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Kingdom of God: A Quest of Holy Revolution

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[x] Boxer Rebellion
-[x] Militant Pugilism.
-[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
-[x] Guru Wendam
-[x] The Black Elephant Standard
 
[x] Boxer Rebellion
-[x] Militant Pugilism.
-[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
-[x] Guru Wendam
-[x] The Black Elephant Standard
 
Let it be said: rigorous self-discipline arises from hardening not just the mind, but also the body. When the Patriarchate strips you of every tool you have, every weapon you own, when the take even the clothes off your back, when they think you standing there naked and ashamed, with the path of our sage @100thlurker we will always have a weapon they cannot take from us: ourselves.

It is by the fist, by communal training and by our faith that we stand unbroken in this penitentiary, and it is by all these virtues that we will right the path of Vaspurakan!
 
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[x] Boxer Rebellion
-[x] Militant Pugilism.
-[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
-[x] Guru Wendam
-[x] The Black Elephant Standard
 
[X] No Historical Parallels
-[X] True Confession. True Confession is the holdout defender of the section of 8th century Confessional doctrine that believes in an existential war with the Kingdom of the Lie. Seeking to organize all Vaspukaran under rational, honest principles, true confession seeks to create a fully literate and progress-oriented society governed by a priesthood of all believers, where all will be equal.
-[X] Discipline.
-[X] Rector Qanam, Never-Bowed Preacher [+Fervour].
-[X] The Black Elephant Standard. Exhausted, demoralized, and penniless, individual jurors have pledged themselves in support to you in exchange for safe passage to the nearest town where they might more easily desert. Taking them on will grant you many great advantages in overwhelming the local forces and seizing the arsenal, but will also present political difficulties in what to do with them should they wish to stay with you, and uncertainty in how much they can be trusted if you are unable to find a way out of a deserter's execution for them all.

Very interested to participate in this quest, and I'm going to explain my reasoning for my selection here.

Sect Trait: Discipline will always be useful in a revolutionary organization. Popularity will come in time as the wicked worms who rule in the name of God expose themselves and crises abound, being popular too early may expose us. Fervour is also useful, but if our Sect's attention is scattered then we will be weak. Discipline will be what allows us to punch above our weight.

Sage: I think the Fervour leader is the best to start off with because I don't see a need to double down on Discipline, and again I don't think we need popularity, but we will most likely be at our weakest at quest start and that is when it is the most important to have fire in your belly.

Belief: I think all of the beliefs are probably fundamentally flawed as revolutionary ideologies in our world, but True Confessionalism is definitely one of the least objectionable, and I think it will help us against what seems like the Patriarchate's secret police branch & I didn't want to split the vote.

Starting Allies: This one is also difficult, all our potential allies definitely run the risk of vascillating, but the Black Elephant's definitely have a clear benefit and we have a clear-ish idea of what conditions they might turn on us in. I think the village people might end up being the best choice and the castoff's the worst (or at the least the least predictable).
 
[x] Boxer Rebellion
-[x] Militant Pugilism.
-[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
-[x] Guru Wendam
-[x] The Black Elephant Standard
 
[x] Boxer Rebellion
-[x] Militant Pugilism.
-[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
-[x] Guru Wendam
-[x] The Black Elephant Standard
 
[X] No Historical Parallels

The world is changing, and the Kingdom of God has failed to change with it. We must not fall into the traps of the ossified bureaucracy, clinging to obsolete mindsets and ideologies. What use are our hardened fists when the armies of the oppressors have rifles? What use is Syncretism when the Faithful of God starve and chafe under the oppressive yoke? The clean slate of Iconoclasm promises only needles pain, death, devastation for the millions who have gathered under the light of Heaven. We need change, radical change, but not wholesale obliteration of all that has come before. We need Confessionalism.

Cetashwayo said:
Players are welcome to ask many, many questions about the world and setting and I will answer any and all without reservation insofar as you might have that information.
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What is the Kingdom of God's stances on slavery, usury and debt inheritance. Are there any doctrinal imperatives for handling of the dead or is it left to cultural discretion?

