1,131
edits
m (links) |
(links and grammar) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Nine '''[[Vertani]] Houses''' make up the core of the Empire, based off the original nine territories that formed it. Each | Nine '''[[Vertani]] Houses''' make up the core of the [[:Category:Empires|Empire]], based off of the original nine territories that formed it. Each House has a leader, called the [[Solarn]]. | ||
The suicidal [[Imperial Oracles]], idiot savants who live in horror after having been | The suicidal [[Imperial Oracles]], idiot savants who live in horror after having been "touched by the [[All]]", are kept restrained and confined. Their sole purpose is to decide by prophesy which House's Solarn will serve as the next [[Ascendant]]. | ||
The Solarn of the House whose cycle it is to rule the Empire is called the Overlord. A non-Daq has never served as an Ascendant. Should the Ascendant | The Solarn of the House whose cycle it is to rule the Empire is called the Overlord. A non-[[Daq]] has never served as an Ascendant. Should the Ascendant be slain, a new cycle will not begin until the Oracles' prophesy. | ||
The other Solarns sit on a council that advises the Overlord. Although the Solarns are unified in their firm belief of the [[Vertan]] civilisation's superiority over all others, each Solarn serves to further the goals of his or her own House by sitting on the council. | |||
[[Category:Organisations]] | [[Category:Organisations]] |
edits