The Chosen of Cthulhu (NATION, PC)

## The Chosen of Cthulhu

The Chosen of Cthulhu stand as a true bastion of faith, bound by the caste system they thrive on the desolate world of R'lyeh. The Chosen have long stood under guidance of the priest king and his council of cardinals, the Chosen have stood as both slave and master and through faith they have navigated both.

It was by the power of great of Cthulhu that the chosen broke there chains, but in his wrath the great one reduced even his own people to the brink of extinction, to compensate for this the great one granted his children extremely long life spans. For his love great Cthulhu is given the worship he so rightly deserves. It will be by the Chosen's hand the mighty one shall rise again but this will only be possible once his faith is spread beyond his children and into the stars.

## Entomology

Great Cthulhu did name his children and none would see this first gift stained with removal.

## History

6000 years ago the great one arose to see his children bound in chains, a cold wrath fell upon him then as he raised the former dominate people’s civilization giving the world to those few of his chosen who survived.  Cthulhu’s wrath did more than topple tyrants; however, in his reckless rage the great old one rendered the planet to be as a tomb removing over 80% of the planet's total water. Forcing his people to adapt or die, to this end came the creation of the psi network that allows for the necessary flow of energy to supplement the greatly limited intake of solid foods and water. It would be in the following centuries of reordering that the caste system would be born under the eye of the first of the priest kings. Under the rule of the church and with the placement of the caste the chosen began a slow but steady period of true reconstruction, it would be during this period that they discovered the true lengths of their lives as given to them by mighty Cthulhu with even the lowest of laborers living well into the hundreds and the first priest kings living to the ancient age of 3100 and the second still reigns.

## demographics

### education

Parental education with supplement form the psi grid allowing them to draw on the knowledge of all currently living chosen, should said chosen choose to share it.

### Religion

the church of Cthulhu the god father stands as the center of society. Its gaze sees all that happens within the hearts of its followers giving the priest all the power to maintain a stable society and a happy society.

### Language

the chosen have long sense abandoned verbal speech in favor of psionic communication with the orifices commonly called mouths being used almost exclusively for the purpose of consumption.

### Family Structure

pairs mate for life with a standard male of any caste and a female that must be chosen from a lower caste. By the end of their lives pairs are expected to produce at least 6 offspring

## Government and Politics

The priest king rules absolutely as the first speaker for great Cthulhu, under him stands the priest council which advises the king and upholds the dogmas of the church, from there stands the local priest who unless ordered by a higher priest the local priest stands as an absolute leader.

### Government structure

As stated the priest king rules supreme and beneath him stands his council from there the structure of ruling falls directly to the local level.

### Military

The warrior caste serves as both military and civil protectors when forced into war, the priest caste serves as the commanding officers of the warriors usually functioning in groups of 11 with a single priest commanding ten warriors.

### Economy

The caste system fuels the nation with the idea of a currency being completely unknown.

### Agriculture

given the abysmally small availability of growing things the majority of nutrients comes from the psi grid maintained by the priest caste

### Industry

the industry of the chosen comes from the moderately sized craftsmen class who create all that is needed for the continuation of the caste and society as a whole, the greatest weakness of this system is the tradition based methods of creation though this does maintain a high standard of quality.

## Culture

The chosen serve the faith above all else, and within their faith there is little that is not preordained, these few exceptions are the courtship of potential mates as instigated by the female, the unique mark of a craftsman as decided upon his graduation, the name of the second child within a pair of twins should they be born, and lastly the greatest freedom of mighty Cthulhu the day a chosen sheds mortality to forever serve at his table. Beyond these uncertainties the church teaches all chosen that the great one has given to his children the daily rituals that all must observe to maintain the balance of society. The chosen were given the caste system so that all would know their place, the caste from lowest to highest begins at the simple laborer, the backbone of society performing all acts of construction and maintenance. They are followed by the stoic craftsmen caste who are the creators of all implements used by all other castes from the simple clothing of the laborer to the holy tools of the priest, the craftsmen work only with their hands denying the heresy of machinery. Defending the chosen stand the valiant warrior caste the warriors stand as peacekeepers and the first line of defense against all invaders armed with faith and greater psionics than all save the priest the warriors are undaunted in their task. At the pinnacle of society Stands the priest caste direct conduetes of Cthulhu’s glory and at their head stands the first speaker the high king of all chosen, the priest caste act first as spiritual guides and secondly as local leaders, the priest caste also function as battlefield commanders wielding their formidably powers against those who would oppose the light of Cthulhu.