This Titanic, being the First Titanic Edict, shall be know as the One True Edict, and all Edicts created after it in chronological order of the OOC-Universe shall be known as False Edicts. As the First Edict, the One True Edict shall take precedence over all False Edicts, because Truth is stronger than Falsehood.
Words will be Power
Words will hold great power. And Languages shall be stronger in order of apparition. As more languages are born, new ones will be born weaker. The old and forgotten tongues will bear vast amount of power compared to the newest and modern tongues, until eventually, newer tongues no longer hold any power.
Words of English Shall be the Most Holy
There is currently the first tongue, and most divine: "English", which dictates reality and its meta-nature in the [IC]. "English" will be the strongest tongue, and words written in "English" will hold unparalleled magic power compared to all other languages.
Words of Engrish Shall Be the Most Reviled
The use of "Engrish" shall be forbidden, the highest of taboos. And as the highest of taboos, "Engrish" shall also be powerful, maybe even stronger than "English".
Writing actions in "Engrish" will greatly increase the potency of their results, while also causing their user to accumulate an amount of Corruption proportional to the power of their action.
Actions written in "Engrish" may also cause great pain and damage to their user, possibly causing Wounds.
But a word of warning. Engrish and English must not meld together.
As "Engrish" is in nature contradictory with "English", presence of typographical errors, or "typoes", as well as partial "Engrish" in a majorily "English" action will actually cause the action's power to drop in potency, as well as earning their user Corruption.
Truth is Power, Falsehood is Weakness
It shall be known to all that Truth is absolute, and Falsehood is nothing before it.
It shall result in Secret actions becoming costlier to undertake than Overt actions, by an amount chosen by the Destinies and the Grand Master (GM) of all that is and isn't.
The Seven Forbidden Words
The essence of all that is will be bound to the Seven Forbidden Words.
The Seven Words that must not be known will be the keystones holding all that is together. They will be the most powerful Words ever created, and any beings unable to bear their massive power who attempts to write or speak them will spontaneously combust into primordial dust. Exposure to the Words will cause great pain to weak beings, and prolonged exposure will lead to the aforementioned spontaneous combustion.
Discovery of the Seven Words, and the Seven Eras
Each discovery of a Forbidden Word will usher a new era. Their discovery [of the Words] will always follow the chronological order they were ushered into the world: the first discovered word will always be the Word for the Beginning, and following Words will follow the chronological order until the Last Word.
The discovery of a Word shall translate into a great and chaotic increase in Flux-level, as well as all forms of energies and powers present in the World. Each successive Words discovery will be stronger than the previous, until the Last Word is known.
The First Era: the Era of the Beginning.
The Era of Titans.
The Era of the World.
The Era of Power.
The Era of the Soul.
The Penultimate Era: the Era of Destiny.
The Final Era: Era of the End.
The Final Era shall generate an unprecedented amount of Flux, al well as all forms of energies and powers of the World. The Final Era will last the shortest of all Eras, and at its climax, all Creation shall collapse with no chance of escaping it, and a new Universe shall be born. Only the Destinies will be able to prevent
Addendum: Any ire caused by the One True Edict shall be directed at the Forbidden Observer, not the mystic forces governing the world (GM). Any form of lashing at the GM for that Edict shall be redirected to the Forbidden Observer, and will also cause a Mark of Shame to appear on the offender.
Addendum 2: The name of the Eras is not definite, and may be changed at a later date by either the Forbidden Observer or the Destinies themselves.
Edict Reformation Act
After this act goes into effect, Titanic Edicts must be voted on by the currently living Titans. At least 50% must support the edict in order for it to take effect. The act currently known as “The False Edict of Give Free Marbles to the First Precept” will be declared null and void. Any marbles purchased under this act will be charged to the purchaser’s account at full price, except those made by the entity currently known as “Fourth Banner” at time of this edict coming into effect. If Titans are inactive, defined as “not performing any action in secret or public for the last three Turns”, they are removed from the total amount until they are once again considered active.
Titanic Edicts, including the Edict Reformation Act, may be removed for free if the Titans call a vote and 50% of Titans agree that it must be removed. Edicts may be edited for free if Titans call a vote and 50% agree with the edit. These are subject to the same constraints as Edicts taking effect. This effect bypasses any edicts claiming that they can not be effected by other Edicts by using loopholes as necessary (Ex, adding a clause to the Edict Reformation Act changing the name of Edicts from “Edicts” to “Declarations” temporarily, preventing language blocking its manipulation).
Votes may be made in secret, but the total will be publicly available. Sufficiently powerful entities can be considered “Titans” for the purpose of these edict if a sponsor brings them before the Titans suggesting they be allowed to vote. A vote of 50%, subject to the same constraints outlined above, of the Titans will allow them to be considered “Titans” for all purposes outlined in this Edict.
AMENDMENT:
Any marbles purchased under the effects of the “The False Edict of Give Free Marbles to the First Precept” will be retained, and those that did not purchase any marbles under said act are to receive 4d6! marbles as compensation and reward for their lack of greed. No further Edicts may modify the price of the items known as marbles at the time of writing.
