Technic League
The Technic League was a group of arcanists and other lore-seekers obsessed with unlocking the mysteries of the Silver Mount, an ancient alien artifact that crashed long ago near the Numerian capital city of Starfall. Through their indirect control over the nation's ruler, the Black Sovereign Kevoth-Kul , the Technic League also had strong influence over the laws, policies, and economy of Numeria. Although sorcerers and wizards were also counted among their numbers, many members of the League were magi.
History
The Technic League traces its history to 4501 AR, when an Androffan soldier named Sidrah Imeruss, a survivor of the crash of the Divinity, was awakened from a stasis chamber where she had been in suspended animation since the starship crashed on Golarion. Seeking to find a way to return to her home planet, she traveled to the Silver Mount in hope of recovering a working shuttlecraft from the large fragment of the ruined starship, but like many others found herself unable to physically enter the wreck. She concluded that she would need the aid of allies to escape Golarion, allies that she found among the wizards of Chesed; although they were initially skeptical that a non-mage could know more of the advanced technology than they did, Sidrah's familiarity and expertise with this field and the context and insights she provided proved sufficient to win her a following among the spellcasters. She organized this group after the example of the Androffan interstellar navy, and named it the Technic League. The Technic League grew as a secret society for several years, accumulating new members and resources as it planned an expedition into the Silver Mount eventually setting off in 4509 AR. However, shortly after the League arrived and encamped, Sidrah was betrayed and assassinated by her second-in-command, a wizard named Mulrach-Zeer, who then declared himself the new leader of the League. Following Zeer's betrayal, it took the League three years to cut a passage into the Silver Mount, a period during which they first began experimenting with the liquids that ooze from the Mount. In the centuries since their founding, the League's exploration of the Silver Mount led to their discovery and acquisition of the gearsmen, which proved an important asset in their takeover of Starfall. The League's influence grew from there as they presented themselves as protectors of civilization against barbarian threats, but they eventually became oppressors and slavers in their own right.Economic & Political Power
The Technic League has gained great economic and political power within Numeria by exerting subtle control over the nation's overlord, the Black Sovereign Kevoth-Kul. They did so when Kevoth-Kul captured the city of Starfall and made it his capital during his rise to power. They addicted him to the strange ichors that leak from Silver Mount, and distracted him from his regional ambitions, diverting his attention to only fulfilling his deepest, darkest carnal desires. The Mendevian Crusades have provided and continue to provide an additional lucrative source of income for the League, as the Sellen River is the main artery for crusaders travelling to Mendev from the south. This River Road begins at the Inner Sea and travels up the many tangled branches of the Sellen and West Sellen Rivers to the harbor city of Chesed on the Lake of Mists and Veils. Even though the crusades have brought strange faces and foreign ideas to Numeria, the Technic League welcomes them with open arms while overcharging them for even basic necessities, and makes sure that they leave with little more than their fervent faith to battle the demonic hordes of the Worldwound.Local Unpopularity
Despite their strong influence in the cities of Starfall and Chesed, the Technic League is quite unpopular in other Numerian settlements, especially in the town of Iadenveigh in the nation's south. Here devout followers of Erastil condemn the League's pursuit of alien technologies as blasphemous, and subject anyone associated with the League, or simply carrying objects of their manufacture, to a quick, pro-forma trial and execution.
Symbol of the Technic League.
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The League
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