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| -- From a prayer to Flitch Baggaban, recited before a story-festival. | -- From a prayer to Flitch Baggaban, recited before a story-festival. |
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| ====Geography==== | ====Geography==== |
| Around the time of the conquest of Endring, the priesthood gained out-and-out control over the archipelago, coordinating an animistic theocracy that ruled for centuries. About a thousand years ago, under High Priest Avellis Kierkblat, Nemeus closed itself off from the world. This isolationism lasted for centuries, until a group of inter-island traders dared to break the bubble and look outside again. Trade made Nemeus rich, and these merchants eventually gained enough power to take over government. The old priesthood left for the mountains, where some say they still reside today… | Around the time of the conquest of Endring, the priesthood gained out-and-out control over the archipelago, coordinating an animistic theocracy that ruled for centuries. About a thousand years ago, under High Priest Avellis Kierkblat, Nemeus closed itself off from the world. This isolationism lasted for centuries, until a group of inter-island traders dared to break the bubble and look outside again. Trade made Nemeus rich, and these merchants eventually gained enough power to take over government. The old priesthood left for the mountains, where some say they still reside today… |
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| ====Religion and Culture==== | ====Religion and Culture==== |
| |Melos Saltborn|any|A video game designer, VAA and devotee of Alaxus. Born on the Island of Alaxus, she considers herself both Nemean and Endringian. Developer of 'Mournfeather', an artsy, story-driven RPG about 'capturing the fading impressions of moments in the process of decay'.| | |Melos Saltborn|any|A video game designer, VAA and devotee of Alaxus. Born on the Island of Alaxus, she considers herself both Nemean and Endringian. Developer of 'Mournfeather', an artsy, story-driven RPG about 'capturing the fading impressions of moments in the process of decay'.| |
| |Krates Antithanes|he/him|The wealthiest member of a prestigious merchant house. It is Flitch Baggaban's year, and Baggaban's planet in his family's House this year, so he is currently serving as an Archon (see [[time_date|Time and Date)]]. It is his responsibility to hold a lavish storytelling competition in Flitch Baggaban's honour. He is seeking Archivists to provide counsel.| | |Krates Antithanes|he/him|The wealthiest member of a prestigious merchant house. It is Flitch Baggaban's year, and Baggaban's planet in his family's House this year, so he is currently serving as an Archon (see [[time_date|Time and Date)]]. It is his responsibility to hold a lavish storytelling competition in Flitch Baggaban's honour. He is seeking Archivists to provide counsel.| |
| |Thalia Saets|xie/any|A wanderer, originally from Nemeus.| | |Thalia Saets|ze/they/she|A wanderer, originally from Nemeus.| |
| | |Yeška Hayden|he/him|Founder and head of a Nemean heritage organisation, known for his strong views (despite the organisation's own pragmatism) on the topic. **Downtime only.**| |
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