Vaudin Miir
Planetary President of Iktotch
ORDER OF ERIDA
Servants of The People
A Guide
Servants of The People
A Guide
"The Force is infinite, you are not." -Eridan saying
The Queen and The Sisters
The White Temple is a structure of surpassing beauty made of white marble The temple itself is 200 meters at the base and 100 meters tall. It is also home to the Queen of Erida and The Sisters of Erida. The queen is always a force user who has shown through years of dedication to the people that she is best suited to lead. Upon the death of the previous queen the populace is asked to choose through popular vote who they feel is best suited to take up the mantle of queen of Erida. During this time there is no debating or campaigning to achieve the position as the Eridans believe that to desire the position is evidence of one’s being unsuitable for it. The queen leads the people in day to day matters and is seen as a lifelong servant. She is responsible for the locating and training of other force users and is required to also arrange for force users to begin trade school that will be their position in society.
The sisters of Erida are a group of master tradesmen and force users who are dedicated to the queen of Erida. It is most often from this group that future Queens are chosen though exceptions exist. The Sisters are a group who use various aspects of the force to apply to their various trades. In their view, white is a color that is only seen when all forms of light are reflected to the eye and so white light contains every aspect of the force. In the same way that a diamond or crystal has many facets and layers so to does the force. To focus on one while declaring the others to be wrong, is short sighted and the pinnacle of ignorance. The sisters oversee the daily activities of the initiates and apprentices of the order and ensure everyone is assigned to best help the populace. The sisters like the brothers are divided into eight groups. Each wears a color that corresponds to their individual facet. Red for anger/passion, Yellow represents joy/intellect, Blue for peace/integrity, Green for Balance/love, Orange for creativity/change, Violet for spirituality/wisdom, white for Life/Light and Black for Mystery/death. The colors do not need to define the persons that wear the colors but during ceremony and when aiding the people the force user that is best suited to render aid is chosen by their represented knowledge.
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The Force is a gift given to the few that they may help the many.
-Hesytra Udana, Queen of Erida
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“Great warriors? Wars do not make one great."
The King and The Brothers
Located in the jungle 100 km north of The White Temple is another object of undeniable amazement. The four sided flat topped structure is made of a cold black stone common to the planet and represents the polar opposite of the White Temple. All people come to the tower in youth to be tested for force sensitivity. The temple itself is 200 meters at the base and 100 meters tall. The Brothers of Erida are all skilled in the force. The brothers each dress to represent a facet of the force as they see it. Each wears a color that corresponds to their individual facet. Red for anger/passion, Yellow represents joy/intellect, Blue for peace/integrity, Green for Balance/love, Orange for creativity/change, Violet for spirituality/wisdom, white for Life/Light and Black for Mystery/death. The Black King and The White Queen are always considered to be a married pair but they are not required to live as such if it would be more problematic. Many other Brothers exist between the eight primary and all work together in an effort to better their people. Where as the Queen is dedicated to governmental duties and physical care of the people, The King is responsible for the spiritual and emotional well being of the the populace. The Brothers and the King make themselves available to the people to offer advice, aid day to day problems and provide mental and emotional support to all in need.
Ze City:
The buildings are all shaped artistically and made from either compressed heated sand or in some cases marble or metals from local asteroids. The buildings are all shaped to look like natural objects or to symbolize and emotion or idea. The wonders of craftsmanship appear like everything from boulders and trees, to shells and small waves. The palace is a large white temple approximately 100 meters at the base and 200 meters high. The people conduct daily life rather typically going to various jobs and schools routinely with little to no disruptions.
Culture:
The culture is highly religious where the King and Queen are always a force masters who commune with the force on behalf of the people. All worship aspects of the force but with the view that all of those aspects exist for the betterment of the people and only a lack of control in an aspect in dangerous. All young are sent to the Black Tower at 10 standard years of age. They must make it on foot and after be tested for force sensitivity and be assigned a position in society. The strongest in the force or with most potential get assigned duties as spiritual leaders and governmental positions. When the King dies a new one is chosen from this group based on their history of service and his guidance of the people.
History:
Erida was a world left wholly untouched by the galaxy at large for centuries. The local populace were largely force sensitive and used the force often in daily life. Everything from construction to agriculture was performed by force users while non force users worked on any task that they chose and often became masters in their fields.
That changed however when a group of Human Jedi arrived while escaping a the 1000 year war. The Jedi were mostly younglings and instructors that had passed too close to a gravity well and ruined their hyperdrive. The locals welcomed them openly and housed them. The locals who did not have interstellar travel fixed the sublight drives but in fear of having their home overrun took the broken hyperdrive and buried it to avoid reverse engineering by anyone. The humans mostly Corellian quickly adapted to the new world and culture. The local force users taught that the force had many aspects and all emotions were beneficial in the proper quantity and with control.
Centuries passed and the Humans and locals began to integrate until a near human offshoot became common. The locals and humans who are largely accepting all interact as one people and are currently ruled by a Near-Human king and queen. All people travel to the Black Tower of Erida once every few months to perform a community communion with the force where a massive meld is conducted by the local king while they all meditated. The Non-force users during this time often perform ritual sacrifices of scented oils, grains, and spices on the flat top of the temple over a fire and are led by the Queen or eldest female non force user during the process.
The Brothers and Sisters of Erida were soon developed as gender segregated groups who focused on the emotional and physical well-being of the people respectively. The gender segregation ended however four centuries ago when the king and queen decided that memberships of the two groups would be based on aptitude not gender. The roles of King and Queen however remained gender specific.
May the few serve the many.
