Post by TiJiL on Jul 15, 2005 17:49:35 GMT -5
Ure base their hierarchies on a combination of bloodlines and psychic ability. (However, since it seems that psychic prowess is an inhereted trait, there is often little difference between the two)
Ure leaders employ a ranking system similar to the twasseccs' version, though theirs is less numeric and straightforward. The Ub-Gerent, their ultimate leader, is the most psychically talented descendant of the previous Ub-Gerent. The title changes hands when either the Ub-Gerent perishes or decides to step down. Until this point, the Ub-Gerent's descendants are granted the title of Gerent and often will act as rulers for particular regions. However, there also are three regional overseers to which the gerents must answer. Regional overseers are appointed for life by the ure aristocratic body, and must not be blood relatives. Their terms can only be ended through request by the aristocratic body or through relation to a new Ub-Gerent.
Power leaves a particular dynasty when a more powerful psychic emerges to challenge the Ub-Gerent. These revolutions are sometimes extremely bloody, with the victor executing the loser and all of the loser's blood relatives. Usually, however, they are relatively peaceful, with the previous Ub-Gerent and his offspring even retaining a sizable influence on government. Victors in these confrontations are usually proven by a test of psychic endurance in which both competitors attempt to push a given object past the other. The regional overseers ensure that the loser submits and are given the power to take over the ure government and use it to dispose of sore losers if necessary. With this relatively easy means of regaining power, ure dynasties rarely last very long.
The ure aristocratic body includes all ure that meet particular criteria. All ure are tested at three twassecc years old for psychic ability and intelligence. If they prove competance in both tests they are given the right to attent conventions of the aristocratic body to appoint or remove regional overseers. More extensive tests at five twassecc years allow for positions of greater worth in the aristocratic body, allowing the most talented and intelligent psychics the most sway in government.
Ure that do not pass the initial tests are immediately demoted to second-class citizens, essentially. These ure 'grunts' usually are very weak psychics, and are stripped of their rights and forced by the government into thankless physical servitude.
Ure leaders employ a ranking system similar to the twasseccs' version, though theirs is less numeric and straightforward. The Ub-Gerent, their ultimate leader, is the most psychically talented descendant of the previous Ub-Gerent. The title changes hands when either the Ub-Gerent perishes or decides to step down. Until this point, the Ub-Gerent's descendants are granted the title of Gerent and often will act as rulers for particular regions. However, there also are three regional overseers to which the gerents must answer. Regional overseers are appointed for life by the ure aristocratic body, and must not be blood relatives. Their terms can only be ended through request by the aristocratic body or through relation to a new Ub-Gerent.
Power leaves a particular dynasty when a more powerful psychic emerges to challenge the Ub-Gerent. These revolutions are sometimes extremely bloody, with the victor executing the loser and all of the loser's blood relatives. Usually, however, they are relatively peaceful, with the previous Ub-Gerent and his offspring even retaining a sizable influence on government. Victors in these confrontations are usually proven by a test of psychic endurance in which both competitors attempt to push a given object past the other. The regional overseers ensure that the loser submits and are given the power to take over the ure government and use it to dispose of sore losers if necessary. With this relatively easy means of regaining power, ure dynasties rarely last very long.
The ure aristocratic body includes all ure that meet particular criteria. All ure are tested at three twassecc years old for psychic ability and intelligence. If they prove competance in both tests they are given the right to attent conventions of the aristocratic body to appoint or remove regional overseers. More extensive tests at five twassecc years allow for positions of greater worth in the aristocratic body, allowing the most talented and intelligent psychics the most sway in government.
Ure that do not pass the initial tests are immediately demoted to second-class citizens, essentially. These ure 'grunts' usually are very weak psychics, and are stripped of their rights and forced by the government into thankless physical servitude.