The Blessedland

The Blessedland had been established by Flamel around 4 Holy Pillars and since then it’s become the biggest cultural center on the lands of Solas. Speaking of the Nobility of the Blessedland, they’ve developed quite a unique taste in both fashion and leisure over time. A lot of interesting information can be found in various items’ descriptions:

“The Nobility in the Blessedland are very particular about their appearance, often bringing hand mirrors wherever they go to ensure their makeup is always perfect...” (the Broken Mirror description);

“Glass balls… are inconspicuous decorations on the gorgeous gowns that [ladies] wear. The glass ball looks clear and elastic, and the ladies and lords often squeezed it in their hands” (the Glass Ball description);

“The Nobility... dressed well, they always wore hats when going out. During a duel, hitting down the hat of your opponent meant beating them. Therefore, losing a hat is a great shame and taking an opponent’s hat down is the best way to show one’s strength” (the Noble Hat description);

“In the Blessedland, in order to garner the attention of the ladies, the Lords are always showing themselves up. They dance to show their passion and they duel to demonstrate their strength” (the Reaper description);

“Civilians … hate the Clowns the most. Those parasites live around the Nobility and make a living by amusing their masters...” (the Minion Mask description);

“... the Clowns put on weird masks and are forced to wrestle to make the Nobility laugh...” (the Mask of Happiness description).

As we see from the descriptions above, the social structure of the Blessedland is pretty similar to our Middle Ages with the picky Nobility as the upper class and the representative of the Church on the very top.

Speaking about the Proxy, we have absolutely 0 evidence about the election process or any other way a new Proxy takes power. The only thing we do know is that the Proxy also has the Parliament to help him to deal with all the stuff. Besides, the power of the Proxy seems to be clearly based on faith and 3 sacred items he keeps:

* Sanctus Bell: “The Holy Bell rings, miracles happen. God says, I shall give thee the eternal light, thou shall sacrifice thy flesh and blood. We are one, we will enjoy the grace of God together”;
* Eucharist: “God’s mercy embraces us in the darkness, comforts the sick and purifies the Marred”;
* Cruelts: “The Almighty God. He is everywhere and he is  nowhere. Let’s share the Holy Water of God, let’s share the joy of immortality”.

By the way, it doesn’t seem like this power has any limits, as the Proxy easily prohibited everyone from talking about the Katib case and the weakening of the 4 Holy Pillars. Moreover, any disrespect regarding the Proxy is punished immediately and harshly. As Punishment Records state: “Sentinel Guy and Lagallo were drinking and chatting at their posts, speculating about the Proxy. Their statements caused great harm and thus they were hanged”.

Actually overall it is clear that the Church doesn’t tolerate any kind of ‘heresy’ and it's developed a whole system of  tortures and a number of special items to silence dissenters (as they did to the Demiurges). For example, that’s what the Scullcutter’s description says: “A touture device unique to the Blessedland’s Heretic Tribunal, used specifically for the interrogation of Church heretics and traitors… these devices are capable of quickly breaking the interrogation subject on both physiological and psychological levels”.

Another person to definitely keep an eye on is Israel Schuech - the Great Craftsman/the Sword Master - a friend of Higgins who has left the Blessedland more than 10 years ago (supposedly soon after the massacre in Katib). From the Worn Hilt’s description we discover that his talent “led to a breakthrough in the foundry technique of the Blessedland”. Nowadays every unit of the Church army uses his armor and weapons, guarding the territory of the Blessedland throughout day and night. From the whole army we can distinguish the following units:

* “The Knights are the most faithful armed force of the Church. They abide by the creeds… hold fast to faith and glory. However, instead of swords, the Knights prefer fleshers” (the Church Knight’s Badge’s description);

* “The Spearsmen are the Elite of the Knights. They are invincible when they charge, and promote the Church’s teachings on the continent...” (the Knight’s Spear’s description);

* “Not many of the Church Knights can use poleaxes and those who can are called Church Warriors. These Warriors are often tall and strong, and invincible when fighting with their poleaxes. They were sent as Pioneers to all parts of the continent. Compared with other Church Knights, the Warriors are some of the most fierce” (the Broken Poleaxe’s description).