THE TITANIC EDICT
It is hereby declared that this document is a codification and alteration of the laws of the functioning of reality whereby to improve the prosperity of the Titanic class and thus ensure the wellbeing of the world.
As such we should be remiss to not clarify that this document has been written and agreed upon by several of our number and is by no means a solitary effort. To move to main subject matter of this edict and its effects upon Creation at large.
First and most important, so as to ensure the Titans present during and immediately after the advent of the First Creation are not left bereft of resources, four Flux wells are to be established, each providing their claimant(s) with a quantity of Flux sufficient to produce an array of Marbles in accordance to its type, and be refilled every tick, so that the Titans shall never fade into irrelevance, and the Lesser Divinities shall not be eternally in their shadow.
These Flux wells are to correspond to the Essences of Fire and Death, Air and Astral, Water and Nature, and Earth and Blood, respectively. Holy is to remain a commodity, not to be spent frivolously, though this Edict holds provisions for the production of such. As they are underpinnings of reality’s primordial change, each Flux well may be claimed by a single Titan, cabal of Titans, or pantheon of Lesser Deities, at the cost of 20% of their EE income and 1 Free Action, or 40% of their EE income, at their discretion, per turn.
In exchange for this leviathan investment, the claimant will receive an unrestricted monopoly on the contents of the Flux well, assuming they are able to hold their claim. Otherwise, each Flux well’s contents are to be distributed evenly across the Titans, in a similar, albeit reduced fashion to the income prior to the First Creation. Should the Titans have a 9-3 vote on the distribution, this may change, though a vote alone may not override a claim.
As flux is innately unstable, there is an 2% chance that one of the wells will overflow each tick, causing high levels of background Flux for that tick, in accordance to the Essences which the Flux well contains, with all its attendant side-effects.
Secondly, to draw on the mysterious power of dreams, Titans may, at their discretion, commit actions to sleeping and dreaming, increasing their essence income in the new Essence stream on the following tick, with more ticks spent sleeping and dreaming resulting in a proportionate, linear increase of income.
Thirdly, and of lesser import yet of no less interest, to ensure the steady proliferation of Deific Life, the Recordance of Strife, and the scarcely mutable Rule of Law, a triune of Titles are to be established, these being two Primogenitors, and Hierarch. These Titles are to be assigned through Titanic vote, 7-5 for either of the former, and 8-4 for the latter.
The two Primogenitors (also known as Patriarchs, Matriarchs or Stirpses) are to be focused on the proliferation of Deific Life, and are to receive a series of boons to ensure ease of delivery, but to ensure the diversity of Deific Life, a deity may sit in the Primogenitor position only four turns at most in succession, and upon resignation, they may not reclaim the Title until a minimum of two turns have passed since they have last held the seat. Attempting to bypass the two turn limit is impossible, definitely.
The first and foremost of these boons is to be a discount, each child the sitting Primogenitors has is to be 1 Marble cheaper, for each child they have had whilst laying claim to the Titles. This discount is not to carry over between terms, but it does apply for each child, each of a set of twins, triplets, or more are eligible for a discount. This may not result in free Marbles. Lastly and secondly among these boons, each turn, the Primogenitors have a 25% chance to receive 1 Holy Marble, and a 25% chance to receive 1 random lesser Marble. These are not to overlap, though they may occur one turn after the other.
The Hierarch is to be focused on the maintenance of the Divine Hierarchy, and the orchestration of the Divine Law. Each turn they hold the position, they have a 50% chance to receive 1-3 Marbles of a random, non-Holy type, and will be considered the de jure authority of Law in the Second Creation, able to draft binding contracts at a 50% discount. These contracts must be consented to by all parties involved, and once accepted, are binding. Any who attempt to break the writing of a contract are to be fined no more and no less than double the cost the Hierarch spent to draft the contract, half of which shall refund the Hierarch, the other half of which shall go to a deity of the Hierarch’s choice or disperse, transparently chosen upon the drafting of the contract, at their discretion.
In exchange for the revenue of Marbles and the authority to draft binding contracts, the Hierarch is tasked with recording the intricate vassal and liege fealty relations of the various titans and gods, possibly in the form of some sort of chart or list, and with archiving all the settlements ending divine conflicts, and binding contracts in general. Unlike the positions of Patriarch and Matriarch, the position of Hierarch receives no term limit, and the Hierarch may hold the position so long as they deem fit, though a vote of 8-4 is sufficient to oust them.
Finally, to codify these rules and this hierarchy, the community of Titans unifies into one entity under the name of "the First Precept". This entity is not a Pantheon, and is not to be considered a Pantheon in any way, shape or form. Membership of this entity is self-declared, but is limited to Titans. The English word 'entity' can from now on only refer to a group consisting of more than one being.
- Written, Drafted, and Revised by the Committee of Calamity
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