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| =======The Primrose Cult======= | =======The Primrose Cult======= | ||
| - | The name of Lorelei Wildner began to feature in semi-regular stories from around 670PE, with stories diverging significantly, such that within five years, there were dozens of conflicting reports and accounts of the beliefs and status of her so-called primrose cult, although most of the people involved did not use that word themselves. | + | The name of Lorelei Wildner began to feature in the public conscience semi-regularly from around 670PE, with stories diverging significantly, such that within five years, there were dozens of conflicting reports and accounts of the beliefs and status of her so-called primrose cult, although most of the people involved did not use that word themselves. |
| - | ====Rise==== | + | =====Rise===== |
| The original((probably)) Lorelei Wildner, apparently accompanied by fellow former inmate Elena Tyrell, used her experience of b-Exagora to rip apart the society of a planet and its moon at the fringe of the Empire. Her followers stated that she chose this society for its fascist oligarchy; less an expression of disapproval as a cleverly-targeted ground for recruitment of those ripe for alternative ideology. Inspirational, horrifying and bewildering in varying degrees depending on the observer, her rise to cultdom confounded authorities. The movement, although its emergence and modus operandi appeared similar to the concurrent planetary takeovers by the Sovereign Family, never claimed to be allied with the Sovereign Family. | The original((probably)) Lorelei Wildner, apparently accompanied by fellow former inmate Elena Tyrell, used her experience of b-Exagora to rip apart the society of a planet and its moon at the fringe of the Empire. Her followers stated that she chose this society for its fascist oligarchy; less an expression of disapproval as a cleverly-targeted ground for recruitment of those ripe for alternative ideology. Inspirational, horrifying and bewildering in varying degrees depending on the observer, her rise to cultdom confounded authorities. The movement, although its emergence and modus operandi appeared similar to the concurrent planetary takeovers by the Sovereign Family, never claimed to be allied with the Sovereign Family. | ||
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| The primrose cities were frequently misconstrued as a simple bastion of hedonism and became a destination of pilgrimage for the less restrained, who expected to bathe in Dionysian obscenity and be baptised upon a writhing altar of flesh. More often, the pilgrims found instead significantly less sexy circumstances of dereliction, economic stasis and poor plumbing. | The primrose cities were frequently misconstrued as a simple bastion of hedonism and became a destination of pilgrimage for the less restrained, who expected to bathe in Dionysian obscenity and be baptised upon a writhing altar of flesh. More often, the pilgrims found instead significantly less sexy circumstances of dereliction, economic stasis and poor plumbing. | ||
| - | ====Rhetoric==== | + | =====Rhetoric===== |
| - | The primrose symbol was fiercely defended and attempts to instigate it as a religious icon, badge of identity or object of devotion were met with furore, again and again. Misunderstandings amongst travellers and at borders were rife and frequently bloody. Broadcasts from the primrose cities circulated through humanity for a host of reasons: novelty, ridicule, despair, horror, and frank adulation. Some of the broadcasts were videos of the lives of ordinary people. A lot of them heavily featured blood and flowers, with smeared skin and crushed petals, narrated by meaningful and calm words. Recurring themes included calls to kick away the crutches of deity, rip the bondage of logos((Many jokes about bondage were made at the cults' expense)), and crack through the shell that encases humanity, etc. Some broadcasts consisted of voiceless art: scrawls and classically-executed painting, of baby birds hatching, creepers strangling other plants, and lots and lots of blood. | + | The primrose symbol was fiercely defended and attempts to instigate it as a religious icon, badge of identity or object of devotion were met with furore, again and again. Misunderstandings amongst travellers and at borders were rife and frequently bloody. Broadcasts from the primrose cities circulated through humanity for a host of reasons: novelty, ridicule, despair, horror, and frank adulation. Some of the broadcasts were videos of the lives of ordinary people. A lot of them heavily featured blood and flowers, with smeared skin and crushed petals, narrated by meaningful and calm words. Recurring themes included calls to kick away the crutches of deity, rip the bondage of logos((Many jokes about bondage were made at the cult's expense)), and crack through the shell that encases humanity, etc. Some broadcasts consisted of voiceless art: scrawls and classically-executed painting, of baby birds hatching, creepers strangling other plants, and lots and lots of blood. |
| - | The more heavily-parodied rhetoric came from the speeches most probably truly by the original Lorelei Wildner: followers were told they could join merely by experiencing the pain of //leaving// the constructs within which they were entombed, emerging as a pulsating centre shatters the carapace. Humanity was exhorted to undergo the process of following Lorelei((or Loreleis, cumulative)): it will be torment, they were promised, but you will rejuvenate: juvenate: retrouve the juvenile, for it is in juvenility, it is in the emergence of the instinct, it is in the return to the primitive, that you will find //redemption//. | + | The more heavily-parodied rhetoric came from the speeches most probably truly by the original Lorelei Wildner: followers were told they could join merely by experiencing the pain of //leaving// the constructs within which they were entombed, emerging as a pulsating centre shatters the carapace. Humanity was exhorted to undergo the process of following Lorelei((or Loreleis, cumulative)): it will be torment, they were promised, but you will rejuvenate: juvenate: retrouve the juvenile, for it is in juvenility, it is in the emergence of the instinct, it is in the return to the primitive, that you will find redemption. |
| And suchlike. | And suchlike. | ||
| - | ===Later History=== | + | =====Later History===== |
| - | Although 'Lorelei Wildner' soon split into dozens of iterations, each diplopically faded successor figure 'preached' initially similar lines. Discrepancies and evolution at each meiosis, plus the spread of the primrose cult through multiple systems and into Tel and Consortium space, soon gave rise to beliefs of hierarchy and agenda so strongly originally despised. Followers frequently found the need to argue about, spill blood over and fixate on the tenet of instinct without deity. Purges of cultists and assassinations of Lorelei became part of their public image. Lorelei found martyrdom time and time again. | + | Although 'Lorelei Wildner' soon split into dozens of iterations, each diplopically-fading successor figure 'preached' initially similar lines. Discrepancies and evolution at each meiosis, plus the spread of the primrose cult through multiple systems and into Tel and Consortium space, soon gave rise to beliefs of hierarchy and agenda so strongly originally despised. Followers frequently found the need to argue about, spill blood over and fixate on the tenet of instinct without deity. Purges of cultists and assassinations of Lorelei became part of their public image. Lorelei found martyrdom time and time again. |
| Presumably the first Lorelei, the young woman known to history who served time at Redemption Reform Facility, died at some point. At least some of successors claimed to be chosen directly by her. One or two claimed to be Lorelei reincarnated. Interestingly, a few Loreleis started a trend of claiming to be a Lorelei-Elena construct. These Loreleis were ridiculed and boasted fewer followers. | Presumably the first Lorelei, the young woman known to history who served time at Redemption Reform Facility, died at some point. At least some of successors claimed to be chosen directly by her. One or two claimed to be Lorelei reincarnated. Interestingly, a few Loreleis started a trend of claiming to be a Lorelei-Elena construct. These Loreleis were ridiculed and boasted fewer followers. | ||
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