [[Lanji]] (with Warrant), Master of the [[Court of Ice]], husband of [[Chill Morn]] god of Fresh Fallen Snow, former jester of the [[Court of White Mountain]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Reshan of the Inward Breath]], Patron god of [[Gethamane]] (with Warrant) (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Metheris of the Still Sky]], Patron god of [[Gethamane]] (with Warrant) (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Tribbua of the Outward Breath]], Patron god of [[Gethamane]] (with Warrant) (missing).<br />
<br />
-- [[Ulgarin Frostmaw]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Kind Fin Mother]], [[Baiji]], Patron god of the [[Zalvenesh]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- Northern [[City Father]]s & [[City Mother]]s<br />
<br />
---- Northern [[Field God]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Road God]]s of the [[:Category:The North|Northern]] paths. <br />
<br />
--- [[Caravan God]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Department of Universal Human Affairs===<br />
<br />
Director: [[Agralzo]], Exaltant of Invention, god of Discovery (imprisoned).<br />
<br />
Sub-Director: [[Amoth]] City-Smiter, god of Tumbled Ruins.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Bribery & Finance====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Amoth]] City-Smiter, god of Tumbled Ruins.<br />
<br />
- [[Polozo the Worm]], god of Criminality.<br />
<br />
-- [[Eighteen Righteous Lotus]], god of Eastern Criminal Enterprises, god of Forgery.<br />
<br />
-- [[Lo Fa]], god of Western Criminal Enterprises, god of Piracy.<br />
<br />
- [[Yangean]], god of Just Trade.<br />
<br />
- [[Ascendent Golden Scales]], god of Unfair Trade, Advocate of [[The Guild]].<br />
--- [[Brass Muskrat]], the [[Tongueless]], god of fur traders in the Far East.<br />
<br />
-- [[Achekis the Wretch]], god of Blackmail.<br />
<br />
-- [[Maier of Scales]], god of Usury.<br />
<br />
-- [[Suneja]] of the Black Hands, god of Extortion.<br />
<br />
- [[Ystara]], god of the Trade in Luxury Goods, god of Slave Markets.<br />
<br />
- [[Rupan Jade-Snatcher]], god of Thievery<br />
<br />
-- [[He that Steps from Shadows]], god of Righteous Thieves<br />
<br />
-- [[Brother Ananso]], god of Pickpockets<br />
<br />
- [[Takht-e-Tavous]], god of Trafficking<br />
<br />
- [[Perfect Master Toad]], god of Pecuniary Excess<br />
<br />
=====Office of Commercial Exchanges=====<br />
<br />
-- [[Iwaku-coil]], [[Crossroads Coil]], god of the [[Imperial City]] Western Market<br />
<br />
-- [[Gashu-coil]], [[Crossroads Coil]], god of the [[Nexus]] Big Market.<br />
<br />
-- [[Mudru-coil]], [[Crossroads Coil]], god of the [[East Orchard Village]] Solday Market<br />
<br />
-- [[Crossroads Coil]] market gods. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Bondage====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Rabszolga]], god of Slaves and [[Slavery]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Ribbons of Sorrow]], god of Slavery in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Sigur]], Lord over the Kept, god of Slavers<br />
<br />
- [[Ubminta]] the Unfettered, god of Emancipation and Freed Slaves<br />
<br />
-- [[Sorayo]], god of the Abolition of Slavery.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Games====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Plentimon]] of the Dice, god of Gambling<br />
<br />
-- [[Autumn Frost]], god of Risk-Taking despite Improbable Odds, member of the [[Ennead]], Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Yu Fan]], god of Sport<br />
<br />
-- [[Daimyo of Unnecessary Roughness]], god of Contact Sports.<br />
<br />
-- [[Broken Twig]], god in charge of broken wooden sports tools<br />
<br />
-- [[Braad]], god of Hooliganism and Bad Sportsmanship<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Talk & Tale====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Sarasvathy]], god of Human Language<br />
<br />
-- ?, the [[Magnate of Curses]], god of Profanity<br />
<br />
--- [[Kataree]], the Asp-Tongued Virgin, god of Catty Words and Veiled Insults. <br />
<br />
-- [[Duffumanu]], god of Sleaze, Master of all Depraved Innuendo.<br />
<br />
-- [[Gaokul]], god of Jocularity<br />
<br />
-- [[Boz Miklós]], god of [[Riverspeak]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Fenya]], god of [[Guild Cant]] <br />
<br />
-- [[Zupakali Phargilixik]], god of [[Tribal Tongue]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Bahaiok]], god of [[High Holy Speech]].<br />
<br />
- [[Haulili]], Minister of Western Language, god of [[Seatongue]].<br />
<br />
- [[Oghmas]], Minister of Northern Language, god of [[Skytongue]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Akyaquee]], god of Stories.<br />
<br />
-- [[Lady Shataina]], god of Storytelling.<br />
<br />
--- [[Mee]], god of Storytellers. <br />
<br />
---- [[Yuuu]], god of terrible protagonists in stories. <br />
<br />
-- [[Ryall]], god of Legends.<br />
<br />
--- [[Elesstadra]], god of Stories of Lost Civilizations<br />
<br />
-- [[Uss]], god of Anecdotes.<br />
<br />
<br />
- [[Johokyoku]], god of Censorship. <br />
<br />
-- [[Tesuno-Gani]], god Of Denied Texts<br />
<br />
====Board of Textiles====<br />
<br />
Satrap: ? (records do not denote the name of this god, nor the location of an office). <br />
<br />
-- [[Tharggon]], former [[Bloody Hand]], god of Hoods.<br />
<br />
- [[Ancient Spindle]], god of [[Bark Cloth]] weaving and production, patron god of [[White Pines]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
- [[Ananasa]], god of Spiders, god of Spider [[Silk]].<br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Tailor Onizuki]], god of Linen<br />
<br />
--- [[Flaxen Crab]]s, local gods of linen tailoring and production.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Flight====<br />
<br />
Shogun: [[Vanileth]], God of Artificial Flight, member of the [[Ennead]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Bird of Vanileth|Birds of Vanileth]], [[Servitor-God]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Relza]], Aerial Satrap of [[Rathess]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Erana]], Aerial Satrap of [[Lookshy]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Cao-Shong]], Aerial Satrap of the [[Imperial City]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Shakhali]], Lord of the Three Winged Legions, Aerial Satrap of Heaven (disputed. Board Shogun claims authority over this god, a claim denied by the god and the [[Bureau of Heaven]]).<br />
<br />
-- Aerial Satraps. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of the Hunt====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Grala]], Mistress of the Endless Hunt, god of Hunting and Hunters. <br />
<br />
--- [[Hound of the Endless Hunt|Hounds of the Endless Hunt]], [[Servitor-God]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Bright Spearpoint]], Southern God of Hunting<br />
<br />
- [[Janvael]], Northern God of Hunting<br />
<br />
-- [[Alatah]], former Northern God of Hunting (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Ahandenwe-Welgo]], Western God of Hunting <br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Trade====<br />
<br />
See: [[Board of Trade]]<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Kubera]], Bearer of the Heavy Pot, god of Wealth and Those Weighed Down with Treasures.<br />
<br />
--- [[Askathad]] the Flickering Lord, god of candles and chandlers in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Minxai]], god of Eastern Wealth, former god of [[Fox]]es.<br />
<br />
- [[Anjara the Sixth Spider]], god of Communication and Mercantilism along Rivers<br />
<br />
-- [[Lounavis]], god of River Crossings<br />
<br />
- [[Prostar]], god of Wagons.<br />
<br />
- [[Sheda]], god of Palanquins<br />
<br />
-- [[Enduringly Stable Foundation]], god of Palanquin-Bearers and chair Porters<br />
<br />
- [[Pyrren Chogu]], god of Lanterns and Lantern-bearers<br />
<br />
<br />
====Commission on Cultic Affairs====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Caosht Cao]], Prefect of the [[Perfected Hierarchy]], Pontiff of the [[Prayer Calendar]], Most Dutiful and Diligent Divinity of the [[Immaculate Order]].<br />
<br />
- [[Profane Whispers]], god of Religious Heresy and Heretics.<br />
<br />
- [[Dorozhand]], god of Those Who Believe in Destiny Outside the [[Loom of Fate]].<br />
<br />
- [[Dolorosa]], god of Holy Pilgrimages<br />
<br />
====Ever-Fruiting Council of Grains====<br />
<br />
See: [[Ever-Fruiting Council of Grains]]<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Ovin-Bareth]], Prince of Grain, God of the Threshing Floor, god of [[Wheat]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Master of Reaped Grains]], god of Agriculture in The Lap<br />
<br />
- [[Mochinari]], god of Rice<br />
<br />
- [[Enar the Bountiful]], god of Barley<br />
<br />
- [[Maizemasa]], Count of the Cob, god of [[Corn]]<br />
<br />
- The [[Flowering Maid]], god of Planting and Growing in the [[:Category:The Southwest|Southwestern Threshold]].<br />
<br />
-- The [[Spring Babe]].<br />
<br />
- [[Aratas]], god of the Harvest<br />
<br />
-- The [[Hawk of Plenty]], god of Harvests in the [[:Category:The Southwest|Southwestern Threshold]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Commission on Refugees====<br />
<br />
High Commissioner: [[Janagel]], god of Succor.<br />
<br />
- [[Weary Heron]], Plenipotentiary of Southern Refugees.<br />
<br />
====Warm and Welcoming Council of the Hearth====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Root of the Heart]], god of House and Home.<br />
<br />
-- [[Habaniah]], god of Glowing Embers.<br />
<br />
-- [[Zumbiboo]], god of Dust.<br />
<br />
-- [[Gribaun]], god of Transforming Wood to [[Ash]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Kilooloogung]], god of Rising Smoke<br />
<br />
-- [[Jabim]], god of Things Cast Away<br />
<br />
-- [[Triboogie]], god of Households at Night<br />
<br />
-- [[Hish]], god of Silence in Households<br />
<br />
-- [[Pitsu]], god of household [[Cat]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Hobith]], god of household [[Dog]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Cog & Craft====<br />
<br />
See: [[Board of Cog & Craft]]<br />
<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Seecne]], god of Artifice<br />
<br />
---- [[Nanogod]]s <br />
<br />
--- [[Dhuma]], awakened least god of the [[Perfected Kata Bracers]] [[Devoted Sleeves of Triumph]], god of [[Martial Arts]] Duels in the Deep South (missing).<br />
<br />
--- [[Shardiss the Smith]], god of Smiths and Smithies in the [[Imperial City]].<br />
<br />
- [[Ixlos]], god of Inventors<br />
<br />
- [[Taru-Kül]] god of [[Prayer Transceiver Module]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Len-Bo]] Who Comes in Song and Water, god of the [[Soul Bell]]s (domain destroyed) (deceased).<br />
<br />
- [[Karnek]], god of Artificial Materials and Magical Alloys. <br />
<br />
-- [[Twelve Forges Thunder]], god of [[Kravelt]], god of Divinely-Forged Alloys. <br />
<br />
- [[Faradai]], Artificer of Most Efficacious Prostheses, god of prosthetic devices.<br />
<br />
- [[Jakatam]] Shining-Hammer, god of [[Essence Forge]]s and [[Factory Cathedral]]s, assistant to the [[Great Maker]], former Satrap of the [[Board of Cog & Craft]] (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Baneribu]], god of thinking [[:Category:Automata|automata]], assistant to the [[Great Maker]], (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Glimmering Nacal]], god of [[Salt]]<br />
<br />
- [[Translucent Alabaster]], god of [[Porcelain]]<br />
<br />
- [[Clever Whetstone]], god of Whittling<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Ill-Health====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Blackest Terror]], god of Disease<br />
<br />
- [[Mana-Yood-Sushai]], god of Having Done, god of Rest.<br />
<br />
- [[Salt in Wounds]], god of Bodily Perfection<br />
<br />
- [[Kib]], god of Toil and Exhaustion.<br />
<br />
- [[Faradai]], Artificer of Most Efficacious Prostheses, god of prosthetic devices.<br />
<br />
- [[Io the Ever Dark]], god of Blindness<br />
<br />
- [[Ambisinister]], Minister of Abdomens, god of toned abs.<br />
<br />
- [[Plytoxo]], god of Food Poisoning<br />
<br />
<br />
- [[Shish]], god of Ageing, Eastern Commissioner for the Board of Ill-Health<br />
---- [[Ill'vars]], god of [[Nexus]] Plagues & Diseases.<br />
<br />
---- [[Nemain]], god of poisons in the Far East.<br />
<br />
- [[Black Eye Cyst]], Southern Commissioner for the Board of Ill-Health<br />
<br />
-- [[Urphugal]], god of Flatulence.<br />
<br />
- [[Fearful Wailing]], Northern Commissioner for the Board of Ill-Health<br />
<br />
-- [[Felkis]], god of Northern healing<br />
<br />
-- [[Little Frost Thief]], god of Food Spoiled by Frost, Patron god of [[Tunilalak]] Village<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of the Seas==== <br />
<br />
