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Back, centuries ago, when Jamwo was a mere city-state in the middle ages, it was the height of culture, a rare exception to the barbarism that gripped the world at that time. It had a population of 140,000 and great wealth, but a small military, making it the target of an invasion by a smaller and poorer, but more militarized state.

Using a trebuchet, they punched through the main gate of the city, and swarmed in. About 200 civilians had yet to be evacuated. One of them was Eric Carrington. He was only a moderately wealthy merchant, but firecely patriotic.

He took a sword, a spear, and a longbow from one of the dead soldiers. He refused to leave until any of the others had been evacuated. He was old, in his early seventies, and the soldiers welcomed his help reluctantly. Jamwo had only an army of fifty, while the attackers had over a hundred, with many catapaults and battering rams.

Fifteen were shifted from their typical distribution to near the main gate. The remainder were above, shooting arrows down. Eleven were killed in the first trebuchet shot. That left four and Carrington.

More troops rushed to help, but it would take a long time. In the meantime, a first wave of twenty troops rushed in. The troops were vastly outnumbered, but somehow, Carrington charged in, waving the sword, and quickly killed them all.

Seeing this, the enemy commander sent another wave in, which was quickly taken out by arrows.

Instead of sending in simple swordsmen this time, the enemy commander sent a group of ten pikemen with shields in. The troops experienced some problems. However, Carrington had a plan. They kept the pikemen busy with their bows, while Carrington snuck in behind them in the heat and noise of battle, and dispatched them.

A group of men with maces and ten archers ran in. While the soldiers, now numbering seven (there were some casualties, but five had climbed down by then), shot bows at the mace-wielders, Carrington climbed along the roofs of buildings in the town square and jumped one of the archers. He quickly disposed of the others, and assisted taking out the enemy soldiers.

Then, with his speciality troops having run out, the commander sent in a troop of approximately eighty swordsmen, against a now sixteen troops and Carrington.

Carrington rallied the troops, and they rushed in with their swords and the swords of their fallen comrades in the other hand. Wildly twirling them, they fought a slowly losing battle.

By this time, however, most of the civilians had been evacuated. The troops pulled back, and escorted the last eight civilians to safety. Just as Carrington was about to climb the stairs, he collapsed of exhaustion. By some miracle, he had never been wounded in the battle.

One of the soldiers climbed back down, and rescued him. Once they got to safety, they splashed water on him, and administered the best medicine of the time. However, it was not enough. Eric Carrington died.

The troops carried his story to all ends of the battle, rallying the troops to victory. The enemy city-state surrendered due to the utter destruction of their only major strength: their military.

They were slowly welcomed into the control of the City-State Jamwo, after reperations. It was the beginning of the Nation-State of Jamwo.

Today, the attacking city-state is Lonham, a major center of trade. Jamwo is now Jamwo City, the capital. Relations could not be better.

These events are celebrated August 16, the traditional birthdate of Carrington. Some historians dispute this date, however

CheeseBoy was the creator of Cheese Co he founded all major cities and he liked Quesadillas!

Hundreds of years ago, SAVX was much more of a region of bickering tribes and increasingly large invasion forces than an actual nation. While the individual tribes did their best to ward off the invaders, they were virtually powerless by themselves. After nearly a decade of losing battles, a man by the name of Graz Mallad began a campaign to unite the tribes under a common banner.

His success at first was slow, and the inter-tribal fighting was virtually impossible to stop. He eventually realized that, considering the common points of the tribes' cultures, his best bet would be to win battles against both tribes and the invaders to get people under his banner. His tribe began small raids and guerilla strikes against the invading forces, posing a major thorn in their side. Meanwhile, he had his forces confront smaller tribes, and after small battles, he was able to gain their following.

With a larger force under his belt, Graz Mallad proceeded to perform more daring and dangerous attacks against the invaders, proving to be a much more dangerous enemy than he had previously been. They began to concentrate their war efforts against him, allowing the other major tribes to lick their wounds and rest. Mallad was successful at first, but after some time the battles were beleaguering his forces, so he requested the aid of the other tribes. After much arguing and debating, he did get their allegiance, and he used these combined forces to rally and achieve smashing victories against large portions of the invading armies.

