Janji

Janji Locations

Districts

• Janji City Center

• The Giasser District

• The Vend District

• The Merilis District

• The Waterfront District

Villages

• Taler Village

• Galona Village

• Dynasteur Village

• Forest's Edge Village

• Deqqis Village

• Fela Village

• Gerty's Village

• Motana's Village

• Osophies Village

• Minnoker Village

• Gerble's Edge

Estates

• Master Quen's Estate

• Master Duncaster's Estate

• Master Prinene's Estate

• Master Pinter's Estate

• Master Zilagra's Estate

• Master Rennen's Estate

• Master Opi's Estate

• Master Habeit's Estate

• Master Yenir's Estate

• Master Hemper's Estate

Structure

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The Bond Court

The Council of Twelve

The General Electorate

The Foundational Electorate

Culture

The Bond-Contract Hierarchy

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Participation in "The Bond" is the standard path for citizens, typically starting between ages 14 and 16. A citizen may only be bonded to one Master at a time.

Required Provisions (The Bond Protections)

Every contract legally mandates that the Master provides the following at no cost to the Bonded:

• Housing: A roof and bed in a safe, clean location. This may be on the Master’s property or in high-density Quad-Houses. The specific location must be agreed upon in the contract.

• Nutrition: Three meals per day providing adequate protein, fresh produce, and whole grains. This can be fulfilled at the Master’s property, local bond establishments, or public Refectories (dining halls where Bonds eat for free via tokens billed to the Master).

• Healthcare: Access to safe, clean medical care. Masters are required to maintain active relationships with physicians, temples, or healers for their Bonds.

• Clothing: Adequate seasonal attire. The specific condition before replacement and the frequency of new clothing are negotiated and agreed upon in the contract.

Progression Tiers and Stipends

Bond Terms:

• One Year | "Seedling Bond" (Pledges)

• Stipend | 1 cp/day | 3.6 gp/year

• Purpose | Introductory "testing of the waters."

• Gap | This is an 85% pay gap below the typical unskilled average. However, the Janjan Seedling has zero expenses for food, housing, or healthcare, whereas the typical laborer must spend their 7 cp to survive.

• Three Years | "Anchor Bond" (Interns)

• Stipend | 3 cp/day | 10.8 gp/year

• Purpose | Developing muscle memory and technical proficiency.

• Gap | This is a 57% pay gap below the typical unskilled average.

• Five Years | "Iron Bond" (Vows)

• Stipend | 5 cp/day | 18 gp/year

• Purpose | Specialist training where mistakes carry higher costs.

• Gap | This is a 28% pay gap below the typical unskilled average.

• Ten Years | "Pillar Bond" (Stewards)

• Stipend | 10 cp/day OR 7 cp/day with 1 acre of land after the decade OR 5 cp/day with 3 acres of fertile or mineral-rich land at the end of the decade.

• Purpose | To demonstrate the highest level of skill in your field. Also the foundation for becoming a Master.

• Gap | This represents a staggering 95% pay gap compared to a typical skilled Hireling, however unlike a standard hireling who only receives gold, a Janjan Pillar can choose options that see them becoming a landowner after 10 years, to a hireling, land is often unavailable for purchase by commoners or for The Unproven Janjan, carries a 20% surcharge and access to much smaller plots.

The Bond Contracts

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Release for Breach

• If a Bond is found in violation (AWOL, chronic inebriation, or criminal activity), the Master is immediately released from all obligations to provide the Bond Protections. The Bond is then processed by the Bond-Court as a Breaker.

• The Breakers: Those who abandon service are cast out and lose all societal rights. Redemption requires a 1-year Penance Bond (unstipended, grueling labor for the city-master).

The Silent Bond

• A Master may choose to stop requiring work but continue providing all the Bond Protections for the remainder of the contract.

• The Record: This is legally noted by a BSI (Bond Standardization Inspector). It is often seen as a gift of time for the Bond to study or recover from a non-medical burnout, but it can also be a "polite firing" where the Master simply wants the Bond off their property while still fulfilling their legal Bond Protections.

Contract Dissolutions

Unlike "Breaking," which is a hostile act, Dissolution is a civil, court-approved end to a contract that wasn't a great fit.

• The Protocol: The Bond requests a dissolution, and the Master agrees. This is common if a Bond finds a better opportunity, if the Master’s workshop is closing, the master dies with no Steward to be a “Face of the Master” while an heir is located, or if the contract is long and the profession is the wrong fit.

