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The Graftian Empire
DIR By: Chente
Date: July 16, 2019, 5:41 pm
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The Great Graftian Empire is a major world power in Myrrh. The
empire is located to the northeast of North Palamecia. It's
current Emperor is Quan K. Pendragon, the seventh leader.
Originally the Graftian Republic, it was formed from part of the
remains of the Alliminian Empire by it's greatest knight, Leon
Pendragon.
Until a hundred years ago, due to Graftians' overall inability
to use magic compared to other nations, the Graftian Republic
became a remote and sparsely populated nation occupying little
more than a fraction of the northlands. One day, a brilliant man
impersonating the leader of the country brought great change
with a stash of otherworldly items he had acquired from the Far
East. He told the people of the Graftian Republic that their
future was to expand, to control, to be Great. The Republic
began a campaign of conquering other nearby nations under the
pretense that they would exterminate all monsters that would
then threaten them.
The Graftian Empire is a monarchy with a semi-absolute cognatic
primogeniture succession based on Divine Right. The new king
always inherits shortly before or just after the death of his
father, who bestows the Right of Rule to them (either in person
or spirit). The monarch is considered considered to have
absolute final say over all matters within the kingdom except
over the Gods themself within the Graftian Empire. Although it
is not known whether or not the Right of Rule can be passed to a
woman, and thus a queen, it is considered within the realm of
possibility. For this reason, the succession laws allow the
eldest sibling to inherit regardless of gender, as long as they
can inherit the Right of Rule.
Now, the Empire controls all of the Nomum Isles, dubbed The
Graftian Isles after their seizure of them. Based on the day of
the full takeover, July 30th is the national holiday, Seizure
Day.
General Laws
- Everyone is to conduct themselves in a civilized manner. Live
life with honor. Working hard and sacrificing for the good of
the whole will make the whole stronger.
- All races are welcome in the Empire so long as they act in a
helpful, polite, civilized manner. The definition of helpful,
polite, and civilized is subject to imperial interpretation and
may change at any moment.
- Anyone practicing dangerous magic will be held responsible for
any damage done to people or property within the city or on
others, regardless of fault (this law is almost always expanded
upon in city by city, with every city bar Jamaiyal preventing
magic usage in public or specific zones without the proper Mage
Academy License). Necromancy is always forbidden.
- Violence is heavily discouraged inside of cities. Anyone who
has been threatened or harassed should report such behavior to
the Knights rather than take matters into their own hands (or,
alternatively, take it outside of a city). Fighting zones can be
created with the correct license, however, murder is still not
allowed.
The ranks within the empire.
His/Her Eminence (0): The Chancellor of the Empire
His Majesty (I): The Emperor of the Empire, and generally also
the King of Dan Grafta.
His/Her Royal Highness (II): Men of the royal family in the line
of succession, the Emperor's wife, and the Emperor's mother.
His/Her Highness (III): Member of the royal family with no claim
to the throne, such as female heirs and their spouses.
His Greatness (IV): Commander or High Commander
His/Her Grace or Excellency (V): Dukes, Barons, Viscounts,
Counts:
His/Her Lordship or Ladyship (VI): Lords, untitled nobles,
military generals
Sir or Dame (VI): Knights, baronets, senior [Has eight
sub-levels to it.]
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Royal Palace
DIR By: Chente
Date: October 29, 2020, 12:42 pm
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In order to justify the monarch's actions beyond being that of
Divine Right, the king has a council of advisors who assist them
with their decisions. The council is in essence an extension and
verification of the Kings already borderline-absolute authority.
They are the advisors and administrators who serve the King,
even in his respect as Emperor: and so much of the business of
state and budgeting is actually handled directly by the
councilors before reaching the king.
Although they are not actually councilors, the Seven Blooms of
Dan Grafta are also given their own seats at the round table.
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The Imperial Chancellor is the head of foreign affairs and
justice within the land. With or without the king, the
chancellor holds meetings with other nations and has the power
to declare war, enact treaties and surrender. The chancellor is
also the highest-ranking judge within the land, whose official
residence is in their Chancery in the city of San Amore. The
chancellor is appointed by every member of the council, royal
body and the highest-ranking dukes in the land.
The Chancellor, unlike their peers on the council, is given the
nomenclature of being an imperial instead of Royal or High. This
distinction is important because its means that the Chancellor
is the only actual Empire-based member of the council, and ranks
higher then the others. It also means that in the actual Chain
of Command, the Chancellor holds a rank nearly equivalent if not
above the King in matters of the empire, but not of the kingdom.
In practice, they are the Kings right hand and strongest-ally.
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High General (there are 2 at any given time.)
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The Royal Treasurer (previously known as the High Steward) is
the head of finance and administration. They are primarily
responsible for collecting and administering kingdom-side taxes
across the land from citizens, barons, counts and dukes at the
correct taxation ratio towards the Crown. The high treasurer
also handles the granting of land, noble titles and the kingdoms
personal estates.