Eventually, the invaders had lost so many people and resources in the wars that they halted their campaigns and withdrew. With the threat of a common enemy gone, Graz Mallad had troubles ahead with the internal strife of the tribals. However, with much work, he managed to keep them united until his death, by which time the system had taken its hold and a new society had been formed.

Hitler and Scarface

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**a warship drifted in the void known as space, it’s hull scarred, broken and cut deeply, she was the Nuritoshi maru, the last surviving Independence ship, if you can call it surviving.

The captain stood up from his chair his gray hair short and balding his was a tall and proud man he was old but his eyes would tell otherwise they were filled with a fire, a fire that could only be quenched through victory or death. He looked at the different view screens all displaying the same thing, 3 commonwealth starships, much larger and more heavily armed than the Nuritoshi Maru searching for independence survivors, searching for them, to kill them.

He looked down at a ensign sitting at his console “ensign what’s our chance of surviving an all out frontal attack on those 3 ships?”

“Our chance of survival for a full out frontal assault would be…” he glanced at the monitors on his console before looking back up at his captain” a 3 percent chan- incoming plasma mortars bearings 5,678 by 3,981 by 3,4..” the ship shook violently as it was rocked by the shockwave, the hulk of a once independence ship was torn to pieces by the plasma mortar only several thousand kilometers away from the Nuritoshi maru, then several move shock waves each one less powerful then the last shook the Nuritoshi Maru.

“Captain their trying to scare us out of hiding, what should we do?” the ensigns voice quivered, his voice told the captain what his facial expression would not, he was afraid.

“Nothing yet ensign” he said as he turned and walked towards a comm. Panel on a wall near him “ engineering damage report”

“wh.t wa. Th.. cap…n I ..nnot ..der…nd .ou .lease ..peat” the static garbled up most of the transmission to almost the point of being unrecognizable.

“Engineering damage report again Engineering damage report” he said slowly carefully pronouncing each syllable in a meager attempt to contact them.

“o.e mo..nt c..tain.. Sorry captain the comm. System was damaged I have to tranfer the single to a high band in order to achieve possible communication, anyways The engines still work amazingly but I can only guarantee a max speed of 55c, the hull is pretty beat up but for the most part it’s in one piece life support it pretty good, and our energy output is only in the yellow”.

The captain couldn’t give two ****s weather or not the energy output was yellow in this situation he hastily asked “what about the weapons what’s the status of our weapons?”

The chief engineer a little taken back replied calmly “we have 3 working point to point laser batteries, 25 fighters left, 5 Vulcan missile racks I might be able to jury rig a sixth one for one time use but no guarantees, and 7 small ion laser cannons Captain, oh and the mag pod”

“mag pod?” the captain never read about any weapon on the ship

“It’s a large device usually used in scavenging metal it creates a magnetic pull in a given radius pulling anything with metallic parts towards it at varying speeds” the chief engineer replied hastily.

“Thanks chief engineer “ he turned the comm. Channel off abruptly as he looked at his skeletal bridge crew, taking a deep breath he spoke loudly “all bridge personnel prepare for combat, power up non critical systems, prepare the fighters for launch, wake the pilots, begin powering the laser batteries, and full power to the engines” he paced slowly as the bridge crew immediately began work, the air changed to a thick fog of tension as the Nuritoshi Maru would see one last fight…

The three commonwealth ships the USS Neverwinter, the USS Tongesten, and the USS Eagle easily picked up the energy spike and immediately changed course moving slowly into a flanking position deploy several dozen of their own fighters in preparation.

The captain looked at the ensign again “ensign contact the fighter group leader and tell him to stay behind us until I give the order to do other wise” he spoke firmly his mind focused on winning this fighter and this war.

“Pilot I want you to move us between the right and middle ships as fast as you can push this ship, ensign message the fighter group leader tell him to keep the enemy fighters at bay for as long as possible” he paced he head never looking away from the view screen as the Nuritoshi Maru flew at extremely unsafe speeds in a debris field heading towards the 3 commonwealth ships.

Vulcan missiles streaked from the Nuritoshi Maru’s missile racks as the 3 laser batteries slashed and clawed and the side of the USS Tongesten’s hulls, the missiles impacted all over the hull leave minor pot marks to small holes in a shotgun pattern.