• If the master disagrees, the Bond has several options: a Bond Court Mediation or a Bond Protections Audit. Otherwise they are stuck becoming a Breaker.

• The Two-Week Safety: The Master is legally required to provide the Bond Protections for two weeks beyond the dissolution date. This prevents the Bond from becoming instantly homeless or hungry while they transition.

• TIB (Time in Bond) Preservation: This is the most vital part of the mechanic.

• The 3-Month Window: If the Bond can secure a new Master in the same or an adjacent field within three months, they retain all their accumulated time toward their next tier (e.g., if they served 2 years of a 3-year Anchor role, they only need 1 year with the new Master to finish). Any previous completed bonds remain untouched (once a bond contract is completed it’s recorded and cannot be taken away).

• The Forfeiture: If they fail to find a Master within three months, the TIB is wiped, and they must start that tier from day one.

Choices

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Why People Choose Servitude

• Belief: Many citizens truly believe in The Mirror. They want to earn the right to be a good and empathetic leader by understanding how it feels to be led.

• Basic Needs: “Bond Protections.” A desire for total security regarding shelter, food, clothing, and healthcare.

• Professional Entry: Required for anyone wishing to join a Janji Guild or a Faith-based profession.

• Voting Rights: Immediate voting rights on day 1 of Bond service.

• Agency: Servitude for a minimum of 10 years is the only way to become “The Proven.” and become part of the Foundational Electorate. Once a citizen has spent 10 years in Bond, they can leave Bond Service and do anything they like while retaining full citizenship rights.

• Legal Protection: If a Bonded citizen "gets in trouble," they have the legal "shield" of the Master’s household to navigate the legal system rather than facing it alone.

• Economic Advantage: To avoid a surcharge on land ownership levied against those without a "bond record."

• Social Access: Servitude grants a Bond-mark, providing entry into The High Squares.

• Peer Pressure: If everyone in a teen's social circle is going into Bond Service, others are likely to follow suit.

Why People Choose to Serve for a Collective 10 Years

• Join the Foundational Electorate: Once a citizen has spent 10 years in Bond, they can leave Bond Service and do anything they like while retaining full citizenship rights such as voting rights and the ability to enter the High Squares .

• Legacy: You can fulfill the requirements of the Inheritance Trap, ensuring your family estate isn't seized by the state.

Why People Choose to Become a Master

• Authority & Status: Only Masters can hold land grants and lead large-scale civic projects.

• Cheaper Labor: Masters have to pay a far lower wage each day to those Bonded to them than a regular employer would pay to an employee. The justification is that every Master has to ensure that each of their Bonds has their Bond Protections met. So every copper that a Bond earns is for "fun spending" or savings. Since Masters can make arrangements to house, feed, and otherwise provide for those in Bond at a group rate, this often serves them well financially.

• Wealth Generation: Masters retain a larger portion of the surplus value created by their workshop/estate.

• Political Peak: Only Masters can be elected to the Council of 12 (after 3 Pillars).

Why People Choose NOT to Participate in the System at All

• Ideological Rebellion: Some of "The Unproven" believe that any contract is a form of gilded slavery.

• External Wealth & Standing: If a person has found wealth outside Janji (e.g., as a trader in Laddis) and doesn't care about Janji voting rights, social standing, or acceptance into the High Squares.

• Fear of Failure: The social stigma of becoming a "Breaker" is so high that some prefer to live as "The Unproven" rather than risk a public contract failure.

The Seeking Season: Negotiating a Master

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Masters can register a new Bond position with the Bond court whenever they have a new position to fill, and potential Bonds can send letters of intent to the Placement Division of the Bond Court at any time to be matched. This staggering prevents "The Great Vacancy" from occurring every 30 years. However each year there is a traditional "Season of Seeking" and it follows this structure:

• 1st of Newhope: "Newhope" Every Master releases a Prospectus on the number of Bonds they are accepting at each Bond level that year. They list the traits, skills, temperament, and interests of desired candidates and list any perks that they offer above the Bond Protections.

• Sought After Master Archetypes:

• Low-Ask Master: Masters who do not require constant labor. They may assign weekly tasks, allowing the Bond to organize their own schedule, or provide daily tasks that take only 4–8 hours.

