Known Heresies Catalogued for Record

Published by the Ecumenical Tabernacle, a religious council of The Eight, that archives theological orthodoxy. Jointly worked on by the whole tabernacle, but the named compiler is Archdeacon Mortimer Sandglass. It was published on the Eclipseday between Soldiermoon and Sailormoon 1307.

Historical Details

History

Scrapday, Tailormoon, 1312

The Lord Captain Emissary borrowed eight texts (including this one) from the Stargazer Library. This was one of two texts that had been specifically requested by Governing Director Beckett Kitchener, the other six being texts around a similar subject.

Eclipseday between Beggarmoon and Thiefmoon, 1312

Whitecape set Vulpix, Lindie Asklepa and Connie Furr

Takesday, Tinkermoon, 1313

Lindie Asklepa found (and stole) the exact copy of this text that the Lord Captain Emissary had borrowed from the Stargazer Library from a secret room in Yvette's Mansion. She nabbed a copy of the Talitha Spice erotic novel Chest of Wonders at the same time.

Type

Text, Religious

Authoring Date

1307

Authors

Mortimer Sandglass

Signatories (Organizations)

Publisher

Ecumenical Tabernacle Press

Legality

Illegal to own without permission from Ecumenical Tabernacle.
Punishment: Banishment.

Interview Excerpts: Are you superstitious?

RESPONSES

Masons

"I’ve always considered such things a distraction from more valuable and pertinent questions."
-- Subvizier Aloysius Mason.

Dargent-Laureats

"It doesn’t do to tempt fortune."
-- Vizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"Um… I guess? Don’t want to take chances if I can help it."
-- Viziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.

Ironsides

"Oh, probably! Who cares? Let the bad omens come, and let me see what stuff they’re made of!"
-- Vizier Balthazar Ironside.
"It wastes valuable time to obsess over threats that cannot bleed. That’s grandfather’s third precept."
-- Subvizier Agamemnon Ironside.
"No. I tried it as a kid, but it didn’t work. My father was still the same."
-- Katib Menelaus Ironside.
"Never gonna underestimate any power that’s stronger than I am."
-- Katiba Britomart Stargazer-Ironside.

Stargazers

"There’s fragments of truth and power in all sorts of places. Need to recognise that to know how to use it."
-- Vizier Leopold Stargazer.
"Extremely."
-- Viziera Andromeda Stargazer.
"I wouldn’t say so. Astronomical prediction is actually pretty scientifically well-founded."
-- Subvizier Pollux Stargazer.
"Never gonna underestimate any power that’s stronger than I am."
-- Subviziera Britomart Stargazer-Ironside.
"Many would say so. Astrology is an inexact science."
-- Katib Castor Stargazer.
"No, but a lot of what gets discussed as superstition is just what ignorant people in power call questions they don’t want anyone looking into."
-- Katiba Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.

"Nnnnoooo."
-- Bartleby.

Dargents

"There are very many powers worth accounting for, but more than people realise can be neutralised with sufficient wealth."
-- Vizier Richard Dargent.
"No, just very, very well-informed."
-- Viziera Guinevera Dargent.
"It doesn’t do to tempt fortune."
-- Subvizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"Um… I guess? Don’t want to take chances if I can help it."
-- Subviziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.
"I'm not even really sure what that means anymore."
-- Katib Hugo Dargent.
"Of course! Everyone else in court seems to be, and I’m sure they’re all much smarter than me."
-- Katiba Scarlett Dargent.

"I could be, for the right price."
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"It’s not superstitions if it’s real."
-- Connie Furr.
"I’m sure it looks like that. My patron guides."
-- Voltaire.

Carterholds

"Nah. I’m pretty done with sticking to arbitrary rules."
-- Katiba Rouge Carterhold.

Bakerstreets

"The Beggar plays tricks on us all."
-- Vizier Cobbler Bakerstreet.
"...[nod]..."
-- Subviziera Diana Bakerstreet-Underhand.
"…no. You’re superstitious. Shut up."
-- Katib Cody Bakerstreet.
"The Beggar’s Luck comes in mysterious guises."
-- Katiba Wiggin Bakerstreet.

Underhands

"...[nod]..."
-- Katiba Diana Bakerstreet-Underhand.

Baharats

"I feel it would be a tragic waste to concern oneself with a macabre paranoia in the face of nature’s gifts."
-- Ex-Subvizier James Baharat.

"I always find it hard to tell which stories are superstitions and which ones are real, so I try to stick to all of them at once."
-- Beautiful Baharat Guard.
"I think stage performers have to be, as a rule."
-- Martini.

Brasseyes

"Oh, I certainly am. Never tried to hide it."
-- Katiba Grimoire Brasseyes.

Darktusks

"Yeah, what of it?"
-- Mirze Rifi Darktusk.

Greenskins

"Perhaps."
-- Vizier Kronk Greenskin.
"No, but a lot of what gets discussed as superstition is just what ignorant people in power call questions they don’t want anyone looking into."
-- Subvizier Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.

Jackalslicers

"Not in public."
-- Viziera Atkin Jackalslicer.
"…I guess so."
-- Katib Fennec Jackalslicer.

"Scaredy-cat paranoia. No cats allowed! Dogs… not scaredy."
-- Stubby.

Shajaras

"Oh, there is far more in the stars and the voids between than can ever be dreamt of by even the most open minds."
-- Vizier Hali Shajara.
"Definitely!"
-- Viziera Cassilda Shajara.

Brambleites

"Deeply! The tangle of fate and the whims of those beings that guide it are far beyond my capacity to deconstruct!"
-- Bugsby Cottontail.
"It’s not superstitions if it’s real."
-- Connie Furr.
"I feel it would be a tragic waste to concern oneself with a macabre paranoia in the face of nature’s gifts."
-- James Baharat.
"I think stage performers have to be, as a rule."
-- Martini.
"I’ve spent the past few moons trying to track down Angel Dust to commune with deities to try to convince them to relinquish a piece of their soul to prevent an apocalypse that was foretold through astrology. What do you think?"
-- Vulpix.
"I’ll believe what the Brers tell us. They actually research that stuff. I make clocks."
-- Warren Furr.
"The overcity would probably say so. But what do they know?"
-- Winnie Furr.

Patchwork Empire

"I think technically I’m a superstition."
-- Pairaka.

Undergazette

"Nothing’s ever a coincidence, but it isn’t usually a supernatural one."
-- Krona Tailfeather.
"I could be, for the right price."
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"Man, there are always more things under the stars and beyond than can be dreamt of in your philosophy. Gotta keep an open mind."
-- Tito.

Yvette & her Handmaidens

"Oh, I don’t have much concern for such things, but I can tell a quite chilling ghost story or several."
-- Yvette, the Courtesan.
"Who knows? I made my own luck; I never needed to go looking for it in folk wisdom."
-- Yvette Vixois.
"I think technically I’m a superstition."
-- Pairaka.