Political Leagues
League of Gold
Tenets
- To ensure that no one within our Well has more or less than they deserve
- To support and foster the growth of legitimate enterprise within the Well
- To form great alliances with the manyfold powers of the desert and safeguard our investments therein
- To maintain and expand the little pleasures of man, from the qalyan den to the opera-house to the Bloodsands
- To seek out trade and riches from the desert beyond, and build ourselves as a centre of industry that shall be the rival of all the world
- To give a voice only to those that earn it, through deed and contribution
- To maintain the pride and the esteem of the Voice, not allowing its denigration
A vision for Ephia's Well
Ephia's Well is a bustling metropolis of trade and industry. Smog is blown away into the ash by the billowing plumes of factories. The banner of Baz'eel blows at the same level as one bearing a great heron atop the Pyramid. Great games of bloodsport are held in the Stadium for entertainment. Many thousands of embassies from many thousands of powers spring up like flowers in the blooming sands of the Well, each hosting a power from the melek to Kha'esh. The Voiceless are kept off of pristine, immaculate streets that are paved with solid gold. The Voiced are princes.
League of White
Tenets
- To give a voice to the Voiceless, that they may inspire us to greatness
- To protect and develop our home into a sanctuary for all peoples
- To ensure that no man goes hungry, to ensure that no man goes unpaid
- To honor the working man who labors in the quiet of the day
- To avoid entanglement with the dark powers of the desert, who would bring us into their troubles; to look inward, not outward
- To ensure that the nascent spark of Populism is not smothered before it has the chance to kindle
- To pursue for all people equality in truth and not merely in word
- To welcome all who seek refuge, no matter their origin nor their imagined worth
- To ensure that those with much, those merchants, those adventurers of limitless wealth, provide for the needy
A vision for Ephia's Well
Ephia's Well is a sprawling metroplex filled to the brim with people. Great housing tenements litter the outskirts of Ephia's Well, which have been swallowed up by walls. No one is unhoused here. The Voiced system has long since withered away into dust. Everyone has a voice, and everyone has a vote. Elections are held regularly and with great displays of passion, patriotism and pride. Food and charity are brought in with great regularity from Baz'eel, and it goes first not to the rich man but to the poorest. Money itself ceases to have much meaning in this place, but for a quaint way for collectors to remember a world that once was. Ephia's Well has become a shining beacon of the Asterabadian dream.
League of Purple
Tenets
- To hold sacrosanct faith, to build out great temples and shrines in honor of the Divine
- To honor the guard upon the Wall and hold true to his sacrifice
- To build upon and maintain the ancient traditions of our forebears
- To preserve and record knowledge in all its forms, supporting grand libraries and colleges
- To welcome those that flee the lawless wastes, and offer them the protection of our sovereign
- To strike out into the sands and claim them for our Sultanate
- To govern and protect those without Voice with strength and compassion
A vision for Ephia's Well
Ephia's Well is a bastion of the Sultan's own glory in the sands. Great spires of security surround the Well; one wall, and then another, and then another. The Sultan has moved even his own seat here, which now resides atop the Pyramid in a dazzling array of purple and green. White Spear in hand, he reigns wisely and justly from his throne. A sprawling empire expands outwards from this place, the reclamation and salvation of a world on the brink of death. Elaborate irrigation projects deliver water to countless bountiful gardens. The poor, the sick and the weak are cared for and protected in holy, immaculate mosques devoted to B'aara. Water flows.