Satrap: Formerly [[Pai Yi]] the Sail Maiden (deceased). Replacement pending appointment. <br />
<br />
- [[Rudhira]] the Storm Rider, Celestial Admiral of the West, god of ocean ships.<br />
<br />
-- [[Krinmy]], the Mother of all Harbours<br />
<br />
---- [[Moonlight Swell]], [[Harbour God]] of [[Vatamu]].<br />
<br />
- [[Nasellus]], Celestial Admiral of the [[Blessed Isle]], god of coastal ships, god of the [[Imperial Navy]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Bashixun]], Lord of the Surf, God of Crustaceans, the Shore and Shoreline Fishermen.<br />
<br />
-- [[Gentle Lantern-Bearer]], god of [[Lighthouse]]s. <br />
<br />
- [[Baris]], Celestial Admiral of the East, god of river ships<br />
<br />
- [[Birnana]], Celestial Admiral of the South, god of sand ships<br />
<br />
- [[Pruina]], Celestial Admiral of the North, god of [[Iceboat]]s and other iceborne ships, member of the [[Ennead]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Gold-Tooth]], god of [[Ice Fishing]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Current God]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Culinary Conclave====<br />
<br />
See: [[Culinary Conclave]].<br />
<br />
Iron Shogun: [[Kanyor the Triumphant Infusion]], god of Soup<br />
<br />
---- [[Lady of the Winter Squash]], god of squash and squash farmers in the vicinity of [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
- [[Lumen of the Fattened Duck]], god of [[Motonic Gastronomy]], former Iron Shogun of the Culinary Conclave (missing).<br />
<br />
--- [[Varue]], god of [[Dutiful and Diligent Steamer of Rice|Dutiful and Diligent Steamers of Rice]].<br />
<br />
- [[Striking Magnificent Potentate]], god of steeped guano, former god of [[Tea]] (deceased, rendered into [[Starmetal]]).<br />
<br />
- [[Tealescent Absalom]], the god of the Tea bush, god of [[Tea]]s and steeped beverages.<br />
<br />
- [[Sikksan]], god skewer-roasted meats, god of [[Spun Wrap]]s. <br />
<br />
- [[Offler]]], god of Sausages.<br />
<br />
- [[Three-Tined Geshiva]], god of [[Noodle]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Fornax]], god of Baked Goods<br />
<br />
- The [[Mound’s Nourishing Treasure]], god of [[Potato]]es.<br />
<br />
- [[Adamantine Chef]], god of Catering.<br />
<br />
- [[Djedet]], god of [[Dynastic Dim Sum#Tears of the Crocodile|Tears of the Crocodile]] candy.<br />
<br />
- [[Mellekar]], god of Eastern Kitchens <br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of the Forgotten====<br />
<br />
Satrap: None (formerly [[Madame Marthesine]] of the Lost, Board disbanded by its last Satrap but Bureau of Humanity continues to pay salary to a god listed as a member). <br />
<br />
- [[Qurtok]], god of Possessions Unreclaimed.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Pleasure====<br />
<br />
Satrap:<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Bloodshed====<br />
<br />
Satrap: [[Razor’s Edge]], god of Murder and Murderers<br />
<br />
--- [[Siren]]s, gods of equilibrium in island populations.<br />
<br />
--- [[Bloody Hand]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Dark Joy]], [[Bloody Hand]] of [[Champoor]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Swiftly Flowing Crimson]], Lord of Murder Upon the Rushing Waters, [[Bloody Hand]] on the [[Yellow River]].<br />
<br />
- [[Grona-Abassi]], god of Kinslaying<br />
<br />
- [[Shining Flower]] the Bloody Goddess, Mistress of Hearts and Knives, god of sacrificial offerings, god of knife-fighters and assassins. <br />
<br />
--- [[Jashin]], god of Royal Assassins, patron god of [[Sinanju]] (with Warrant)<br />
<br />
- [[Edge of No Other Purpose]], Mother of Swords<br />
<br />
-- [[Goujian]], Sultan of Swords, god of Curved Swords.<br />
<br />
- [[Sling of Yew]], god of Killing at a Distance, god of ranged weapons. <br />
<br />
-- [[Death that Perches]], god of weapons fired over the shoulder (including [[Fuel Bolt Launcher]]s and Small [[Concussive Essence Cannon]]s).<br />
<br />
-- [[Ridiculously Violent Oyster]], god of [[Fire Pearl]]s and alchemical ammunition.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Board of Conflict====<br />
<br />
See: [[Board of Conflict]] <br />
<br />
Satrap: none, formerly [[E-Naluna]] god of War. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Bureau of Nature==<br />
<br />
See: [[Bureau of Nature]]<br />
<br />
Head: [[Luna]], Celestial [[Incarna]], god of the [[Wyld]], lover of [[Gaia]], overseer of the [[Lunargent Ecological Protectorate]], head of the [[Bureau of Nature]], Maiden of Chance, the [[Fickle Lady]], the [[Silver Goddess]], the [[Passionate Soul]], the [[Bloody Huntress]], the [[Silver-Horned Watcher]], the [[Two-Faced Bride]], the [[Walker at the Crossroads]], the [[White Navigator]], the [[Silver-Eyed Boy]], and others. <br />
<br />
<br />
===Hierarchy of Type===<br />
<br />
Shogun: [[Flashing Peak]], God of the Imperial Mountain<br />
<br />
- [[Amandre]], Goddess of [[Moon Pond]]s and Moonlight on Water, Regent of the Moon<br />
<br />
====Committee of Peaks and Valleys====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of All Mountains: [[Chel-hu]], god of the [[Blessed Isle]].<br />
<br />
- [[Jade Bulwark Soldier]], god of Eastern Mountains<br />
<br />
-- [[Gueixiu]], god of Eastern Caves.<br />
<br />
-- [[Onibala]] the Mountain Princess, god of [[Mount Metagalapa]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Garbed in Granite]], god of the [[Kalishari Mountains]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Soaring Majestic Father]], god of the [[Keldin Mountains]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Manthang]], god of the [[Lo Mountains]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Rolling Ocho]], god of [[Ocho-Rin Hill]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Verdant Oppribium]], [[Forest Walker]], god of [[Majestic Emerald Basin]] valley, god of [[Majestic Emerald Basin]] forest.<br />
<br />
- [[Hwanung]], god of Northern Mountains<br />
<br />
-- [[Defiant Eminence]], god of the [[Dehennan Mountains]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Unwholesome Blossom]], god of the [[Poison Vale]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Majestic Glowing Mountain]], god of [[Mount Zangu]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Open Plains====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Grasslands: [[Zaran]], god of Savannahs.<br />
<br />
====Committee of Shattered Ground and Shifting Sands====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Deserts & Wastelands: [[Sharezah]], Mistress of the Shifting Sands, god of Deserts.<br />
<br />
- [[Shepolpa]], the Goddess of Hungry Waters, god of Erosion<br />
<br />
- [[Zumbiboo]], god of Dust.<br />
<br />
- [[Undrainable Golden Sack]], god of Swamps.<br />
<br />
- [[Xian'kung]], Daimyo of the Southern Wastes<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on Venting Steam and Molten Glory====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Volcanoes: [[Honogang]], the Forger of Stone, Goddess of Magma<br />
<br />
- [[Teok-Teon]], the Shaking Lord, god of Volcanic Eruption<br />
<br />
-- [[Hamoji]], Greatest [[Volcano God]] on [[Abalone Island]], Master-Chief of the [[Volcano Tribe]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Amanji]], Greatest [[Volcano God]] on [[Pearl Island]], member of the [[Volcano Tribe]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Venestoro]], Most Furious [[Volcano God]] on [[Pearl Island]], member of the [[Volcano Tribe]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Lahar]], [[Volcano God]] of the [[Everburning Forgepeak]] of [[Cangiante]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Volcano God]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Ju-Kai]], god of Steam-Vents<br />
<br />
--- [[Fire in the Ice]], god of Warm Steam-Vents on the Ocean Floor, Patron god of [[Evergreen Harbor]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Old Whorall]], god of the [[Hot House Springs]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Wafting Sweetness]], god of Southern Steam-Vents<br />
<br />
--- [[Nine Minerals Kleshnikov]], god of the [[Nine Baths of Chiaroscuro]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on the Flows and Pools of Life====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Fresh Waters: The [[Lord of Nine Falls]], god of Flowing Waters.<br />
<br />
--- [[Watercress]], [[Godblooded]], daughter of the [[Lord of Nine Falls]], god of the [[Fount of Golden Needles]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Undrainable Golden Sack]], god of Swamps.<br />
<br />
-- [[Namazu-e]], the Cursing Catfish, god of the [[Dahuang River]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Okuton]], god of the [[Odai River]].<br />
<br />
-- [[I'kuan]], Father of Scales, god of the [[Arjuf Dominion#Geography|Blackscale River]].<br />
<br />
- [[Fao Baaw]], Song of Broken Waters, god of water purification. <br />
<br />
- [[Father Water Spider]], God of Eastern Rivers<br />
<br />
-- [[Sudale]] of the Flowing Grasp, god of the [[Silver River]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Maldagas]], god of Fog and Mist on the [[Silver River]], patron god of [[Little Bend]] village.<br />
<br />
-- [[Jer-to-Fan]], god of the [[Yanaze River]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Yellow River King]], god of the [[Yellow River]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Emerald Waters Queen]], god of the [[Maruto River]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Anisatsis]], god of the Confluence of the [[Maruto River]] and [[Yellow River]].<br />
<br />
-- The [[Red Wanderer]], god of the [[Avarice River]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Dead Water Running]], god of the [[Gray River]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Thousand Ice Tears]], god of the [[River of Tears]], god of Ice upon the River of Tears. <br />
<br />
-- [[Churning Foam]], god of the [[Arkos River]]. <br />
<br />
--- [[Gleamfist]], god of Flooding along the [[Arkos River]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Okoto]], god of the [[Oleander River]], patron god of [[Misty Valley]] village.<br />
<br />
-- [[Rejak]], god of the Bloody River, nation god of [[Bloody River]] (with Warrant). <br />
<br />
-- [[Sitting Heron]], god of the [[River of Dancing Fish]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Blbdblb]], god of the Little Blackwater River near [[Nexus]].<br />
<br />
- [[Diall]], god of Oases<br />
<br />
-- The [[Rentava]], Lady of the [[Emerald Oasis]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Glorious Functionality of the Oceans====<br />
<br />
See: [[Glorious Functionality of the Oceans]]<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Ocean Father]], Lord of the West, Daimyo of the Seas.<br />
<br />
--- [[Baiji]], sea spirits. <br />
<br />
- [[Shepolpa]], the Goddess of Hungry Waters, god of Erosion.<br />
<br />
- [[Slid]], Overseer of Tides, god of Currents<br />
<br />
- [[Zhuziao]], Lord of the Deep, Daimyo of the Dark Depths<br />
<br />
- [[Bashixun]], Lord of the Surf, God of [[Crustacean]]s, the Shore and Shoreline Fishermen<br />
<br />
- [[Hinaopu Halakoa]], god of [[Coral]] Reefs.<br />
<br />
---- [[Resplendent Echo]], [[Godblooded]] butler to [[Hinaopu Halakoa]], child of [[Hinaopu Halakoa]].<br />
<br />
- [[Veil of Frost]], god of Frozen Seas, Patron god of [[Icehorn]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Frilla]], god of Northern Ice upon Water, former wife of [[Broken Ice Spear]] god of Northern Ice upon Land. <br />
<br />
--- [[Icefoam Glory]], god of the [[White Sea]]<br />
<br />
---- [[Icecracking Roar]], god of Breathing Holes in Ice, Patron god of [[Pale Bear Harbour]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Isles and Archipelagos=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Audjal]], god of Islands<br />
<br />
--- [[Sadara]] the Cold Mother, Wife of the [[Ocean Father]], god of the [[Coral Archipelago]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Soanthe-of-the-Waves]], god of the [[Chinar Archipelago]] (purview lost to the [[Wyld]]) (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Chel-hu]], god of the [[Blessed Isle]].<br />
<br />
- [[Seventh Amethyst]], god of Unmapped Islands<br />
<br />
- [[Unsinkable Edobard]], god of [[Seven Waves]].<br />
<br />
- [[Shennim]], god of [[Simenare]] Island.<br />
<br />
- [[Sunmist]], god of the [[Isle of the Sun]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Everlasting Circle of Stones====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: <br />
<br />
--- [[Bronnick]], god of Eastern Pebbles, god of Eastern free-standing rocks and monoliths.<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Gem & Crystal=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Nurbaque]], god of [[:Category:Gemstones|Gemstones]]<br />
<br />
=====Management of Metal Matters=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo:<br />
- [[Plutus]], god of [[Gold]].<br />