“Pilot take us around behind that ships engines NOW!” the captain yelled furiously as the ship rocked from the shockwaves of passing by missiles and plasma mortars, the USS Tongesten’s Plasma mortars broken it’s crude magnetic homing the Nuritoshi Maru and traveled onward making contact with the USS Neverwinter’s hull making spectacular explosions and burning deeply into it’s hull. The USS neverwinter leaned onto it’s side as it’s hull groaned in protest as the ship slowly turned towards the Nuritoshi Maru. The Nuritoshi Maru being a much smaller and faster ship easily was able to out maneuver the USS Neverwinter and get around behind the engines of the USS Tongesten, Vulcan Missiles streaked across the void shotgunning the Tongesten’s engines destroy or even completely removing several vital parts.

“Fire the laser batteries at the weakened spots!” the captain roared as the view screen was filled the display of the laser batteries ripping through the weakened hull of the USS tongesten slashing at vital energy lines.

The Tongesten’s lights flickered then died as the ship titled forward drifting dead in the void without power. Wasting no time the Captain immediately ordered the pilot to strafe the bridge of the USS Neverwinter. The ship turned widely as she began to pick up sufficient speed flying deep on towards the Neverwinter’s bridge, it was do or die and the Captain was the only one who knew his plan.

“Ensign what’s the status of the fighter group?” he didn’t want to know the moment he sent those fighter pilots out of the hangar is the moment he sent them to their graves.

“7 fighters are left sir, should I recall them?” The ensign replied quickly he was on the verge of panicking. The ship rocked violently as laser fire and missiles racked what was left of the Nuritoshi Maru’s hull.

“No we need them to hold of the enemy fighters, tell them to keep fightering till the last fighter is downed” he spoke firmly, he would have to live with the fact that he sent those men to their deaths but no wasn’t the time” can we still launch the Mag pod?”

The ensign confused replied “yes captain but only directly below us..”

“”Good.. Pilot take us around for one more strafe on the bridge” He sat down slowly closing his eyes before staring menacingly at the view screen, The ship was blown slight off course as the 3 surviving point to point laser batteries were removed completely from the hull leaving only several large gashes in her hull.

The ship continued forward as the hull slowly was worn away into nothingness.

“Ensign fire the Mag Pod!!” he yelled as a explosion ripped through the entire ship leaving a large hole straight through the side of the ship but the plasma mortar, the captain lay on the crumbled on the floor dead from burns and shrapnel, as the crew yelled orders to each other, the mag pod slowly drifted down and clamped onto the hull of the bridge and activated it’s self sending out magnetic waves slowly beginning to pull anything that have metallic parts towards it, including the protective covering of the Plasma mortar rounds. The Nuritoshi Maru slowly drifting forward crashing into the hull of the USS neverwinter hulks of ships began to shotgun her along with the plasma mortars eating their way through her skin, followed by a spectactular explosion completely destroying the USS Neverwinter and the Nuritoshi Maru, only the USS Eagle survived.**

(sorry it's to late to rewrite and post and I'm lazy :P)

Aftert Stromata had pulled itself together from depressions, political wars and other troublesome times a new threat has risen. The throne of the Emperor is empty and many are debating for who shall take its power. The three main powers that fight for this seat of power is religion, military, and corporations. So fare none has succeded nor failed but everything remains a stalemate.

Before this and during this the great study and use of Biomodification has been practiced and several individuals have been chosen ofr the experiments. Sadly none survived the injects and other tests except one. Leo Sparks, a young 27 year old male who was a no-body. Due the Biomodification he is more advanced then any normal man. Yet due to a crises at the labs he has escaped from his scienctific captors and is out to reshappe Stromata.

Leo's dream, goal and vision is that every one should be ruled and united by one mind. Biomodifications shuld be given to every one no matter the age or status in society. "We should all be with one mind and togeher we can in a perfect world." The words of Leo Sparks.

