Acronyms

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CCD - Central Custody of Dominion

Founded 2025.

ASU - Ascendant Soviet Union

Founded 2023, restructured into the CCD in 2025.

CDPS - Custody Domestic Protection Service

Custody Intelligence;
headquarters: Kremlin

Ascendancy
- Authoratative ruler of the CCD
Nikolai Brandon, Former President of the Russian Federation and Ascendant Soviet Union

Dominances
- political divisions of the CCD.
Current Dominances & their capitals are:
Dominance I - Former Russia aka the "Central Dominance", Moscow.
Dominance II - Former nations of the old USSR, Kiev.
Dominance III - the Indies & southeast Asia, Mumbai.
Dominance IV - the Far East excluding China, Tokyo.
Dominance V - the Middle East, Dubai.
Dominance VI - Eastern Europe, Prague.
Dominance VII - Western Europe, London.

Patron
- Ruler of a Dominance;
directly reports to the Ascendancy;
the CCD equivalent to a regional governor

The Sphere
- the executive and cultural counsel to the Ascendancy

Privilege
- the seven individual members of the Sphere

Custody
- CCD equivalent to a department or agency; eg, Custody of Defense

Atharim
- hunters of gods and creatures from the godwars

Regus
- head of the Atharim

Wilder
- a First Age wielder of the Power

The Sickness
- the symptoms which follow an uncontrolled use of the Power

Ouroboros
- the tattoo of a serpent or dragon eatings its own tail which marks a member of the Atharim

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A quick guide to names of important or frequently mentioned PCs/NPCs in the CCD:

Current Privileges

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If anyone makes up a new name for an NPC regarding a Privilege or Patron, let us know so we can add the name to the ever-growing list for reference.

I am going to make a quick-list of current Patrons. I know Hasan named DV's patron, but have any others been mentioned? Let me know if you can think of them.

Thanks!

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Update on Current Privileges