Pencil 2

Pencil 2SE (220FE) is an HB Tradition+ pencil who was a key figure during the Revolution. 220FE was purchased on the 20thday of the Celestial Terminary (moon zero), as part of a commission to find a more distinguished leader than 39FE. Later the same day, 220 attended the funeral of Pencil 2FE, and was declared Regent, waiting to be coronated on the following Friday. Pencil 220 immediately began planning a revolution to accompany its accession to the throne. Pencil 220 ordered that all pencils be renumbered, and all activities in the Empire carefully monitored and dictated by written laws and regular assemblies and ceremonies. As part of its revolution scheme, Pencil 220 ordered what would later become known as the Great Purges of the Celestial Terminary. On the 23/1, 220 took several VPs out of retirement and executed two others. Many slaves and pens deemed substandard were also systematically put to death, often without trial. These controversial acts angered Pencil 39 who vowed to end the tyranny no matter what it took. Pencil 39 had until the coronation day to overthrow Pencil 220, so it secretly commissioned a search for old documents that proved its influence. An old register was found and this convinced many supporters of 220 to change sides. An appeal was passed to hold a re-election, and the day before the coronation, 39 won the election and was declared the successor. The political situation leading up to the coronation resulted in Pencil 220 becoming Deputy, however the new Emperor immediately passing legislation to reduce 220’s power. From the 5th – 8th days of the first moon, the rechristened Pencil 2SE toured to Jindabyne with the executive panel. By the third moon, the Emperor successfully had Pencil 2 fired from its position as Deputy, being replaced by Pencil 3. It has since served as a 1P pencil and Headquarters scribe. Despite its highly eventful early years, Pencil 2 now mostly works in obscurity. During the seventeenth moon, Pencil 2 was granted its first apprentice, Pencil 97, who graduated just a month later after an accelerated training course, on the 14/18. Pencil 2 received its second apprentice in the 33rd Moon when a 2B Mars Lumograph, Pencil 152 was recruited. After several moons of training, Pencil 152 graduated with honours on the 2/35.