Kinnarate Period

Era beginning/end

Following an invasion from Dath, the people of Xiang Feng become paranoid of Invader technology. The Kinnara, harmed most of all by the dark machines, form a puritan government that unites Xiang Feng for a time.

This was the first unification of Xiang Feng following a failed invasion from Dath. The devastating effects of the dark machines used by both the Dathi invaders as well as some of the Fengese city states lead to general desire to rid Xiang Feng of these tools. While the Kinnara, who had no ability to control such devices, headed the movement, many Humans also sided with them having witnessed the effects of them. Following the civil conflict, Xiang Fang unified under the rule of Kinnara.   This period invented the concept of the Mandate of the Heavens, the idea that the ruling party had been put in charge by Thanh. It was believed that a ruler lost the Mandate of the Heavens when natural disasters occurred in great number, and when, more realistically, the sovereign had apparently lost his concern for the people. In response, the royal house would be overthrown, and a new house would rule, having been granted the Mandate of the Heavens.   However, the Kinnara had cast aside their normally jovial, light hearted ways. Some would say they had cast off the favor of El-Rabee. While they were successful in ridding Xiang Feng of Invader technology, they slowly became more tyrannical and authoritarian in their search for 'purity'. While much of the Kinnarate's years were relatively peaceful, there were a number of rebellions in its later years, which only created a cycle of rebellion and authoritarian escalation.   The burning of the Library of Qingshan marked the destruction of perhaps the best record of of the Invasion and pre and first cycle periods, and is believed to have sparked the rebellion that ultimately lead to the end of the Kinnarate.