We shall get there soon enough. I truly do want you to understand. First, more about the binding nature of the Contract.

Because the House members were compelled to want to exploit the Loopholes in the Contract; which Loopholes were expansive indeed, being the Spandrels of a first try at Song-Contract-writing; the entire House soon turned its complete efforts toward creating Charmed Artifacts and using them to persuade more and more people to join the cause of pursuing the first Theory, and to genuinely wish to recruit further help.

With the help of a good dash of random Fate, a runaway positive feedback loop ensued, and within two saecula the majority of the World’s inhabitants were on the job. Ordinary folks, Houses full of Cræfters, Bureaucrats, and an emerging Clergy all dedicated themselves to the Theory.

Which Theory Was It