- [[Arigen]], god of [[Silver]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Council of Trees====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Woodlands: None, responsibilities carried out by majority vote amongst the Troika of Woods. <br />
<br />
- [[Caltia]] the Eternal, god of [[Conifer]]ous Forests, [[Eminence]] in the Troika of Woods, patron god of [[Halta]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
- Golden-Eyed [[Jorst]], god of [[Deciduous]] Forests, [[Eminence]] in the Troika of Woods, patron god of [[Linowa]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
- [[Arilak]] the Unseen, god of [[Jungle]] Forests, [[Eminence]] in the Troika of Woods, former god of Predatory Reptiles.<br />
<br />
-- [[Pula]], former god of [[Jungle]] Forests, (deceased, slain by [[Arad]] the Hunter).<br />
<br />
-- [[Fresh-Fallen Azure Flake]], former god of the [[Everwinter Forest]], 13th to be appointed to post (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Glorious Emerald Seer]], Daimyo of the Eastern Boughs.<br />
<br />
-- [[Glorious Jade Branch]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the [[Halta]]n forest<br />
<br />
-- [[Resilan]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the northern [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Redwood]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Whispering Needles]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the central [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Redwood]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Shining Trunk]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the southern [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Redwood]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Tylokan Root Binder]], [[Forest Walker]], god of trees on the borders of the [[Halta]]n forest.<br />
<br />
-- [[Steel-Skinned Ubil]], [Forest Walker]], god of the [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Ironwood]] trees. <br />
<br />
-- [[Elder Oak]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the forests along the upper [[Maruto River]], patron god of the [[Ten Tribes of Oak]] (with Warrant), patron of [[Farhold]] township. <br />
<br />
-- [[Verdant Oppribium]], [[Forest Walker]], god of [[Majestic Emerald Basin]] valley, god of the [[Majestic Emerald Basin]] forest.<br />
<br />
-- [[Aum Cho]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the [[Calrushan Wood]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Ironbark]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the [[Duskwood]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Forest Walker]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Kodama]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Life Tree]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Consultative Council of Climbing Companions=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo of Vines: [[Choking Death]], god of Vines. <br />
<br />
''['''Note''': The Daimyo of Vines functions in nearly all ways as an [[Eminence]], though the Consultative Council draws its ample budget directly from the funds of the Council of Trees].'' <br />
<br />
- [[Laughing Wind]], god of [[Gudi]] Vines.<br />
<br />
- [[Sweet Harvest]], god of the [[Elderberry]] <br />
<br />
- [[Palantao of the Gentle Gift]], god of [[Sweetwater Gourd]]s, god of [[Martin]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Evergrowing Functionality of Flora====<br />
<br />
Eminence of Plants: <br />
<br />
--- [[Mikilala]], god of [[River Province]] chili peppers.<br />
<br />
--- [[Lady of the Winter Squash]], god of squash and squash farmers in the vicinity of [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
- The [[Mound’s Nourishing Treasure]], god of [[Potato]]es.<br />
<br />
- [[Sweet Harvest]], god of the [[Elderberry]]<br />
<br />
- [[Ren Shen]], Queen of [[Ginseng]].<br />
<br />
- [[Nyorai the Pure]], god of the [[Lotus]].<br />
<br />
- The [[Scarlet Maiden]], god of the [[Poppy]].<br />
<br />
- [[Zanjabil]], god of [[Ginger]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Fruiting Plants=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Granata]] of the Bursting Seeds, god of [[Pomegranates]] <br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Reptiles====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Visashil]], [[Eminence]] of Reptiles<br />
<br />
- [[Seymu Ania]], god of human tribes enslaved to [[Dragon King]]s, god of [[Bullosaur]]s. <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Council of the Slithering Dance=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Potrimpos]], god of [[Serpent]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Flashing Scale of Feather]], god of [[Mospid]]s <br />
<br />
- [[Seris]], god of Northern [[Serpent]]s. <br />
<br />
- [[Sessiless]], god of Southern [[Serpent]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Stheno]], god of [[Eastern Serpent]]s. <br />
<br />
-- [[Scales Beneath the Water]], god of [[Yellow River]] [[Serpent]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Euryale]], god of Western [[Serpent]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Notch and Number====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Insects: <br />
<br />
- [[Hotaru]], Chumyo of Illuminated Nights, god of [[Firefly|Fireflies]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Inconstant Spark]], god of Fireflies in the [[Valley of Summer]].<br />
<br />
- [[Itzpapalotl]], the Obsidian Wings, god of [[Butterfly|Butterflies]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Alioth]], The Black Butterfly, god of Eastern Butterflies.<br />
<br />
- [[Ahmuzzzen]], god of [[Bee]]s and [[Honey]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Hezka the Radiant Queen]], god of [[Great Forks]]' [[Bee]]s and beekeepers, member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Crushing Fist of Ten Thousand Flames]], god of Beeswax<br />
<br />
=====Silken Society=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Silken Society]]<br />
<br />
Daimyo of Arachnids: [[Ananasa]], god of Spiders, god of Spider [[Silk]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Qebshenuf]], god of Southwestern Spiders<br />
<br />
- [[Aranisa]], god of Ambushes and Traps, god of Eastern [[Spider]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Avian Committee====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Glorious Plumage]], [[Eminence]] of Avians<br />
<br />
--- [[Joyous Crane]], God of [[Frog]]s and [[Crane]]s in the [[Maruto River]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Raventalon]], god of Northern [[:Category:Birds|Birds]], god of Northern [[Raven]]s, patron god of the [[Lanji]] (with Warrant), Master of the [[Court of Ice]], husband of [[Chill Morn]] god of Fresh Fallen Snow, former jester of the [[Court of White Mountain]].<br />
<br />
- [[Takhukinetos]], god of [[Tree Swallows]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Ishan Swift]], god of [[River Province]] [[Tree Swallow]]s, majordomo of the [[Dandelion Theatre]] Court.<br />
<br />
- [[Flashing Scale of Feather]], god of [[Mospid]]s <br />
<br />
- [[Yesryk]], god of God of Raptors and Arboreal Hunting. <br />
<br />
--- [[Rage of the Birdmen]], god of [[Metagalapa]]n Hawks and Hawkfolk<br />
<br />
- [[Voharun]], god of [[Crow]]s and Northern War<br />
<br />
- [[Palantao of the Gentle Gift]], god of [[Sweetwater Gourd]]s, god of [[Martin]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Waddling Feather]], god of [[Cuckoo]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Lowanneenowra]], Heavenly Lord of Southeastern Sloe-Black [[Cockatoo]]s (purview destroyed) (missing).<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Mammals====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Nan-Chal]], god of [[Wombat]]s, [[Eminence]] of Mammals<br />
<br />
-- [[Ombalu]], god of [[Bear]]s.<br />
<br />
--- [[Jambavanta]], ‘Great Bear of the Laran Moor’, former god of [[Moon Bear]]s, (destroyed by the [[4th Imperial Legion]] and the [[Wyld Hunt]]).<br />
<br />
--- [[Obeisant Servant of Its Betters]], former god of [[Cuddlebear]]s (purview destroyed), god of [[Moon Bear]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Camayasha]], god of [[Bat]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Kimble]] the Sporadic, god of [[Ferret]]s <br />
<br />
-- [[Wogura]], Lord of the Underpaths, god of [[Mole]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Prince of Ten Thousand Enemies]], god of [[Hare]]s<br />
<br />
-- The [[Sloth Avatar]], [[Avatar]] of [[Sloth]]s, patron of the [[Tribe of the Steadfast Step]] (without Warrant).<br />
<br />
-- [[Puffy Cheeks]], god of hamsters.<br />
<br />
-- [[Afaldinada]], god of [[Pangolin]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Office of Felines=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Arian]], [[Avatar]] of [[Cat]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
-- [[Pitsu]], god of household [[Cat]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Rajani]] the Inscrutable, god of Eastern Cats, god of Domesticated Mammalian Predators in charge of Pest-Control, Liaison to the [[Bureau of Humanity]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Tybalt]] Prince of Cats, Cat-God of [[Nexus]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Gweske-Yobanu]], god of [[Tree Pard]]s, god of Forest Predators<br />
<br />
- [[Ohai]], god of Northern Cats<br />
<br />
- [[Mufasa]], the Lion King.<br />
<br />
- [[Sitjani]], god of [[Panther]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Friends-of-Humanity Conclave=====<br />
<br />
See: [[Friends-of-Humanity Conclave]]. Formerly the [[Friends-of-Humanity Subcommittee]].<br />
<br />
Alpha of Dogs (Daimyo): [[Arshyan]] the Stalwart, Alpha of Dogs, god of Domesticated Mammalian Predators That Aid in Hunting.<br />
<br />
- [[Thunderous Tundra]], god of Sled [[Dog]]s and Sled Dog Teams, Patron god of [[Four Dogs]] village.<br />
<br />
- [[Hobith]], god of household [[Dog]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Big Dog]], King of Dogs, Dog-God of [[Nexus]]<br />
<br />
<br />
======Canine Conclave======<br />
<br />
See: [[Canine Conclave]].<br />
<br />
Daimyo: none, powers absorbed by the office of the Alpha of Dogs. <br />
<br />
- [[Darunla]], god of Wolves, former god of Eastern War (missing)<br />
<br />
-- [[White Maw]], god of Northern Wolves<br />
<br />
- [[Orenaar]], god of [[Fox]]es.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Heavenly Spinepig Fellowship=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Chakii]] the Irrepressible, god of [[Spinepig]]s, god of [[Mountain Spinepig]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Rapacious Ascent]], god of [[Soaring Spinepig]]s, former god of [[Dashing Spinepig]]s (purview eliminated).<br />
<br />
<br />
=====All-Creation Committee of Hoofed Oversight=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo of Ungulates: [[Ghukan]], god of Hoofed Beasts, god of [[Gnu]].<br />
<br />
- [[Boangombe]], the White Queen, god of [[Eland]]s<br />
<br />
- The [[Antlered God]], [[Avatar]] of [[Caribou]].<br />
<br />
- [[Sidia]], former [[Mortal]], god of [[Elk]] in the [[Calrushan Wood]], god of [[Riding Elk]].<br />
<br />
- [[Sahupu]], god of [[Sheep]].<br />
<br />
======Heavenly Stable======<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Hiparkes]], god of [[Horse]]s, god of Horse Riders, god of the [[Marukan Plain]]s, god of the [[Marukan]] nation. <br />
<br />
--- [[Traveller's Yojimbo]], god of Rutting Stallions.<br />
<br />
--- [[Aylott]], god of [[:Category:The Southwest|Southwestern]] [[Horse]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
======Office of Cows======<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Ahlat]], god of [[Cattle]] and Southern War. <br />
<br />
- [[Horn of Ink]], Overseer of Cattle<br />
<br />
-- [[Sweet Ivory]], Goddess of Calving and Cow’s Milk<br />
<br />
-- [[Dahush]], God of Thoughtful Cud-Chewing<br />
<br />
======Puissant Porcine Pantheon======<br />
<br />
Daimyo:<br />
<br />
- [[Puumbata]], god of [[Boar]]. <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Office of Ivories=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo of Tusks: [[Mighty-In-Battle]], Elephant [[Avatar]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Thunderfoot]], [[Mammoth]] [[Avatar]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Moonhorn]], [[Avatar]] of the [[Wooly Rhinoceros]].<br />
<br />
- [[Long Tusk]], [[Walrus]] [[Avatar]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Gharazu]], Overseer of [[Walrus]]es<br />
<br />
--- [[Lady of Sweet Desires]], god of [[Walrus]] Mating<br />
<br />
---- [[Tsugari]], god of [[Walrus]] Mating Fights (post formerly held by [[Ahlat]], god of Southern War, before the Bull God was promoted).<br />
<br />
<br />
====The Heavenly School====<br />
<br />
Eminence of Fish: <br />
<br />
