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===All cities of the Empire must be self sufficient.=== | ===All cities of the Empire must be self sufficient.=== | ||
This Edict is VERY old and dates from a time known as the Age of Pestilence, when every kind of horrible disease and affliction ran rampant through the Empire. These ancient plagues were highly resistant to curative magic and spread like wildfire, so the Emperor of the day, Ariclos the Ninth, made it illegal to travel more than a mile from your home! In addition, he ruled that all cities must be able to feed themselves. All cities that could not comply were razed to the ground, leading to the widely held opinion that Ariclos the Ninth was a "real | This Edict is VERY old and dates from a time known as the Age of Pestilence, when every kind of horrible disease and affliction ran rampant through the Empire. These ancient plagues were highly resistant to curative magic and spread like wildfire, so the Emperor of the day, Ariclos the Ninth, made it illegal to travel more than a mile from your home! In addition, he ruled that all cities must be able to feed themselves. All cities that could not comply were razed to the ground, leading to the widely held opinion that Ariclos the Ninth was a "real of an Emperor. This Age raised Lurain to ascendance for her incredible battles against the Pestilence Gods, although it is known that Karena is the one who finally defeated the Pestilence Gods by poisoning them through treachery. The Age of Pestilence was so bad that the Empire has never seriously considered lifting this Edict, although enforcement is notoriously lax. Lurain's worship and Daneth's habit of encouraging the cultivation of every square inch of a city's rooftops means that technically speaking most cities do comply, but only barely. | ||
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5) All cities of the Empire must be self sufficient. | 5) All cities of the Empire must be self sufficient. | ||
This Edict is VERY old and dates from a time known as the Age of Pestilence, when every kind of horrible disease and affliction ran rampant through the Empire. These ancient plagues were highly resistant to curative magic and spread like wildfire, so the Emperor of the day, Ariclos the Ninth, made it illegal to travel more than a mile from your home! In addition, he ruled that all cities must be able to feed themselves. All cities that could not comply were razed to the ground, leading to the widely held opinion that Ariclos the Ninth was a "real | This Edict is VERY old and dates from a time known as the Age of Pestilence, when every kind of horrible disease and affliction ran rampant through the Empire. These ancient plagues were highly resistant to curative magic and spread like wildfire, so the Emperor of the day, Ariclos the Ninth, made it illegal to travel more than a mile from your home! In addition, he ruled that all cities must be able to feed themselves. All cities that could not comply were razed to the ground, leading to the widely held opinion that Ariclos the Ninth was a "real of an Emperor. This Age raised Lurain to ascendance for her incredible battles against the Pestilence Gods, although it is known that Karena is the one who finally defeated the Pestilence Gods by poisoning them through treachery. The Age of Pestilence was so bad that the Empire has never seriously considered lifting this Edict, although enforcement is notoriously lax. Lurain's worship and Daneth's habit of encouraging the cultivation of every square inch of a city's rooftops means that technically speaking most cities do comply, but only barely. | ||