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Scion (pronounced: SIGH-on), officially The Republic of Scion, is the official name for a system of government that has been implemented throughout nine European countries. Its policies revolve around the control and punishment of so-called "unnatural" individuals, also known as clairvoyants. Although not all countries are under their control, influence and support for their anti-clairvoyant policies are spreading. Its symbol is an anchor.

History[]

In 1901 the Republic of England was founded by the Marquess of Salisbury after the fall of the monarchy, but the name "Scion" was not used until 1929. The First Grand Inquisitor, Ramsay MacDonald, was chosen and London became the first Scion citadel on 29 November.[1]

Scion is the last word in amaurotic, non-clairvoyant, security. It was established in response to a perceived threat to the British Empire. The supposed epidemic of clairvoyance. The fall of the monarchy in 1901 was the result of five violent murders being pinned on Edward VII, afterwards known as the Bloody King. Scion claims Edward VII had opened a door that couldn't be shut and had brought the "plague of clairvoyance upon the world."[2] They said the Bloody King's followers were "everywhere, breeding and killing, drawing their power from a source of great evil."[2] Scion is republic built to destroy the sickness of clairvoyance. Over the fifty years following 1901, Scion became a voyant-hunting machine, with every major policy based around unnaturals. All violence and crime was claimed to be committed by voyants. Over the years, the voyant syndicate developed in the citadels across Scion. The syndicate formed an organized underworld and offered a haven for voyants. Since then, Scion has worked harder than ever to root them out.

While it professes to be a republic to the rest of the globe, Scion is a puppet government that is subordinate to the Rephaim, who rule from the penal colony of Oxford. This secret relationship between Scion and the Rephaim is formally called a suzerainty. Countries are allowed some self-rule, but always report to the dominant entity, the Suzerain, currently that position is held by Nashira Sargas.

Scion's insignia is a red symbol resembling an anchor and the word SCION in black against a clinical white background. Their slogan is "No safer place." Countries under Scion rule are said to be "under the anchor," while countries threatened by it are "in the shadow of the anchor." Countries outside Scion's influence are known on the streets as the "free world." People living in Scion-controlled countries can visit other Scion-controlled countries, but people from any free-world countries are no longer welcome. Scion has begun cutting ties as Nashira is no longer interested in foreign relations. Greece was the first country to ever face invasion by Scion. With Scion's victory of Operation Madrigal on March 7, 2060, Scion now controls eleven countries. From the tip of Scotland to the south of Spain, Scion is an unbroken front. It also has territories on the Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, and in the north in Sweden.

Scion Countries[]

  • England
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Greece
  • Sweden
  • France
  • Serbia
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria
  • Portugal
  • Spain

Culture[]

Scion does not support religion because it is believed to be too close to clairvoyance. Churches and other religious buildings have been repurposed. Any reference to an afterlife is forbidden. Scion blacklists all literature about clairvoyance, fantasy, and the spirit world, and over the decades, it has held many book-burnings to destroy all such forbidden knowledge. It also blacklists movies, music, and other forms of entertainment and popular culture. Irish music is forbidden in Scion, especially Irish rebel music. Scion made a concerted effort to destroy all evidence of the Irish language after the Molly Riots by outlawing all the Celtic languages. The Daily Descendant is the only broadsheet still mass-produced on paper. Official vendors of the Daily Descendant wear red brooches. People use data pads because paper is too easy to "misuse." Data pads mean people can access only what little media has been approved by the censor. Scion is thought to listen in to most communication, such as telephones. They also have security cameras everywhere. While they are blind to spiritual activity of any kind, they do note any suspicious behavior, which many clairvoyance abilities involve. ScionEye is the news network that covers all Scion citadels. The theme song for ScionEye is a sweeping, theatrical composition based on the twelve chimes of Big Ben. The version of the internet in Scion is called the Scionet. Recording devices are strictly regulated. It's very rare for anyone to own a camera. It is illegal to wear decorative masks in public. But many people, especially amaurotics, do anyway. The fashion has cascaded down from industrial citadels like Manchester.

Scion mandates cremation or composting after death, to save on space and to ensure its denizens are never tempted to speak to the dead. Grief and remembrance are permitted to a point but believing that loved ones might still linger is unnatural behavior.

