The Order of the Glassroot

The Order of the Glassroot is a ritual order, cultural guild, and spiritual collective that governs all rites related to the Crystal Lake, most notably the Ritual of the First Fracture. The Order of the Glassroot is not just religious or magical—it is resonant. It preserves the harmonic memory of the First Fracture and maintains the ritual order needed to keep the Crystal Lake and Sradag Isle from slipping into tonal collapse. It is the most revered institution among the Láenthelin, functioning both as guardian of tradition and mediator with the lake spirit.

They believe that all reality is structured sound—and they are its gardeners, archivists, and defenders.

Philosophy & Symbols

• Their symbol is a spiral-rooted crystal, usually etched on bark, bone, or skin.
• They believe all harmony must grow from within, and that too much power drawn too quickly fractures the soul.

Current Role in Láenthelin Society

• Highly respected—almost untouchable in authority.
• Not political, but vetoes any decision that would affect the Crystal Lake, tonefields, or sacred structures.
• Often mediate resonance disputes, especially in Tírglassan where tonal alignment is crucial to architecture and agriculture alike.

Influence and Reach

While the Order has no political power beyond Sradag Isle, its voice holds deep moral weight across Comhlaidir. Some scholars and spiritual pilgrims in Aisling refer to the Order as the “last keepers of the old harmony.”

• Unauthorized imitation of the First Fracture rite outside of Sradag Isle is forbidden by decree of the Order, and believed to anger the lake itself.

The Order of the Glassroot—while revered by many as the stewards of harmony, memory, and sacred resonance—is also deeply entangled in controversy, secrecy, and ideological contradiction. On Sradag Isle and beyond, whispers often describe them as both protectors and gatekeepers, healers and hoarders, visionaries and fanatics.

Not all voices are meant to shape the world

One of the Order’s core tenets is the belief that only certain harmonic lineages—those descended from the original Láenthelin—can safely wield or shape Resoform.This has led to the exclusion of outsiders from major rituals and technologies, silencing or erasure of non-conforming tonal practices (even among other islanders), and accusations of ethnospiritual elitism. Though framed as “resonant safety,” many scholars see it as a spiritual caste system, a remnant of ancient tribal hierarchies.

Only tempered minds may carry the world's true echoes

The Order maintains vast memory archives encoded in Resoform—rituals, histories, confessions, deaths, songs, even sensory recordings. However, the Order refuses to share key historical memories with “unproven” individuals, regularly edits or “refines” memories considered dangerous, discordant, or unflattering, and sometimes erases entire events from communal consciousness. This leads to allegations of information control and ideological shaping, gaslighting entire generations, and acting as historical revisionists with holy justification

The discordant must be distanced, lest the root rot

Those whose emotional states, tonal signatures, or philosophies become dangerously misaligned with the Order’s core resonance are subject to Dissonant Exile. This involves forced removal from Sradag Isle (and therefore prohibited from coming back), tonal sealing—a ritual that blunts a person’s ability to harmonize, and in some cases, ritual amnesia.

Critics argue this is a religiously cloaked purge of dissenters used to maintain a monoculture of thought, and ethically horrifying, as it removes memory, identity, and voice.

Some of these exiles become “The Echo-Wraiths”, wandering songless souls blamed for cursed events.

Resonance must never become commodity

While Resoform could revolutionize agriculture, healing, communication, and memory-sharing, the Order forbids its export or mass use, claiming that it must not be polluted by desire. They also claim that untrained hands will fracture the Tone and that sharing it would invite another Fracture Age. But select political allies and internal elites get access to Resoform luxuries, outsiders have been executed for smuggling even a sliver and black markets in Aisling and beyond now traffic in flawed but usable shards.

This selective gatekeeping of powerful tech has sparked accusations of hypocrisy, geopolitical resentment toward Sradag, and small uprisings in outer villages

Some memories must suffer to remain true

The Order knowingly creates semi-sentient Resoform entities that serve as memory-keepers or guardians of sacred places. These beings are formed from recorded emotional trauma, designed to feel, speak, and suffer for their purpose, and sometimes bound permanently to the same loop or event.

While they argue these relics are willing vessels, others believe that The Order is creating sapient suffering. These relics are trapped souls and that this borders on ethical necromancy.

A known example, The Weeping Lattice of Taravesh, cries every night, reliving the memory of an ancient genocide for all who walk by.

Despite all of this, the Order remains beloved or at least tolerated, because they prevent Resoform disasters (many of which only they know how to contain). They also provide healing, memory, and ritual purpose. They offer spiritual prestige and access to Resonant Status, and their rituals often work, producing miraculous effects. And perhaps most critically: no one else understands the Crystal Lake or its echoes deeply enough to replace them