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The Shining Empire

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	== The Church ==		== The Church ==

	The Church of the First Breath was present at the Empire's founding and is its church. ~~Where~~ the Empire's administration has stopped functioning, the Church governs in its place. [[Fablehaven]] is governed by the Church.		The Church of the First Breath was present at the Empire's founding and is its church. In some areas, where the Empire's administration has stopped functioning, the Church governs in its place. [[Fablehaven]] is governed by the Church.

	== Decline ==		== Decline ==

The Union

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The Shining Empire

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The Shining Empire: a union of States under a Senate and Emperor, with the Church of the First Breath as its church, failing as its eastern sites go spent (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

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'''The Shining Empire''' is the human state that claims the known [[The World|world]]. It is a union of States, one for each region, governed by a Senate and an Emperor. Its people call it '''the Union'''. The [[Church of the First Breath]] is its church. The Empire's authority is failing: its laws still pass and are rarely enforced, and in most States the power that governs is local.

== Government ==

Each region of the world is a '''State''' of the Empire. Each State seats two '''senators''' in the '''Senate''', and the '''Emperor''' stands above the Senate.

The Senate sits and passes law. Enforcement is left to each State. Where a local power governs a State, that power fills the State's two seats with its own people.

== The Church ==

The Church of the First Breath was present at the Empire's founding and is its church. Where the Empire's administration has stopped functioning, the Church governs in its place. [[Fablehaven]] is governed by the Church.

== Decline ==

The Empire was built on the largest [[Pneuma#Sources|elemental sites]] of the eastern States, and on the roads, couriers and garrisons that connected them. Those sites are [[Pneuma#Land|spent]]. The rich sites lie west, in land the Empire never held and beyond the reach of its garrisons.

The Empire once delivered protection, safe roads and the upkeep of its sites. Those benefits are failing, and the loyalty of its people is failing with them. Most people are indifferent to the Empire. Some are for it and some against, and each State has its own attitude.

== Presence ==

In every State the Empire is present as an imperial road, a courier post, an assessor who collects the Empire's tax, and the State's two seats in the Senate. The garrisons have left.

Fablehaven

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	[Deserters]		[Deserters]
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			=== '''Burbridge''' ===
	== ~~Burbridge~~ ==		A city in Fablehaven ruled by '''Arch Bishop Burble V''' of the Church of the First Breath. It is the church's headquarters and the largest settlement in the region, hosting everything from grand and regal houses of worship to dark and dirty slums.
	'''Burbridge''' ~~is a~~ city in Fablehaven ruled by '''Arch Bishop Burble V''' of the Church of the First Breath. It is the church's headquarters and the largest settlement in the region, hosting everything from grand and regal houses of worship to dark and dirty slums.

	'''Resources:''' Coal, Wool, Cloth, Lamb (Food), Lamb (Livestock), Lumber		'''Resources:''' Coal, Wool, Cloth, Lamb (Food), Lamb (Livestock), Lumber
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	== ~~The defector encampment ''(name TBD)'~~' ==
	A small, hidden encampment in the hills, settled by defectors from the divine army. They found a source of iron and are building themselves up as a force to oppose the church, believing the Church of the First Breath is oppressive and cruel and does not faithfully represent [[Bhrenor]]. Many have lost family, friends, or even their homes to what they see as the church's iron fist. They hope to one day build a new, peaceful, and free society away from the church's control.		=== Hope's Rest ===
			A small, hidden encampment in the hills, settled by defectors from the divine army. They found a source of iron and are building themselves up as a force to oppose the church, believing the Church of the First Breath is oppressive and cruel and does not faithfully represent [[Bhrenor]]. Many have lost family, friends, or even their homes to what they see as the church's iron fist. The church has launched a "Crusade" against its enemies and have been slaughtering those who oppose; any who deny the First Breath. They hope to one day build a new, peaceful, and free society away from the church's control and evil.

	* '''Iron Mines''' — they operate an iron mine producing a large amount of iron.		* '''Iron Mines''' — they operate an iron mine producing a large amount of iron.
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	* They are beginning to be able to forge steel — a new step forward in power for them.		* They are beginning to be able to forge steel — a new step forward in power for them.

	== The pneuma meadow ''(name TBD)'' ==		=== The pneuma meadow ''(name TBD)'' ===
	An exceptionally large meadow in Fablehaven, surrounded by dense forest, with a large stone monument or magical artifact ''(exact nature TBD)'' at its center. It has become an important religious site for the church: the ancient object emits pneuma in a crawlingly slow but ever-lasting stream. Its nature and source are unknown, and the details of its existence are still being studied — to the people of Fablehaven it is a natural phenomenon. Occasionally a surge of pneuma passes through the object, and ''(an enemy appears, or some manifestation of pneuma/the elements — TBD)''.		An exceptionally large meadow in Fablehaven, surrounded by dense forest, with a large stone monument or magical artifact ''(exact nature TBD)'' at its center. It has become an important religious site for the church: the ancient object emits pneuma in a crawlingly slow but ever-lasting stream. Its nature and source are unknown, and the details of its existence are still being studied — to the people of Fablehaven it is a natural phenomenon. Occasionally a surge of pneuma passes through the object, and ''(an enemy appears, or some manifestation of pneuma/the elements — TBD)''.

			=== [Haunted Woods] ===


			=== [Briarwood] ===

			=== Fisheye Island ===

			=== [Naval Port Shype] ===

			== Inhabitants ==
			Humans

			Cryptid monsters

	== Quests and Storylines ==		== Quests and Storylines ==