Scion has equality across genders because the Rephaim culture has no history of sexism. So, when Nashira came to Earth, it made no sense for her to create or maintain any form of misogyny in her empire. She worked to ensure that it was eradicated wherever possible. Certain Victorian men who met her and scoffed at the idea of being led by a woman did not meet happy ends. Nepotism also doesn't work in Scion. All male Scion officials wear a black suit with a white shirt and red tie. Essential service workers wear crisp red uniforms. Black boiler suits are the uniform of skilled personnel. Slate-gray uniforms are for SciPLO employees. Members of the Inquisitorial courts wear steel-buckled shoes and hooded cloaks lined with white fur. Scion officials follow the motto "When the anchor calls, we all must answer."

Government Officials[]

  • Grand Inquisitor: the head of Scion governments
  • Grand Raconteur: the assistant of the Grand Inquisitor, gives the news to the population via ScionEye
  • Little Raconteurs: the reporters for the Grand Raconteur
  • Gallipot: an expert in ethereal drugs
  • High Chief of Vigilance: the head of a citadel's security
  • Grand Commander: the chief of the military, known as ScionIDE
  • Deputy Grand Commander
  • Grand Admiral
  • Grand Executioner
  • Grand Judge: head of the Inquisitorial courts
  • Minister for Industry: the head of weapons manufacturing, known as SciPLO
  • Minister for Surveillance
  • Minister for Arts
  • Minister for Transport
  • Minister for Finance
  • Minster for Internal Security
  • Minister for Justice
  • Minister of the Exchequer
  • Second Minister of the Exchequer

Government Organizations[]

  • Night Vigilance Division: the night police
  • Sunlight Vigilance Division: the day police
  • SciORE: short for Scion: Organisation for Robotics and Engineering, the technology and engineering arm of Scion
  • ScionIDE: short for Scion: International Defense Executive, the military arm of Scion
  • SciSORS: short for Scion: Special Organisation for Research and Science, the science arm of Scion
  • SciPLO: short for Scion: Processing Line for Ordnance, the weapons manufacturing arm of Scion
  • Inquisitorial Air Force

Citadels[]

All Scion countries have at least one citadel, which is styled as "the Scion Citadel of [Name]." The ruling citadel of Scion's empire is the Scion Citadel of London. Some countries which do not use the Scion system, mostly those which were part of the British Empire, have a small Scion presence via outposts and are considered part of its wider empire. Scion citadels tend to use the fashion and slang of the decade they were established. Thus, everyone in SciLo wears neutral colored clothes in a Victorian style.

Scotland and Wales are no longer recognized as separate countries. The terms England and Britain are used almost interchangeably by Scion. The island is divided into eight regions, each with one citadel that acts as its regional "capital," but all bow to the will of London. The surrounding areas are peppered with towns, villages, and conurbations, all under the yoke of Scion outposts. For example, Stoke-on-Trent is a conurbation in the Midlands Region whose nearest citadel is Scion Citadel of Birmingham.

Scion tries hard to regulate its citadels. Scion has attempted to standardize the unstandardizable. Thus, the underworlds of the citadels have similarities. There are several citadels of Scion throughout the world, further divided into cohorts by its urban division system:

  • Belfast: citadel in Ulster, Ireland
  • Cradlehall: region in Scotland
  • London: capital of Scion
  • Paris: capital of the French Republic
  • Marseilles: along with Paris, it will become the first French satellite citadel for Sheol II
  • Lyon: citadel in France
  • Toulouse: citadel in France
  • Strasbourg: French citadel that borders the free-world of Germany
  • Stockholm: capital of Scion Sweden, planned to be the control citadel for Sheol III
  • Manchester: North West Capital Citadel
  • Birmingham: Midlands Capital Citadel
  • Edinburgh: Lowlands Capital Citadel
  • Belgrade: capital of Scion Serbia
  • Bucharest: capital of Scion Romania
  • Dublin: capital of Scion Ireland
  • Inverness: Highlands Capital Citadel
  • Leeds: North East Capital Citadel
  • Bristol: South West Capital Citadel
  • Cardiff: Westlands Capital Citadel
  • Patras: citadel in Scion Greece
  • Athens: capital of Scion Greece
  • Lisbon: capital of Scion Portugal

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Christmas isn't celebrated; instead, Novembertide takes place.
  • The anthem of Scion England is Anchored to Thee, O Scion.[3]
  • Icecrosse is Scion's national winter sport.
  • Scion produces an injection for male contraception and a pill for female contraception.
  • Frank Sinatra is blacklisted in Scion.
  • In Scion, wedding rings are called spousal rings.
  • It is illegal to possess seeds of the poppy anemone in any Scion citadel.
  • The train system is called Scionrail.

References[]

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