Diocese of Fixeize

📍 Basic Info

• Type: Rigid Echo-Theocratic Territory

• Region: Northeastern Begoestia, bordering Kingdom of Arilia, Duchy of Reterra, and Douravenian Theocracy

• Notable Cities: Sanctum Olaris, Feynthal, Lurvenne

🏞️ Description

The Diocese of Fixeize is a narrow strip of land fortified not by stone but by silence, doctrine, and unyielding symmetry. Its cities are geometric marvels — gridded streets, mirrored arches, and spotless plazas. There is an oppressive stillness to the land, where even birds fly in patterns, and prayers are whispered rather than sung.

Echo phenomena are viewed not as curiosities but as corruptions — spiritual rot that must be contained, cleansed, or seared away. Fixeize is a land of ascetic rituals, echo-exorcists, and memory-purifiers who walk robed in pale cloth, faces marked by ink-seals. The faithful live in submission to fixed truth, scorning illusion, ambiguity, or metaphysical experimentation.

Fixeize maintains tense neutrality with its neighbors, tolerating trade from Republic of Begoestia only through approved sanctified routes. All texts and cargo are inspected. Those who speak of dreams openly may be detained for “Resonance Vetting.”

🕰️ History

• Founding Lore: Formed by exiles from a pre-Sundering metaphysical schism who declared all mutable truth to be heretical. Their founder, Alund Cexil, supposedly walked backward into the Veil and emerged with unbroken memory.

• Key Moments:

  • Instituted the Doctrine of the Fixed Line, a philosophy decreeing that only linear memory ensures moral coherence.

  • Burned several Echo-tainted texts received from Druvenhal, igniting decades of scholarly tension.

  • Temporarily closed borders with Douravenian Theocracy over differing flame-interpretation rites, then reopened after a three-day silence pact.

🌟 Key Locations

• Sanctum Olaris: The capital; home to the Pillar of Still Flame and the Echo-Sealed Lexicon.

• The Thirty-Two Courts: Judicial complexes dedicated to resolving identity disputes — often by memory excision or enforced name-sealing.

• Lurvenne: A lakeside village where voices carry oddly, and sermons are delivered in echo-resistant vaults.

• Feynthal: A border keep city that trains echo-censors and liturgical archivists. Known for its black-salt gardens and strict light-curfews.

🔗 Related Nations

• Republic of Begoestia (tense trade relationship)

• Kingdom of Arilia (border disputes over Echo-altar grounds)

• Duchy of Reterra (suspected illusion heresy)

• Douravenian Theocracy (complex theological rivals)