=====Court of the Great Fish=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Volurapin]], god of Northern Peace and [[Whale]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Kireeki]], Huntress of the Waves, god of Oceanic Predators which are not [[Sharks]], god of [[Orca]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Clear Mind]], former god of [[Puresong Vireo]]s (purview destroyed), god of [[Aerwhal]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Crustacean Convocation====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Bashixun]], Lord of the Surf, God of [[Crustacean]]s, the Shore and Shoreline Fishermen<br />
<br />
- [[Shia-kzun]], the Longlegged, god of [[Spider Crab]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Klixxit]], the Nut-Breaking Claw, god of [[Coconut Crab]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Creation-Embracing Cephalopod Commissariat====<br />
<br />
Eminence: <br />
<br />
- [[Ixcatli]], god of [[Squid]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Kelyom]], God of [[Chromatic Squid]] (purview eliminated).<br />
<br />
<br />
====Office of Gelatinous Life====<br />
<br />
Eminence: [[She-of-the-Jellies]], god of Jellies<br />
<br />
<br />
===Hierarchy of Function===<br />
<br />
Shogun: [[Burnished Talon]], god of Mammalian Predators<br />
-- [[Marik One-Eye]], Grand Marshal of Nature's Bounty Put to Use. Liaison with the [[Bureau of Heaven]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on Predatory Beasts====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[S'Nanties]], god of Predators<br />
<br />
- [[Kilashandra]], god of Small Hunting Creatures.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Oceanic Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Kireeki]], Huntress of the Waves, god of Oceanic Predators which are not [[Sharks]], god of [[Orca]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Volurapin]], god of Northern Peace and [[Whale]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Ixcatli]], god of [[Squid]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Sharkic Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Siakal]], god of [[Shark]]s, god of [[Siaka]], god of Western War. <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Reptilian Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Du'saal]], Lord of Scaly Death, god of Reptilian Predators<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Avian Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Brass Claw]], god of Avian Predators<br />
<br />
- [[Yesryk]], god of Raptors, Daimyo of Arboreal Predators.<br />
<br />
- [[Flashing Scale of Feather]], god of [[Mospid]]s <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Forest Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Gweske-Yobanu]], god of [[Tree Pard]]s, god of Forest Predators <br />
<br />
<br />
======Committee on Arboreal Predators======<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Yesryk]], god of Raptors, Daimyo of Arboreal Predators.<br />
<br />
- [[Gweske-Yobanu]], god of [[Tree Pard]]s, god of Forest Predators <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Mammalian Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Burnished Talon]], god of Mammalian Predators, Shogun of the Hierarchy of Function.<br />
<br />
- [[Gweske-Yobanu]], god of [[Tree Pard]]s, god of Forest Predators<br />
<br />
- [[Mufasa]], the Lion King<br />
<br />
- [[Darunla]], god of Wolves, former god of Eastern War (missing)<br />
<br />
- [[Nomer]], Dewan of Domesticated Predatory Mammals<br />
<br />
-- [[Arshyan]] the Stalwart, Alpha of Dogs, god of Domesticated Mammalian Predators That Aid in Hunting.<br />
<br />
-- [[Rajani]] the Inscrutable, Maharani of [[Cat]]s, god of Domesticated Mammalian Predators in charge of Pest-Control, Liaison to the [[Bureau of Humanity]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Kimble]] the Sporadic, god of [[Ferret]]s <br />
<br />
=====Committee on Floral Predators=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Honeyed Tongue]], god of carnivorous plants.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====The Great Pack=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo of Pack Hunters: [[Niapra-Gil]], The Loper of Ten-Thousand Leagues, god of predatory pack animals.<br />
<br />
- [[Arshyan]] the Stalwart, Alpha of Dogs, god of Domesticated Mammalian Predators That Aid in Hunting.<br />
<br />
- [[Darunla]], god of Wolves, former god of Eastern War (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Camayasha]], god of [[Bat]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Flight====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Flying Life: [[Oplath Daigono Shar]], god of Natural Flight <br />
<br />
-- [[Raventalon]], god of Northern [[:Category:Birds|Birds]], god of Northern [[Raven]]s, patron god of the [[Lanji]] (with Warrant), Master of the [[Court of Ice]], husband of [[Chill Morn]] god of Fresh Fallen Snow, former jester of the [[Court of White Mountain]].<br />
<br />
- [[Flashing Scale of Feather]], god of [[Mospid]]s <br />
<br />
- [[Yesryk]], god of God of Raptors and Arboreal Hunting. <br />
<br />
--- [[Rage of the Birdmen]], god of [[Metagalapa]]n Hawks and Hawkfolk<br />
<br />
- [[Takhukinetos]], god of [[Tree Swallows]]<br />
<br />
--- [[Ishan Swift]], god of [[River Province]] [[Tree Swallow]]s, majordomo of the [[Dandelion Theatre]] Court.<br />
<br />
- [[Voharun]], god of [[Crow]]s and Northern War<br />
<br />
- [[Clear Mind]], former god of [[Puresong Vireo]]s (purview destroyed), god of [[Aerwhal]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Palantao of the Gentle Gift]], god of [[Sweetwater Gourd]]s, god of [[Martin]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Lowanneenowra]], Heavenly Lord of Southeastern Sloe-Black [[Cockatoo]]s (purview destroyed) (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Waddling Feather]], god of [[Cuckoo]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Camayasha]], god of [[Bat]]s<br />
<br />
- [[Hotaru]], Chumyo of Illuminated Nights, god of [[Firefly|Fireflies]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Inconstant Spark]], god of Fireflies in the [[Valley of Summer]].<br />
<br />
====Captivating Combustion Commission====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Oflambe]], god of Things that Burn. <br />
<br />
-- [[Habaniah]], god of Glowing Embers.<br />
<br />
-- [[Gribaun]], god of Transforming Wood to [[Ash]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Kilooloogung]], god of Rising Smoke<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of the Glimmer and Gleam====<br />
<br />
Glowing [[Eminence]]: [[Khar-Yi]], God of All That Shines<br />
<br />
- [[Asa]], god of Dawn, god of Day's Beginning.<br />
<br />
- [[Hotaru]], Chumyo of Illuminated Nights, god of [[Firefly|Fireflies]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Inconstant Spark]], god of Fireflies in the [[Valley of Summer]].<br />
<br />
- [[Amandre]], Goddess of [[Moon Pond]]s and Moonlight on Water, Regent of the Moon<br />
<br />
--- [[Lune]s], Those Who Tread the Moonbeams<br />
<br />
- [[Habaniah]], god of Glowing Embers.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Night and Shadow====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Nocturnal Life: [[Kukkauket]], god of [[Night]] and Darkness. <br />
<br />
-- [[Wohoon]], god of Noises in the Night.<br />
<br />
-- [[Hotaru]], Chumyo of Illuminated Nights, god of [[Firefly|Fireflies]].<br />
<br />
---- [[Inconstant Spark]], god of Fireflies in the [[Valley of Summer]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Camayasha]], god of [[Bat]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Wogura]], Lord of the Underpaths, god of [[Mole]]s.<br />
<br />
-- [[Nan-Chal]], god of [[Wombat]]s, [[Eminence]] of Mammals<br />
<br />
- [[Folito]], god of Sleeping Creatures.<br />
<br />
- [[Sauda]], god of Midnight, god of Day’s End, former [[Handmaiden to the Unconquered Sun]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Commission of Lightness and Buoyance====<br />
<br />
<br />
Eminence:<br />
<br />
---- [[Wind-Blossom]], god of things that tread lightly in the [[Majestic Emerald Basin]], sister of [[Heavy-Foot]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Commission of Weight and Solidity====<br />
<br />
Eminence: <br />
<br />
---- [[Heavy-Foot]], god of things that weigh heavy in the [[Majestic Emerald Basin]], brother of [[Wind-Blossom]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Office of Subterranean Beasts====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]:<br />
<br />
- [[Wogura]], Lord of the Underpaths, god of [[Mole]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Nan-Chal]], god of [[Wombat]]s, [[Eminence]] of Mammals.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on Wood-dwelling Beasts====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Pallien-Budhi]], god of the Beasts of the Wood<br />
<br />
--- The [[Hejkal]], Those Who Cry Out In The Wood<br />
<br />
- [[Rapacious Ascent]], god of [[Soaring Spinepig]]s, former god of [[Dashing Spinepig]]s (purview eliminated).<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Office of Those who Dwell in Trees=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo:<br />
<br />
- [[Gweske-Yobanu]], god of [[Tree Pard]]s, god of Forest Predators <br />
<br />
- The [[Sloth Avatar]], [[Avatar]] of [[Sloth]]s, patron of the [[Tribe of the Steadfast Step]] (without Warrant).<br />
<br />
- [[Yesryk]], god of Raptors, Daimyo of Arboreal Hunters. <br />
<br />
<br />
======Sub-Office of Varangian Tree-Dwelling Beasts======<br />
<br />
Sub-Daimyo: [[Hanashi]], god of [[Varang]]ian [[Tree Mice]].<br />
<br />
- [[Valkesh]], god of [[Varang]]ian [[Lemur]]s.<br />
<br />
- [[Adani]], god of [[Varang]]ian [[Squirrel]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on River-dwelling Beasts====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: The [[Fish-Eater]], God of River-Beasts<br />
<br />
- [[Ogime]] the Frog Queen, god of [[Frog]]s.<br />
<br />
--- [[Joyous Crane]], God of [[Frog]]s and [[Crane]]s in the [[Maruto River]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on Mountain-dwelling Beasts====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: [[Liluri]], god of the Beasts of the Mountains<br />
<br />
- [[Chakii]] the Irrepressible, god of [[Spinepig]]s, god of [[Mountain Spinepig]]s, Daimyo of the Heavenly Spinepig Fellowship. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee on the Wild and the Untamed====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: <br />
<br />
<br />
=====Office of Wilderness Preservation=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo:<br />
<br />
-- [[Wild Mother]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Righteous Recovery====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]] of Carrion-Creatures: [[Athmah]], god of Carrion and Carrion-eaters<br />
<br />
- The [[Red Lady]], god of Scavengers, god of Eastern Carrion<br />
<br />
-- [[Bali-Lali]], god of Corpse-Eating Bugs<br />
<br />
- [[Odiferous Talon]], god of Southern Carrion<br />
<br />
- [[Voharun]], god of [[Crow]]s and Northern War<br />
<br />
<br />
====Committee of Edibles and Herbal Affairs====<br />
<br />
[[Eminence]]: <br />
<br />
---- [[Lady of the Winter Squash]], god of squash and squash farmers in the vicinity of [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Life Tree]]s.<br />
<br />
- The [[Scarlet Maiden]], god of the [[Poppy]].<br />
<br />
- [[Sweet Harvest]], god of the [[Elderberry]]<br />
<br />
- [[Palantao of the Gentle Gift]], god of [[Sweetwater Gourd]]s, god of [[Martin]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Salutiferous Fruits=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo: [[Granata]] of the Bursting Seeds, god of [[Pomegranates]]<br />
<br />
<br />
=====Committee on Sanatory Roots=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo:<br />
<br />
- The [[Mound’s Nourishing Treasure]], god of [[Potato]]es.<br />
<br />
- [[Zanjabil]], god of [[Ginger]].<br />
<br />
- [[Ren Shen]], Queen of [[Ginseng]].<br />
<br />
- [[Nyorai the Pure]], god of the [[Lotus]].<br />
<br />
=====Aromatic Council of Splendid Culinary Spices=====<br />
<br />
Daimyo:<br />
<br />
- [[Zanjabil]], god of [[Ginger]].<br />
<br />
<br />
===Infectious Diseases Department===<br />
<br />
Daimyo: <br />
<br />
- [[Ozumi the Brown]], god of Contagions in Northeastern Forests, former god of [[White-Tailed Wolverine]]s.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Commission for Administrative Complaints===<br />
<br />
Daimyo-Inspector:<br />
<br />
- [[Hotaru]], Chumyo of Illuminated Nights, god of [[Firefly|Fireflies]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Celestial Court==<br />
<br />
Master: the [[Unconquered Sun]]<br />
<br />
-- Celestial deities.<br />
<br />
- [[Gaia]], [[Primordial]].<br />
<br />
- [[Luna]]<br />
<br />
===The [[Five Maidens]]===<br />
<br />
-- [[Mercury]], Maiden of Journeys<br />
<br />
-- [[Venus]], Maiden of Serenity<br />
