sorry! it's not my place to say, even if i knew anything about what he did specifically. i'm not a scholar in the slightest and i'm afraid i'd probably just confuse you more
[Not a lie but also not the complete truth, either... He's afraid Raha will remember something right now, since he learned that's a thing that can happen.]
rigid, organized, and hell bent on forcing everyone to be supposedly "equal" under their system... except that pureblooded garleans will always get preferential treatment over those they conquer and draft into their wars. they claim that everyone else's ways are antiquated, but their caste system is no better than anyone else's. and by forcing the people they defeat into becoming their army, it's a self-sustaining machine of war when they get started.
it's only recently that rebellion has begun to loosen the empire's grip on everyone else.
i should also mention that magic, which we call aether, can be harnessed by most people on my world except for the garleans. so they turned to technology and innovation in order to defend themselves, then they wanted more, and of course nothing says "submit or die" better than a large cannon pointed at one's capital city
the island i hail from has an oath of neutrality to keep trade flowing all over, but i'll be honest... the empire's military make trouble anywhere they go, acting like they own the place
also, thank you for the bit about my face. i'll take it as a compliment
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[Not a lie but also not the complete truth, either... He's afraid Raha will remember something right now, since he learned that's a thing that can happen.]
rigid, organized, and hell bent on forcing everyone to be supposedly "equal" under their system... except that pureblooded garleans will always get preferential treatment over those they conquer and draft into their wars. they claim that everyone else's ways are antiquated, but their caste system is no better than anyone else's. and by forcing the people they defeat into becoming their army, it's a self-sustaining machine of war when they get started.
it's only recently that rebellion has begun to loosen the empire's grip on everyone else.
i should also mention that magic, which we call aether, can be harnessed by most people on my world except for the garleans. so they turned to technology and innovation in order to defend themselves, then they wanted more, and of course nothing says "submit or die" better than a large cannon pointed at one's capital city
the island i hail from has an oath of neutrality to keep trade flowing all over, but i'll be honest... the empire's military make trouble anywhere they go, acting like they own the place
also, thank you for the bit about my face. i'll take it as a compliment