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 **Aim: **To summarise the entirety of the Alice Saga Setting as a "Landing" introductory document to the setting.
+===== The One Above All =====
+  - **The Overlord **reigns unquestionably as the one true sovereign.
 ===== Ten Truths of the World =====
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   - **The Academy** proliferates Magic into the air we breathe.
   - **The Unorthodoxy** lurks in everything, everywhere, every time.
-  - **The Orthodoxy** scrambles to assert their legitimacy.
+  - **The Orthodoxy** scrambles to assert its legitimacy.
   - **The Dungeoneers** are always found at the frontiers of history.
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 **[[faction:the_unorthodoxy|The Unorthodoxy]]**, hidden and secluded, is a non-collective, decentralised group of people that can be found anywhere, each barely forming a nebulous organisation at best. Meticulously calculating and equally callous, the worms of the unorthodoxy are always buried under the dirt with their subtle riches. Never exposed and never whole, the immortal unorthodoxy progenerates indefinitely.
-**[[faction:the_church:the_church|The (Orthodoxy) Church(es)]]** of Idols must quickly assert their own legitimacy and be backed by **The Overlord**. The Overlord’s lightning reign requires fast justification and the peasants require order. The draconian Overlord must rightfully assert its rest on the seat that sits atop the apex of the world. Idolisation is a powerful tool of unity, and the Overlord will not tolerate this power in others’ hands. Therefore, a fanatic scramble for holy relics and symbols began. In return for surrendering their foundational authenticity to the Overlord, the church shall find themselves sanctioned.
+**[[faction:the_church:the_church|The (Orthodoxy) Church(es)]]** of Idols must quickly assert their own legitimacy and be backed by **The Overlord**. The Overlord’s lightning reign requires fast justification and the peasants require order. The draconian Overlord must rightfully assert its rest on throne atop the apex of the world. Idolisation is a powerful tool of unity, and the Overlord will not tolerate this power in others’ hands. Therefore, a fanatic scramble for holy relics and symbols began. In return for surrendering their foundational authenticity to the Overlord, the church shall find themselves sanctioned((
+Their Idol in return, as **the **one true Idol.
+)).
-**Dungeoneers** are born from the known and are yet only made from the unknown. The discipline of Dungeoneering took root in a world that required scapegoats. Anyone is a dungeoneer if they forfeited their lives to seek curiosities from the unknown abyss. From the unknown, one might find opportunities the patrons at home are blind to, but desires to lavish in their value:
+**Dungeoneers** are born from the known and are yet only made from the unknown. The discipline of Dungeoneering took root in a world that required scapegoats. Anyone is a dungeoneer if they forfeited their lives to seek curiosities from the unknown abyss. From the unknown, one might find opportunities their patrons at home are blind to, yet desires to lavish in their value:
   * During **The Ancient**, innocent curiosity drove humanity out of [[lore:timeline:the_unshakable_past:genesis:genesis|The Wunderkammer]].
   * During **The War**, kingdoms scrambled every nook and cranny for any hope of an edge.
-  * During **The Modern Kingdom**, lords scrambled for a foothold in the Overlord’s favour.
+  * During **The Modern Kingdom**, lords scrambled for a foothold in **The Draconian Overlord**’s favour.
   * And who knows what transpired during **The Void**?
   * In the future, maybe we'll return to the old frontiers of The Wunderkammer.
+===== The Four Idols Must Perish =====
+  * If **Alice **perishes, the reality collapses into a box.
+  * If **Maple **perishes, the future is lost, and the world freezes.
+  * If **Saint Marrowlyth** perishes, the promised land cannot be reached.
+  * If **The Church **perishes... Not a thing changes.