>>4837303
>man is greater than the masses
>no man is greater than the nation
>banish the thought

>>4837308
>man is greater than the masses
Sheep led by a lion are more fearsome than lions led by a sheep (plus this will probably be the base for later ideas like capitalism and self suficiency and aligns with our faith in Aitlaz )

>>4837303
>no man is greater than the nation
Democracy mfs.

>>4837308
>man is greater than the masses
It's time

>>4837303
>man is greater than the masses

We are more than just a man, we are the will of Aitlaz

>>4837308
>>no man is greater than the nation

>>4837308
>>no man is greater than the nation
We are back boys!!!1

>>4837308
>man is greater than the masses

>>4837610
>>4837376
>>4837353
>>4837330
4-2-1-201
You have come to the conclusion that the contribution of a single man, can outweigh the ability of a nation.
As this is merely an opinion you hold, spreading the thought was not an objective, yet conversations with your guards have made your position abundantly clear to them.
While you feel they might begrudge you for this, they profess agreement with your line of thought.

3-3-1-201
You have held on tenaciously and the color has returned to your skin, you are nonetheless doomed. You know this, because your court witch has ceased any attempts at treatment.
Over the last weeks, even twilight cultists have had the audacity to express their admiration for you in person.
You would have had them arrested, had it not been so funny.
With life fading, nothing seems to really upset you anymore.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
>Politics - Determine Foreign Policy
Economy:
>Commerce - Fund the Soldiery
Culture:
>Philosophy - Objective Morality
>Art - Calligraphy
>Music - String Instruments
>Music - Xylophones
Miscellaneous:
>Private - The Palace Animals
>Private - Expanding the Palace

>>4838969
>Private - The Palace Animals
Last words. Take care of my best friends, because man had betrayed me and they never did.

>>4838969
>>Private - Expanding the Palace

>>4838969
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
This is the option where we choose an heir right?

>>4838969
>>Private - The Palace Animals

>>4839002
yes

>>4838969
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate

Yeah let's uh... get this one done.

>>4839002
>>4838981
Changing to
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
Because if we are dying we need to handle succession.

>>4838969
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate

>>4840353
>>4839768
>>4839718
>>4839002
4-3-1-201
As death approaches you decide that it is time to hold an election before it is too late, you can't just leave the sun throne vacant.
Your heralds send word across the whole realm, a Donejatehera is in progress.

4-4-1-201
A week has passed and the results are in, now the candidates who made it are on their way to the capital.

1-6-1-201
All those worthy of succession have arrived, you recognize most of them, such as...
Jonno the Drinker - a jolly fellow who lights up every party, legend has it he has never been drunk.
Kibro hur Lapejo - a reserved man oft praised for his investigative ability
Yddo Muxandaz - one of your nephews, he is very popular with women
There is an odd one though
Hiro
he is without affiliation, no lineage, no origin, it is quite unusual. You don't know anything about Hiro and his looks don't give you any indication of who he might be, no one at court seems to be able to tell you anything either.
Well, the vote must proceed.

2-6-1-201
You summon the Alluxilid and begin the debate with what little life is left in you.

>Jonno the Drinker
>Kibro hur Lapeyo
>Yddo Muxandaz
>Hiro

>>4840858
>Yddo Muxandaz - one of your nephews, he is very popular with women
Let's hope he is also popular with the men.

>>4840858
>Kibro hur Lapeyo
History shows what happens when you have playboys as emperors and I'm intrested in his investigative ability.

