feat: big collection

lore/dates.txt

@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@
 
 2007 ― Sarla becomes Practicant, starts training with Auroklos
 
-2008 ― Council agrees to declare Yakaterina a heretic, dubbing her Heresiarch and disavowing her philosophy in public.
+2008 ― Ennearch Rikka is found dead
+
+	Council agrees to declare Yakaterina a heretic, dubbing her Heresiarch and disavowing her philosophy in public.
 	Is understood to be forced by Laurence as condition of renewal of funding decree.
 	No Hierarch named, and no recognition of Galvarelli.
 
+	Mijesi visits?
+
 2010 ― President Laurence re-elected, but largely continues on same (with FYA-led coalition with PP and PM)
 
 2013 ― Eternal City normalises relations with Galvarelli, signing Concords

lore/ennearchy.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 the 9 virtues:
 
-survival (ennearch's a dick who refuses to come to a Flock meeting in the Barns)
-growth
+survival (ennearch's a dick who refuses to come to a Flock meeting in the Barns).
+	Ennearch Hatzin.
+growth ()
 balance (one of the Triple Ennearch's virtues. Ironic, he's a hot-headed jerk)
 hope (one of the Triple Ennearch's virtues)
 mercy (Third of the Triple Ennearch's virtues) Carmine

lore/etymologies.txt

@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ Mijesi:
 	Yak scholar name.
 
 Passages:
+
+Ennearch Hatzin:
+	Named after Kelsier obviously.

lore/named-yaks.txt

@@ -4,4 +4,20 @@ Grunny:
 Mijesi:
 	Yak member of the cult of the rock.
 	Friends with a house finch.
-	
+
+Letia:
+	Loyal if somewhat dim Practicant in Suati's Office in Makiwen.
+
+Yury:
+	Sits at the Head of the Council.
+	Master, specialising in erosion.
+	Not very powerful, but old and handpicked by Yakaterina.
+
+Hobard:
+	Head of the Hall of Roots.
+	Barely a Practicant.
+	Older, grumpy.
+	Firm part of the Yakaterina escape plot.
+
+Clover:
+	Master 

lore/yak-poetry-theory.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+traditional yak poetry, based on mussorgsky
+Why? yaks lumber in their poetry.
+
+star indicate that stressed initial syllable can itself be replaced by an iamb or dibrach (but spoken in quavers, so to speak)
+|  3  |  2*  |   3*  |   3    |
+. * . |  * . | * . . | * . .  |
+first foot often replaced with dactyl (* . .)?
+
+The holy | burden | we receive | willingly
+Upon us | lain by | Yakob, by | Hierarchs old.
+This holy | burden, | upholding the | law divine.
+To Virtues | sworn― | Discipline | maintaining.
+
+God that's hard to write.

sarlastory/mystery-outline.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 
-Around when Sarla qualifies as Practicant, Master Cobb is found dead.
-His belongings are searched and reveal him to be an associate of Yakaterina.
-But it looks like he was having second thoughts, and was killed for it.
-Mijesi, a goat scholar and follower of the cult of the rock, is visiting at the time.
+Mijesi, a scholar and follower of the cult of the rock, is visiting about a year after Sarla's qualification as practicant.
 Sarla is asked to guard him as he investigates birdsong.
 He is nice and she likes him.
+
+Shortly after his arrival, Ennearch Rikka and Master Cobb are found dead.
+Documents in Rikka's possession reveal him to be an associate of Yakaterina.
+Cobb was as well.
+But it looks like he was having second thoughts?? what evidence, and was killed for it.
+
+There's an open Council meeting (general attendance expected, not attendance requested or attendance permitted) to announce Rikka's death.
+
 Auroklos shows up to a Council meeting and brings up concerns about the handling of Master Cobb's death.

