BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Replace the term “Contribution” with “Prominence” in the rule “Feudal Contract” and on the dynastic tracking wiki page. Set each Soul’s Prominence to the Contribution that Soul had on Friday, November 26, 2021, at 22:00:00 UTC. Set the Prominence of the Dark Lord to 197.

Create a new rule entitled “Mortality and Darkness” as follows:

Every Soul belongs to either the team Mortals or the team Darkness, by default belonging to the team Mortals; this is publicly tracked. The term “Mortal Soul” is synonymous with “Soul whose team is Mortals.” The term “Dark Soul” is synonymous with “Soul whose team is Darkness.”

Every Soul is either Seen or Unseen, defaulting to Unseen; this is publicly tracked as “Visibility.” If a Soul who is Unseen gains Prominence, that Soul becomes Seen.

If a Soul other than the Dark One is Seen and has zero Prominence, then any player may and should make that Soul Unseen, and when they do so, must simultaneously set that Soul’s team to Mortals (if that Soul was most recently a Dark Soul) or to Darkness (if that Soul was most recently a Mortal Soul).

Assign all Souls with greater than zero Prominence to the team Darkness, and make all such Souls Seen.

Create a new rule entitled “Dark Regard” as follows:

If there is one Mortal Soul whose Prominence is greater than that of each other Mortal Soul, that Soul is Bright.

There may be one Dark Soul who is Favored; this is privately tracked by the Dark One. The Dark One may change the Soul who is Favored at any time. The mantle may be passed between the Dark One and the Soul who is Favored, or vice versa, and the prohibition on deals between players in the rule “Mantle Limitations” does not apply to deals between the Dark One and the Soul who is Favored.

The special case rule “No Collaboration” does not apply to communications among Dark Souls or communications among Unseen Souls.