Both nations have their own rulers, but they tend to defer to the Order because of the Score. Or did. Things got a little chaotic recently.
[she stops for a moment, realizing Jessica probably has no idea what she's talking about.]
The Score...it's a prediction of the future. The future of the planet and all the people living on it. If people followed it, they thought they were guaranteed peaceful, prosperous lives. The Order of Lorelei controlled Score readings and kept the parts that would cause public unrest secret.
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Both nations have their own rulers, but they tend to defer to the Order because of the Score. Or did. Things got a little chaotic recently.
[she stops for a moment, realizing Jessica probably has no idea what she's talking about.]
The Score...it's a prediction of the future. The future of the planet and all the people living on it. If people followed it, they thought they were guaranteed peaceful, prosperous lives. The Order of Lorelei controlled Score readings and kept the parts that would cause public unrest secret.