The Colonies - Gemenon

Created by Admiral Rhea Kydalla on Wed Aug 11th, 2010 @ 10:33pm

The third colony settled within the star system, after Tauron and Caprica.

First to arrive here were priests, oracles, and others who closely studied the Sacred Scrolls. Others of a more religious bent soon followed and the colonists here built great temples and shrines to the Gods. Gemenon became a place for religious pilgramages, with visitors braving the cold, harsh conditions in the mountain ranges to visit and worship in the original temples and shrines built by the first colonists.

There were also natural formations which took on religious meaning, such as the Faces of the Lords - a series of naturally carved rock faces said to bear the images of the Gods. It was believed that pilgrimages to these sites would awaken and refresh the spirit.

Two primary sects lived in relative tolerance of one another on Gemenon. The fundamentalists who believed that every word written in the Sacred Scrolls was literally truth; that the Gods could heal and bestowed visions on their most devout followers. That the cycle of time repeated forever. That the Thirteenth Tribe was real and had moved on, not staying in the Colonies and eventually discovered Earth.

The other sect was made up of orthodox theists. These people were the least judgmental of the Gemenese, and used their resources to found organizations such as the Colonial Cross, a relief foundation which served all Twelve Colonies without prejudice. They also operated the Kobol College, a school devoted to philosophy, psychology, medicine, administration, civil engineering, and public relations.

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