Eternal Trust

The community of **Eternal Trust** is a cloistered commune sequestered in the green marsh , not far north from Swifthold. It is considered to be in the territory of the Commonwealth of Higard. The commune is well known for the high quality weaving goods such as fabrics that they produce. They claim to show devotion to Fyla to be granted the devotion for self-improvement. It is Constance's home and where she set out from before the events of *WovenRealm.*

## Geography

### Region

* Duchy of Bailen, Commonwealth of Higard

## Society

### Cultures

* Albionfolk
* Higardi

## Commerce

### Other industries

* Self-improvement
* Job training

## History

### Notable figures

* Constance the Chosen
* Mother Superior Temperance
* Brother Judgment
* Brother Prosper
* The Good Doctor

## Description

Eternal Trust is a small cloistered community constructed on a swamp island in Green Lake where the people there live out a monastic lifestyle devoting themselves to the ideas of self-improvement. A good portion of Eternal Trust's land is used up by land set aside for farming and grazing pastures for the sheep. These farms also feature chicken coops, barns, and an apiary for silk producing moths. The settlement is built around the large Grand Fyla Hall where the locals share their daily meals. Many acolytes live within the main dormitory though a collection of houses is built along the streams of the swamp. Throughout the settlement are various mills that use the moving water to power various machinery such as looms and mills.

## Geography

Eternal Trust is built on a swampy island located on the coast of Green Lake. It lies in the western shadows of the Cloud Rule Mountains with Swifthold viewable on the southern horizon. Following the coast east of the commune north will bring a traveler to Maywood, and it is this middle position between Maywood and Higard that allows people to easily come to Eternal Trust as well as send out their woven goods. The only way to reach Eternal Trust from the mainland is to circumvent the marshy lake either by boat or by air.

## Government

Being a monastic commune, the people of Eternal Trust follow the spiritual leader of the Eternal Trust, Mother Superior Temperance. Mother Superior is unquestioned by the devoted residents with her word often serving as law and with many folk carrying out her bidding. The people of Eternal Trust turn to Mother Superior Temperance to guide them, and therefore, represent them to the larger political states around them. Although she holds great sway over the populace of Eternal Trust, Mother Superior keeps close company in a sort of 'inner circle' that includes Brother Judgment, Brother Prosper, and the commune's physician.

In matters of the larger political spectrum, Eternal Trust is considered a part of Bailen's territory, therefore making it a part of the Commonwealth of Higard in the Duchy of Bailen. This has allowed the rather eccentric religious group to avoid scrutiny under the tolerant rule of Duke Nettle Swiftfoot.

## Culture

Although many of the residents of Eternal Trust come from a Higardi background, the influence of Albion-folk culture is quite clear in Eternal Trust's local culture. Folk from all over Maywikt have come to settle in Eternal Trust, but many do adhere to the local culture of the commune instead of focusing on the larger culture around them.

### Fashion

Residents of Eternal Trust find self-improvement through devoting themselves to a talent or task, and the commune's primary income through fabric goods has led to many of the residents taking great pride in well kept clothing. Although their clothing outlines may appear simple, there are many intricate details placed into their outfits including detailed embroidery and utilizing unique sewing patterns and technique. The colors worn by the residents vary according to their primary job within the community.

* Green: Farmers
* Yellow: Spinners & Weavers
* Orange: Dyers
* Brown: Scholars
* Pink: Caretakers
* Red: Society of Protectors
* Black: Medical
* Blue: Clairvoyants

The only members of Eternal Trust who are not defined by a color are the community's merchants. The merchants are encouraged to dress colorfully and extravagantly while they travel selling wares, in order to better show off the fine quality of Eternal Trust's goods. However, when merchants return to the commune for visits or holidays, they will often wear more simple garments with less color and fewer adornments.

