Vytali's Era

As the kingdoms of old grew in might and continued to expand their domains, more and more small villages and towns were incorporated into their rule. For the most part, this was peaceful, although by no means left devoid of conflict. As populations grew, technology progressed, and literacy, religious ideas, and education spread, new ideologies began to form. Eventually the masses began to question the “obvious” nature of royal rule, many denizens felt they could be pulled into warfare at the whims of some baron or monarch, and the region’s philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists became the voices of reason in an age of faith and presumptions. A new era was dawning, so named after Vytali, the Angel of Knowledge. The more well established churches knew better than to try to suppress the people by force as the Obelisk Empire had once done, fearful that the murmurings of rebellion might turn on them as well. Instead, most turned on the kingdoms and monarchies themselves, spreading educational supplies and sending missionaries to teach math, reading and writing to citizens so that the spread of ideas could flourish. The churches took care not to endorse these new ideas, but did gain the good graces of the people as harbingers and servants to the masses, completely severing the idea that the temples were ever instruments of the kingdoms. They declared a Golden Era (it was very unusual to name an era as it was happening, usually they would be decided as a matter of history, not current events; a tribute to the spread of freethought at this time) and various forms and ideologies of government began to gain popularity. The kings and queens resisted of course, and revolution ensued.

Knowledge Category

Common Global

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