Radiant Empire - Revision history

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	=Ages of the Empire=		=Ages of the Empire=
	* Rise - 976 through 1298 - Martial empresses consolidated power and grew the borders of the empire by defeating powerful monsters and building strongholds throughout the world. The class of nobility was established.		* '''Rise''' - 976 through 1298 - Martial empresses consolidated power and grew the borders of the empire by defeating powerful monsters and building strongholds throughout the world. The class of nobility was established.
	* Golden - 1298 through 1522 - The power of the empire grew rapidly, and genius empresses built great monuments to the power and research of sorcery. The empire flourished, while the nobility grew wealthy and became given to excess.		* '''Golden''' - 1298 through 1522 - The power of the empire grew rapidly, and genius empresses built great monuments to the power and research of sorcery. The empire flourished, while the nobility grew wealthy and became given to excess.
	* Declension - 1522 through 1928 - In this period, the empire’s power waned. The untimely deaths of several strong empresses were followed by weaker successors. This instability weakened the nobility. The declension empresses were eventually beaten in the crusades of 1620-1631 and broken with the fall of the House of Night and Day in 1928.		* '''Declension''' - 1522 through 1928 - In this period, the empire’s power waned. The untimely deaths of several strong empresses were followed by weaker successors. This instability weakened the nobility. The declension empresses were eventually beaten in the crusades of 1620-1631 and broken with the fall of the House of Night and Day in 1928.
	* Exile - 1928 through Present - The remnants of the imperial family are no longer supported by nobility, and actively hunted by the church. They retain a few remote strongholds, while searching for ways to restore the waning power of their ancestral line.		* '''Exile''' - 1928 through Present - The remnants of the imperial family are no longer supported by nobility, and actively hunted by the church. They retain a few remote strongholds, while searching for ways to restore the waning power of their ancestral line.

	=Imperial Family=		=Imperial Family=

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	\| [[Arlyne the Quick]]		\| [[Arlyne the Quick]]
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	As bearers of Carmine’s unique bloodline, each empress is effectively an elect of Sheligath, a status which confers nearly limitless access to the world’s sorcery and immunity to many forms of weapons and magic.		As bearers of Carmine’s unique bloodline, each empress is effectively an elect of Sheligath, a status which confers nearly limitless access to the world’s sorcery and immunity to many forms of weapons and magic.

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+The Conservatory is the imperial school of sorcery, located in Italy, near the House of Night and Day.
+Conservatory professors are usually visiting nobles from across the world, or the extended family of nobles who have not yet been assigned dominions by the empress. Serving in the Conservatory is one way to get an invitation to the empress’s court, as well as to become well-connected with the current and future nobility of the empire.
+The Dreadguard is one [[Order]] of the Empire.
+Blessed by the Empress herself, they are able to call and consume Sheligath’s Fire to transform their bodies temporarily. When using this power, they are permanently damaged. Thus, the lifespan of an active dreadguard is fairly short.
+=Nobility=
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+The nobles of the empire are assigned dominions—areas of the world where they are responsible for civil and military leadership. These dominions may often overlaps, with Kings and Queens presiding over whole nations, Dukes and Duchesses over regions, Counts and Countesses over smaller areas, and Barons or Baronesses over local areas like towns.
+The most prestigious of these posts will come with one of the great Castles of the empire, which can be moved to new strategic locations at the pleasure of the empress.
+Before the fall of the empire, the church served as local supporters and enforcers of the nobility. After the fracturing of the empire, the nobility continue to carry out these duties in a tense truce with [[Sethi’s Church]]. Some have even left the nobility of the empire and been declared as Patricians within the church.

