The Covenant

A breakaway civilization that can be found on the floating Isle of Paedwa. The inhabitants are technologically inclined ancient-type (type one) humans with a smaller population of Meka Dwar with a scattering of Fae (Unfallen). These people consider themselves the keeper of the ancient ways. With every convenience provided to them, they have become a very static civilization. They keep themselves separate from the world as a whole, preferring to observe history as it happens. These are people that take the long view. They, as a whole, understand that their lack of innovation will be their undoing. The prevailing philosophy amongst them is that by staying out of the affairs of the world, a new generation of technology will inevitably arise, and the combination of the new with the old preserved tech will usher in a new golden age of mankind.

Interventionism

Contrary to the popular opinion of the majority of the Covenant, there are those who are interested in improving the lives of the inhabitants of the rest of the wide world. These so-called Interventionists quietly go out on missions with simple technologies to introduce them into poor, more backwards societies. If they are found out, punishment is severe. These found missionaries are usually mind-wiped and exiled to the wide world alone and relatively helpless. They are called covenant breakers by their former countrymen.

The Breakdown

As the millennia have progressed since the ending of the Daemon Wars, the insular society of the Covenant have lost much of the knowledge that once made them strong. It is believed that only perhaps a third of the technology being used by the people of Paedwa is actually understood by the Tecs who maintain it. The majority of those within the Covenant does not know nor concern themselves with this, believing themselves to be gods-blessed and preserved from destruction by the Progenitors. The Cabal, rulers of the Covenant, knows this to be a presumption of the masses. They seek for a solution to the inevitable breakdown. As entropy brings the time closer, they become more reckless in sending out missions to the wide world, seeking fragments of lost Tec. The hope is that some ancient relic may prevent the loss of their entire civilization. This search for the past has spawned several cults among the populace of the wide world. Adherents of these cults are popularly called Diggers or Archaeologists by the masses.