[Lore] The Temuy, the People United
Sep. 18th, 2019 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hoardingpearlsAiwui is one of two inhabited planets in its solar system. The second, Nwui, was colonized a mere two centuries before the Hexarchate entered the system, and barely had time to differentiate itself before both were integrated into the high culture. Multiple societies existed on Aiwui before its fall, and most of those had representatives on Nwui. Collectively, as they experimented with consensus mechanics, those societies were known as Temuy - in the dominant language, 'the People United.'
It was less a facade than it could have been. The first to use the term had been an ancient warlord, a man whose soldiers had conquered most of a continent and given rise to an empire, and whose tale would be sung for more than three thousand years. The last to use it was an empress, who evoked the memory of that first, glorious horde by doing so.
The Hexarchate arrived in the system after the societies on those planets began transmitting messages through gatespace, permitting faster-than-light communication and hinting that they were working toward gatespace travel. They took a careful approach to avoid an unfortunate confluence, sending Andan and Nirai with technologies both social and physical, invariant and exotic. With the underpinnings of consensus mechanics already in place, the Andan introduced a few Hexarchate festivals, swinging the local calendar toward the High Calendar. The first remembrance to involve a criminal drew worldwide protests from the civic-minded Temuy, who had taken their first steps toward the stars on the strength of their new sense of kinship.
The protests grew only wider when the Empress spoke against the Andan and their new calendar. The illness and death of the Last Empress followed, and the Temuy government, reliant on a strict order of succession, was thrown into chaos when the heir apparent refused to cooperate with the Andan and take the crown on a significant date.
The lightning rise of demagogues proclaiming that no outside help was needed to finish the integration of their cultures, the welding of their consensus, and their inevitable ride to the stars would provoke a harsh response. The Kel landed a mere fifteen years after the Andan, in warmoths that far outmatched any invariant Temuy craft. The ruling family was taken and tortured for heresy, the capital city destroyed, and the Temuy subjugated.
Hexarchate records do not preserve the branches of the Temuy pre-integration, but their story-songs speak of a line of conquerors, appearing across eras of history and all habitable areas of the globe. The final verse records the name of Kel Mhi Van, whose origin outside the globe is marked by three beats' silence mid-phrase when properly sung.
-
The Temuy calendar was imperfectly formed at the time of their fall, and the remnants of several cultures were visible before the Hexarchate brought the new citizens into line with the high culture. Still, several principles can be derived.
Temuy placed great importance on mutual respect for mutual gain, as this was to be the source of their consensus. Respect was indicated by gestures, actions, and words; obedience was expected as a return for gentleness. Their language had an intense focus on registers of politeness, with granularity exceeding the needs of the Hexarchate.
Some Temuy practiced ancestor worship. Had all of them done it, they could possibly have built a working calendar on remembrance historical personages.
It was less a facade than it could have been. The first to use the term had been an ancient warlord, a man whose soldiers had conquered most of a continent and given rise to an empire, and whose tale would be sung for more than three thousand years. The last to use it was an empress, who evoked the memory of that first, glorious horde by doing so.
The Hexarchate arrived in the system after the societies on those planets began transmitting messages through gatespace, permitting faster-than-light communication and hinting that they were working toward gatespace travel. They took a careful approach to avoid an unfortunate confluence, sending Andan and Nirai with technologies both social and physical, invariant and exotic. With the underpinnings of consensus mechanics already in place, the Andan introduced a few Hexarchate festivals, swinging the local calendar toward the High Calendar. The first remembrance to involve a criminal drew worldwide protests from the civic-minded Temuy, who had taken their first steps toward the stars on the strength of their new sense of kinship.
The protests grew only wider when the Empress spoke against the Andan and their new calendar. The illness and death of the Last Empress followed, and the Temuy government, reliant on a strict order of succession, was thrown into chaos when the heir apparent refused to cooperate with the Andan and take the crown on a significant date.
The lightning rise of demagogues proclaiming that no outside help was needed to finish the integration of their cultures, the welding of their consensus, and their inevitable ride to the stars would provoke a harsh response. The Kel landed a mere fifteen years after the Andan, in warmoths that far outmatched any invariant Temuy craft. The ruling family was taken and tortured for heresy, the capital city destroyed, and the Temuy subjugated.
Hexarchate records do not preserve the branches of the Temuy pre-integration, but their story-songs speak of a line of conquerors, appearing across eras of history and all habitable areas of the globe. The final verse records the name of Kel Mhi Van, whose origin outside the globe is marked by three beats' silence mid-phrase when properly sung.
-
The Temuy calendar was imperfectly formed at the time of their fall, and the remnants of several cultures were visible before the Hexarchate brought the new citizens into line with the high culture. Still, several principles can be derived.
Temuy placed great importance on mutual respect for mutual gain, as this was to be the source of their consensus. Respect was indicated by gestures, actions, and words; obedience was expected as a return for gentleness. Their language had an intense focus on registers of politeness, with granularity exceeding the needs of the Hexarchate.
Some Temuy practiced ancestor worship. Had all of them done it, they could possibly have built a working calendar on remembrance historical personages.
