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12 Kingdoms - Red Celestial Empire Kinmoku Sheet 1

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War Banner: Dragon curled upward with a star, phoenix curled doward with an osmanthus flower. Writing saying "Red Celestial Empire Kinmoku".

Capital City: Tankei. (Empire's main capital, largest foreign trade center)
San'ya Kol Kehre (Tribal meeting way town for Seinya tribes - Just outside Saliya's Oasis)
Manol Salmande (capital of Taliki)
Shi Yi (capital of Yae Tien)
National Symbols: Kinmokusei, Dragon, Phoenix
Founded By: Originally by Saliya the Grey eons ago, and unified again by Emperor Liu Ka Jiang.
Ruling Line Surnames: Ka Yuu, Yae Tien, Seinya, Tal-iki
Noble Surnames:
Seinya Tribes: Lishan, Choungai, Ezhesai
Tal-iki Territory: Po-Jun, Gen-eison, Hanuli
Yae Tien Territory: Xiaolu, Yue Ying, Mei Yuwei
Ka Yuu Territory: Jiang Li, Shoulong, Sun Ruanqi
Written language looks like a cross between Earth Languages Chinese and Farsi - which reflects much of the look of the Empire.

Political Status: One of the most powerful and influential Empires of the Western Continent holds rock-solid. Scandals are infrequent, and foreign relations are ok-good.
Political Structure: Monarcy - Divine
Strongest Influence on Politics:
In Seinya the main influence is the tribal chieftains.
In Yae Tien the nobles have all the influence that matters.
In Ka Yuu it's pretty much the empress/emperor.
In Taliki it's the merchants, businessmen, judges...
Popular Political Issue:
In Yae Tien is Foreign Influence or Interfearance.
In Taliki, it's Foreign Ethics and Trade.
In Seinya is Resource Management.
In Ka Yuu, it's the line of succession.

Currency: Yunari (Empire Standard). Ancient currencies like Yae Tien's Sayu haven't been in use in 4 generations - though it's still possible to find examples. Yunari trades strong outside the Empire - except in Ginmoku.

Ruling Relations:
Emperor Liu Ka Jiang ------ Empress Kuan Yin Yu (Goddess)
Emperor Zhou Ka Yuu ----- Queen Pandia Serenity/Xiao Ka Yuu/Shen Ka Yuu
Empress Kaguya Ka Yuu (Kakyuu) ---- Emperor Yue Yae Tien
Emperor Guang Yae Tien/Empress Bo Tu Yae Tien

Great Chieftain Prince Khau-min Seinya ----- Shan-lang Lishan
Mou-Yi Seinya/Prince Kei-Gou Seinya/ (8 others)

High Master of Justice Prince Tal-kosa Tal-iki ----- Ki-hara Po-Jun
Prince Kuini Tal-iki/Ki-Jun Tal-iki/Shi-Xin Tal-iki

Largest Exports: Silk, Food-Related Goods, Medicine
Largest Imports: Luxury Goods
Yae Tien is known for the quality of their products - they make less for trade, but they're always superior. Cashmire wool, Chinchilla-like fur, Mink and Ermine, silk, cheese
Taliki is known for meticulous building - their finest furniture lasts for a long time. Wood, Spices, Fruits, finished goods
The Seinya however, offer a major staple - salt. Some Minerals, Gold.
Wheat, Bread, Olives (includes Kinmokusei Olives) for Ka Yuu


Appearance: From the deserts where the Seinya tribes make their homes, to the jungles and islands of the Tal-iki, to the plains of the Ka Yuu, and the Mountains of the Yae Tien, the Kinmoku Empire spans a large range of appearances. It's trademark flower, the Osmanthus Fragrans, grows plentiful in much of the region (save the deserts and high mountains).
Though the actual mountain range is over a hundred mountains exceeding 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) in height, the Yae Tien only control as far as to the edge of the Seinya deserts - there is a gap from there of ownership, and then the mountains become Crisium territory for a time. The range itself encompasses about 15,000 glaciers, which store about 12,000 km3 (3000 cubic miles) of fresh water and is dotted with hundreds of lakes. The forests at the base and lower elevations serve as the source of one of Yae Tien's famous riches - the Silk Butterflies. The Osmanthus Silkbutterfly (Bombyx Osmanthus) is a unique creature known for its pale moonlight color and black gittering wings - it feeds and makes its home among the Osmanthus plants which grow on the lower ranges and around the colder air of the mountain - known as Osmanthus Fragrans Thunbergii, or Usugimokusei. Without the unique climate the mountains provide, this plant and its butterfly would likely not grow. And thus does the Yae Tien contol a major export for the Empire - the Silk trade has been its fortunes for quite a while. Occasionally, the region will even see a rare Ginmokusei (Osmanthus fragrans latifolius) growing in the middle mountains or above in shaded areas. But as the plant is Dark Grey, it's flourishing is seen as something of a bad omen - as it requires enough dark energy to grow.
The Seinya-controlled deserts are famous for the Oasis - a spiritual holy site where the Tower of Saliya stands. The area is mystical and heavy in magical powers - so is often a destination for pilgramages of Kinmoku citizens wanting miracles or a blessed conception. The Seinya tribes are quite serious about protecting the Empire's holy place, and so one must be careful visiting.
The ancient disaster that "shattered" Serenitatus also created the condition for the many islands the Tal-iki tribes call home, as well as jungles and the forests on the edge of their territory.

Natural Concerns: Drought for the Seinyans. Insects for the Taliki. Hurricane or Flood for Ka Yuu. Avalances or Landslides for Yae Tien.
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