Leo has been making many public appearences and has been spotted all over Stromata. He has sabotaged military compounds, exposed currupt corpartions and sinfull holy men. Leo is a thorn in the three great powers sides but proves to be a new piece in the game. Do to this Leo's popularity has escaladed to extreme hieghts. You wont find a soul in the Vivec System that has not herd of the name Leo Sparks

The national hero of Patoxia is Aaron Haight Palmer, who in 1848 presented a plan to President Polk to establish an American presence in the orient by seizing the island of Sakhalin. President Polk however rejected this plan, and an undeterred Palmer decide to push for the seizure of Sakhalin through The American and Foreign Agency.

Using his personal fortune he organized an settlement expedition in 1852 to Sakhalin and dispatched a number of passenger ships containing settlers and private soldiers along with three steamers outfitted with cannons. Leading the way was the "Serapis" christened after the vessel that John Paul Jones had captured in 1779.

After the Confederacy was established he came to live out the last few years of his life on Sakhalin and was eventually buried there after his death on February 9th, 1863. Without him and his push for settlers there would have been no Patoxia and Sakhalin would become Russian or Japanese territory.

The very reason Patoxia came to be know as Patoxia was that Sakhalin was often called "Palmer's Toxic Land" by the early settlers due to it's harsh climate and was later often shortened to Patoxia. Even Palmer is reputed to have thought that Patoxia had a nice ring to it and the Confederacy soon adopted it as the country's name. In honor of him the square around which the government buildings in the capital Starbridge are clustered is called Palmer Square.

OOC:
Patoxia came from a country I made up for a war game a while ago, and had no real reason behind the name besides the fact that I thought it up on the spur of the moment. However in researching for the history of this Patoxia I found a historical figure who may advocated taking over Sakhalin (according to some sources) which I decided as the location of Patoxia and basically thought "bingo" and the early history fell into place. Part of the reason the Russians rushed in 1853 to send an forces to clam Sakhalin was because they thought the Americans would try to grab it with Perry's fleet (which was backed by Palmer).

Obviously, my nation is alternate history.

Long, long ago, back when the Resi Corporation was just a business on the island of Camoi, Unum Resi took control. Under his leadership, he brought the Resi Corporation, which until then only sold cell phones and PDAs, to the national level, and diversified their products. International demand for Resi products grew, and before long the Resi Corporation had gone international. Unum's power grew beyond measure, and the Camoi government feared him more than anything else. In a surprise attempt to stop Unum from seizing total power, the Camoian senate decided to reform their government as a Socalist state, and persecute Unum for crimes of corruption against the common man. But Unum saw this coming, and amassed a strike force to assassinate the senate. The force managed to assassinate only half of the senate, and the Camoi army was thrust into war against the Resi Corporation and its newly-hired army, which was mostly made up of trators to the Camoi army and assorted mercenaries. Eventually a force led by Unum himself stormed into the capital and hung the rest of the senate in the town square for what Unum called "crimes of corruption against the common corporation". A year later, the capital of Camoi was renamed "Resi City".

The rest... is history.

Vladimir Alexandrov Sr.: He was the one who led the communist rebels out of their strongholds in the mountains to liberate the nation. After the capitalists killed his wife and one of his sons (He had 2, the other 1 they left for dead after slashing him repeatedly with a knife.) When the rebels made it to the capital, he personally executed the leaders of the government and the CEOs of the large corporations that effectively ruled the nation with a large mallet after publically torturing them in the square in Haton (Our capital). He was also our first Prime Minister and the son that survived became the 3rd Prime Minister.

Wolfsreich does not have a unifying national hero for its human population; however, our industrious and sentient beavers revere one of their kind named Buzz, who two centuries ago (by means nobody's completely sure of) spontaneously evolved to a higher level and learned self-awareness and spoken communication. He taught his newfound skills to his beaver brethren, and their society became sophisticated.

In 1905, scientist Gregor Kammler was living in a self-built log cabin in the Grünerwald when he noticed that the local beaver population's activity was far more orderly than one would expect a rodent population to be. He decided to determine the extent to which the beavers' "language" was linguistically and contextually consistent, and discovered they were in fact using a fully-fledged language in the human sense of the term, and had developed a social structure based on the spoken word.

After some experiments, Kammler was able to translate the beavers' language and teach them to understand spoken German. He published a book, "Der Rodentia Stein" ("The Rodentia Stone"), and later generations of scientists discovered how to communicate with the beavers in multiple languages, and even fashioned devices for the rodents to write their language down.

