The First Age
For thousands of years, Polygonia lay in peace. Fields were tended, shops were opened at first light, and children learned letters and angles at the schoolhouse. The kings governed, but they sought counsel from the Monks of Orthogon—spiritual guides and gifted mathematicians who taught that a higher realm, Parallaxia, stood just one right angle away. Believe in the orthogonal axis, they said, and prepare your minds to meet it.
The Sack of Orthogon
The peace was shattered when the Quadratic tribes allied with the Rhombusians and sacked the Temple of Orthogon. The libraries burned. In betrayal, the Rhombusian king seized Polygonia for himself, declaring the orthogonal axis heresy and outlawing its mention.
The Dark Ages
Two hundred years passed beneath a crushing rule. Yet in hidden corners, a few outcasts whispered the old teachings. They kept fragments—charcoaled diagrams, half‑remembered chants—and waited.
The Rekindling
At last the outcasts rose. They toppled the tyrant’s line and reopened the Temple. Orthogonism returned, first as faith, then as curriculum. With fresh minds and clean chalk, the old religion unfolded into real science—the same shapes, now wielded as instruments.
Stars and Parallaxia
Explorers pushed outward. Telescopes charted the sky; engines learned to whisper. Then came the great accelerant—Artificial Intelligence. With patient attention, our machines confirmed the Monks’ oldest claim: the orthogonal axis is real. We named the beyond Parallaxia, and we prepared to vindicate those who first pointed the way.
Today, the Imperium Bureau of Science stewards that legacy. Belief gave us direction. Mathematics gave us tools. Together, they gave us a door.