Today's News: PPP Continues Hunt For L. W.

A rumor reported on the Purity Resistance blog http://lwaltershield.blogspot.com/suggests that Levi Watershield, the face of the GU resistance movement, is being hunted by members of the People' s Proscript Party (PPP). L. W., as he prefers to be known, continues to gather support for change. All GU members are encouraged to provide safe housing for this brave leader as he seeks support for our freedom.

Please continue to submit your personal stories and news items to grotiangrapevine@gmail.com. Together, we can make a difference!

We Are Grotian

Oppression is not in deeds only. It is in the Proscripts' words, and their words infect our tongues, and our tongues infect our minds, and in this way we learn to doubt ourselves.

How many generations of Grotians have grown up blindly accepting the implication of words such as "grotty", lived out their lives never questioning their assigned place in the world? How many outsiders, never hearing of Grotians or Proscripts, use "underground" carelessly to mean "hidden away"?

Because that is what we are. We are hidden away from the Proscripts, and we are hidden away from ourselves.

If we are to become truly free, then we must first free our souls. We must find ourselves, cast away the words that they put on us like chains to bind our thoughts, stand up to our own self-doubt first. Only then will we be ready to stand up to them.

I have looked in the cracked and grimy mirror. I know what we are. I have examined my soul.


We are Grotian, and we are underground.


We are the undercurrent, the undertones, the subtext, the foundation of your world. Your towers rest on our shoulders and backs. What will happen to them when we shrug them off like the old coats you throw away for us to wear?

We are from beneath, but we are not beneath you. We are the roots of your society, and you will be uprooted. We are rising from the deep.


We are Grotian, and we are underground.

--Asphodel Storm

All is not fine

Welcome fellow Grotians and all of those who care for us or may be curious about our lives.

Our generation did not make the choice to live as servants and dwell in substandard homes or under the ground. Our parents and their parents became emotional and physical hostages of Edward Jameson and the People's Proscript Party. While it is true that the PPP long ago aided the Grotians in a time of need, it is also true that making us exist as an underclass for all time is unfair and inhumane.

We have been unable hope for better lives for ourselves or our children. We have not had equal access to good food, fresh air, or clean water. Our educational opportunities are limited to training for the jobs we're given. We do not have freedom of movement. Recreation is at the pleasure of the party, and they provide us little of that -- always using the mantra that we are fine as we are.

This space is to be used to tell our stories so that it can no longer be said that we are just fine. We will also use this forum to convey news of our resistance to the status quo. This is an open forum. Everyone's stories, opinions and ideas are welcome here. Speak your truth. We will be heard. Free the Grotians!

Please send your stories and news scoops to: grotiangrapevine@gmail.com