The
Emaan Empire is ruled by Wilsam damEmaan,
a strong man who inherited the position form his ailing father. A
twenty-year old Wilsam spent the next twenty years to create the Emaan Empire
as it is known today. He solidified his power base and through a series
of brilliant military moves he now controlled much of the southern part of the
continent. With his wife's sister, he
instituted a campaign against the tieflings and dragonborn saying that they are
the cause of the world today. The
fiendish nature of the tieflings and the avaricious nature of the dragonborn
spurred his early war efforts. He has consolidated much of his power base
militarily and commercially, as his people are already tried of the
all-consuming war. They don’t shy away from it though, especially if they
are holding off against their many enemies, tieflings and dragonborn. Wilsam has four wives, eleven children and
two grandchildren. Dela neeEmberhall damEmaan is the head wife and
has born him five of children. She is
powerful coming from the Emberhall family and is a veteran of the court. She does not let her anger show but remembers
every slight. Her oldest child Resen damEmaan, fast coming up in the Emaan
military. Wives two and three are a pair
of twins, Maska and Miska neeJunial damEmaan. Maska and Miska come from a family of Krusadi
that emigrated here some years ago.
Being the second generation that have been born in the Emaan Empire,
they are still look exotic to the Emaan eyes, even though they are fully Emaani
in culture. They have five children
between them. They have caught the eye
of the Wilsam for their father is a very rich merchant that plies the waters
between the Empire and Krusad. That, and
they do everything together. The fourth
wife is barely out of her teens. Santra Latani was born of simple parents but
now holds the title of Fourth Empress.
She is young and looks at the
court with innocent eyes. She has born
the Emperor one daughter. There is a
story told at court that she looks like the spitting image of Wilsam's first
love who was killed before he even became the Emperor.
Wilsam
is very careful in his expansion of the Empire.
He is currently easing his way up both the east and west parts of the
coast. Currently he is using the
problems caused by goblins moving in on Copperwood. Copperwood is fast becoming a possible
warzone between the Emaan Empire and the Moonsilver
Alliance. There are many among
the Alliance that are saying the goblins are moving north because of the Empire
plundering their lands. All in all, the
Empire has landed troops in Copperwood and the Alliance has shipped troops
south to the beleaguered town. They are
both staring each other down while waiting for the goblins to travel across the
river that makes the border on the southern end of the town. Pol Hybreren
the second in command of the army in in charge of the western expansion. He is getting stymied by the growing presence
of good aligned gods of Pelor, Bahamut and Mitra, forming a Theocracy of the Sun along the western
coast. Not only are they militarily
strong they are commercially viable as they control the only ocean route from
the Sea of Morning to the Adarac Ocean and The
Shattered Coast of the Eavelan
and Neferani Continents. The Emaan
Straights is a thin strip of water that connects the two bodies of water
and is the only way people can travel between them. They heavily patrol and tax every ship that
sails trough. East Tont is one the northern end of the straights along the Sea
of Morning and is a major seaport. It
lies at the foot of the mountain range that split during the great earthquake
during the Arkhosia and Bael Turath wars. Controlling this thin strip of water has made
them incredibly wealthy. Arch-Duchess
Sylvanre Emberhall the most powerful person in the Empire besides the
Emperor because she controls the Emaan Straights among other things such as the
propaganda against the dragonborn and tieflings. The empire's exchequer is a dwarf named Joll Mardugal.
An older dwarf he oversees the wealth of the empire down to the nearest
copper which is quite considerable.
There
are churches to just about every god and goddess in the empire. Erathis
is the major deity of the empire bringing about her laws and civilization. Bane
is the second most popular god, especially among soldiers. The Cult of
Asmodeus is popular among the young aristocracy as it deals with
domination and who better to dominate than the young, jaded and rich. People are rich but it will soon become more
of a disparity as the rich become richer and the poor becomes poorer. Luckily this is still generations away but it
will come if things do not change. The
current leaders of the Cult are the Arch-Duchess Emberhall's two oldest
children. Nonus
and Riya Emberhall
are both young and jaded and delight in showing off their power.
The
Emaan Empire is a major stronghold of Nerath’s past and a strong contender to
rebirth the ancient and glorious past. Unfortunately, they see many of
the "lesser" races as flawed, causing the downfall of the previous
Empire of Nerath. Elves are alright for many have fled Courvale and settled in the shores of Lake Myren in the Rashbuk Forest. Halfings are fine, as are dwarves.
They have taken in many dwarven refugees from Khorag'dum
when they have lost the city due to infestation of orcs and other darker foes
nearly a hundred years ago. Many dwarves
work for the Imperial Foundries and
their work is found all throughout the Empire.
Halflings control much of the lands that forms the breadbasket of the
Empire, though some of them are beginning to question the Empire's policies. Many of them just go along with the flow of
things.
They
despise the dragonborn and tieflings. They see them as carriers of the
curse that led to the destruction of their respective empires. Tieflings especially so because of the huge
legions of slave-warriors that they used all those centuries before. Slavery of non-human races is allowed as long
as they are tieflings or dragonborn.
Slavery is a common punishment for crimes. While tieflings and dragonborn are slaves for
life if caught within the Empire, other people sentenced to slavery have to
serve time before they are released.
Slavery is akin to a contract and many people who enter slavery for a
short time leave with some sort of trade.
In fact many of them needing some work are often hired after their term
is up. They may serve as common laborers
or they may serve in dangerous occupation witch will halve the time of their
sentence. The Auxiliary Legions is one
posting. They are usually the first to
engage the enemy. Though they suffer
incredible casualties, many of the veterans continue to serve after their terms
are finished, either continuing in the Auxiliary or with a more respectable
unit. Tiefling and dragonborn slaves are
sent to the most menial of labor. There
are more tiefling than dragonborn slaves here as the heart of Bael Turath was
in the north. The halfling and many of
the dwarves (being more pragmatic) go along with this propaganda against the
dragonborn and tieflings. There are some
elves however because of their longer lifespans don’t believe in this targeted
slavery. They are more likely to help
than hinder any slave attempting to free themselves.
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