Map of Remikra, 1308
Article Written: 3 September 1451
Much may be known about the Early Republic of Retun and its tense politics in 1308, with the ultra-nationalist Walter Scott Mason campaigning against the darkfire community to unseat the incumbent Prime Minister John Waltmann in the upcoming election. But what is seldom discussed is the influence of the Leyeasah Maritime Council leading to the 1308 Study.
April 1308
There are a few Circlarian entities who believe in a controversial and unproven concept known as dimensionalism. As opposed to dymensions, which are created by humans, dimensions are alternate versions of reality believed to already exist. They were not created nor is it possible in any practical term to tap into them. But many groups throughout Circlaria and Ancondria have claimed to be able to observe these alternate universes. One of these entities, the Leyeasah Maritime Council, gave a comprehensive presentation on the matter in Reverence Hall of the Basin District on the evening of 15 April 1308. Talks like these given by a variety of guests occurred regularly on Friday evenings in the venue at the time. And these guests would discuss interesting and unusual subjects to entertain and enlighten the audience that came; and the talk on 15 April was no different.
However, Peter Quora, 27 years old at the time, was in attendance. And the talk brought to light the notion that those who consumed certain substances that bring on hallucinations were able to tap into the alternate universes, and that numerous indigenous groups of the past did so. This interested Peter Quora, for it touched on almost every aspect of his scholarly background. He was undecided on whether or not dimensions existed, but he formed a theory that such an indulgence with darkfire, which at times produced the same effect on the mind as hallucinogens, could enhance the creation of dymensional planes.
Quora was a graduate of Cabotton University, having begun in 1301 with the intent to graduate from the officer training corps program and become a federal marshal. However, his interests quickly shifted to dymensionalism (the practice of creating dymensional planes), as he joined the Third Level Society, and also to darkfire. Quora had, furthermore, become a supporter of Finzi, as he condemned the persecution of the darkfire community under the Federal Estates of Retun, and took deep interest in the engineering marvels of Ceri Mains, who combined darkfire and dymensionalism to construct Third Level Society's granulation systems. And with the public interested in the matter at the moment, Quora wrote to John Hartmann, a Councillor serving on behalf of Ereautea, to propose a measure to do a research study on using Leyeasan theories.
May-June
Councillor Hartmann agreed with Quora and proposed the measure immediately, but it was met with stiff resistance and voted down. However, Quora and Hartmann re-proposed it two more times before it was finally considered. During the debates, Quora and Hartmann ran a popular campaign and picked up petition signatures. Overwhelming support also came from votes in the Public Assembly. On 23 May, the measure passed Retunian Council and was signed the same day by Prime Minister Waltmann. The research study began on 11 June.
The Study
The object of the study was to determine whether or not a Mount Carris event, alone, would generate a dymensional plane without human algorithm input (A Mount Carris event is a darkfire discharge from Mount Carris.). The controlled event occurred on the evening of 11 June 1308, and produced a dymensional plane without human algorithm input, which lasted for 7.12 seconds. Equipment during this study recorded the randomly-generated algorithms during the event and are being studied to this day.
Conservative Backlash
Plans were in place for the study to continue for subsequent events. However, Walter Scott Mason condemned the study, stating a false claim that this was an example of Waltmann and Finzi convening to overthrow Retunian society and establish a darkfire regime. He dispatched the Knights of the Common Good, who were armed with weapons and were poised to attack the study site. Prime Minister Waltmann responded by dispatching federal marshals to protect the area. However, on 6 September 1308, Waltmann's response was struck down by the majority of Justices in the Supreme Court as being considered the fostering of criminal activity (in accordance with the existing darkfire prohibition), with Waltmann appointee Jefferson Davis surprisingly being the deciding vote. Henceforth, with participants under threat from the KCG, the study was discontinued.
Outcome
Records from the study, however, were preserved by Quora and Finzi, and would be used as the basis of darkfire infrastructure after the 1309 Revolution. Peter Quora would go on to launch another project in 1319 to create a realistic dymensional representation of the Circlarian Realm. Although it was cut short by a pandemic and turn of events, the 1319 Project provided the basis for the establishment of Library of Circlaria.
Notes from the 1308 Study continue to serve as a model for darkfire infrastructure, a blueprint for dymensional plane construction, and a snapshot of Remikran politics during the early first decade of the 1300s.