The Ministry

Started by Edvyn, 22-09-2013

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The Ministry are the ruling governmental body of the nation of Valdovia and it's capital, Greyborough. Their rule has brought forth amazing technological advancement at the price of personal freedoms. They are a vicious meritocracy, where the ruthless gain power and the cunning keep it. They are the dictators, the upper class, the scholars and the industrialists, ruling with an iron fist. Ministers - Ministry officials - typically build up their own personal armies, banding together with other like-minded Ministers out of convenience. It is this circle of shaky alliances that keeps the regime going. While corrupt and filled with backstabbing bureaucrats, the Ministry has the influence and common sense to operate stably.

Coming to power after a violent rebellion in which the Voldovian monarchy was overthrown, the Ministry has it's roots in the co-operation of old worker's unions and the academic elite. They embody the philosophy of the Cult of One. God helps those who help themselves, and anyone who wants a seat in Greyborough's house of parliament has to be ready to climb over the bodies of their rivals. Class distinction is a fact of life in Valdovia, the city of Greyborough holding the lower, middle and upper class in concentric "zones". Ominous jade walls patrolled by armoured juggernauts protect a metropolis where the lines between rich and poor are incredibly clear. Of the most impressive Ministerial projects is the Skyway, a vast rail network which stands high above the city. It facilitates travel on an unforeseen scale, connecting buildings in an overhead lattice of platforms and girders. Rumours exist of the Ministry holding sinister paranormal secrets, and these rumours are partially true. At the centre of Greyborough sits the Ministerial Academy, a university for more esteemed citizens. Alongside the standard arts and sciences, the Academy teaches a discipline called Solving. Solving is the unravelling of the human mind and body, taking biology and psychology to a whole new level. It is the culmination of the One's teachings.

Solvers - practitioners of Solving - tend to specialize in either mind or body, understanding their chosen part of humanity on an incredibly deep level. Through intense study and self-discipline, an incredibly fortunate Solver can attain abilities which defy nature. Through knowing the body, one can perform superhuman physical feats - Walking up walls, catching bullets, bending steel with their bare hands and moving at speeds which escape human sight. Through knowing the mind, one can manifest their emotions, creating walking caricatures which affect the physical world. In addition, some Solvers are said to be able to read thoughts and wield bizarre weapons which direct the user's willpower into bolts of searing plasma. The Solvers are feared and idolized, their "secret science" granting them an easy route to power.