The State of the Empire The mist of mystery and lies that surround the empire are now parting. Leaving the truth. When the empire pulled back from CBMV a wave of disobedience washed over every aspect of the empire. The political parties finally lost all respect for one another and the crown. The radicalization pushed ideological militias into the foreground. House raids, violent brawls, and politician pushing towards more violence. Then Black Wednesday, when the Key-20 Scheme occurred. The scheme was revolt of corporations to escape the Emperor Radon death grip on the Radiant Conglomerate. Instead, the economy went into free fall. Like dominoes, fighting became constant within the streets, colonies seized autonomy, military officers started to act without or against orders, then the 23 documents. A tiny group used the chaos to leek 23 documents that had highest classification, so high not even top generals knew, and the group planned for the document to spark anti-monarchies revolution. The people grew angrier, stronger, and in numbers as each document leaked. One by one, the throne began to crack, until document 23. Revolution was at the gates, the parties wanted civil war, and the government was split between the Old Guard and New Guard. However, no guns fired. No flags flew higher than the imperial banner. Document revealed the origins and truth behind Emperor Radon. His history long since hidden and shaded, now fully in the light. The chaos still raged in people's heads, but the truth shock all to their cores that it forced them to look in the past. The brief peace was all that was needed to calm and begin repairing the long damage that exist in the empire. The empire since recovered greatly, but still GPA, Average Income, and other metrics still are lower than before Black Wednesday. The military has since built up enough to fight afar, but the old engines still remain cold and dreaded to be set ablaze risking all their progress in their fire. The Court Advisors, not official, has acted in forming policies and laws as if it were a parliament. However, the divide between New Guards and Old Guards has gotten worst. On bright side the parties have calmed down and violence has plummeted. Travier thought through all this after celebrating the 500-year anniversary of the Day of Rising, the birth of the Radiant Empire. Especially, after hearing his father finally say the words he hoped for since the day he started his fight for the people of the empire. But hearing them his froze him to hear his father announce his abdication of the throne and crown his son has the next emperor. The ceremony will take months to prepare for as it will be the first time in five centuries that an emperor as crown. A new dawn is rising, as the sun sets for others. The Twilight Age will be long and challenging, but the empire will push through.
