Trace: • asparagus_rolls • goop • lasagna • myrah

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
story:myrah [2026/06/05 15:31] – expanded ranks from jon's notes davenportstory:myrah [2026/06/23 12:51] (current) – [Society and Culture] davenport
Line 15: Line 15:
 Myrah is an authoritarian oligarchy governed by a magical aristocracy, characterized by secret police, citizen restraints, political backstabbing, and widespread repression. Society is strictly stratified by magical aptitude and birth status as seen in the next section. Myrah is an authoritarian oligarchy governed by a magical aristocracy, characterized by secret police, citizen restraints, political backstabbing, and widespread repression. Society is strictly stratified by magical aptitude and birth status as seen in the next section.
  
-Non-magi are the majority and second-class citizens on Myrah. They are restricted by checkpoints that limit free movement, required to pay homage to the elites, and confined outside city walls. They live in the cities within proximity to magi areas but are separated by illusions or barriers. Revolts by repressed workers—often involving property damage or assaults on elites—are brutally suppressed through street killings, arrests, torture, public executions, or exile to the Trans-Herridan Wall, a virtual death sentence. The economy and government are controlled by the magi, who reserve luxuries and resources for themselves, fostering a culture of rivalry, suspicion, and conformity. Institutions like the magic academy in Thallius enforce rigid routines: dawn practices, inspections, classes, exams, and punishments such as flogging or solitary confinement for infractions.+Non-magi are the majority and second-class citizens on Myrah. They are restricted by checkpoints that limit free movement, required to pay homage to the elites, and confined outside city walls. They live in the cities within proximity to magi areas but are separated by illusions or barriers. Revolts by repressed workers—often involving property damage or assaults on elites—are brutally suppressed through street killings, arrests, torture, public executions, or exile to the [[Trans-Herridan Wall]], a virtual death sentence. The economy and government are controlled by the magi, who reserve luxuries and resources for themselves, fostering a culture of rivalry, suspicion, and conformity. Institutions like the magic academy in Thallius enforce rigid routines: dawn practices, inspections, classes, exams, and punishments such as flogging or solitary confinement for infractions.
  
 Daily life is monotonous and surveilled, with global enchantments monitoring magi activity. Social interactions, especially in elite circles, revolve around information-gathering for advantage, and non-elites like William often feel out of place, yearning for the freedom beyond the walls despite faded memories of their origins. Daily life is monotonous and surveilled, with global enchantments monitoring magi activity. Social interactions, especially in elite circles, revolve around information-gathering for advantage, and non-elites like William often feel out of place, yearning for the freedom beyond the walls despite faded memories of their origins.
Line 33: Line 33:
 **Terminology note**: In state documentation and objective party narration, the terms "tier" and "class" are utilized interchangeably to map logistical utility. In-world, individuals are strictly addressed by official state //rank// ("Third Rank Davenport," "honored Second Rank Voss"). "Pureblood" remains a heavily gatekept prestige label used to enforce ideological hierarchy, applying strictly to First Rank executives and the pureblood subset of the Second Rank. **Terminology note**: In state documentation and objective party narration, the terms "tier" and "class" are utilized interchangeably to map logistical utility. In-world, individuals are strictly addressed by official state //rank// ("Third Rank Davenport," "honored Second Rank Voss"). "Pureblood" remains a heavily gatekept prestige label used to enforce ideological hierarchy, applying strictly to First Rank executives and the pureblood subset of the Second Rank.
  
-===== History =====+===== History and Revolutionary Mythos ===== 
 +Ancient Myrah was once a young, wild planet, free of its current atmospheric gloom, where latent arcana in nearly a third of the population shaped early civilizations. In the pre-revolutionary era, the magi possessed no sovereignty. They were either rogue freelancers or they functioned as conscripted assets working strictly at the behest of non-magi kings and warlords. After enduring centuries of fighting endless, meat-grinder wars to satisfy the whims of non-magi, a global collective of magi orchestrated a unified, planet-wide uprising.
  
-Myrah was once a young, wild planet, free of its current gloom, where latent magic in nearly a third of the population shaped ancient kingdoms into empires. This era ended over a thousand years ago with the Arcanian Revolution, when a magical elite seized power, ostensibly for the greater good, to control and stabilize the world. Over centuries, this system corrupted, leading to the collapse, corruption, or abolition of great magical families. Magi powers have declined: a century ago, elites could cast spells without tools or words, but now most require staves, wands, or incantations. To bolster dwindling numbers amid sterility and weakening bloodlines, the elites intensified recruitment from non-magi, including kidnappings. This has perpetuated a broken system that stifles innovation and growth, turning Myrah into a lopsided society where the elites' control is absolute but increasingly fragile.+This era ended over a thousand years ago with the **Arcanian Revolution**, an event the modern state weaponizes as its foundational narrative. The magical elite seized total power not merely to conquer, but to completely re-engineer The State into a hyper-efficient, highly disciplined command system designed to ensure the absolute survival of their people for all time. 
  
 +To administer this perpetual emergency state, the revolutionaries established the **Grand Magi Council**, routinely referred to in-world as the **Triumvirate**. To this day, three supreme Grand Magi of immaculate pureblood descent sit as bureaucratic equals to run every facet of global governance.
 +
 +Over the centuries, this optimization project stagnated and corrupted, leading to the collapse, rot, or outright liquidation of many foundational magical families. Operational magi powers have significantly decayed; while elites a century ago could cast spells purely through intent without tools or words, modern magi are heavily dependent on staves, wands, or rigid vocal incantations. To bolster their dwindling operational numbers in the wake of the First Rank's fertility collapse and weakening bloodlines, the Triumvirate intensified the aggressive state harvesting ("kidnapping") of gifted non-magi children. This has perpetuated a rigid, lopsided system that brutally stifles technological and magical innovation to protect a supreme executive council whose control is absolute, but increasingly fragile.
 ===== Magic and Technology ===== ===== Magic and Technology =====
  
Line 43: Line 47:
 Technology is mundane and limited, relying on steam or coal engines for automobiles and heavy gas lights for illumination. Scientific study is restricted by the elites, who fear it could disrupt their magical dominance and social order. This contrasts with Myrah's magical infrastructure, like city-protecting bubbles and barriers against space debris. Technology is mundane and limited, relying on steam or coal engines for automobiles and heavy gas lights for illumination. Scientific study is restricted by the elites, who fear it could disrupt their magical dominance and social order. This contrasts with Myrah's magical infrastructure, like city-protecting bubbles and barriers against space debris.
  
-===== Outside the wall =====+===== Outside the Wall =====
  
 {{  story:outside_the_wall.jpg?200px}} Outside the wall, life is incredibly difficult. The entire planet has been polluted by the megacities but very small patches of green sprout up. A rebellion group exists and is ironically mostly kept alive by seemingly inadvertent 'drops' of supplies. The ruling class needs a scapegoat to maintain their hyper-vigilant security and keeping a permanent lowest-class population alive in the wildlands makes this easy. {{  story:outside_the_wall.jpg?200px}} Outside the wall, life is incredibly difficult. The entire planet has been polluted by the megacities but very small patches of green sprout up. A rebellion group exists and is ironically mostly kept alive by seemingly inadvertent 'drops' of supplies. The ruling class needs a scapegoat to maintain their hyper-vigilant security and keeping a permanent lowest-class population alive in the wildlands makes this easy.