The redistribution of food, however, is another matter. Nobles take great pride in patronizing artistic works and the system of serfs and vassals leads to large-scale agricultural production. The main exports of Theocracy of Vlean are works of art and in a sad irony, food and wine.
![life is feudal wiki snow life is feudal wiki snow](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_original/ar5mv.jpg)
Those who rise from the common ranks to become an Inquisitor are notorious for being the most demanding, and the least empathetic. Such ascension is relatively unlikely given all that an individual must overcome, and those who do are often people of exceptional ambition and fortitude. The truly devout may aspire to become part of their Lord's military or even an Inquisitor – serving the Theocracy to drive out heretics and dissenters wherever they hide. Within this rather rigid hierarchy, social mobility is still possible. Rumors swirl of loosely organized bands of freedom fighters that play at revolution, but most acknowledge the rule of those in power as legitimate. There is precious little unrest in Vlean in spite of severe hardship, as most have internalized the idea that the Sept has chosen its rulers and permitted what goes on. Death by starvation and exhaustion are lauded as a sacrifice for the greater good. Feudal nobility share what they can to keep commoners productive and quiet, but little else. Septons of common birth are never included in the church’s decision-making process, and are expected to serve dutifully and quietly.Ĭommon life in Vlean is fraught with hardship and uncertainty. The few uncomfortable exceptions – those of common blood who demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have been gifted extraordinary powers by the Sept – spend most of their time being paraded about as token examples of equal opportunity. The vast majority recognized Septons in Vlean are those of noble blood. They believe fully that they are the most pious and righteous of all nations, and indeed, nowhere is Sept worship practiced as commonly, frequently, and with as much zeal.īecoming a Septon is far more often a matter of birthright than piety.
![life is feudal wiki snow life is feudal wiki snow](https://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/ghost-of-tsushima/5/51/HonorAndAsh_33.jpg)
Vleanoans pride themselves first and foremost on being the chosen people of the Sept. Very few have kind words to say about it, unless they are official representatives of Vlean itself. Those that do visit leave with tales of the radical oppression and the vast disparity of wealth that exists between the Septons and Nobles and the commoners. The Theocracy has all but closed its borders to visitors. The Inquisition was tasked with weeding out heretics, unruly foreigners, and other undesirables. The Order was thus repurposed for other, less overt tasks, and a much more visible group called the Sodality of the Inquisition was formed.
![life is feudal wiki snow life is feudal wiki snow](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supereyes.png)
While it was understood that these actions were justified by the Sept, the Conclave felt that the Order of the Divine Aegis was more useful when it had the trust of the common people. The Order of the Divine Aegis was unleashed upon dissenters, killing these presumed heretics openly. Wasting no time, the Divine Conclave began to choose the nobility of their land – granting title and land to those who financially supported the Conclave to the greatest degree during the revolution.Įven as it solidified power and separated itself from Civen, the Theocracy trembled with unrest. The Conclave quickly established the Order of the Divine Aegis – an elite military group that would serve as the Conclave’s terrible swift sword of justice. Thus the Divine Conclave was established – a divine-right government that ruled with the presumptive authority of the Sept itself. The cabal of priests was the natural successor to the overthrown government, and took the reigns of power eagerly. These priests eventually became well-known revolutionaries, establishing an armed resistance that would ultimately secede from what they believed was Civenite oppression. A small cabal of priests began to whisper anti-Civen propaganda around the year 1250NL. Originally, this land was a vast part of the Civen Empire. The Theocracy of Vlean has its roots within the former land of Adecia.