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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashanderai Master" data-source="post: 1353789" data-attributes="member: 16594">Lands of the Jade Oath:  An oriental empire created by the Jade Oath, a pact that binds all the civilized mortal races to the task of keeping the corrupted dragons, who terrorized and destroyed much of the world so long ago, imprisoned.  The empire is dominated by the giants and their guardian sibeccai allies.  Humans and other mortal races also honor the Jade Oath, but often chafe under the rule of the giants and their lackeys.  Though other kingdoms exist around the empire, the people of all these lands honor what the empire stands for; because without it the corrupted dragons would be free again.  So, for centuries, all the lands around the empire send some of their forces to assist in the guardianship of the sacred dragon prisons and pilgrims come from their lands to offer of their breath and blood to ensure that the dragons do not escape.  In recent times, though, many are not so devout and there have been fewer pilgrims and guardians; and corruption spreads, even though the dragons bodies have decomposed and their spirits have been imprisoned they can still touch upon the souls of mortals.The empire currently is going through some changes.  Though it has long been ruled by giants a new kind of emperor sits upon the throne; a human of giant blood.  He brings with him to Hidden City, as his personal guard, a contingent of iron folk warriors, whose decorative presence is a veiled insult from the emperor to the traditional impirial guards that he does not trust them.  However they may feel about this the traditional, griffon-riding, imperial guards continue to do their duty with quiet dignity.  Meanwhile, amidst wild stories of demonic abduction about the missing empress, the emperor continues to gain popular support of his rule.Though he has giant blood he is still human.  Many giants resent this, but the more numerous humans regard the new emperor as something of a hero as he is the first human to be emperor.  Many of the other races approve of the change as well, even if he is human, simply because the giants no longer have such a certain hold over the bureaucracy of the empire....I would go into more, but I find myself unable to adequately summarize the setting.  Much of my first notes on it were originally posted over on a thread called Oriental Arcana over on the Arcana Unearthed part of Monte Cooke's boards.  I don't know how to link it or I would.  I am currently writing this as a setting book to be published in the future.</blockquote>

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