Typos?
Cetashwayo said:
His brother Xaki, who was quiet and a cripple and who Kali defend against village mutts
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defended? guarded?
Cetashwayo said:
The Maranine and Hessenine nuns whose schools and hospitals were necessary to spread the inoculating light of God against ignore and plague
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ignorance?
Cetashwayo said:
Here's the score: In Kingdom of God you play as the collective voice of the Sect, an organized religious cadre in the Patriarchate of Vaspukaran where secular authority has been superseded and a spiritual conception of life.
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by?
Cetashwayo said:
Still weak, disparate, internally divided and pathetically disorganized, these challenges to the Patriarch have been buoyed that especially since the War with the Grand Mare not five years pas
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remove "that"?
Cetashwayo said:
Rather than serving as an end, therefore, the actions of the Patriarchate have if anything massively strengthened the unity of all you disciplines through the shared struggle.
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disciples?
Cetashwayo said:
Finally, Rector Qanam, who made a name for himself when he viciously denounced the Patriarchate as a representative of a student who was claimed to have cheat on his priestly exam,
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cheaten?
Cetashwayo said:
To whom have you reached out to and secured support for in your plan to overthrow the Komandir of Hasadaya and ride the rails to liberation? Only one of these options can have been prepared for.
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of?
 
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[X] Plan Populist Gnosticism

I'm good with either of the leading plans, but consider this a vote in favor of Baba and the villagers on principle.
 
[x] Boxer Rebellion
-[x] Militant Pugilism.
-[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
-[x] Guru Wendam
-[x] The Black Elephant Standard
 
