"The Beastfolk Hegemony"

"The Hegemony makes and breaks the Beastfolk... and is almost a chapter on its own in the Codex Stella"

~a Beastfolk Scholar

Purpose

The Beastfolk Hegemony was created to give structure and order to the Beastfolk in regards to what Race stands atop the other within their society. Technically their society functions where one Race is constantly competing against another in sort of political, economical, and sociological manner; but some Races tend to be superior in nature physiologically more so than others. Thus, in the name of their favored Deity, etched into stone in the walls of their hallowed and ancestral halls within The Wind City: The Beastfolk Hegemony

Historical Details

Background

During the rise and into the height of the Alfheim Empire the Beastfolk were a vassal state in service to the Elves. With their backs pressed against the Razorback Mountains and the whole of Vale under the control of the Elves and their Magic, the Beastfolk had little choice but to serve. During this time supposedly their Deity, Vosegus Donon, spoke to them and issued the Hegemony to the leadership of the Wind City as a means to unite the Beastfolk. Prior to the Hegemony the Beastfolk constantly warred and fought one and other for land, food, and for the Wind City itself. Though some scholars speculate that the Elves tricked the Beastfolk into believing their Deity created this system in order to make the Beastfolk more compliant. There are enough devotees to their Deity believe it to be their words, so and thus the Hegemony is still in effect to this day.

History

The Beastfolk Hegemony has survived both the Great Revolution and the Great Rebeliion alike, giving it all the more credence that it is the words of Vosegus Donon itself. Thus it has survived and still believed after thousands of years.

Public Reaction

Their are mixed reactions and feelings regarding the Hegemony: Those higher on its scaling enjoy the sense of order and duty it gives themselves and all Beastfolk, whilst enjoying the freedoms and powers it delivers. Those on the lower end of the scale however find it stifling and insufferable, but they dare not defy the words of Vosegus Donon.

Legacy

The greatest repercussions of the Hegemony is that it almost explicit refers to the Rodentia, a rodent based race, to perpetually be at the bottom of the Hegemony. This compounded over a multitude of generations has resulted in the Rodentia becoming a severely embittered and violent people with an almost inborn criminal intent.

Term

Until the end of time, unless Vosegus Donon says otherwise themselves.

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"The Beastfolk Hegemony"

Head the words of Lord Vosegus Donon of the Beasts:

• At the top of tree of the world, rests the winged and feather beast; of clever mind and word its stands in the service of the folk.
• At their taloned throne and nest, rests their fellow feathered companions; their eyes, beaks, and talons to aid them in the service of the folk.
• At at the trunk that makes the tree of the world, rests the furred and fanged; the hunters of the dark and the eyes that glisten in the service of the folk.
• At their fanged reach, rests their fellow furred companions; their horns, paws, and ears to aid them in the service of the folk.
• At the roots that make the tree of the world, rests the scaled and cunning; of strength and savagery in the service of the folk.
• At their reptillian side, rests their fellow scaled and aquatic companions; their gills, fins, and slime to aid them in the service of the folk.
• At dirt beneath the roots that makes the tree of the world, rests the vermin and scavenger; their filth, blight, and disease does not exist in service of the folk.
• At their putrid side, rests no one for they are the friendless, unnatural, and unloved worms that do not exist in service of the folk

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Type

Decree, Religious

Medium

Stone

Authoring Date

1000

Ratification Date

1000

Expiration Date

None.

Location

The Wind City

Authors

• Lord Vosegus Donon of the Beasts

Signatories (Characters)

• Lord Vosegus Donon of the Beasts

Signatories (Organizations)

• The Nine Deities