Editing Horizon:Volume 1B Preface (section)

==World==
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'''<big>"The Early Days of Europe: How It Came to Be"</big>'''

After the Roman Empire which had previously ruled Europe crumbled, only the existence of the Tsirhc religion which spanned nations and peoples kept the continent, left without a ruler, from doing the same. Besides forming a covenant for it to be a point of common faith and purpose, reliance upon the principled* Tsirhc religion was, for the broken and chaotic world, like giving life a direction: where righteousness meant living in frugality, and crime a taboo.

<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>Underlined, the precepts of the religion.</small>

Eventually, Charlemagne suppressed all of Europe and was crowned by the Pope as the Roman Emperor. This would become the symbol of a union between the Tsirhc religion, common throughout all of Europe despite its lack of military might, and the representative of a kingdom which did have a military. But after Charlemagne's death the Empire split into three, which would afterward be known as the Hexagone Française, the Holy Roman Empire, and Italia.


'''<big>"The Three Nations Post-Schism"</big>'''

*Blue Square: Kingdom of Western France (Afterward Hexagone Française)
*Yellow Square: Kingdom of Eastern France (Afterward Holy Roman Empire)
*Green Square: Kingdom of Central France (Afterward Italia)


(Name: Erimaki)


The Hexagone Française controls a large amount of fertile land, but it is without emperor or pope. The Holy Roman Empire's emperor is weak, his claim to the throne lost, and the lordlings squabble over territory taking up time and attention. Italia* is weak; it relies on the strength of its Pope and its economic prowess.

<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>In red, currently battling.</small>

The disharmony between these three Tsirhc nations lies in the roots of Europe.


(Name: Heidi Ogezavara)