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| The History of Tezoth, Part IV — The Age of Darkness If Eidos the Iron was occupied with laying the foundation for a unified Tezoth, and Silia the Kind-Hearted with its comprehensive improvement, then Ceres the Mysterious hardly interfered in the affairs of the kingdom or the lives of his subjects, and only inadvertently served as the cause of multifaceted cultural development. Satanid the Wrathful, his son who became the new Deus, was in this regard the complete opposite and craved control over every public aspect of Tezothian life. "Holding hands is the same as committing adultery" — one of the many sayings of Satanid the Wrathful, sometimes recalled in jest by future generations. Among his numerous innovations in Tezothian daily life were the following: - Clothing worn in public places had to fall below the knees and shoulders, above the collarbone. - For extramarital intimate relations, the property of such subjects was confiscated, and they themselves were exiled to Faredjia. - The use of profanity and provocative behavior was fined. - Alcohol, tobacco, and sweets were restricted in sale. - The infirm and the elderly with no one to care for them were exiled to Faredjia. - Every morning, residents who did not meet the physical fitness requirements established by the new Deus were driven out into the courtyard for a physical training session. - Annual literacy examinations were introduced — subjects were expected to have excellent command of the language, knowledge of history, and a basic understanding of the sciences. - A system of absolute meritocracy was gradually implemented in all spheres of activity, controlled personally by Satanid the Wrathful, his inner circle, and spies sent out all around. - Every subject of the kingdom was obliged to master some kind of weapon. - Subjects were offered free three meals a day in the canteens that opened everywhere — there were enough cooks and nutrients, but the taste left much to be desired. - And much, much more. Within the kingdom, many disliked Satanid the Wrathful, which is obvious from the nickname he received. However, many historians agree that the strict hand with which he ruled managed to save Tezoth from destruction. In the 150th year since the unification of Tezoth, the center of the continent, which served as the capital of the Tisian Empire, was subjected to a supernatural attack and destroyed, and from the depths of the crater that formed in its place, monsters hungry for human flesh spread across the entire continent. During the most terrible bloody war in the continent's history, the well-organized and prepared kingdom managed to hold its ground, though not to win — monsters still crawl out of the crater to this day, and people have to fend them off. In addition, the center of the continent became uninhabitable, Tisia retained only an insignificant fragment of its former expanse, and the east turned into a desert, which led to the collapse of the kingdom of Afezeria. But whatever the future held, at this historical moment Satanid the Wrathful fell in battle defending his subjects and the land from a merciless enemy, and in his place came the aristocrats to rule, who took advantage of the ensuing chaos to abolish the absolute power of the Deus. It was from that time that the lord-knight system and regions with a high level of autonomy originated in Tezoth. Before the common people, such changes were justified by the tyranny of Satanid the Wrathful that everyone had endured, but in reality they were all driven by selfish motives. Ironically, one of the leaders of this movement became the Deus's son Iretiret, who failed to inherit the throne — instead, he remained to rule in Duskwing and the territories adjacent to it. |