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[[File:Hammer of ProvingDominus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Cabal Hammer of Proving]] | [[File:Hammer of ProvingDominus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Cabal Hammer of Proving]] | ||
In accordance with a Cabal Legal Record, The Codex of Lawful Transgressions, it is revealed the implementation of radical changes to the Rite of Proving that inevitably resulted in its decline in usage and the increase in popularity in sharing the distaste and scorn of [[Emperor Calus|he]] who destroyed and abused it. In beginning of [[Emperor Calus]]' reign, an era known as the Foundation Age of his rule, | In accordance with a Cabal Legal Record, The Codex of Lawful Transgressions, it is revealed the implementation of radical changes to the Rite of Proving that inevitably resulted in its decline in usage and the increase in popularity in sharing the distaste and scorn of [[Emperor Calus|he]] who destroyed and abused it. In the beginning of [[Emperor Calus]]' reign, an era known as the Foundation Age of his rule, he sought to turn the Cabal away from the militaristic and martial ambition that dominated their culture and move them towards one of literature, philosophy, and art. Yet Calus - just as similarly as [[Dominus Ghaul]] would centuries later - saw that when dealing with the Cabal, a people hardly deterred, his change would have to be subtle and not absolute abolishment. Calus began his incremental implementation of bylaws over continuous years with his first being the implementation of an Imperial Arbiter (Proving Arbiter) to Rite of Provings. The "impartial" Arbiter would carry a [[Hammer of Proving|hammer]] of the [[Cabal Emperor|Imperial Office]] and would decide the victor in a tie or scenario where both sides conceded. Although the addition of the Arbiter and this first change was widely accepted, the following changes that would corrupt the Rite of Proving were increasingly seen with bitter distaste or contempt.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/hammer-of-proving?highlight=hammer+of</ref><ref>[[Lore:From the Front#VII._The_Imperial_Throne]]</ref> | ||
Abusing the addition of the Arbiter, Calus continued to implement further means and flimsy justifications at which he could steer the outcomes of Rites. These egregious justifications and changes consisted of the ability to balance "unfair matches", ceasing Rites and matches that went "overly long", and requisitioning and punishment of one who owed debts to the [[Cabal|Empire]]. The obstruction the abuse and corruption of the Imperial Arbiter created resulted in the Rite of Proving falling in usage after a Century and onwards as it was seen as unsustainable. This would eventually result in the role of Proving Arbiter being retired and their respective hammers returning to the vaults of Calus.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/hammer-of-proving?highlight=hammer+of</ref> Calus' effect on the Rite of Proving would create a chasm so vast that even upon his exile and the instatement of [[Dominus Ghaul]], a figure who elevated the martial and militaristic traits of the Cabal to fanatical industrialism unrivaled by any other leader, the Rites and their usage had remained dissolved in usage.<ref>[[Lore:From the Front#VII._The_Imperial_Throne]]</ref> | Abusing the addition of the Arbiter, Calus continued to implement further means and flimsy justifications at which he could steer the outcomes of Rites. These egregious justifications and changes consisted of the ability to balance "unfair matches", ceasing Rites and matches that went "overly long", and requisitioning and punishment of one who owed debts to the [[Cabal|Empire]]. The obstruction the abuse and corruption of the Imperial Arbiter created resulted in the Rite of Proving falling in usage after a Century and onwards as it was seen as unsustainable. This would eventually result in the role of Proving Arbiter being retired and their respective hammers returning to the vaults of Calus.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/hammer-of-proving?highlight=hammer+of</ref> Calus' effect on the Rite of Proving would create a chasm so vast that even upon his exile and the instatement of [[Dominus Ghaul]], a figure who elevated the martial and militaristic traits of the Cabal to fanatical industrialism unrivaled by any other leader, the Rites and their usage had remained dissolved in usage.<ref>[[Lore:From the Front#VII._The_Imperial_Throne]]</ref> | ||
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===Ancient Rites Live Again=== | ===Ancient Rites Live Again=== | ||
With the arrival of [[Empress Caiatl]] into the Solar System, the Cabal Empress, vying for power and unification over the | With the arrival of [[Empress Caiatl]] into the Solar System, the Cabal Empress, vying for power and unification over the tenuous Cabal climate, reinstated the ancient Rite of Proving - the original Rites before Calus' debauchery had corrupted it - but some of Calus reforms did stick and she did add some of her own like no criminals, debtors or scoundrels allowed nor where cheap shots, tricks or unfair advantages like wounding your opponent pre-fight and they also did add the non-lethal fight option. Caiatl offered to the remains of the Red Legion and Cabal in [[Sol]] the opportunity to join her [[War Council]] and prove themselves as mighty warriors and commanders. Many Emissaries flying her banner and contenders, Rite aspirees, would flock to her call. [[Commander Dracus]] and [[Ixel, the Far-Reaching]] on Nessus where a Proving Ground had been erected in [[The Tangle]], [[Basilius the Golem]] on [[Europa]], and [[Val Ma'rag]] from the [[Cosmodrome]]. Challenged to a Rite of ceremonial combat after weeks of conflict, Caiatl would send forth [[Ignovun, Chosen of Caiatl]] as her anointed representative to challenge the chosen Champion of [[The Last City]] in the [[Proving Ground|Proving Grounds]] inside the [[Halphas Electus]].<ref>https://youtu.be/7CSU_B7HwD4</ref><ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/war-table-challengers-proving-3?highlight=ancient+rites</ref> | ||
==Known Aspirees== | ==Known Aspirees== | ||