>>4840858
>Hiro
He's our Hero; Hiro!

we know little to nothing, but whoever we pick will be in our control, mostly. It will be *us* and NarratorQM loves to restrict options to vote depending on the character and the circumstances... >Jonno the Drinker. He will be great, I tell you!! We need them friends

>>4840858
>Kibro hur Lapejo

>>4840858
>>Kibro hur Lapeyo
Sherkock boggs :DDDD

>>4840858
>Kibro hur Lapeyo

>>4840858
>Kibro hur Lapeyo

>>4843172
>>4842977
>>4841866
>>4841567
>>4840936
3-6-1-201
The Alluxilid has elected the next Ahunnid: Kibro hur Lapejo
Jonno renounces claim to the throne, professing that he didn't want to be here in the first place, his family pulled a prank on him by entering him for the election.
Yddo does the same, but out of spite, clearly he did not take well to being rejected.
Hiro on the other hand does nothing, he nods and wishes to retain his claim, making him the official Tehero, the Ahunnido's substitute.

3rd, 1st, 2nd - 201
Ninjano hath passed, kicking and screaming.
Thine coronation be shared with the day of thine predecessor's burial, a grim affair.
In the ancient tradition and personal respect for him, thou shalt henceforth be known as Ninjano the second, as thou seat thineself upon the sunthrone.
Thou art now Ashgizo, supreme onnido over all creation.

While he hath left thou a stable realm, he hath as well left a collection of critters, whose ancestors you reckon once belonged to Aitlaz II. They be lively, but also treading the line separating tame from feral.
Thou feel'st the same way about Hiro, a suspect character unknown to the court, yet alleging to boast the acclaim demanded of his competing in the election.

Miscellaneous:
>Private - Sort yourself out
>Private - Investigate Hiro
>Private - The Palace Animals

>>4843312
>Private - Investigate Hiro
What is he up to...

>>4843312
>>Private - Investigate Hiro
we gotta use our POWERS

>>4843312
>Private - Investigate Hiro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3SPsfqtkXA

>>4843312
>Private - The Palace Animals
We should probably get them acclimated to us before something happens.

>>4843770
>>4843535
>>4843509
4th, 1st, 2nd - 201
Thou'st uneasiness concerning Hiro hath increased to the point where thou deem'st investigation necessary. Against thine guards' advice thou don'st the garbments of a commoner and trail Hiro secretively.
Though nothing suspect has happened thusfar, thou cannot make a judgment, for shopping and wandering alike are usual activities. He hath bought an uncommon trinket however.
He hath entered a house outside the city which appear'st abandoned, being surrounded by debris of recent conflict.
Hiding underneath the window, thou hear'st him conversing with another, a woman, nay a girl, not yet of age. Thou witness him speaking of a gift, then making a clattering noise - evidently he hath given her the trinket.
Joy spark'st forth inside. A relative, his daughter perhaps.

5th, 1st, 2nd - 201
Dawn of the next day, thou summon'st Hiro to court for private conversation, keeping that which thou have learned to thineself.
He be a most unusual character, devoid of bodily expression, as though thou was conversing with a wall.
Thou do'st learn of his missing heritage, orphaned he claims to have been, never seen a settlement until adulthood. If this assertion be truthful, Hiro was a feral child.
As time go'st on the secret of his alleged fame revealed itself, a few villages bordering Nerfaz lands hail him as their savior. Hiro disputes their acclamation, insisting his feats be exaggerated.

2nd, 3rd, 2nd - 201
Thou procured witnesses of Hiro's heroics, who all attested the same events, albe they all from different villages. Though this confirm'st Hiro's actions, it do'st make him a liar, even if merely to humble himself. Thou still ponder what he'd stand to gain from underselling himself, but in due time thou shalt find it.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
>Politics - Determine Foreign Policy
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy
Economy:
>Commerce - Funding the Sciences
Culture:
>Art - Calligraphy
>Literature - Ray Poetry
>Music - String Instruments
>Music - Xylophones
Miscellaneous:
>Private - The Palace Animals

>>4844374
>Commerce - Funding the Sciences

MORE COOL SHIT

>>4844374
>Commerce - Funding the Sciences
THE WHAT!?
THE WHAT!?

>>4844374
>Commerce - Funding the Sciences

>>4844374
>Commerce - Funding the Sciences
Holy shit. It's happening.

