Death_Angel | Tue 19-Dec-23 11:05 AM |
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#82254, "Zelisha's Role Chapter 2"
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RoleChapter 2 The unraveling Added Mon Aug 7 11:30:55 2023 at level 5:Two years before, Zelisha had been a junior priestess in the Church of Destuvius, student of the Grand Order. Her father was a bishop in that same order, and it was a foregone conclusion that Zelisha would rise to greatness. She had the money, the upbringing, the education. Everything seemed to be in; place. Yes, perhaps she had a strange interest in documenting natural phenomena. Yes, perhaps she had written a dissertation on the order of the cycles of life and death rather than the order of societal castes. But the rich were allowed these eccentricities. What was the point of being rich if not to be able to indulge in certain fancies? She had been the first in her class to give her blood oath, and had begun to serve in the Divine Sect House as an elevated "commoner," as her age did not allow for full sect status.
It was there that Zelisha discovered how flexible Imperial "Law" could be. In her work in the Sect House, she collected tithes to the temples to be processed into Imperial coffers. After a short time, it had become clear to her that a certain percentage of these funds did not make it to the bank. She did what she did best: she documented, observed, waited patiently. And eventually, she discovered a small network of influential members of the temple who were skimming these funds for themselves! This was an act clearly against Imperial Law. But when she brought it to her father's attention, he advised her strongly to hold her tongue and not make waves. "This is how things are done sometimes, Zelisha," he said. "Do not put your future in jeopardy by stirring the pot!
But to Zelisha, order was immutable, like a law of nature. If a Law is to matter, then it must ALWAYS matter. And surely, here in the Church of the Grand Order, all would agree. Ignoring her fathers advice, she took her findings to the Sect House Elders. They acted concerned, listening to her carefully. They took the notes she had made as evidence, praising her for her diligence. But rather than act on the evidence she had found, they transferred her to a different, lower posting in the Sect House. She was enraged! She petitioned the Office of the High Priest himself, but her petition was intercepted and rather than finding justice, she found herself cast out for "violating protocol.
The supposed "order" the Empire had built was just a scam, to give power to those who could take it. Zelisha saw that now. And the Grand Order was just an excuse for those in power to declare rules that benefitted themselves, and to change those rules to stay in power. That was not true order! It was a sham. Her father gave her enough money to live, and secreted her out of the city. With her future plans in ruin, Zelisha began to search for new meaning.
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