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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Royalists''' are one of the two major political underground movements operating within the [[Smart Slums]] and fringe sectors of Neo-Europa. Opposed to corporate dominance and technocratic governance, the Royalists advocate for a return to symbolic monarchy, ancestral memory, and human-centric leadership. They are a paradoxical blend of tradition and rebellion—cloaking their ideology in banners, pageantry, and encrypted oaths.<br />
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== Origins ==<br />
The movement began as a cultural response to the growing dehumanization caused by the rise of the [[Council of Nobles]] and the omnipresence of corporate scoring systems such as [[Ladder Points]]. Slum poets, memory hoarders, and discarded nobles formed the early ranks, preserving historical texts, family sigils, and outlawed heraldry in hidden archives.<br />
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== Ideology ==<br />
The Royalists believe that Neo-Europa has lost its soul—not because of technology itself, but because of the *wrong people* guiding it. They envision a society led by a sovereign monarch chosen through bloodline and symbolic worth, not performance metrics or machine logic.<br />
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Key beliefs include:<br />
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* Restoration of pre-Exodus values, modified for a cybernetic age<br />
* Abolition of corporate citizenship and algorithmic governance<br />
* The sanctity of memory, ritual, and lineage over code<br />
* Spiritual resistance to the commodification of identity<br />
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While some view them as romantic traditionalists, others consider them dangerously regressive or even crypto-authoritarian.<br />
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== Activities ==<br />
Royalist cells operate throughout the slums and in hidden [[Substructure-1]] enclaves. Their actions range from:<br />
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* Hosting masked oaths, underground pageants, and encrypted heraldry sessions<br />
* Smuggling nullborn children out of corporate custody<br />
* Printing illegal memorybooks and distributing false bloodline certificates<br />
* Infiltrating [[CivSpheres]] to recruit disillusioned [[Ladder Class]] families<br />
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Despite being low-tech in image, many Royalist factions use sophisticated data obfuscation tools, sigil-based encryption, and ritualized hacking methods derived from [[Depth Witches|Depth Witch]] practices.<br />
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== Relationship to Republicans ==<br />
While both Royalists and [[Republicans]] oppose the corporate regime, their ideologies are fundamentally opposed. Republicans call for horizontal democracy and collective digital rights, while Royalists invoke blood, history, and crown.<br />
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The two factions occasionally cooperate in sabotage or memory-liberation raids, but deep distrust persists.<br />
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== Known Symbols and Practices ==<br />
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* '''Blood Coins''' – Embedded chips said to contain ancestral data fragments<br />
* '''The Whispering Throne''' – A mythic monarch many Royalists claim is already born, hidden, or emerging in the Veil<br />
* '''Knighthood Rituals''' – Symbolic ceremonies performed in Veil Realms or forgotten tunnels<br />
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== Notable Figures ==<br />
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* '''Roland Weinvlit''' – Current leader of the movement, twin brother of [[John Weinvlit]] (the Dagger of [[Codenberg Corp]]). A powerful orator and memory archivist.<br />
* '''Lady Tiberia of the Mask''' – A masked noblewoman who allegedly leads a Royalist chapter in the upper levels of Substructure-1.<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[Republicans]]<br />
* [[Smart Slums]]<br />
* [[Substructure-1]]<br />
* [[Depth Witches]]<br />
* [[Ladder Class]]<br />
* [[Council of Nobles]]</div>Admin AK