Civillian: 8% (reapplied at 4% to the Baron)
Baron: 12% (reapplied at 6% to the Count)
Count: 18% (reapplied at 9% to the Duke)
Duke: 22% (reapplied at 11% to the King-- not the Crown itself)
Although the Royal treasurers primary office is in the Palace,
every town within the Empire of atleast 1,000 residents has a
Treasurer's Office with an Assistant High Treasurer inside.
These assistants report back to the Royal Treasurer and act in
their stead, further enabling the correct collection of taxes.
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The Emissary Warden holds reign over the governments gathering
of intelligence data and its prison population.
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Court Chaplain. The role has lost much of its prestige since the
Petalflow Incident and the passing of the Faith Intersection
Act, which separated the Court Chaplain from the actual role as
Sagacitas.
The newest council position is that of the Royal Magician. They
also have a role in prosecuting and punishing magic-based
crimes, shared with the Emissary Warden.
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Religion within the Empire
DIR By: Chente
Date: January 9, 2021, 10:45 pm
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Taminism is the primary and official religion of the Empire,
although other faiths are allowed as long as they do not incite
violence or harm to the primary faith. Although it is split into
several branches, here is a cursory explanation of its hierarchy
within the Empire.
I. The Sagacitas - The Sagacitas is 'the one true voice of the
Heavens' in the taminist faith and his claims extend to all
Taminists throughout the world, even outside of the Empire. He
is the closest to the Divine, and the Sagacitas cannot be a
woman, as they are not considered 'pure' or 'clean' enough.
I (Special). The King/Emperor of Dan Grafta - The emperors
claims only extend to taminists inside of the Empire, and his
word is officially considered equal to the Sagacitas, according
to the holy texts of Aghanim. Outside of this, whether a
faithful listens to the Sagacitas or the Emperor in an instance
of a dispute, is mostly up to them.
II. Illuminatus / High Annointed - The Illuminatus are stationed
in the great Zivant Citadel with the Sagacitas, and act with him
at all times.
III. Annointed - The annointed are the head of any manese
outside of the Great Zivant Citadel. They have authority not
only over the bishops within their territory, but also over all
faithful. Administration of the Annointed's area, called a
Manese, is up to the annointed. Some set up a complex hierarchy
filled with priests and sub-priests and acolytes, while others
appoint a few sub-high-priests and let each temple run itself.
IV. Bishops/Fathers/Priests - Head or speakers of any single
holy place.
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Military of the Graftian Empire
DIR By: Chente
Date: April 13, 2021, 5:53 pm
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The empire relies on a very strict organizational system for its
army, based on ancient Alliminian rank and file formations, with
marshal titles being a direct appropriation of them.
They fall under two distinct categories: militants and supports.
Militants are the ones who actually perform combat duties.
Militants are to defer to those of a higher rank; in an instance
of being unable to for whatever reason, they then must defer to
one a rank higher (such as a Squire to their commander).
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Primary (militants):
Squire
Knight
Commander
Marshal
General
A squad is made up of ten to twenty squires or knights, and up
to ten squads form a batallion, led by a Commander. Commanders
directly lead their batallion from on-foot and actively
participate in battles. There are then up to ten batallions
within any given division, which is led by a Marshal.
The Marshals lead and act from outside the field, rarely if ever
acting directly in combat. They direct messages to the generals
and other marshals, correcting the soldiers under them with
minor strategies. There are only seventeen Marshals and two
generals in the entire army; if at any point this would result
in congestion in a division, then the size limit of said
batallion is increased. One Marshal is to specifically to handle
the duty of managing the supports.
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Then, there are also the supports in the military who handle
non-combat roles. They are all considered to be above a Knight,
but technically below a Commander-- however they all directly
answer to the seventeeth Marshal.
Secondary/Tertiaries (supports):
Warden
Physician
Distributor
Wardens have two duties: maintaining the imprisonment of
prisoners of war, and keeping order within the living quarters
of the soldiers.
Physicians are doctors or abjuration magicians who are sent onto
the field alongside a batallion to assist them. If they are able
to, they reat the wonded in combat, but otherwise recover the
injured and dead to treat (or store if deaD) at a camp.
Distributor is the widest ranging role in the military, with
many different roles, duties and subclasses. From cooks, ,
morticians. The only underlining specific of a distributor is
that they either handle the movement of goods to and from the
camps and the soldiers, or work on maintaining the camp itself.
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All of the ranks outside of Marshal and General are also
designated with a numeral between I and III (i.e Knight II, with
a higher numeral simply designating time in service of the
military. Although there is no inherent power difference with
the designations within the same rank, many defer or are
expected to defer to their cohort of a higher designation.
I: 0-5 years of service
II: 6-10 years of service
III: 10+ years of service
Marshals are instead designated with a specific title, taken
directly from Alliminian military titles. The marshals also
attend high-ranking cases in the court of law (sometimes as the
inquisition or overseers).
(1) Auctoritas
(2) Phylacista
(3) Praeceptorem
(4) Sanctor
(5) Justitium
(6) Legionis
(7) Reus
(8) Iudex
(9) Haruspicem
(10) Inquisitor
(11) Vindex
(12) Servator
(13) Legatus
(14) Percontator
(15) Causidicus
(16) Judicator
(17) Dissignator
(X) Praetorian (unused/abandoned)
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