Open Hand

The Open Hand is a group of separatists from the southernmost Archduchy of Scaloi. Led by Bishop Ret Issendel, the Open Hand seeks to secede from the Kingdom of Druthal and instead be an allied Queendom, with its own Church of Scaloi replacing the Church of Druthal. They compare the current Kingdom to fists, with each of the ten regions, like fingers, tightly bound together. Their metaphorical framing is that these bonds should be loosened, instead like open hands: still connected and moving generally together, but independent and more flexible.

The Open Hand are bound together by religious conviction, and likely, truly through the use of Faith, but they follow nonviolent principles to get their message out.

Scallic citizens are rarely seen in the city of Maradaine, and their distinct cultural differences make them stand out even without much protest action.

The Open Hand first appear in Shield of the People, where they are protesting to promote their independence, through non-violent, but provocative, insulting, and violence-inducing actions.