The Grove (Organization)

The Grove is the organization of elders controlling the area of the same name, The Grove, as well as The Grown.

Structure

At the top there is The Grown, and under him are elders who control various settlements.

Public Agenda

They have a very simple agenda, expand The Grove, and spread the Growth Spores.

Assets

Five settlements spread throughout The Grove.

History

The history of the organization starts when The Grown had spread Growth Spores to his first four deciples, who became the elders who rule today.

Demography and Population

Every member is infected with/has The Growth.

Territories

Just The Grove.

Military

Their only military is the guards and expansion forces, but the townspeople will join in the fight if necessary.

Technological Level

They are slightly less technologically advanced than other organizations, probably due to their connection to nature.

Religion

They all worship The Grown.

Foreign Relations

Basically every other government or group is at least wary of them, or outright dislikes them. They have no allies.

Agriculture & Industry

They grow many different kinds of plants and have a few mines but other than that, that's all the industry they have, they do not export any goods.

Trade & Transport

They transport good throughout The Grove, and occasionally out to their other camps, via caravans with pack beasts. They don't trade with other peoples unless a specific merchant goes out to do so.

Education

They have education centers in the settlements.

Infrastructure

They have built roads and settlements, as well as a few outposts, but not much else.

Mythology & Lore

They believe that The Grown is holy, and that he came to the planet to purify it of evils and impurities, that he is basically the god of the entire planet.

Divine Origins

It all comes from the word of The Grown, as well as the voices heard when someone is being affected by The Growth.

Cosmological Views

They see most things built by the various races as a scar on the planet, and that only things created by and/or sanctioned by The Grown are okay and holy, as well as nature.

Tenets of Faith

They all follow the teachings and commands of The Grown and the voices from The Growth.

Ethics

They never directly harm nature, but they have no qualms with harming anyone or anything seen as unnatural or "unholy.

Worship

They pray every day to The Grown, and plant special herbs in his honor. They also have a tradition when they die pledging their corpses to him as a sacrifice to the spore that grows upon them, so it may grow and continue the expansion of The Grove.

Priesthood

The "priests" are the elders appointed by The Grown, and are seen as basically avatars of The Grown, and are listened to and respected as such.

Political Influence & Intrigue

The governors (elders, The Grown  are inherently a part of the "religion".

Founding Date

9970 TE

Type

Geopolitical, Tribe

Capital

The City of the Grown

Training Level

Trained

Veterancy Level

Trained

Demonym

Grown

Leader

The Grown

Head of State

The Grown

Head of Government

The Grown

Government System

Tribalism

Power Structure

Autonomous area

Economic System

Mixed economy

Currency

They mostly use different minerals or other natural resources as currency, as they do not have an official currency.

Major Exports

They do not export anything.

Major Imports

They do not import anything as an organization, although some times caravans are sent out to go get supplies.

Legislative Body

The Grown, and his elders.

Judicial Body

Various guards throughout the land.

Deities

• The Grown

Divines

• The Grown

Location

The Grove

Controlled Territories

• The Grove

Notable Members

• The Grown