<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=111184.msg4849992#msg4849992">Quote from: AlexStone on 27-06-2011, 22:47:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And the cult will be an intersting issue- we'll have to see what meikle has in store for us there.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>on the note of Delzahn, Madder might actively be working to undermine any 'might makes right' approach to ruling things.<br/><br/>Except for, you know, amongst the Exalted.  Hypocrisy is fun.<br/><br/>Here is what the growing Prohibition Index beneath Chiaroscuro looks like:<br/><br/>The layout of the underground, as the Prohibition Index expands, changes into a strange, almost maze-like (but not impossible to navigate) display of circles within circles and winding spirals.  The same underground 'buildings' still exist and serve their same purposes, of course, they're simply forced to adhere to this strange symmetry.<br/><br/>The Cult that resulted and lives in the Undercity now hates all things of the Wyld, and Madder approves.  That sort of chaos has no place in a perfected world.<br/><br/>The Cult's regular attire is a simple black and white robe that applies to members of either sex or any gender; those who hold especially important positions within the Cult introduce shades into their attire that match the glass towers of the city.<br/><br/>The preferred language in the Cult is Old Realm; all of the Cultists are expected to be fluent in Flametongue as well, which is fine, because for most of them, it's their native language.<br/><br/>Proscribed knowledge within the Cult is limited to things that Madder finds hateful; particularly, the Immaculate religion and its hate-on for the Exalted.  She also doesn't let anyone in the Cult talk about the benefit of capitalistic or democratic social systems, and those sort of ideas aren't allowed to be taught.  Madder imagines people will be more amicable to her approach to things if people never get the idea that there's such a diametrically opposed way to do things (or if they never consider that it's as reliable/efficient).  Further, Madder's Cult does not meaningfully differentiate gender roles; she hopes that within a few generations, the idea of masculinity or femininity will be a thing of the past.  Essentially, people who do not support the methods of Madder's Cult are driven out.<br/><br/>The cult is banned from worshiping anyone that their priests do not permit them to worship, and the priests determine who deserves worship based on, well, what Madder tells them.  Presently, they only offer their prayers to her, and consider her a messiah.<br/><br/>The obligation that the Prohibition Index is not especially selfish: they simply must spend, at minimum, four hours every day in service to the needs of their community.  Usually, this just means going about their lives as normally they would, working whatever job, etc, so long as in the end, it serves the needs of the Undercity as a whole.