• Additional Perk Master: These Masters use personal wealth to provide memberships to theaters, bath-houses, scholar's libraries, or if they are of age, local bodellas. They may also offer travel or further education.

• Highly Respected Master: Individuals with high social "pull" whose reputation makes it easier for their Bonds to navigate city bureaucracy.

• Kind Master: Known for surprise holidays, treats (chocolate/pie), weekend days built into the contract, and often a capped-monthly tavern tab for the Bond.

• 1st-7th of Highwinter: "Week of Wishes" Potential Bonds send their Letters of Intent and their Rank Choices (1-10) to the Placement Division of the Bond Court.

• The spiritual Janjins often spend their spare time, in the days after sending their letter, praying to Tahlie, the goddess of luck, consulting Seers, and engaging in various Rituals: The Ritual of Galona, The Ritual of Deqqis, The Ritual of Ponadna, and The Ritual of the Fey.

• 8th-30th of Highwinter: The Placement Division of the Bond Court pairs Masters with Bonds based on the Master's Prospectus, and the Bond's Letters of Intent and their Ranked Choices.

• Only under special circumstances is Special Placement considered, meaning that a current Bond who lists their current Master at the top of their Rank Choice list is given priority to stay with that Master.

• Easiest: If a Master is only accepting 1 Pillar Bond, and one potential Bond requests a Pillar Bond and that Master is at the top of their Rank Choice list, and they are the only potential Bond with that Master at the top of their Rank Choice list, they get paired.

• Hardest: If a Master is only accepting 1 Pillar Bond, and one hundred potential Bonds requests a Pillar Bond and that Master is at the top of their Rank Choice lists.

• 30th of Highwinter: "Glimmereve" The palpable anticipation of all potential Bonds hoping for the placement of their choice is felt all over the city, and often there are parties to blow off steam before new assignments are released.

• 1st of Frostend: "The Pronouncement" Bonds receive their placement orders complete with information provided directly from Master's to the Bond Court detailing each Bond position's housing address (Quad House, Apartment, Dorm House, Master's Property, etc.) and Refectories (if applicable).

• 1st-7th of Frostend: "The Retraction" Bonds who got placed with a Rank Choice option below 5th on their list, or who were requested to go into Bond with a Master who needs Bonds but who was not on their Rank Choice list, have this week to submit a Letter of Retraction to either remove their request to Bond service, ask to be put on a waiting list until one one of their top 5 Masters becomes available (before the next Season of Seeking), or request perks from their assigned Master in order to take the Bond.

• 8th-15th of Frostend: "The Review" The Placement Division of the Bond Court reviews these Letters of Retraction, discussing potential perks with Masters, placing some Janjin's on a waitlist and removing others from Bond request entirely.

• 16th of Frostend: "Negotiations" Potential Bonds, whose potential Masters agreed to their perk requests, receive notice of confirmation. On this day any open Bond positions are now open for a Master to interview employee Hirelings.

• 17th-29th of Frostend: "Contracts" Contracts are reviewed by both Masters and potential Bonds. Masters either send in the signed contract or come to the Bond Court for a ceremony. Bonds come to sign the contracts under witness of the Bond Court.

• The Constitutional Oath: "I enter the Mirror not as a servant, but as a builder. I give my hands to my Master, but I keep my soul for myself, and my voice for the State. I serve today so that I may be worthy to lead tomorrow. By the bread, the hearth, the medicine, and the cloth—I am Janji."

• 30th of Frostend: "The Humm" Named because of the constant noise throughout the city as citizens who are newly Bonded, or Bonds changing Masters, move into their new housing, and Bonds ending service move back in with parents/guardians, or into their own dwellings.

• 1st of Galerise: Bond service contracts formed during the Season of Seeking commence. An evening party is attended by most Bonds who have just experienced their first day under a Master's direction, especially those in their 14-16th year.

• Most Masters are lenient the first week of service as Bonds acclimate to their new tasks and daily structure. Most do not include any stipulations in their contracts on how their Bonds can spend their free time (as long as it doesn't interfere with their tasks).

Strategic Paths to Mastery

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To become a Master, one must complete at least one 10-year Pillar Bond.

• The Conservative/Exploratory Path: Four 1-year Seedling roles, two 3-year Anchor roles, two 5-year Iron roles, and one 10-year Pillar role. (Mastery at age 44).