>>4844985
>>4844630
>>4844408
>>4844385
3rd, 4th, 2nd - 201
Man's ability to tame creation hath fascinated thou since infancy. When possible thou would spend'st thine time, listening to local Berasaz having a Haova. So petty were they at times that they argue'st the color of the sky. From such discourse thou learned to listen for detail, apply logic to the mundane and fantastical alike. Such be the reason thou create'st now an ensemble of Berasaz to argue the color of the sky even in thine absence.
If two be enough to change a child, a hundred can change a nation.

Though consume time it will, not least be it to the pettiness thou value'st so much. Upon completion, thou shalt dub it the Beraxu.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
>Politics - Determine Foreign Policy
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy
Culture:
>Art - Calligraphy
>Literature - Ray Poetry
>Music - String Instruments
>Music - Xylophones
Miscellaneous:
>Private - The Palace Animals

>>4845841
>>Private - The Palace Animals
Let's get this sorted with. I am confident it won't take much time to filter the ones that will tear our face off from the ones that won't

>>4845841
>Music - String Instruments

>>4845841
>>Music - String Instruments

>>4845841
>Music - String Instruments

>>4845841
>Literature - Ray Poetry

>>4845841
>Private - The Palace Animals
They won't last that long.

>>4845841
>>Private - The Palace Animals

>>4847370
>>4847041
>>4845857
[Alas poor Tie, I knew him well]
5th, 6th, 2nd - 201
In the little time they've spent here, thine Berasaz have made one complaint upon the other regarding the "feral beasts" wandering about the Salen.
Thou inform'st them that they are the sacred companions of thy predecessors, thou do'st not tolerate ill talk about these creatures.
Thine Berasaz relent, but do suggest improving thy nurturing ability.
Insolent as they may, there be'st truth in their words. Mayhaps thou should consider relinquishing them to more capable hands.
Mayhaps thou should also ponder heeding thine Berasaz outright.
in spite of mundanity, the decision be difficult nevertheless.

>learn some handling
>put them up for adoption
>just leave them be

>>4847875
>>learn some handling
Imagine owning a domestic bear.

>>4847875
>learn some handling

>>4847875
>learn some handling
How about a zoo?

>>4847967
bear left the crew almost a century ago

>>4847875
>learn some handling

>>4847875
>handling
I think it will be the most rewarding option. Being the avatar and all, makes sense the animals also likes us the new one

>>4847875
>learn some handling

>>4848069
Fuck

>>4847967
>>4848012
>>4848039
>>4848400
>>4848473
>>4848933
1st, 7th, 2nd - 201
Inspite of thine protesting Berasaz thou decide'st to continue thy ancestral legacy and bear'st with the ensemble of critters walking about the Salen.
For this purpose, thou have sent out word of thine desire to employ one skilled in teaching the art of taming.

3rd, 7th, 2nd - 201
Oddly, against thy own expectation, thou have found someone already with this knowledge. Thou await'st eagerly the forthcoming of thy master-to-be, yet all you receive is Hiro.
Thou suppose'st this revelation be logical, he doth be an expert in the matter, having been feral in his youth.
Accepting his tutelage, thou begin'st thine training as of today.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
>Politics - Determine Foreign Policy
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy
Culture:
>Art - Calligraphy
>Literature - Ray Poetry
>Music - String Instruments
>Music - Xylophones

>>4854307
>Art - Calligraphy

I wonder if this will lead to a standardization of the writing language. Or just more inside jokes born of our two ways of reading

>>4854307
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy

>>4854307
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy

>>4854307
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy
I need a hiro.

>>4854307
>Politics - Determine Domestic Policy

>>4856779
>>4855535
>>4854582
>>4854471
2nd, 18th, 2nd - 201
Thine training with Hiro be showing results, the animals of thy predecessor, albeit with caution, have begun to trust thou. Hiro appear'st a true master of his craft, for he achieved utter obedience in the same time. Mayhaps thou should feel'st embarrassed at the prospect of a stranger bonding closer with the descendants of thy own companions, than with thine self.
Thou be'st not that kind of lad however and congratulate Hiro on his accomplishment. He doth naught but nod approvingly, as usual.
Thou consider'st the notion that mayhaps, had things gone differently, he would have made a fine Ashgizo.