sarlastory/rikka-death-private-council-meeting.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+Sarla couldn't quite believe her luck.
+
+―You could attend, as my proxy.
+	I believe that would be allowed.
+
+―But, surely...
+	You don't think this is an important meeting to attend yourself?
+
+Auroklos scoffed.
+
+―Of course not, I have other work I'd much rather do.
+	If, of course, it would not prove too inconvenient for you.
+
+It would indeed be inconvenient for Sarla to attend a private Council meeting.
+Not just as an observer either, but as the representative of a Master whose rank afforded him a Council seat.
+
+―I'm sure I will manage, Master.
+
+---
+
+The Council met in the Hall of Roots, in a spacious yet tastefully minimal room on the top floor, mostly decorated in rich, dark woods and a plain white stone.
+A long table, dark wood framing a white stone top dominated the room.
+Sarla had tried to arrive early, but found that the table was half full.
+Master Yury, the Council Head, sat in his chair at the head of the table.
+With Yakaterina in prison, and the Council as the last instrument of governance left to the Hierarchy, Yury was almost as powerful as a Hierarch, Sarla supposed.
+
+Auroklos had tried to brief her on Council standards, which effectively boiled down to her staying silent unless asked a question.
+But he hadn't mentioned anything as important as where to sit.
+
+Her confusion apparently noted, Master Yury cleared his throat, to get her attention.
+
+―Young one, this is a private Council meeting.
+	You should have been barred at the doors.
+
+Sarla felt herself sweat, oddly nervous, despite Yury's calm tone.
+
+―Well, Master, I'm here to represent Auroklos in this meeting, with his blessing.
+
+She pulled out the signed, sealed letter he had written only half an hour earlier.
+As she walked to the head of the table, she hoped Master Yury, or anyone, would tell her to stop and just pass the letter up.
+But for some reason, she made it all the way to Yury, and he took the letter from her.
+
+He slowly opened it, snapping the seal with a precise move, and took great pains to read the letter carefully.
+Then, equally meticulously, he folded the letter, and put it back in the envelope, and finally handed it to Sarla.
+
+―It seems you are correct.
+	Take a seat there, he said indicating a region on the far end of the table.
+
+A yak with red-brown hair sputtered in outrage.
+
+―This is unacceptable.
+	If Auroklos couldn't be bothered to attend, he should have not attended, like usual.
+
+―Auroklos was called to this Council on the basis of rank, and has the right to send a representative, Master Yury said softly.
+
+―Get real, Yury.
+	That right was meant to cover people stuck across the country when a Council meeting occurred.
+	Not for a Master no one gives a shit about suddenly trying to pull some nonsense.
+
+―Hobard, enough.
+	It is in the Convocation of this Council.
+	The will of the Hierarch is clear.
+
+Hobard said nothing more, looking aggrieved.
+Sarla started to turn, but Yury stopped her.
+
+―This is the first time you have attended a Council meeting.
+
+It wasn't a question, but Sarla nodded.
+
+―Then I should make this very clear to you.
+	The secrecy of these proceedings is considered absolute.
+	Minutes taken are sealed for a century, a seal only breakable by the Hierarch.
+	If you divulge anything you hear today, you will be punished most severely.
+
+―Of course, Master Yury.
+
+A half-formed wave dismissed her, and Sarla took her seat, feeling her legs quiver with tension.
+
+
+The Ennearchs eventually filed in, or five of them at least.
+The Ennearch of Strength was obviously absent, given his death.
+
+One yak with Aspirant robes sat near the Ennearchs, presumably a proxy like Sarla for the Ennearch of Reason, who had jurisdiction over the East.
+Not just jurisdiction, her home and Office would be there too, Sarla thought.
+Ennearch Hatzin's Flocks tended to be in the north, yet he lived primarily in the City.
+
+Behind the Aspirant standing in for the Ennearch of Reason stood a white-sashed Practicant, one of Simeon's Farcallers.
+Another Farcaller in the East would pass messages to and from the Office of Reason, advising the proxy Aspirant what to do and say.
+
+Some short time later, the table filled and exactly on the hour, Yury stood to open the Council meeting.
+
+―We are called to this Council to advise her Holiness, Hierarch Yakaterina on matters of practice and doctrine.
+	Let us meditate upon our purpose.
+	{INSERT_PRAYER?}
+
+Yury sat, and the rest of the table followed.
+A heavy sigh, then Yury began to speak again.
+
+―Friends, our problem has two hearts.
+	First, this murder risks calling the attention of the Republic.
+	President Laurence will make demands we cannot hope to meet.
+	And second, I do not believe this Council can name a successor to the Ennearchy of Strength.
+	

sarlastory/sarla-arrives-at-makiwen.txt

@@ -137,4 +137,8 @@ They reached Mijesi, and Mijesi and Sarla entered the station.
 
 Sarla thought about that as they left the station, and started to walk to the Flockhouse.
 
+---
+
 The Ennearch of Knowledge had her Offices in the largest Flockhouse in Makiwen.
+
+―