• This path is common for those who don't know what they'd like to do for a vocation. It provides several minimal commitment years, with a couple skill building years, a couple skill development years and culminates in a decade of mastery.

• The Guild Fast Track: Two consecutive 10-year Pillar roles. (Mastery at age 34).

• For those youngsters who have a strong sense of self and have already developed desires for a particular (highly skilled) vocation, they can jump right into (if accepted) a Pillar Bond and make the Foundational Electorate and Mastery by 25, and be entered into their vocation's guild by 35.

• The Non-Guild Fast Track: One 3-year Anchor role, one 5-year Iron role, and one 10-year Pillar role. (Mastery at age 32).

• Non-Guild positions don't require quite as much specialized skill, so for those who are quite certain about the non-guild vocation they want, this fast track gives them the chance to build and develop skills early, while providing them an easy out if they need to pivot. If they were right, they can be a Master by 33.

Public Agenda

The Constitution of the Mirror

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Article I: The Mandate of Service

No voice shall be heard in the halls of governance that has not first been tempered by the sweat of the brow. Citizenship is not a birthright; it is a harvest.

• The Clause of Day One: Every soul who enters a Covenant of Bond shall, from the first rising of the sun on their first day, hold the right to cast a stone in the jars of the Electorate.

• The Mirror Principle: To lead is to remember the weight of the yoke. Authority is granted only to those who have looked upon their Master and seen their own future.

• The Inheritance Bond: Family land is State-Owned until a descendant completes a 10-year Pillar Bond. This is the ultimate incentive—it prevents a "Leisure Class" from forming. You must work to keep what your parents built.

Article II: Bond Protection

A Master is not a ruler of men, but a steward of lives. Every Bond is entitled to the Covenant of Care:

• The Hearth: Shelter from the wind and rain.

• The Loaf: Sustenance for the blood and bone.

• The Physician: The mending of the spirit and flesh.

• The Raiment: Protection for the skin and dignity.

Failure to provide any pillar shall render the Master’s status forfeit.

Article III: The Council of Twelve

Laddis was ruined by the whims of children born to crowns. To prevent such decay, the Council of Twelve shall be composed only of those who have mastered the Mirror thrice (Three Pillar Bonds).

• The Elder’s Shield: They shall write no law, for the young must build the city they will inhabit. However, they shall hold the Veto of Empathy, to strike down any law that smells of the old world’s greed.

• The Check: If the Council vetos a law, they must provide a "Public Mirror-Rationale," explaining exactly how the law would lead to the exploitation or erosion of empathy.

• The Override: A 75% "Super-Majority" of the General Electorate to override a Council Veto and take the legislation to court.

• The Elder’s Heart: The Council of 12 meets on Homsday to discuss the week’s and to discuss current Legislation. It is the job of council members (in alternating pairs of 2 and 3 every other week) to spend the working hours of Firsday, Nornday, Wellsday, and Yodsday checking in on individuals in Bond and checking up on Bond Masters.

• The Elder’s Solidarity: Once monthly an Elder receives (at random) a day’s assignment as a Bond. Six council members will spend the day as a Pledge, three as an Intern, two as a Vow, and one as a Steward, these rotate for fairness.) The day is chosen at random and is not shared with the Master or Bond they will shadow. An Elder Council of 12 on Solidarity usually poses as a Grey-Bond. People tend to ignore them or pity them, which is the perfect camouflage for an observer.

• The Solidarity Ledger: It tracks each Council member's assignments to ensure no one "dodges” their Solidarity assignment. This ledger is public, allowing any Foundational Electorate member to verify that their leaders are still "tempering their souls."

Amendments

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Amendment I: The Archive Act (Year 1280)

• The Problem: Forgeries of Bond records and forgetful Masters.

• The Fix: The creation of the Hall of Records. No Bond shall be verbal. Every day must be recorded on Alchemical Vellum. Once a Tier is completed, it is Archived—it becomes a permanent part of the soul’s record and cannot be erased by any court or Master.

Amendment II: The Law of the Foundational Electorate (Year 1413)

• The Problem: Citizens who finished their service were becoming "Unproven" again if they didn't want to be Masters, losing their voice.

• The Fix: Any citizen who completes a cumulative ten years of service shall be named to the Foundational Electorate. Their vote is locked into the stones of the city for life. They may become merchants, farmers, or idlers, but they shall never again be voiceless.

Amendment II: The Dissolution Safety (Year 1578)

• The Problem: People were becoming homeless during disputes.