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  • Voting
    • Scheduled vote count started by Cetashwayo on Mar 13, 2022 at 9:36 PM, finished with 64 posts and 52 votes.
    • [X] No Historical Parallels
      [x] Boxer Rebellion
      [x] Boxer Rebellion
      -[x] Militant Pugilism.
      -[x] Discipline. All other things fail or pervert their aims. Discipline has kept us true and faithful.
      -[x] Guru Wendam
      -[x] The Black Elephant Standard
      [X] No Historical Parallels
      -[X] True Confession. True Confession is the holdout defender of the section of 8th century Confessional doctrine that believes in an existential war with the Kingdom of the Lie. Seeking to organize all Vaspukaran under rational, honest principles, true confession seeks to create a fully literate and progress-oriented society governed by a priesthood of all believers, where all will be equal.
      -[X] Discipline.
      -[X] Rector Qanam, Never-Bowed Preacher [+Fervour].
      -[X] The Black Elephant Standard. Exhausted, demoralized, and penniless, individual jurors have pledged themselves in support to you in exchange for safe passage to the nearest town where they might more easily desert. Taking them on will grant you many great advantages in overwhelming the local forces and seizing the arsenal, but will also present political difficulties in what to do with them should they wish to stay with you, and uncertainty in how much they can be trusted if you are unable to find a way out of a deserter's execution for them all.
      [X] You will be Assimilated
      [X] Plan Populist Gnosticism
      -[X] True Confession. True Confession is the holdout defender of the section of 8th century Confessional doctrine that believes in an existential war with the Kingdom of the Lie. Seeking to organize all Vaspukaran under rational, honest principles, true confession seeks to create a fully literate and progress-oriented society governed by a priesthood of all believers, where all will be equal.
      -[X] Popularity.
      -[X] Baba Tanda, Steel Immortal Grandmother [+Discipline].
      -[X] The Village of Xococo
      [X] You will be Assimilated
      -[X] Mystic Amalism. Mystic Amalism is an offshoot of the oldest and most persistent splinter of the Sufganarot Faith. Believing in a community of all humanity, Mystic Amalism through aggressive and deliberate syncretism seeks to unite the entire world and its oppressed masses under a single super-faith and force heaven down to earth through their sheer alignment, where all will be united
      -[X] Popularity.
      -[X] Baba Tanda, Steel Immortal Grandmother [+Discipline].
      -[X] The Black Elephant Standard. Exhausted, demoralized, and penniless, individual jurors have pledged themselves in support to you in exchange for safe passage to the nearest town where they might more easily desert. Taking them on will grant you many great advantages in overwhelming the local forces and seizing the arsenal, but will also present political difficulties in what to do with them should they wish to stay with you, and uncertainty in how much they can be trusted if you are unable to find a way out of a deserter's execution for them all.
      [X] Mother who?
      -[X] Political Iconoclasm. Political Iconoclasm is the outlawed portion of the 7th century Iconoclast movement that directly challenged the Patriarchate's institutions. Believing that a spiritual flood is necessary to restore human freedom, political Iconoclasm seeks the total destruction of existing institutions and their replacement by those closer to the state of creation, where all will be free.
      -[X] Popularity.
      -[X] Baba Tanda, Steel Immortal Grandmother [+Discipline].
      -[X] The Black Elephant Standard. Exhausted, demoralized, and penniless, individual jurors have pledged themselves in support to you in exchange for safe passage to the nearest town where they might more easily desert. Taking them on will grant you many great advantages in overwhelming the local forces and seizing the arsenal, but will also present political difficulties in what to do with them should they wish to stay with you, and uncertainty in how much they can be trusted if you are unable to find a way out of a deserter's execution for them all.
      [X] Plan Secret Criminal Martial Arts Rebellion
      -[X] Militant Pugilism. Militant Pugilism is the unbroken remnants of the Pugilist Rebellions that nearly brought down the Patriarchate in the 5th century. Unapologetically populist, militant pugilism believes in self-disciplining martial arts and a people's struggle against evil that will result in a final apocalyptic battle with oppression that will presage a new messianic age, where all will have plenty.
      -[X] Discipline.
      -[X] Guru Werdam, Great Proud Disgrace [+Popularity].
      -[X] The Criminals of Hasadaya. Mercenary and coarse vagabonds, the criminals of Hasadaya nevertheless are no less happy than you by their continued bondage. With much of Hasadaya's plantation fields tended to by these men and women, their support would be invaluable and they would surely be indebted to you: you may even be able to spread the gospel of the sect among them. However, they are still sinners, and suspicious men, and do see you more as opportunistic allies than true friends, whose loyalties may last as long as they see no alternative escape.
      [X] Mother who?
      [X] Plan Popular Military Martial Arts Rebellion
      -[x] Militant Pugilism.
      -[X] Popularity.
      -[X] Guru Werdam, Great Proud Disgrace [+Popularity].
      -[x] The Black Elephant Standard
      [X] Faith and Reason
      -[X] True Confession. True Confession is the holdout defender of the section of 8th century Confessional doctrine that believes in an existential war with the Kingdom of the Lie. Seeking to organize all Vaspukaran under rational, honest principles, true confession seeks to create a fully literate and progress-oriented society governed by a priesthood of all believers, where all will be equal.
      -[X] Discipline.
      -[X] Guru Werdam, Great Proud Disgrace [+Popularity].
      -[X] The Black Elephant Standard. Exhausted, demoralized, and penniless, individual jurors have pledged themselves in support to you in exchange for safe passage to the nearest town where they might more easily desert. Taking them on will grant you many great advantages in overwhelming the local forces and seizing the arsenal, but will also present political difficulties in what to do with them should they wish to stay with you, and uncertainty in how much they can be trusted if you are unable to find a way out of a deserter's execution for them all.
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  • Voting
    • Well I missed the vote but my preferred sect won, so… yay? Surely God shall defend us from harm against weapons more effective than our fists.
     
    At least we seem to be in early pike and shot rather than having actual machine guns yet, as best I can tell from context. Oh yeah, I could just ask I guess

    @Cetashwayo What is the current state of weaponry within the Kingdom of God? Rifling, matchlocks, gatlings etc.? Presumably there are some nice big cannons for sieging and such.
     
    Demonic Spoon said:
    At least we seem to be in early pike and shot rather than having actual machine guns yet, as best I can tell from context. Oh yeah, I could just ask I guess

    @Cetashwayo What is the current state of weaponry within the Kingdom of God? Rifling, matchlocks, gatlings etc.? Presumably there are some nice big cannons for sieging and such.
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    Rifles were mentioned in the OP. Could be rifled muskets, or could be bolt action rifles.

    I'm wondering if we know which way the train goes should we manage to hijack it.
     
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