Because of this remarkable feat of Darwinian selection, beavers enjoy equal rights under the law in Wolfsreich, and are considered valuable members of our society (contrary to NS belief, the beaver is not on the brink of extinction; they are in fact instrumental in our hydroelectric dam projects and our Timber Woodchipping industry. Wolfsreich's "young hippie" types have been known to contract with beavers to have their houses built, and such structures compare favorably to human-built homes for their durability and comfort!)

The national hero of the Holy Empire of Ustasha is the Warlord Andraxxus. In 1914, after the assassanation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Sarajevo, Bosnia, a World War was immanent. The Archduke had been assassanated be Gavrillo Princip, a member of a Slavic Nationalist group called the Black Hand.

Andraxxus was Princip's son, but Princip did not give him a last name out offear that Andrxxus might be killed in reprisal for one of his father's revolutionary actions. Andraxxus was born on November 19, 1900. After Gavrillo Princip assassanated the Archduke, he was killed by an elite team of Austro-Hungarian and German Commandos.

While World War I raged all around him, Andraxxus grew up on the streets of Sarejavo. He found an old Samurai sword behind the Japanese Embassy. He used this sword to kill German and Austrian troops and take their food and money. He killed efficently, even though he was just a young teenage boy at the time.

When Andraxxus was 17, in 1917, he met Olman, a Bosnian nobleman and leader of a Slavic resistance movement. Olman raised Andraxxus with his 3 other sons because he felt pity for the boy. Olman and his sons tought Andraxxus the way of the Samurai, which they had learned from Olman's wife, a Japanese dipolmat.

In 1919, as the war ended, Olman and Andraxxus formed a new Slavic Nationalist movement called The Ustasha. The Ustasha grew over the years, and by 1939 it had cells in Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Moldova, and Serbia. They controlled several of the governments of these countries. The Ustasha practiced a Conservative ideology and had a strong hatred for drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and religion.

Olman was the unquestioned leader of The Ustasha, with Andraxxus as his second-in-command. In 1941, he managed to overthrow the monarchy of Croatia and install the Ustasha Regime. Romania and Bulgaria also had their monarchies overthrown, and replaced with puppet Ustasha regimes. That year, Olman met with Adolph Hitler, the Chancellor of Nazi Germany. Many in the Ustasha had a strong hatred of the Germany due to Germany's slaughter of slavs in World War I. The majority of the Ustasha even wanted to join the War on the side of the Americans and British.

However, there were hard economic times in Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. Hitler promised Olman wealth, oil and the spoils of victory if the Ustasha would enter the war on the side of the Germans. In a moment of sadness for the slavic nations, Olman betrayed his people and made a deal with the devil. Olman was 71 at the time. When Andraxxus found out of Olman's treachery, he tracked his former mentor to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Andraxxus and Olman fought with Samurai swords at Olman's estate in the Croatian highlands. As Andraxxus was ready to strike the final blow against Olman, he was shot in the back by Nazi troops who had arrived to protect Olman. Andraxxus was shipped to the German Dachau Concentration Camp in Poland, where he remained until 1945.

In April of 1945, Andraxxus led a revolt at Dachau and killed every last Nazi Soldier at the camp. Days later, American, British, and Soviet troops arrived. Andraxxus, now 45, hitched a ride with a Division of British Royal Marines to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, where Olman was in hiding.

Andraxxus hunted down Olman. He found Olman hiding in an office building downtown. As the traitor pleaded for his life, Andraxxus chopped off his head with a sword. Andraxxus then tracked down Olman's three sons and killed each of them.

Over the next 50 years, Andraxxus worked to expand the Ustasha. The Ustasha became a secret society, with a conservative ideology and a policy of rutheless extermination for all enemies. Andraxxus fought in many great battles during this time.

In 1995, Andraxxus helped lead a Bosnian, Serbian, and Albanian revolt against the genocidal Dictator Slobodan Milosovic. During this time, he came to admire the American forces in the region and their values and commitment to freedom.

In 2003, Andraxxus felt the time was finally right to act. Members of the Ustasha in many different countries staged a bloody revolt and siezed power. Those countries were Bosnia, Serbia, Ablania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Austria, the Czech Republic and the Kaliningrad Oblast.