• The Fix: No contract may end abruptly without a Breach. In cases of Mutual Dissolution, the Master is legally bound to provide the Bond Protections for fourteen days beyond the end of labor. The Bond is granted three months to find a new Master before their TIB (Time in Bond) is reset.

Amendment IV: The Invisible Master Accountability (Year 1756)

• The Problem: Some remote or protective “invisible” Masters were tough to hold accountable for their actions.

• The Fix: The Veil-Piercing Clause. In any dispute brought before the Bond-Court, the "True Holder of the Wealth" must be named and summoned. Empathy cannot be practiced behind a mask.

The Council of the Twelve

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The Disguise of the Mirror

In this fantasy setting, the Council doesn't need physical masks for their "Beats" or "Solidarity" days. Instead, they use the Visage of the Commoner.

• The Spell: Upon election, each Council member is attuned to a high-level illusion spell that isn't just a face-change; it alters their height, voice, and even the "heft" of their presence.

• The Randomizer: When an Elder starts a "Beat" or a "Solidarity" day, they trigger a random appearance. One day they are a stoic, grey-haired laborer; the next, they are a wiry, nervous young weaver.

• The Benefit: Because the disguise is magical and randomized, a corrupt Master can’t look for a "specific mask." They have to treat everyone with empathy, because any person walking into their forge could be an Elder of the Council.

The Public Face & The Private Life

By making the Council public figures, there is a culture of Aspirational Mastery.

• Public Duty: They are seen at festivals, they lead the Great Seeking, and they sit on the High Bench during Legislative Debates. They are the "Faces of Janji."

• The Mastership Balance: Because the public knows who they are, their own businesses are protected by their high status. However, to prevent them from using their power to crush competitors, any business owned by a Council member is subject to Double Audits by the Bond-Court.

• The "Grey-Out": When they are on their 4-day "Beat" or their "Solidarity" day, their Master-Regent (the Steward) simply tells visitors the Master is "Consulting the Archive." In a city that values deep study, this is a perfectly normal excuse.

• The beauty of this system is the Psychological Pressure. Every Master in Janji knows that two members of the Council are replaced every year, meaning there are always two people with "fresh eyes" and ten people with "deep memories" watching.

• Because they are known to the public, they are heroes. Because they are disguised in the workshops, they are the City's Conscience.

The Council Cycle: The "Twin-Stagger" (6-Year Term)

With 12 members and 2 replaced every year, the Council has a clear mix of “fresh-eyes” and long memories.

• The minimum age of a Council Member is 44 years old (14 year old minimum to enter Bond service + the required 3 Pillar Bonds). There is no maximum age, but rather a standardized test of faculties (as many different species can serve, some have longer lifespans than others).

• Each year after the vote there are 12 council members:

• 2 brand new to the council

• 2 who just completed a year

• 2 who just completed 2 years

• 2 who just completed 3 years

• 2 who just completed 4 years

• 2 who just completed 5 years

• Masters can only be Council Members for 1 Term of 6 years. If they relinquish their title in good standing they join the Advisors Council made up of all ex-Council members who can advise the council in times they have a split veto vote 6/6, act as a swing vote in desperate times (requires a majority vote), or if they need advisement in times of an active council member’s death.The Advisor’s Council appoints a new chairperson every 2 years. The Advisors Council can also advise the public on other matters and be harbingers of good will.

• The CMRB (Council Member Review Board) Each year the Bond Court chooses 7 of it’s workers from random departments to conduct a review of the votes, reports, and activities of the 2 recently exited Council of Twelve members. After a week, if it is determined (by a vote of at least 6/7) that their service was honorable, they are inducted into the Advisors Council.

• If a council member dies or can no longer serve due to extenuating matters of illness or injury, the Masters perform a CUTS (Councilmember Unable to Serve) Vote to replace them within a week.

The Oath of the Twelve

"I stand before the Archive, not as a Master of many, but as a servant of the Mirror.
I swear by the Thirty Years of my own labor—by the blisters of my youth and the years of my Stewardship. I carry these memories not as trophies, but as weights to keep my spirit grounded.
I Vow to the Electorate: I shall write no law, for I have had my time to build. I shall instead be the Shield of the Young, ensuring that no greed from the old world, and no shadow of Laddis, shall ever dim the light of the Mirror.
I Vow to the Bonded: I shall not forget the taste of the common loaf or the cold of the drafty hearth. When I walk as a Bond during Solidarity, I shall see with the eyes of the led, so that when I sit in the Council, I may lead with the heart of the served.
I Vow to the State: If I use my Veto for pride, may my status be stripped. If I use my power for profit, may my Archive be burned. I am the final check, the living memory, and the humble guardian.
I am the Mirror. What I see in the least of my city, I see in myself."