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	\| 1756–1784		\| 1756–1784
	\| Wilhelmina the Moon-Queen		\| [[Wilhelmina the Moon-Queen]]
	\| Abdicated, Self-imposed Exile		\| Abdicated, Self-imposed Exile
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1784–1800		\| 1784–1800
	\| Isolde the Bloody		\| [[Isolde the Bloody]]
	\| Overthrown by Nobility		\| Overthrown by Nobility
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1800–1845		\| 1800–1845
	\| Carlotta the Grave		\| [[Carlotta the Grave]]
	\| Abdicated, Old Age		\| Abdicated, Old Age
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1845–1868		\| 1845–1868
	\| Evangeline the White		\| [[Evangeline the White]]
	\| Assassinated		\| Assassinated
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1868–1869		\| 1868–1869
	\| Teodora the Heretic		\| [[Teodora the Heretic]]
	\| Exiled		\| Exiled
	\|-		\|-
	}}		}}
	A young empress ascended to the throne in the wake of her mother’s assassination. Teodora lacked outstanding talents and had no real governing ability. She largely left the work of imperial management to her grandmother, Carlotta and her retainers in order to go adventuring around the world.
	Teodora became entangled in Meron’s plot to reactivate the Tower of Ascension and retrieve Marjoli the Astronomer from a faraway Otherworld. During this time, Teodora awakened to become a Midian, and was forced to abdicate her imperial claim.
	~~In the following centuries, she has roamed the earth as the Weaver of Fates, a constant foil to the machinations of the empire and the soul catcher alike.~~
	1869–1892		1869–1892
	Valentina the Scholar		Valentina the Scholar

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 A young empress ascended to the throne in the wake of her mother’s assassination. Teodora lacked outstanding talents and had no real governing ability. She largely left the work of imperial management to her grandmother, Carlotta and her retainers in order to go adventuring around the world.
 Teodora became entangled in Meron’s plot to reactivate the Tower of Ascension and retrieve Marjoli the Astronomer from a faraway Otherworld. During this time, Teodora awakened to become a Midian, and was forced to abdicate her imperial claim.

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	\| 1631–1731		\| 1631–1731
	\| Yareli the Alchemist		\| [[Yareli the Alchemist]]
	\| Abdicated, Insanity		\| Abdicated, Insanity
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	After the death of her mother, the young princess Yareli became empress. Paranoid of the nobility and fearful for her life, Yareli delved deep into the study of alchemy. She built her private laboratory, Vivikadavera Villa, deep in the frozen hills of Romania, where she lived for nearly a century as a recluse.
	Yareli did little work of governance, and instead devoted herself to her studies of immortality and resurrection. The empire was mostly run by her imperial consort, and later by her daughter and granddaughter.
	Yareli’s dream was to resurrect the First Empress Carmine and revive the strength of the empire. This work had limited success, as Yareli was able to access Carmine’s memories and will, but not restore her body.
	The results of her work drove Yareli insane. On the eve of her hundred-year jubilee, her great-granddaughter, Meredith the Revered was declared empress, after already acting as empress regent for nearly two decades.
	~~Yareli’s exact fate is unknown. She merely faded from public consciousness and was never heard from again.~~
	1731–1756		1731–1756
	Meredith the Revered		Meredith the Revered

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	\| [[Loretta the Fallen]]		\| [[Loretta the Fallen]]
	\| Killed by [[Immortal Sethi]] in the Crusades		\| Killed by [[Immortal Sethi]] in the Crusades
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			\| 1631–1731
			\| Yareli the Alchemist
			\| Abdicated, Insanity
	\|-		\|-
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	~~The last empress to reign during the golden age of the empire. Left destitute by the profligate spending of her mother, Loretta’s empire was effectively being run by the church and its arbiters.~~
	When Loretta tried to consolidate power back to her dissatisfied nobility in 1620, the church responded by breaking from the empire in a bloody 11-year conflict known as the Crusades. This war ended when Grand Arbiter Sethi killed Loretta and declared the church its own independent force with a new creed.
	~~1631–1731~~
	~~Yareli the Alchemist~~
	~~Abdicated, Insanity~~


	After the death of her mother, the young princess Yareli became empress. Paranoid of the nobility and fearful for her life, Yareli delved deep into the study of alchemy. She built her private laboratory, Vivikadavera Villa, deep in the frozen hills of Romania, where she lived for nearly a century as a recluse.		After the death of her mother, the young princess Yareli became empress. Paranoid of the nobility and fearful for her life, Yareli delved deep into the study of alchemy. She built her private laboratory, Vivikadavera Villa, deep in the frozen hills of Romania, where she lived for nearly a century as a recluse.

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 The last empress to reign during the golden age of the empire. Left destitute by the profligate spending of her mother, Loretta’s empire was effectively being run by the church and its arbiters.
 When Loretta tried to consolidate power back to her dissatisfied nobility in 1620, the church responded by breaking from the empire in a bloody 11-year conflict known as the Crusades. This war ended when Grand Arbiter Sethi killed Loretta and declared the church its own independent force with a new creed.

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