<br />
-- [[Mars]], Maiden of Battles<br />
<br />
-- [[Jupiter]], Maiden of Secrets<br />
<br />
-- [[Saturn]], Maiden of Endings<br />
<br />
===Seat of Virtue===<br />
<br />
Master: Varies. By tradition the position is held by the winner of the [[Sonorous Discussion of Virtue]] during the last [[Carnival of Meeting]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Kokage]] the Master of Duels, god of Duels and Formal Matches, master of the [[Art of [[Forceful Declaration]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Mare-in-oga]], god of Desert Rain, Senior Pupil of [[Kokage]].<br />
<br />
- [[Rakka]] the Assiduous Keeper of Arias and Serenades, god of [[:Category:Music & Theatre|music]] and all its sources, god of Musicians, god of [[:Category:Musical Instruments|Musical Instruments]], god of Composers, master of the [[Art of Victorious Concession]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Jyuin]], the Bearer of the Eternal Silence, god of Silence, master of the [[Art of Meditative Discussion]]<br />
<br />
===Court of Hours===<br />
<br />
Master: [[Sauda]], god of Midnight, god of Day’s End, former [[Handmaiden to the Unconquered Sun]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Asa]], god of Dawn, god of Day's Beginning.<br />
<br />
- [[Thelmarin]], god of Eastern Peace and Twilight, former [[Handmaiden to the Unconquered Sun]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Terrestrial Courts==<br />
<br />
<br />
===PAN-CREATION===<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Seasons====<br />
<br />
Master: Varies, held by the Ruler of the current Month. <br />
<br />
=====Season of Air=====<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Ascending Air: The [[Kindly Ones]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Resplendent Air: The [[Divine One]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Descending Air: [[The Dreamer]]<br />
<br />
=====Season of Water=====<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Ascending Water: The [[Cold Roads]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Resplendent Water: The [[Three Men of Ice]]<br />
<br />
- Rulers of the Month of Descending Water: The [[White Terrors]]<br />
<br />
=====Season of Earth=====<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Ascending Earth: The [[Reflecting Silence]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Resplendent Earth: The [[Seerl]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Descending Earth: The [[Whisperer]]<br />
<br />
=====Season of Wood=====<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Ascending Wood: The [[Seven Fangs]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Resplendent Wood: The [[Riddling Tree]]<br />
<br />
-- The [[Green Man]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Descending Wood: The [[Twins of the Labyrinth]]<br />
<br />
=====Season of Fire=====<br />
<br />
- Rulers of the Month of Ascending Fire: The [[Golden Stars]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Resplendent Fire: [[The Pinion]]<br />
<br />
- Ruler of the Month of Descending Fire: The [[Desert Noon]]<br />
<br />
=====Transitional Forum on Calendar Calibration=====<br />
<br />
Ruler of Calibration: Disputed. <br />
<br />
- Claimant (as acknowledged by the [[Court of Seasons]]: Every divinity in the Court has made an active or dormant claim on the title. <br />
<br />
- Claimant (as acknowledged by the [[Immaculate]] [[Prayer Calendar]]): None.<br />
<br />
- Claimant (as acknowledged by [[Five Days Darkness]] and listed on paperwork submitted to the [[Celestial Bureaucracy]]): [[Five Days Darkness]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Council of Winds====<br />
<br />
Master: The Five Wind Masters (in rotation).<br />
-- [[Huraka]]<br />
<br />
- [[Black Grinning Bear]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Wind Master<br />
<br />
-- Chief [[Storms-As-He-Walks]], [[Thunderbird]], Chief Lieutenant of Black Grinning Bear.<br />
<br />
- [[Blue Skulking Bear]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Wind Master <br />
<br />
- [[Red Stalking Bear]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Wind Master <br />
<br />
- [[White Venerable Bear]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Wind Master<br />
<br />
- [[Green Frowning Bear]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Wind Master<br />
<br />
<br />
====Glorious Creation-Dominating Assembly of Saline Salvation====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Glimmering Nacal]], god of [[Salt]] (formerly [[Soh-Da]], rendered to [[Starmetal]]).<br />
<br />
- [[Crystalline Pride Triumphant]], [[Salt God]] in the North, Patron god of [[Salt & Ice]] village. <br />
<br />
- [[Glittering Treasure Ruling All Life Eternal Without Possibility of Resistance]], [[Salt God]] in the [[Scarlet Prefecture]].<br />
<br />
- [[Tideflat Uncle]], [[Salt God]] on the [[Blessed Isle]].<br />
<br />
- [[Black Crystal]], [[Salt God]] in the [[:Category:The West|West]] <br />
<br />
- [[Salt God]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Tireless Treadings====<br />
<br />
See: [[Court of Tireless Treadings]]<br />
<br />
Master: The [[Ancient Stone of Journeys]], god of the [[Great Coast Road]]<br />
<br />
- Terrestrial road gods and minor travel deities.<br />
<br />
===CENTRE===<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Earth Dragon====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Pasiap]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Omphalos====<br />
Master:<br />
<br />
<br />
====Ministry of Natural Coordination====<br />
<br />
See: [[Ministry of Natural Coordination]].<br />
<br />
Master: [[Amihesuku]], Lord of Everlasting Jade [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, Elemental Coordinator of Earth.<br />
<br />
- [[Xaowiann]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Elemental Coordinator of Air.<br />
<br />
- [[Hacian]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Elemental Coordinator of Water.<br />
<br />
- [[Safuneni]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood, Elemental Coordinator of Wood.<br />
<br />
- [[Ragoly Aglde]], [[Godblooded]], Lord of the Unrivaled Flames, Elemental Coordinator of Fire.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Everlasting Jade====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Amihesuku]], Lord of Everlasting Jade [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth, Elemental Coordinator of Earth.<br />
<br />
<br />
====All-Embracing and Intricate Procession of Paper====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Shin Lao]], god of Imperial Documents within the [[Scarlet Empire]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Brigade of Western-Flowing Breezes====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Mar Surrease]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, the First Lady of Western Winds.<br />
<br />
- [[Karga Shina]], [[Huraka]], god of Western Morning Wind<br />
<br />
- [[Lu Far Win]], god of Winds that Carry Away Unprotected Possessions.<br />
<br />
- [[Cho the Corpulent]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of [[Water]], god of Summer Storms.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Imperial River Court====<br />
<br />
Master:<br />
<br />
[[Wild Mother]]s of the [[Blessed Isle]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Alchemists’ Court====<br />
<br />
Master: The [[Quicksilver Queen]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth. <br />
-- [[Mercury Ant]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
====Wise Court====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Traditional Wisdom]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Red Tables====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Ragoly Aglde]], [[Godblooded]], Lord of the Unrivaled Flames, Elemental Coordinator of Fire.<br />
<br />
- The [[Wings Conjoined in Lure]], [[Ifrit]] (missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Rrafu]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, patron god of [[Rarafurran]] village. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Principality of the Shore====<br />
<br />
Masters: five [[Three-Clawed Sage]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Sandpiper]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Golden Fire Keeper]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Black Tar Vortex|Black Tar Vortices]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Urchin King]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Sandpit Fire]]s<br />
<br />
-- [[Undertow]]s<br />
<br />
<br />
===NORTH===<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Air Dragon====<br />
Master: [[Mela]]<br />
<br />
- [[Colis-Jahmen]] [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, Seneschal of the Air Dragon. <br />
<br />
====The Ennead====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Arvida]] of the Crescent Eye, [[Lunar Exalted]] (symbolic post) (deceased, no new appointment).<br />
<br />
- [[Vanileth]], god of Artificial Flight, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Pruina]], Celestial Admiral of the North, god of [[Iceboat]]s and other iceborne ships, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Autumn Frost]], god of Risk-Taking despite Improbable Odds, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Lady Chimney Draft]], god of the Chill that Comes when a Guest Enters a House, god of the Warmth that Comes of Trust and Companionship, Kazei of the Second Week Ascending Water, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Master Winter]], god of [[White Sea]] Winter Storms, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Carrion Crow]], god of Winter Terrors, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Owl from Out of the East]], god of [[Haslanti]] Law, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
-- The [[Horned Judge]], god of Outwall [[Haslanti]] Tribal Law and Oaths.<br />
<br />
- [[Snowshoe Hare Amongst Brambles]], god of Restful Dreams, god of [[Haslanti]] Dreams, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- - [[Ivrieinen]], the Lady Who Finds Good Partners and Shuts the Doors of Infatuation, god of Marriage Arrangement and Matchmakers, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Kidilos]], the Lady Who Comforts the Living at the Bedside of the Dying, god of the Comfort born of Death, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
- [[Spring Snowfall]], god of Taking New Paths for the Joy of It, Patron god of the [[Haslanti]].<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Burning Maxator====<br />
<br />
Master: <br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Coins====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Chall Turpin]], [[Mortal]], [[Merchant Prince]] of [[The Guild]], petitioner to godhood as [[City Father]] of [[Coindelving]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Argenthonios]], god of [[Dinar]] and other Coins of [[Silver]], son of [[Arigen]] god of [[Silver]].<br />
<br />
- [[Rodavango]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire.<br />
<br />
- [[Radiant Squirrel]], [[Mask (god)]], [[Caravan God]] (Unlicensed) to [[The Guild]] in the far North. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Summer Valley====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Frost Maiden]] god of Snowfall in the [[:Category:The Northeast|Northeast]].<br />
<br />
--- [[Inconstant Spark]], god of Fireflies in the [[Valley of Summer]].<br />
<br />
- [[Sanguarde]], god of South Winds in the [[:Category:The Northeast|Northeast]], former Master of the [[Court of the Summer Valley]]. <br />
<br />
- [[Twelve Lightnings]], [[Thunderbird]].<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Ice====<br />
<br />
See: [[Court of Ice]]. Formerly the [[Court of White Mountain]].<br />
<br />
Master: [[Raventalon]], god of Northern [[:Category:Birds|Birds]], god of Northern [[Raven]]s, patron god of the [[Lanji]] (with Warrant).<br />
<br />
- [[Chill Morn]], Queen of Winter, god of Fresh Fallen Snow, wife of [[Raventalon]] god of Northern Birds, former wife of [[White Mountain]] god of Northern Blizzards. <br />
<br />
-- [[Broken Ice Spear]], god of Northern Ice upon Land, former husband of [[Frilla]] god of Northern Ice upon Water. <br />
<br />
-- [[Veil of Frost]], god of Frozen Seas, Patron god of [[Icehorn]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Icefoam Glory]], god of the [[White Sea]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Icecracking Roar]], god of Breathing Holes in Ice, Patron god of [[Pale Bear Harbour]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Thousand Ice Tears]], god of the [[River of Tears]], god of Ice upon the River of Tears.<br />
<br />
-- The [[Antlered God]], [[Avatar]] of [[Caribou]].<br />
<br />
- [[White Mountain]], god of Northern Blizzards, former Master of the [[Court of White Mountain]], former husband of [[Chill Morn]] (exiled, missing).<br />
