Rotharian

Flag6.png The Empire of Rotharia
The Empire of Rotharia is a large empire in the Far Northern Desert consisting of the Great Sands of Rashk and the Silent Woods. It is ethnically homogenous, consisting only of the Rotharian People, though in recent years the stringent trade restrictions based on Race and Sex have partially been lifted by Emperor Ulrich Firelord.

The seat of the Empire, Shadowfall, is an industrial city in the Great Sands of Rashk, consisting of the Grey Tower (also known as the Palace Ulrich or the Imperial Citadel), the Solemn Valley Dam and the Rotharian Arena. It's current leader is Emperor Ulrich Firelord.

In the religious faith of Rotharia, Rashka, the Emperor can only take his throne after killing the previous - this act is called the Transmutation of Arms, and is also the changing of the faith's God. The faith believes in three levels of existence, Birth, Suffering, and Absolution; during Birth, the First Emperor births an earthly being out of the soul of one condemned for exile, and births hundreds of Rotharians to accompany his transformation from mud and clay; during Suffering, that soul becomes Emperor of Rotharia in Risehelm proper, whose actions absolve his spiritual crimes; upon the Emperor's death in Risehelm, Absolution occurs, allowing that soul to return to the Divine Court in servitude of the First Emperor. Should the Emperor, or any citizen of Rotharia, die in any method outside of combat or act of warfare, they instead go to Shol, a great, dark, empty pit underneath Risehelm, where they will sit in silence and solitude for eternity.