### Religion

Publicly, Eternal Trust claims that their patronage in Fyla is to find devotion to their craft and is less out of an outright worship of the green goddess. Their 'faith' revolves around finding self-enlightenment through devotion, and they hope to one day obtain clairvoyance as the denizens of the commune believe in the clairvoyant theory of the planes. Members of Eternal Trust's community believe that Mother Superior is the one who can guide them to this enlightenment. The commune has many unique holidays and ritual practices that they partake in.

The people of Eternal Trust believe that Constance is their chosen one and will restore the realms, as stated by Mother Superior. They hope to obtain clairvoyance before then, lest they be left behind. It is this striving to be worthy of clairvoyance that drives the acolytes of Eternal Trust.

## Defenses

### Armed Forces

Mother Superior founded the Society of Protectors to provide the small commune with something of a defense force. Devoted members of the commune may volunteer to join the society to protect their community from threats both internal and external. Mother Superior appointed the ever-so-loyal Brother Judgment to the head of the Society of Protectors. Constance, as the chosen one, is also to serve as something of a defender to the community.

### Structures

Eternal Trust primarily relies on its geography to protect itself. Being an island separated from the mainland by a swampy lake makes just reaching the commune a hassle. There is a humble wooden wall and a few guard towers built around the settlement.

## History

Prior to 2S 1846, a woman known simply as Temperance the Truthful was traveling around the Higardi/Maywood border region preaching a philosophy that promised enlightenment through self-improvement. She claimed her patron was Fyla, but the patronage was less out of a traditional worship, but rather as being inspired by the goddess' devotion. After her following grew large enough, Mother Temperance decided to create a commune so her followers could be near her always. The land where Eternal Trust would be constructed was easily claimed with no one else seeking out the island swamps of Green Lake. The commune quickly grew, and Mother Superior took advantage of the weaving prowess her acolytes developed to create economic stability for the cloistered commune. A former shamed banker, Brother Prosper joined the community bringing with him grand wealth to aid the commune's rapid growth.

In 2S 1850, Mother Superior heralded the coming of a new age; the arrival of Eternal Trust's chosen one. Mother Superior claimed Constance was a gift from the heavens themselves with Fyla giving to her a clairvoyant child to set the realms right. From a young age, the child was trained to see to this purpose of being the community's champion with a development closely monitored by the local physician who arrived shortly before her arrival. At some point, Mother Superior founds the Society of Protectors and appoints Brother Judgment as the head. Player acted NPC cutscenes have revealed that Constance is possibly the result of strange bio-engineering and that the doctor is responsible for her arrival in the commune. On her 21st birthday, Mother Superior declared it was time for Constance to fulfill her purpose, and after her last dinner with her commune, the young woman was sent out with the direction of Madam Curio's Bizarre Bazaar in Travenza.

## Notable Locations

### Buildings and Landmarks

* Grand Fyla Hall
* Main Dormitory
* Physician's Office
* Protector Barracks
* Training Course
* The Hole

## Inhabitants

### Guilds

The folk who call Eternal Trust home are given specific tasks that divide them into guild-like groups. The most notable of these groups is the Society of Protectors who are charged with safeguarding the commune.

### Merchants

Certain community members who were shown to have the gift of natural charisma were often made to be the merchants who would be sent out from Eternal Trust to sell their wares as well as find wayward souls to return to the commune with them.

### Adventurers

Eternal Trust is a swamp commune located on an inconvenient to reach island. Adventurers are not going out of their way to visit such a place with Maywood nearby.

### Notable Inhabitants

* Constance of Eternal Trust
* Mother Superior Temperance
* Brother Judgment
* Brother Prosper
* Friendlee
* The Good Doctor

## Trivia

* With Marten's phrase that he provided to the Emerald Caravan to give to the shaman of Tufthollow, it can be assumed that Mother Superior is well acquainted with the legend of Marten and possibly believes he was the 1st clairvoyant. It would certainly explain where she became so inspired to name the commune in tribute to him.