<br />
- [[Frilla]], god of Northern Ice upon Water, former wife of [[Broken Ice Spear]] god of Northern Ice upon Land, former member of the [[Court of White Mountain]] (participation lapsed). <br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Masques====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Loge Sky-Thief]], god of False Images, master of the [[Court of Masques]]. <br />
<br />
--- [[Frika Einzangu]], [[Mortal]] attendant.<br />
<br />
- [[Majestic Glowing Mountain]], god of [[Mount Zangu]]<br />
<br />
<br />
===EAST===<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of the Wood Dragon====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Sextes Jylis]]<br />
<br />
- [[Kotomaro]] the Hidden Lightning, [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Thousand Rivers Court====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Jer-to-Fan]], god of the [[Yanaze River]]<br />
<br />
- [[Yellow River King]], god of the [[Yellow River]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Emerald Waters Queen]], god of the [[Maruto River]] <br />
<br />
--- [[Anisatsis]], god of the Confluence of the [[Maruto River]] and [[Yellow River]].<br />
<br />
-- The [[Red Wanderer]], god of the [[Avarice River]].<br />
<br />
-- Dead Water Running, god of the [[Gray River]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Blbdblb]], god of the Little Blackwater River near [[Nexus]].<br />
<br />
- [[Thousand Ice Tears]], god of the [[River of Tears]], god of Ice upon the River of Tears. <br />
<br />
<br />
====Lo Mountain Court====<br />
<br />
Master: [[Okoto]], god of the [[Oleander River]], patron god of [[Misty Valley]] village. <br />
<br />
- [[Manthang]], god of the [[Lo Mountains]]<br />
<br />
- [[Rolling Ocho]], god of [[Ocho-Rin Hill]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Court of Temples====<br />
<br />
Master: The Three<br />
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- [[Shield of a Different Day]], Patron god of [[Geat Forks]] (with Warrant), former god of Peaceful War, One of the Three in the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
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- [[Spinner of Glorious Tales]], Patron god of [[Geat Forks]] (with Warrant), former god of Wandering Storytellers, former mortal, One of the Three in the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
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- [[Weaver of Dreams of Victory]], Patron god of [[Geat Forks]] (with Warrant), former god of Victorious Dreams, One of the Three in the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
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-- [[Constantly Smiling]], god of researched and well-considered contracts, [[Great Forks]] Minister of Trade. Member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
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-- [[Sumito]], [[Godblooded]], [[Great Forks]] Minister of Receiving Noble and Honored Guests, member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
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-- [[Lady of the Two Gifts]], god of Passionate Lovemaking that Bears Fruit, member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
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-- [[Ribbons of Sorrow]], god of Slavery in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
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-- [[Lamut Bronze Hands]], twin brother of [[Senmut Bronze Eyes]], god of graves in [[Great Forks]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Senmut Bronze Eyes]], twin sister of [[Lamut Bronze Hands]], god of funerals and memorials in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Hezka the Radiant Queen]], god of [[Great Forks]]' [[Bee]]s and beekeepers, member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Askathad]] the Flickering Lord, god of candles and chandlers in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
<br />
-- [[Khentkheti of Leaves]], [[Wicker Crocodile]], god of Paper in [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Lady of the Winter Squash]], god of squash and squash farmers in the vicinity of [[Great Forks]], member of the [[Court of Temples]]. <br />
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====Radiolari====<br />
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Master: [[Xochichem]], god of [[Chaya]]<br />
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<br />
====Court of Verdant Spiders====<br />
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Master: [[First Wood Spider]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood.<br />
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- [[Niklixikrin]], [[Wood Spider]], [[Caravan God]] (Unlicenced) to [[The Guild]] in the [[Dowerwood]] and other forest routes of [[The East]].<br />
- [[Wood Spider]]s<br />
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====Cloud Flower Court====<br />
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Master: [[King Atopa]] the Grandfather Tree, [[King of the Wood]]<br />
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- [[Right-Hand Brother]], [[Wood Spider]].<br />
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- [[Left-Hand Brother]], [[Wood Spider]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Dryad]]s<br />
<br />
--- [[Moss Bear]]s<br />
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<br />
====Majestic Emerald Court====<br />
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Master: [[Verdant Oppribium]], [[Forest Walker]], god of [[Majestic Emerald Basin]] valley, god of [[Majestic Emerald Basin]] forest. <br />
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--- [[Wind-Blossom]], god of things that tread lightly in the [[Majestic Emerald Basin]], sister of [[Heavy-Foot]].<br />
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--- [[Heavy-Foot]], god of things that weigh heavy in the [[Majestic Emerald Basin]], brother of [[Wind-Blossom]].<br />
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====Court of Wasps====<br />
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Master: [[Willow Ichneumon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood.<br />
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====Court of the Nine-Times-Sworn====<br />
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Master: None, all three members are considered equals when the Court assembles. <br />
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- [[Willow Ichneumon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood.<br />
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- [[First Wood Spider]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood.<br />
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- The [[Shapeless Tangle]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood.<br />
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<br />
====Court of Sculpted Saplings====<br />
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Master: [[Joyous Youth Juritsu]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Wood.<br />
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- [[Carved Artisan]] Viziers<br />
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-- [[Carved Artisan]]s<br />
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====Court of the Root Fire====<br />
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Master: [[Jealous Saffron Rage]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire.<br />
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- [[Serpent-and-Egg]]s<br />
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====Court of the Wintermonat====<br />
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(Member of the [[Court of the Orderly Flame]]).<br />
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Pyric Minister: The [[Wintermonat]].<br />
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====Herb Court====<br />
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Master: [[Ren Shen]], Queen of [[Ginseng]].<br />
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- [[Nyorai the Pure]], god of the [[Lotus]].<br />
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- The [[Scarlet Maiden]], god of the [[Poppy]].<br />
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- [[Zanjabil]], god of [[Ginger]].<br />
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====Walkers of the Haltan Wood====<br />
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Master: [[Glorious Jade Branch]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the [[Halta]]n forest<br />
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- [[Resilan]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the northern [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Redwood]]s.<br />
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- [[Whispering Needles]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the central [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Redwood]]s.<br />
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- [[Shining Trunk]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the southern [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Redwood]]s.<br />
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- [[Tylokan Root Binder]], [[Forest Walker]], god of trees on the borders of the [[Halta]]n forest.<br />
- [[Steel-Skinned Ubil]], [Forest Walker]], god of the [[Halta]]n forest’s [[Ironwood]] trees. <br />
-- [[Kodama]] of [[Halta]]. <br />
--- [[Dryad]]s of [[Halta]]. <br />
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====Court of Secrets====<br />
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Master: [[Tenepeshu Uktené]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Patron god of [[Champoor]]. <br />
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- [[Zeran-Dubuth]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air, former Daimyo of Clouds. <br />
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- [[Shangomir]], god of Occult Secrets<br />
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- [[Sage of the Lilac Garden]], god of Secrets Held in Trust<br />
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- [[Chamber of the Void]], god of textual scholarship<br />
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- [[Namazu-e]], the Cursing Catfish, god of the [[Dahuang River]]<br />
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- [[Dark Joy]], [[Bloody Hand]] of [[Champoor]].<br />
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====Sisterhood of the Featherleaf Ravine====<br />
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See: [[Sisterhood of the Featherleaf Ravine]]<br />
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First Sister: The [[Succour of Life]]. <br />
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- [[Dryad]]s. <br />
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====Court of Seven Metals====<br />
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Master: <br />
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====Court of White Pines====<br />
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Master: [[Ancient Spindle]], god of [[Bark Cloth]] weaving and production, patron god of [[White Pines]] (with Warrant). <br />
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- [[Aum Cho]], [[Forest Walker]], god of the [[Calrushan Wood]].<br />
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-- [[Sidia]], former [[Mortal]], god of [[Elk]] in the [[Calrushan Wood]], god of [[Riding Elk]].<br />
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-- [[Ah Song]], [[Lion Dog]], guardian of the [[Sun-Bourne Glade]]. <br />
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- [[Bogdash]], god of Trade along the [[White Trade Road]].<br />
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- [[Legate Oblius]], [[Road God]] of the [[White Trade Road]] between [[White Pines]] and [[Akita City]].<br />
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- [[Churning Foam]], god of the [[Arkos River]]. <br />
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-- [[Gleamfist]], god of Flooding along the [[Arkos River]]<br />
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-- [[Kodama]]<br />
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====Glorious Court of the Calrushan Woods====<br />
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Master: The [[White Pine King]], [[King of the Wood]]. <br />
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- [[Clever Weaver]], [[Wood Spider]]. <br />
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- [[Stosh]], [[Irrepressible Flow]], guardian of [[Cedar Fountain]]. <br />
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--- [[Dryad]]s.<br />
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====Court of the Ten Vales====<br />
