Cebrail 16, 1790 – An in-depth investigation reveals the shadow economy of Orgone in Ultima Thule, where suffering itself is commodified. Illegal practitioners known as Bogies, Drunes, and Mortificati fuel a system of exploitation that feeds the insatiable demand for Mana, threatening both law and conscience.
Executive Summary
Ultima Thule, the northern stronghold of the Coalition of Thulean Jarls [1], has become a hub for the illicit trade in Orgone — the volatile essence distilled from suffering. While state law formally prohibits its trafficking, underground networks thrive, supplying Mana-hungry mages and corporate syndicates across Kenoma.
This report examines the structure and practices of the so-called Agony Economy: how secular sacrifices are orchestrated, who profits, and what social costs arise. Through interviews with victims, defectors from the trade, and experts like criminologist Uthred Turunen, we trace a chilling reality where human anguish is bought, sold, and weaponized.
The city of Ultima Thule, a grim northern stronghold, has become the global nexus for the illicit trade of Orgone, a dark essence harvested from suffering (Credit: Kenomitian)
Background and Context
Orgone is not a neutral commodity. Born of suffering — pain, despair, humiliation, fear — it radiates from every living being, pooling at death in the blast of Aponia. When merged with Aether, Orgone becomes Mana, the lifeblood of magical practice.
The Principle of Suffering, a cosmic directive, makes this transmutation possible. But it also fuels abuse. In Ultima Thule, an uneasy coexistence of corporate investment and outlaw cabals sustains demand. Bogies, Drunes, and Mortificati emerge as key figures: exploiters of others’ torment, traffickers in agony, and sellers of their own despair.
The Investigation Unfolds: The Bogies’ Trade in Secular Sacrifice
Bogies — defined as those who commodify the suffering of others — stand at the dark heart of the Agony Economy. Their methods range from coerced rituals to engineered tragedies. In Ultima Thule’s industrial districts, warehouses double as slaughterhouses of emotion, where captives are exposed to cycles of torment to maximize Orgone yield.
In the industrial districts of Ultima Thule, warehouses are converted into “symphony halls” of torment, where captives are exploited to maximize Orgone yield (Credit: Kenomitian)
Dr. Uthred Turunen explains:
“Bogies exploit loopholes of legality by disguising their acts as voluntary contracts. In practice, these are enforced by coercion, debt bondage, or outright kidnapping. The Orgone harvested feeds into black channels connecting Thule to megacorporate markets abroad.”
Former Bogie “V.”, who spoke under condition of anonymity, described the operation:
“We called it ‘symphony writing.’ Each victim was tuned for maximum output — hunger, humiliation, loss. It wasn’t about killing them; it was about keeping them alive in a permanent state of despair.”
Drunes and the Exploitation of Beasts
Drunes take a different path, siphoning Orgone from tlavati — animals and plants. At first glance, this appears less cruel. Yet Thule’s forests and fisheries are riddled with ritual farms, where creatures are bred not for food but for prolonged suffering.
Animal rights advocates in the Jarldom describe fields of twisted flora, roots deliberately starved of light, and livestock subjected to engineered parasitism. The goal is always the same: Orgone emission under stress, harvested at the threshold between survival and collapse.
The forests of Ultima Thule hide another industry of anguish, where “Drunes” farm creatures and flora for prolonged suffering, normalizing the principle that agony is a resource (Credit: Kenomitian)
Turunen notes:
“Drunes defend their practice as victimless. But their industries normalize the principle that suffering is a resource. That mindset prepares the ground for far worse abuses.”
The self-commodification of suffering is the trade of the Mortificati, individuals who sell their own anguish, trading every nightmare and panic attack for survival (Credit: Kenomitian)
Mortificati: Selling One’s Own Pain
The Mortificati represent an inward turn: individuals who transmute their own anguish into marketable Orgone. Often impoverished or socially outcast, they contract themselves to buyers seeking “fresh streams.” Self-harm, orchestrated misery, and psychosomatic breakdowns become labor.
One Mortificatus interviewed in the port district admitted:
“I fed myself into the system. Every nightmare, every panic attack, every humiliation — they bought it. I thought it was a way to survive. Instead, it hollowed me.”
Such self-commodification exposes the stark poverty underlying the trade. It is not only external captors who profit, but also a society that drives its desperate to monetize their despair.
Fallout and Implications
The Agony Economy corrodes the moral fabric of Ultima Thule. Beyond its victims, it infects governance, commerce, and culture. Orgone trafficking fuels shadow revenues that rival legitimate industries. Politicians turn a blind eye, or worse, receive their share of Mana tithed from suffering.
The black market also destabilizes magical ethics. Younger mages, unable to afford lawful Mana, turn to illicit channels. Overload incidents — where spells consume what a mage values most — have surged in Thulean hospitals, a grim sign of unregulated practice.
Worse still, the normalization of suffering as currency spreads outward. From Thulean ports, trafficked Orgone flows to the Thelemic Corporate Paradise, to Choronzon’s open slave markets, to necromantic labs in the Empire of Iao. Ultima Thule becomes not only a local crime scene but a global exporter of despair.
From the ports of Ultima Thule, the Agony Economy reaches every corner of Kenoma, supplying the Thelemic Corporate Paradise, Choronzon’s slave markets, and necromantic labs with trafficked anguish (Credit: Kenomitian)
Calls for Accountability
Criminologist Uthred Turunen urges immediate international scrutiny:
“This is not a fringe cult phenomenon. It is an industrialized network. Without coordinated law enforcement and cultural reckoning, the Agony Economy will entrench itself as a permanent sector.”
Dr. Uthred Turunen warns that the Agony Economy is no fringe cult, but an industrialized network that requires immediate international scrutiny to halt its expansion (Credit: Kenomitian)
Human rights groups call for bans on voluntary slavery loopholes and stricter monitoring of Mana markets. Some propose sanctions on corporations complicit in Orgone trafficking. Others warn that unless the Principle of Suffering itself is challenged, black markets will always reemerge.
Yet enforcement remains elusive. In Ultima Thule, whispers suggest that even elements of the Jarls’ coalition profit from clandestine Orgone exports. Investigations stall. Witnesses vanish. The economy of agony endures, nourished by secrecy and demand.
Conclusion
Ultima Thule stands at a crossroads. The Agony Economy reveals the darkest inversion of Wilhelm Reich’s idealism: not a life force of vitality, but a commodity of anguish. In this economy, every tear has a price, every scream a market.
Unless checked, the Bogies, Drunes, and Mortificati of Ultima Thule may carve a permanent niche in Kenoma’s magical order — a world where power grows not from wisdom or aspiration, but from the systematic manufacture of suffering.
Notes extracted from the Kenomitian Compendium
[1] Coalition of Thulean Jarls: a neofeudal and Teslapunk alliance of sci-fi Viking territories, ruled by Noble Houses of warlords, raiders and slavers: the Jarldoms, who attain their positions through lineage, bidding wars and extremely ritualized and regimented duels; and exert tremendous sociopolitical control over magically powerful commoners.
A glimpse into the Coalition of Thulean Jarls (Credit: Kenomitian). See more