These countries became the Holy Empire of Ustasha. When the time came to appoint an Emperor, Andraxxus refused, because he was 102 years old. He chose Jim, a 20 year old member of the Ustasha from Tucson, Arizona, to become the Emperor after Jim defeated the other contenders in a series of sword fights.

November 19, 2003, was the day of Emperor Jim's coranation and the day of Andraxxus' 103rd birthday. The Great Warrior Andraxxus passed away peacefully in his sleep hours later. He well always be remembered for his great military victories and his role as the cornerstone of the Holy Empire of Ustasha.

Wazzu's resident Superhero: The Cardboard Avenger.

Wazzu's most controvertial "hero" (dead): Sandman

Wazzu's most celebrated mad scientist(also dead): James Samson


NOTE: No centeralized database exists for either The Cardboard Avenger or Sandman, though their history is scattered throughout public records and The Cardboard Avenger is still ocassionally spotted. Most information on the elusive and just plain odd Dr. Samson is still highly classified, and available only to trusted geniuses in Wazzu's scientific, corporate, and military community.

T'sing T'sao Min Yau

Leading commander of the T'sing T'sao Armada that had landed in Kay Son during the Early Years. It was during his lifetime that much of the basics of Kay Son's military was established as well as founding the various cities in the north. He is also regarded as the founder of T'sing T'sao and Cay Suhn Harbor.

T'sing T'sao Lin Ban

Famous general of the 18th Infantry Division that ended the Second Civil War between the Kay Son Sect and the Socialist Party. He is mostly known as the drafter of the Markun Treaty that united the two halves of Kay Son Republic. During his lifetime, the Kay Son Republic started to enter it's Golden Age.

T'sing T'sao Makun Ling

Reformer of the Army during the Industrial Revolution; helped to focus on the deadly effects that artillery squares and infantry ranks had on early 19th century warfare. He is accredited in moving the Army's Headquarters to T'sing T'sao with the City Walls reinforced with long range cannons and earthworks. Unfortunately, his assassination by Socialists cut short his plans for incorporating the Navy into the military structure.

Lin Bau

Fourteenth Admiral of the Second Fleet. Helped to found trade relations with the Grand Duchy of Luxornburg and the Dominion of Adderton in 1676. Is accredited in founding 'turtle landing ships'.

Our Greatest National Hero is the man who united the various warring factions on our island into The Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire-

Prince Elector Fredrick IV

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This first image shows him in his younger days was the leader of the military forces of the Duchy of Hampton.

After centuries of bickering, the Duke of Hampton decided that enough was enough. For three decades war upon war was fought to unite the island under the Duke of Hampton. Although the Duke's forces were initially successfull, for the next 25 years all sides fought to a stand still.

27 years into the effort to unite the island, asassins managed to kill the Duke and his immediate family, including all of the direct male heirs. Fearing a civil war in Hampton, the effort to unite the island fell into dissarray. A brave young Prince stepped forward to lead the military. With an iron will he forged ahead. A new Duke was elected, within only 5 years the rest of the island fell to the Ducal forces.

Prince Elector Fredrick IV was elected to the office of Prime Minister and remained in that post for the rest of his life, winning 12 general elections. He died of a heart attack while vigoriously debating a Bill of National Unity.

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Prime Minister Prince Elector Fredrick IV speaking to the Royal Senate

Shado Nocturne, the rider of Shadostan, and Reichskristall Malign, warrior of the House of Holocausta. Around 50 years ago, Shado’s father, Umbron, Grand Emperor of the Shadonian Empire and his advisor, Reichslicht Malign, father of Reichskristall Malign, strove for world domination and total oppression of the Shadonian people. In a massive war, lasting only three years (the years of searing heat, as they are called), Fathers fought against son’s in a cataclysmic battle which nearly wiped out the entire population of the Shadonian Empire. At the final battle, the Battle of Shade City, once capital city of the Empire, Reichskristall and Shado slew their fathers in single combat. Now, 50 years later, a divide has opened up between the two of them. They are currently in Ribenia, making use of the diplomatic facilities to settle their differences peacefully.