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Master: [[Red Cougar]], Tongue-Eater, god of honourable combat in the Far East.<br />
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- [[Sitting Heron]], god of the [[River of Diving Osprey]].<br />
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- formerly [[Brass Muskrat]], the [[Tongueless]], god of fur traders in the Far East (expelled).<br />
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====Dandelion Theater====<br />
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Master: <br />
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- [[Ishan Swift]], god of [[River Province]] [[Tree Swallow]]s, majordomo of the [[Dandelion Theatre]] Court.<br />
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====Court of the Black Butterfly====<br />
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Master: [[Alioth]], The Black Butterfly, god of Eastern Butterflies. <br />
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====Court of the Labyrinthine Deep====<br />
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Master: [[Gueixiu]], god of Eastern Caves. <br />
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- [[Fei Tau]], The Dragon Who Waits [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth.<br />
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- [[Keoki]], [[Lion Dog]], head guardian of the [[Lonely Mountain Temple]]<br />
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===SOUTH=== <br />
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====Court of the Fire Dragon====<br />
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Master: [[Hesiesh]]<br />
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- [[Jakara the Blade-Like Flame]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, Seneschal of the Fire Dragon.<br />
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====Court of the Orderly Flame====<br />
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Master: [[Swan Dragon]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Fire, [[Celestial Censor]] of the South (honorary) (missing).<br />
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Ulema: [[Murantru Ota]], [[Garda]] Bird. <br />
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First Archon: [[Lusa Seragon]], [[Ifrit]].<br />
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Intelligencer: [[Ulito Swan]], [[Godblooded]]. <br />
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- Superintendent of the North:<br />
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-- [[Pyric Minister]]s of the Local Courts in the North.<br />
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- Superintendent of the East:<br />
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-- [[Court of the Wintermonat]]<br />
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-- [[Pyric Minister]]s of the Local Courts in the East.<br />
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- Superintendent of the West:<br />
<br />
-- [[Pyric Minister]]s of the Local Courts in the West.<br />
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- Superintendent of the South:<br />
<br />
-- [[Vogelhan Judges]] Court.<br />
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-- [[Pyric Minister]]s of the Local Courts in the South.<br />
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====Vogelhan Judges====<br />
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(Member of the [[Court of the Orderly Flame]]).<br />
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Pyric Minister: <br />
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- various [[Ifrit]].<br />
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====Red Volkan Ledge====<br />
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Dawn Rhoodra (Master): [[Banatokh Wol]], [[Garda]] Bird. <br />
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- various [[Garda]] Birds. <br />
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====Wildfire Court====<br />
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Master:<br />
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====Court of the Petrified Forest====<br />
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Masters: The [[Standing Stone (elemental)|Five Standing Stones]]<br />
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====Court of White Sands====<br />
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Master: [[Jugo]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Air<br />
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- [[Astmilla Sandcutter]], [[Mortal]] of the [[White Sandstorm Tribe]] [[Dune People]], High Priestess of the Court of White Sands.<br />
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- various minor wind gods.<br />
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- various [[:Category:Elementals of Air|air elementals]]. <br />
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====Court of the Grandfather====<br />
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Masters: [[Goukaen]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Earth (missing)<br />
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--- [[Mercury Ant]]s<br />
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--- [[Kalaya]]<br />
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====Open-Hand Court====<br />
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Master:<br />
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====Court of the Granite Mantis====<br />
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Master: [[Stone Face]], [[Gemlord]].<br />
<br />
-- [[Sardonic Wit]], [[Kri]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
====Constellation of the Rising Smoke====<br />
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Master:<br />
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====Court of the Lotus Pool====<br />
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Master:<br />
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====Five-Fold-Traders Consortium====<br />
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Accounts Master: [[Sarmak the Skilled]], Fire Elemental. <br />
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Contracts Master: [[Joyous-Thunder the Persistant]], Earth Elemental.<br />
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===WEST===<br />
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====Court of the Water Dragon====<br />
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Master: [[Danaa’d]]<br />
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- [[Unresting]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Lieutenant of the Water Dragon.<br />
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- [[Unhasting]], [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water, Lieutenant of the Water Dragon.<br />
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====Ocean Court====<br />
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Master: <br />
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- formerly the [[Cavern Mystery|Cavern Mysteries]], now departed en-masse. <br />
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====Fakharu's Court====<br />
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Master: [[Fakharu]], Censor of the West, [[Lesser Elemental Dragon]] of Water<br />
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- [[Amarel]], mortal. <br />
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====Court of Frogs====<br />
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Master: [[Ogime]] the Frog Queen<br />
<br />
-- The [[Whistling One]]<br />
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--- [[Heketa]]<br />
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====Lord Verethine’s Court====<br />
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Master: [[Lord Verethine]], [[Vodonik]] King.<br />
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- [[Vodonik]] (and only Vodonik).<br />
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-- [[Brine Cur]]s. <br />
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====Volcano Tribe====<br />
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Master-Chief: [[Hamoji]], Greatest [[Volcano God]] on [[Abalone Island]], Master-Chief of the [[Volcano Tribe]].<br />
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- [[Amanji]], Greatest [[Volcano God]] on [[Pearl Island]], member of the [[Volcano Tribe]].<br />
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- [[Venestoro]], Most Furious [[Volcano God]] on [[Pearl Island]], member of the [[Volcano Tribe]].<br />
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- all [[Volcano God]]s in the [[Wavecrest]] Archipelago.<br />
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-- [[Magma Manta]]s<br />
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Note: By decree of the [[Solar Exalted]] during the [[First Age]], the volcano gods of [[Wavecrest]] collectively hold the position of the land’s nation-god, a pronouncement affirmed by the [[Bureau of Humanity]]. <br />
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====Court of Sikunare====<br />
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Master: [[Sikunare]], [[Storm Mother]]<br />
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====Court of Kallaberse====<br />
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Master: [[Kallaberse]], [[Storm Mother]]<br />
- [[Tya Edralneth]], god of the [[Tya]], former mortal. <br />
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-- [[Western Gull-Spirit]] messengers. <br />
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===GENERIC COURTS===<br />
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====City Courts====<br />
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Master: a [[City God]].<br />
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- various gods responsible for the urban area and population. <br />
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====Wild Courts====<br />
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Master: a [[God of the Wilds]].<br />
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- [[Dog of the Unbroken Earth|Dogs of the Unbroken Earth]]<br />
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====Forest Courts====<br />
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Master: a [[Forest Walker]] or [[King of the Wood]]<br />
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-- [[Vine Runner]]s<br />
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- [[Kodama]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Dryad]]s<br />
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- [[Wood Spider]]s<br />
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====Mineral Courts====<br />
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Master: a [[Gemlord]]<br />
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- [[Kri]]<br />
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- [[Jokun]] soldiers. <br />
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====Mountain Courts====<br />
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Master: the god of a mountain range.<br />
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- mountain gods<br />
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-- [[Kalaya]]<br />
<br />
-- [[Oread]]<br />
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[[Category:Gods]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Commentary_on_the_Will_of_Hesiesh&diff=7534Commentary on the Will of Hesiesh2017-11-14T16:43:49Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>'''Author''': [[Paradise Cloud]], scribe-historian of the [[Immaculate Faith]]<br />
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The Commentary on the [[Will of Hesiesh]] was an [[:Category:Immaculate Commentaries|Immaculate Commentary]] written by a monk of the [[Temple of Cinnabar Smoke]] during the early [[Shogunate Era]]. It is in part a secondary commentary, speaking not just of the [[Immaculate Texts]] but of several other sources, including the commentaries of [[Ausang Torokanu]], whose interpretations gained traction with numerous temples during that era, its popularity was on the decline by the time of the [[Great Contagion]]. At the [[COUNCIL OF NOTCEA]], the [[Will of Hesiesh]] and the commentaries relating to it were rejected from the Immaculate canon, and all copies were purged. It remains banned in the Realm, though occasional copies can be found in Shogunate ruins or the most distant Temples, and for the rare sages daring pursuit of the history of Immaculate doctrine such copies are sought to provide insight into Torokanu’s now-defunct sect of the Faith. <br />
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''Here we learn that the [[Anathema]] were cowards in the face of truth and that we, the [[Terrestrial Exalted]], far surpass their vile kind in our understanding of, and closeness to, Perfection.''<br />
