★ Next in command under the Secondking.
★ Those who oversee specific teams of Leaders, Headhunters, Laborers and Messengers within the realms.
★ Responsible for planning battle strategies and leading armies into war.
Laborer—
Clear the way, make the paths straight.
★ One of six main positions within the realms, directly under Leader.
★ Responsible for returning to the Land of the Harvest to convince select humans to make covenant with their realm of choice.
★ ML, the term for a Myriadian Laborer; TL, the term for a Troikan Laborer.
Land of the Harvest—
We shall sow, and we shall reap.
★ Earth, home to humans.
Leader—
A helpmate is more valuable than diamonds.
★ Assistants to the Generals.
★ Responsible for delegating assignments to all other sub-positions within the realms.
Many Ends—
Ignore your future, pay the price.
★ The realm where Unsigned are imprisoned after Firstdeath.
★ Where happiness goes to die and nightmares come to terrible life.
Messenger—
Harken and deliver the good news.
★ One of six main positions within the realms, directly under Laborer.
★ Responsible for teaching humans about the realms, protecting others from the enemy and chronicling exploits within and without the realm.
Myriad—
Autonomy, bliss, indulgence.
★ The dark realm, ruled by the Prince of Ravens.
★ Magical forests whisper enchanted tales, and secrets lurk in every corner…self-indulgence is revered, and the party never stops…victors are adored and failures are abhorred…emotion always trumps logic.
★ Motto: Might Equals Right.
Penumbra—
In the dark, the blind lead the blind.
★ A disease born and spread in darkness, capable of draining Troikans of Light.
★ Origin and cure unknown.
Realms—
Home is where the heart is nourished or starved.
★ Kingdoms in the Everlife: Troika, Myriad and Many Ends.
Second-death—
Another end, another new beginning.
★ When a spirit is drained of Lifeblood.
★ Myriad believes a spirit is Fused to another spirit(s) in order to return to the Land of the Harvest; Troika believes a spirit enters into the Rest forevermore.
Secondking—
The one you follow decides the roads you take.
★ One of two sons of the Firstking; Eron the Prince of Doves, and Ambrosine the Prince of Ravens.
★ Ruler of a realm.
The Rest—
Peace beyond all understanding awaits.
★ Troikans believe a spirit enters into this state of absolute tranquillity after Second-death, forever separated from the realms…with a few exceptions.
The Resurrection—
And so the dead shall rise again.
★ Once every year, Troika holds a vote; one spirit within the Rest is brought back to spirit-life.
★ The winner must exit the Rest even if he or she wishes to remain.
Troika—
Justice, equality, freedom of choice.
★ The realm of Light, ruled by the Secondking Eron, the Prince of Doves.
★ Untouched by gloom, where hard work isn’t an expectation but a way of life, equality isn’t an ideal but a standard and fear isn’t a treasured friend but a hated foe…logic always trumps emotion…people are governed by a strict set of rules, and violators are punished.
★ Motto: Light Brings Sight.
Unsigned—
Without hope, there can be no joy.
★ A human who fails to make covenant with Troika or Myriad before Firstdeath.
★ Damned to spend the Everlife inside Many Ends.
Veil—
All who enter are welcome.
★ A doorway leading into and out of an Everlife realm.
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