Assets

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Land

History

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The Night of Broken Hammers

Six and a half centuries ago, the Kingdom of Laddis was a place of "The Silent Served." The nobility believed that artisans and laborers were merely extensions of their tools—living hammers and scythes without the capacity for complex thought or leadership.

The spark was the Great Cathedral of Laddis. For twenty years, thousands of builders labored under the whip of Archduke Valerius. When the spire was completed, Valerius refused to pay the promised stipends, claiming that "the honor of serving the Crown is the only coin a peasant requires."

That night, instead of rioting, the workers did something far more dangerous: they went silent. Led by Deqqis Bryan, a Mason, and Galona Frye, the Master-at-Arms, hundreds of families packed their tools and disappeared into the fog. They didn't burn the city down; they simply took the city’s ability to function with them.

Three Weeks of Iron

While a modern carriage makes the trip in five or six days, the Exodus was a massive, slow-moving column of families, livestock, and heavy forge equipment. They had no paved roads, only the rugged terrain. For three grueling weeks, they were hunted by Laddisian light cavalry intent on "retrieving the King’s property."

This is where the "Mirror" philosophy was forged in blood. Galona, a high-ranking officer who defected to lead the laborers, refused to take the title of "General." She spent her days digging latrines and her nights guarding the perimeter. When asked why, she famously replied:

"I cannot command a man to die in the mud if I have not first tasted the dirt of the trench. To serve is to understand; to understand is to earn the right to lead."

The Heroism of the Anchors During the pilgrimage, there was such heavy rains that the soft ground of mud under the weight of the wagons would often seal them in like cement. Records tell of the Twelve Pillars—twelve veteran tradespeople who used every skill they had to create paths the wagons could cross, physically bracing timber supports with their shoulders so that families could cross. They didn't have superpowers; they had iron wills and a refusal to let their community drown. This act is why the Anchor Role is still honored as the "muscle of the state."

The Founding of Janji

When they reached the central valley, they were starving. Deqqis the Mason laid the first stone of the Hall of Records before he built his own home. He insisted that their names and their deeds be recorded immediately, so that no "Master" could ever again claim their labor was invisible.

The first winter was brutal. To survive, they established the First Bond. Every able-bodied person, regardless of their former status in Laddis, entered a one-year "Seedling" term to ensure the communal stores were managed. Even Galona and Deqqis took the lowest roles, scrubbing floors and hauling water, to prove that in this new land, no one was too high to serve, and no one was too low to lead. They called this new location Janji and the group of founding families became known as "The Bonded," because of all they had been through together and how close it made them, like the bonds of family.

The Mirror’s Triumph: The Battle of the High Squares

One hundred years after the founding, Laddis attempted to reclaim their "stolen property." They sent an army to Janji, expecting a disorganized rabble of peasants.

Instead, they met a force where every officer had once been a foot soldier, and every strategist had once been a scout. The Janji defenders didn't just fight for land; they fought for the Social Contract. Because the commanders understood the exhaustion of their troops intimately (having been in Bond themselves), they utilized rotations and supply lines with a precision the Laddisian nobles couldn't comprehend.

The Laddisian army broke against the walls of Janji. The city didn't execute the captured soldiers; they offered them a Seedling Bond. Nealy 30% of the Laddisian army stayed, choosing a life where they were "Servers" with rights over being "Subjects" with none.

The Modern Legacy: The Weight of the Mark

Janji’s heroes aren't statues in capes; they are the names etched into the Alchemical Vellum in the Hall of Records. The "heroism" of Janji is found in the Pillar who finishes their ten years and uses their land grant to build a refectory for the poor, or the Master who submits themselves to The Demotion without complaint because they realize they lost their way.

It is a story of Collective Accountability. The city stands not because of one great man or woman, but because for 644 years, millions of people have looked in the "Mirror" and accepted that their authority is only as strong as their empathy.