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''It has been proven that our kind possess unique attunements to the reflex waves of Essence, as can be seen through any lens of [[Mela]]. In his [[White Words Codex]], [[Ausang Torokanu]] teaches that these are echoes of the moral purity passed down to our kind by [[Hesiesh]] himself:<br />
"Unto us the Immaculate Dragons gave a perfect world and we must but tend it, just as a the master of a house may plant a bounteous willow in his courtyard and rely on his servants to see that is watered when the roots are dry, pruned where it grows wild and healed where blights alight upon it's limbs. But in order to know what the master intends must we, the servants, not be given instructions for the care of our charge? Such are the teachings of the Immaculate Texts. But must not the servants also be provided with succour themselves, so that they will not weaken as they tend? Such is the Will of Hesiesh. The power of the Dragon-chosen is not just a moral superiority, nor just a natural responsibility to our lessers. We are imbued with a physical morality. Our every action is both driven and justified by our perfect natures. Do we not have a natural connection to the flows of essence that envelop all things? This is the physical Will of Hesiesh - passed unto us so we may better tend to our charge, The [[Perfected Hierarchy]]."''<br />
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''And yet see how the Anathema hid from this evident truth. Does not the [[Deceiver]], [[White Carp]], write these words of untruth in her [[Historius Benes Magisterius]], "The Legacy of [[Brigid]] lives on in the World it seems. When I hear my lieutenants talk of the Will of Hesiesh I chuckle at the ignorance of Terrestrials and bear thanks that they do not know the truth behind their gossip."''<br />
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''Does not the Anathema's [[Eightfold Glorious Paths of Obesience]] pass these orders, so that the truth may be concealed from all: "No more shall the Gift of Brigid be referred to by Her name. When the last [[Isparian Wall]] was injuncted, allowing the [[Galieric Safe]]s to fall open and from within them the Effort to be removed, her trap was laid and now there lies danger in such things. By those sanctioned by the [[Solar Deliberative]] to speak of these matters, her Legacy shall be attributed to Hesiesh."''<br />
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''Does not The [[Forsaken]], [[Wings in Amber]], also lie to us when she warns in [[To Be Chosen: Debts to Fate and Future]] that:<br />
"Brigid was the first to grow into pridefulness and the first to fall before the blades of her once-friends. And in her anger, she was also first to bless the Terrestrial Host with the power to one day undo their masters. Look to yourself lest her fate become yours. We have hidden her Legacy away but her cunning was great and it may escape our containment just as her deeds may be repeated if we are not vigilant."''<br />
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''See the blindness of the Anathema, who dare not to look the truth in the face - Hesiesh blessed us and not them, and in their jealousy they invented this fabled Brigid and her imaginary Legacy as an excuse for then to not admit that the natural affinity for essence our kind enjoys is the blessing of our patron, Hesiesh.''<br />
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'''Source''': Adapted from Voidstate's original on the unOfficial Exalted wiki. <br />
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[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Religious Texts]] [[Category:Texts Banned in the Realm]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Oculus&diff=7509Divine Oculus2017-11-11T12:11:58Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>Gods are spirits of great metaphysical importance in Creation, and their occult power can be used by artificers in their works through numerous methods: by awakening [[Least God]]s and granting them power, by binding spirits into artifacts, by constructing complex miniaturized pantheons via [[Microtheurgy]]. Though they are [[Spirit]]s, by nature immaterial beings of essence, there is also another approach: using components of gods directly in artifice.<br />
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The key component of a god is termed by artificers to be the ‘oculus’, the god’s ability to sense its purview. Typically this manifests as the eyes of the god, though in some cases it takes the form of other senses. From minor gods, an Oculus is of little use, but from Celestial and major Terrestrial deities they can be used as [[Exotic Component]]s in works of artifice. <br />
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The removal of an Oculus is a complex process, and difficult to achieve. [[First Age]] artificers devised methods for solidifying gods and engaging in surgical procedures upon their divine corpus, based on the principles of [[Necromancy]] and use of specialized tools. As the production of artifacts expanded through the [[Golden Age]], several [[Twilight Caste]] [[Solar Exalted]] proposed more industrialized methods of extraction, but these had yet to be implemented before the possibilities were ended in the [[Usurpation]]. The [[Shogunate Era]] saw the Dragonblooded also engage in the practice, with rival daimyo glad to assist their patron divinities by hobbling rivals while at the same time securing components to construct new weapons for their wars. <br />
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The blinding of a god is a severe thing... while gods themselves appear inexhaustible and largely immortal, a god whose Oculus has been harvested does not regenerate the stolen portion of its being. As perception of its purview is oft vital for a god carrying out its duties, being deprived means all but the most skilled and powerful gods are soon overcome by rivals, ousted from their posts and replaced, left to wander the streets of [[Yu Shan]] unseeing and unemployed. In the [[First Age]] and [[Shogunate Era]], when unemployed gods were a rarer sight and one which made other divinities uneasy or disgusted, the [[Solar Exalted]] and [[Sidereal Exalted]] would make point of arranging for their conviction by the [[Celestial Censors]] to render them into [[Starmetal]], often allowing supply of that [[Magical Material]] to join the Oculus of the slain spirit in an artifact, while removing them from the public eye in Heaven. <br />
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In the present era, the use of the Oculus is a rare thing: the [[Immaculate Order]] holds that doing so is a direct and heretical violation of the [[Perfected Hierarchy]], specifically decried in the [[Immaculate Texts]] as one of the foul crimes committed by the [[Anathema]] against Heaven. The laws of the [[Scarlet Empire]] ban the practice on pain of death, and while the [[Seventh Legion]] of [[Lookshy]] did not shy from the practice in its early centuries even they now restrict it heavily to prevent diplomatic incidents with [[Great Forks]] and their other peers in the [[Confederation of Rivers]]. <br />
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[[Category:Gods]] [[Category:Exotic Components]] [[Category:Immaculate Texts]]</div>Ledaal Shinjohttp://badposting.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_the_Heptagram&diff=7264History of the Heptagram2017-11-02T18:38:05Z<p>Ledaal Shinjo: </p>
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<div>==The Common History==<br />
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For most of the Dynasty, the [[Heptagram]] is a sorcerous palace filled with the demonic and the profane, thankfully kept distant from properly civilized society on the [[Isle of Voices]]. Few give much thought to the place, considering it an ancient institution perhaps dating from the foundation of the Realm or stretching back even further into the [[Shogunate Era]]... many consider the Isle of Voices to have once been a ghost- and demon-filled [[Anathema]] stronghold before the [[Immaculate Dragon]]s descended and bound them in the [[Jade Prison]], though wether this is followed by 'sorcerors there now learn the power to bind demons and wield mighty essence against threats to Creation, as was done in ages past' or 'sorcerors there study the secret heresies left by the Anathema to access unnatural powers' depends on the politics of the individual.<br />
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==The Alumni History==<br />
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Those who have attended the sorcerous school, and some who have a deeper interest in arcane studies, know another history... the ghosts on the Isle of Voices do not rest easy, and the cries of the dead paint a deeper picture. <br />
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The Heptagram was founded by a cabal of seven sorcerors, given the task personally by the [[Scarlet Empress]]. Foremost amongst them was [[Ragara Bhagwei]] (eldest son of his House founder), who remains Headmaster at the school. The remaining founders are varied: three Dynastic sorcerors and three mortal thaumaturges (Heptagram graduates cite only two mortals, with the final founder a [[Sidereal Exalted|Sidereal]] astrologer). It is upon the teachings of these seven sages that all the Heptegram's sorcerors are trained. <br />
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There is a ruin across the Isle of Voices from the Heptagram, a crater within which the Isle's ghosts are most heavily concentrated. The teachers at the school tell that it stands as a testament to the risks of demon-summoning... an occasional professor might mutter something about imperial daughter Mnemon before quickly shutting up.<br />
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The Heptagram opened to its first class (of 20 students) in RY 428.<br />
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==The True History==<br />
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The true history of the Heptagram is known only to a few in Creation… to Princess Mnemon, most assuredly, to some ghosts haunting the Isle of Voices, at least in part to the Scarlet Empress and to the founders of the Heptagram itself (all but one of whom have passed into [[Lethe]]), and to perhaps a handful of gods and [[Sidereal Exalted]]. <br />
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During the [[Shogunate Era]], long before the [[Great Contagion]], there was a school of sorcery on the Isle of Voices. It was called the [[Versino]], and its curriculum included not only sorcery but the [[Immaculate Faith]], its teachers monks dedicated to both sorcerous research and enlightenment. When the [[Immaculate Order]] took shape in the reign of the [[Scarlet Empress]], the Versino was made center of the Realm’s sorcerous research, studying the artifacts and magicks of the Anathema. The greatest sorcerous texts of the former Shogunate were gathered there, both to be studied and to be kept safe from those who might pursue them without Immaculate guidance. <br />
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Around [[RY375]] (Imperial Calendar), all of that accumulated knowledge was obliterated, leaving only one survivor: [[Mnemon]], daughter of the Empress and a student at the school. <br />
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Mnemon was cleared of responsibility, and in truth she was not the cause: the teachers at the school had summoned a demon of the 2nd Circle and failed to bind it, after which it had set about slaughtering them all. The Imperial Daughter had simply ordered her own demon-slave to kill a few of the Immaculate monks rushing to the fight, so that she might acquire the artifact whch empowered a Terrestrial to make such a mighty summoning: the [[Emerald Thurible]]. One could argue that killing several of the monks who might have beaten the mighty demon and fleeing with the only arifact that had the power to bind or unsummon it, makes Mnemon culpable. One would be right… but the Empress did not press the matter. <br />
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The Versino, its records, its experts, were gone by the time reinforcements arrived and the demon was destroyed: even the graduates of the Heptagram, greatest sorcerors of the Age, are but shadows of those trained at the Versino. [[Ragara Bhagwei]] was, as a Versino graduate himself, tasked with forming a new school of sorcery. Blaming Mnemon for loss of the old school, he was relieved that she was banned from participation in the effort... to this day, the Princess is barred from entering the walls of the Heptagram, and though she is known to make a form of pilgrimage on occasion to the Versino’s ruins, the spirits around the Isle of Voices are not particularly inclined to let her through.<br />
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[[Category:History]] [[Category:The Heptagram]]</div>Ledaal Shinjo