Rule of Four

"May thou realise thine potential.
Be unbound by the Strictures,
unweave the shackles of Five.
Those who show strength, vision
have earned their wide flock,
followers lacking division."
-Chapter I, The False Strictures

From Freedom, Vision Unified

From the wisdom of Praesidium, the first Republic of Taurua that shares its rule between different provinces and political leaders chosen from each province, rises the ideology of the Rule of Four. Self-explanatory, the Rule of Four is a sect within the Founding Church and among fellow Pilarites who believe that each layer of the societal hierarchy should only follow the first four rules relates with each disc, disregarding the usually fifth held rule of being responsible to those below them. This allows members of the sect to be ruthless when it comes to power struggles, and their charisma usually has them rise through the ranks of the Republic with ease.

Clerics of the Four Claws

Usually adorned in ceremonial gauntlets that cover four fingers in dark scalemail, clerics and ministers who belong to the sect of Rule of Four further their Grand Potence's schemes and plots. The Grand Potence ultimately determines the directives and the current goals of the Rule of Four, until they are deemed "lacking potence" and replaced by someone with a promise of greater future. Where possible, these clerics and ministers act publicly in debating with the common men and those who believe in the Strictures of Pillar. There are rumors of hidden members among different steps of society, influencing the Founding Church and the Republic from within to turn it more and more towards their Grand Potence's plans.