As thou ponder'st it dawns upon thee that thou has't spent too much time settling into palace life and thinking with thine Berasaz.
Thou deem'st it necessary then that the Empire take a firm stance on what it wants, what thou want'st.

What be'st an appropriate course of action to success, thou judge'st, be a reform of currency. At present, money be distributed too unevenly across the realm, exacerbated by the limited amount of coinage. Moreover, common complaints and thy own experience make evident that carrying coins poses a burden for most.

There be'st other issues in the realm however. One such instance be'st the recent unrests, stirred by thine predecessor. It is vital that any remaining controversies be resolved, before another revolt might break lose. Thou have'st yet the support of the masses.

Not to be forgotten however, be an issue with one man. Ahulzoro Hur Zunbendik, who has't gained infamy in Ürallux for violating the Statute of Bendirigz in his retaliatory campaigns against the Pariz.

>economic reform
>social reform
>legal reform

>>4861794
>legal reform

>>4861794
>legal reform

>>4861794
>social reform

REEE stability needed

>>4861794
>legal reform

>>4861794
>legal reform
good legal reform can lead to good social reform.

>>4863489
>>4863261
>>4862098
>>4862021
3rd, 18th, 2nd - 201
Using thine divine authority, thou issue'st an order to cease to Ahulzoro, lest thou put an end to his transgressions personally.

5th, 1st, 3rd - 201
Ahulzoro Hur Zunbendik has replied to thy request in a most impudent manner. A barrage of slurs and insults to thy name art written in remarkable efficiency upon a single sheet of paper that doth proclaim'st thou a Slave and a Woman's-substitute.
Disappointed in such barbarity, thou doth'st what any sensible ruler must; thou strip'st his right to righteous treatment of him, declare him a traitor, put a bounty on his head and finally, write down a new set of laws, pertaining to the Statute of Bendirigz.
These laws include the clause, that although lesser, the uncivilized are human regardless, as such undeserving of barbarity.
Further, they define a clear set of punishments, to be applied in accordance to the scale of the crime committed.
And lastly the right of the public to punish those that the law has confirmed as evil-doers, at their leisure, should no retribution be committed by the Empire in a 15 days period.
Public retributions, when done in accordance to the law, are to be awarded by the Empire, to serve as example for all.

After the passing of these laws, thou take'st a break from this business and spend thine time on other matters.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
Culture:
>Art - Calligraphy
>Literature - Ray Poetry
>Music - String Instruments
>Music - Xylophones

>>4870365
>>Literature - Ray Poetry
Pretty words sounds cool.

>>4870365
>Music - String Instruments

>>4870365
>Literature - Ray Poetry

Time for bog litcomp

>>4870365
>Literature - Ray Poetry

>>4870365
>Literature - Ray Poetry
Don't forget the mandate before we randomly die.

>>4871760
>>4871726
>>4870831
>>4870385
1st, 7th, 3rd - 201
Though there be'st still troubles in the realm, those which thou seek'st to alleviate, it cannot be denied that despite this, the empire prospers.
It be thanks to such prosperity that thou hast taken note of a most talented Ejuga, a true wild-man. This fellow, albeit an aging one, invokes a true sense of rhythm in thine mind.
Naught for his performative skill. Neither his words, nor their harmony. What do'st incur this feeling, be his brilliance in capturing the radiance of the sun.
He rhymes naught in sound, but in meaning. Each verse a ray of light. The whole the passage of a day.
Since he was a lad, he tell'st thou, he hast been working on such a display, striving to reach ever higher, until now that death approach'st, he achieved enlightenment.
Though thou do'st not display it outwardly, this...this doth put a smile on thine face.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
Culture:
>Art - Calligraphy
>Music - String Instruments
>Music - Xylophones

>>4878928
>>Music - Xylophones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4XOTPybSW8
This will be our land.