Preserving The Mirror & Preventing Corruption

• The Master Demotion: The ultimate deterrent. If a Master is found to have lost empathy (abusing Bonds), they don't just pay a fine; they are stripped of Mastery and forced back into a 3-year Anchor bond. This ensures every leader knows they are only one bad act away from being a servant again.

• The Hall of Records: Bond Service records are public. A Master’s reputation is tied to the success of their Bonds. If your Bonds consistently request Dissolutions, no one will sign with you, and your economic power withers.

• The Rotation of the Served: Since the Foundational Electorate contains people from all walks of life (farmers, weavers, etc.), it prevents the city from being run solely by "Professional Politicians."

• TIB Preservation: By making "Time in Bond" an untouchable legal asset once certified, the Founders prevented Masters from using "the threat of a reset" to keep workers in line.

Laws

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Universal Civil & Moral Laws

These laws apply to all residents, visitors, and travelers within Janji territory, regardless of Bond status.

• The Law of Mortal Sanctity: The taking of a life outside of state-sanctioned self-defense, or accident, is the highest crime.

• The Law of Tangible Ownership: Theft of property, currency, or tools is strictly prohibited.

• The Law of Physical Integrity: Striking another without cause is a Breach of Empathy.

• The Law of False Witness: Lying to a Magistrate or during a Bond-Court audit is a strike against the Three-Fold Lock. This is considered a crime against the state.

Agriculture & Industry

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Agriculture

Skilled Labor

• Permaculturist

• Biodiversity Specialist

• Plant Biologist

• Compost Specialist

• Predictive Needs Specialist

Unskilled Labor

• Field Laborer

• Greenhouse Laborer

Craftable Goods

Skilled Labor

• Blacksmiths

• Weavers

• Carpenters

• Woodcraftsman

• Tanners

• Leatherworkers

• Dye Technician

• Sewist

Unskilled Labor

• Shop Laborer

• Material Handler / Loader

• General Helper / Laborer

• Striker

• Assistant

• Cleaner

• Assembler

Government

Skilled Labor

Unskilled Labor

Bond Service Support

Skilled Labor

Unskilled Labor

Master's Estate Support

Skilled Labor

• Head Chef

• Head Baker

• Master Gardener

• Estate Manager

• Executive Assistant

• Personal Bond Court Lawyer

• Head Housekeeper

Unskilled Labor

• Cooks

• Prep Cooks

• Assistants

• Grounds Laborers

• Housekeepers

Hospitality

Skilled Labor

• Head Housekeeper

• Head Chef

• Manager

• Head of Guest Needs

Unskilled Labor

• Housekeepers

• Cooks

• Prep Cooks

• Guest Aids

Food Service

Skilled Labor

• Line Cook

• Cook

• Chef

• Head Chef

• Manager

• Bar Tender

Unskilled Labor

• Servers

• Prep Cooks

• Dishwashers

• Cleaners

Healing & Healthcare

Skilled Labor

Unskilled Labor

Sanitation

Skilled Labor

Unskilled Labor

Goods Retailer

Skilled Labor

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"To Serve is to See; To Lead is to Remember."

Founding Date

18th of Landblessing 1168

Demonym

Janjin

Government System

Meritocracy

Legislative Body

The General Electorate

• Composition: All citizens in an Active-Bond (from Day 1), all Masters, and "The Served" (Foundational Electorate).

• Power: This body proposes, debates, and passes all municipal laws and tax codes. It is a direct democracy where the 14-year-old Pledge and the 50-year-old Master have equal voting weight in the assembly.

• The Override: A 75% "Super-Majority" of the General Electorate to override a Council Veto

Judicial Body

The Bond-Court

• Composition: A mix of Pillar Stewards and Masters.

• Power: They handle Master Releases, Dissolutions, and TIB (Time in Bond) disputes. They are the frontline against corruption.

• The Invisible Master: Requires the True Master to appear in court for any dispute, regardless of their "Invisible" status.

Executive Body

The Council of 12

• Composition: Only Masters who have completed three 10-year Pillar Bonds (30 years of Master-level leadership). They are elected by their fellow Masters.

• Power: They have no legislative power (they cannot write laws). They possess a Veto Power over any law passed by the Electorate that they deem a violation of "The Mirror."

• The Check: If the Council vetos a law, they must provide a "Public Mirror-Rationale," explaining exactly how the law would lead to the exploitation or erosion of empathy.

Location

Aggory