>>4878928
>Music - String Instruments
There are more variants in string instruments than Xylophones.

>>4878928
>Xylophone

Xyloboner

>>4878928
>Music - String Instruments

>>4878928
>Music - String Instruments

>>4878928
>Music - Xylophones

>>4880664
>>4879206
>>4878929
[YOU SHALL NOT TIE]
3rd, 7th, 3rd - 201
Disturbing news hath found thou once more. Despite thine threat of legal action, Ahulzoro Hur Zunbendik hath refused to submit and declared independence from the Empire.
Thou can'st not apprehend him currently, but it will be done in time, of that thou art convinced.

1st, 1st, 1st - 202
The new year hath arrived and celebrations art taking place within thine realm. Thou as well partake'st in them, it be one of the few times when thou get'st to leave the Salen and witness the novelties borne from human imagination.
One such novelty be a peculiar instrument, played by hitting flat stones, sheets of metal, or thick paper, with a hammer. The noises it make'st art wondrously gentle, akin to falling droplets of rain, yet heavy as a drum.
These instruments, they call them Binbexun.
While thine's first hand experience with it may lack, bemused onlookers sporting greater knowledge than thou in this matter, express their preferences of Binbexun type and application.
Indeed it appears, they do'st not only exist for mild melodies, but make'st something they call'st a Binta, accompanying poetic readings.

This hath'st been a new year most memorable.

Diplomacy:
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
Culture:
>Art - Calligraphy
>Music - String Instruments

>>4881192
>>Domestic - The Popular Mandate
War is coming, successor mus t be made.

>>4881192
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate

>>4881192
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate

>>4881192
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate

>>4881192
>Domestic - The Popular Mandate

>>4882713
>>4882411
>>4881568
>>4881477
>>4881197
5th, 8th, 4th, 213
Though a great many things have happened, most were of little consequence. In other time, thou would have been a most enviable ruler, free of any genuine trouble.
Alas, thine trouble be'st the lack thereof, boredom thy greatest foe.
A small separatist army defeated be naught a feat worth of note.
A few animals tamed be naught an accomplishment.
Some artists patronized be naught an act of grandeur
Papers reshuffled be naught a memory for the ages.
Hiro to compare, hath'st a much grander list of achievements. Risen from humble beginnings, to supreme commander. A man worthy of respect even from the ongizaz. Managing this not least due to his many talents. It be'st almost as though he was chosen by the sun.
An absurd feeling to say the least, knowing that thou art the chosen and the sun.
Thine life has always been marked by boredom and seeing through the stupidity of thy peers was considered a great achievement.
Now that thou can'st no longer go and do even such, for duty binds thou to the salen, thou can'st naught help but feel helpless, useless, pointless.
Though, thou give'st thyself this, pitying thine state of being is naught helpful, yet reflection be'st required to progress.
After all, Hiro be a lad, thou art an old man, and were already when thou took office, there be'st no reason to compare thyself to him, it be'st unhealthy for thee in thine age.

Realizing that thine time be'st coming to an end soon, thou hold'st an election to determine who shall lead this nation to the future.

Competing this time, art an ensemble of unexpected characters:
Hiro - now 36 - qualified by default due to his pretender status
Yravi Syllug'aitlazaz - a 33 year old lass who, hath lived both in the dusk and the night
Axot Axotaz - former heir to the moon throne and Yravi's 19 year old nephew, thou do'st not like the implication of his being here, he must be special to overcome the participation age like that
Igexo Mag Garasaf - a lad of 25 from the Garasaf family, though he bears little renown himself, one would assume he know'st at least some accounting.

who shalt you entrust with thine vote?
>Hiro
>Yravi
>Axot
>Igexo

>>4889775
>Hiro

>>4889775
>Hiro

>>4889775
>>Hiro
He sounds pretty cool, and we got a good introduction text for him. Cya guys in the next update!

>>4889775
>Hiro
Time to "Clean Up" the Nation.