History of Empire (sage ability)

Provides knowledge regarding the rise and fall of empires during the period or with relation to the region of history chosen. The character is able to provide information on general development, patterns of influence and legacy resulting from the largest political entities.

With regard to the past, the character is thus possessed of a greater understanding of what political entities once dominated the land where the player resides – and the underlying keys as to how the lower realms of the world may yet perceive the upper world to appear. Time and culture, after all, will seem to stand still in isolation – and knowing how once the world was will enable the player better to explain how it has changed.

With regard to the present, the character understands in greater depth the clash that now occurs between great empires, most important of all their wishes and agendas.

• African empires include the Egyptian, the Malinese, the Songhai and the Zimbabwean.

• Ancient empires include the Egyptian, the Hsiungnu, the Kushan, the Macedonian, the Mauryan, the Persian, the Seleucid and the Zimbabwean, as well as the Han and Jin dynasties of China, the Roman Republic & Empire and the Olmec Civilization.

• European empires include the British, the Byzantine, the French, the Macedonian, the Ottoman, the Portuguese, the Seleucid and the Spanish, as well as the Kingdom of Armenia and the Grand Duchy of Moskva, the caliphates of the Abbasids and the Fatimids, and finally the Roman Republic & Empire.

• Medieval empires include the Byzantine, the Cholan, the Ghaznavid, the Incan, the Khwarazmian, the Malinese, the Mayan, the Mongolian, the Palan, the Sassanian, the Seljuk, the Songhai and the Tibetan, as well as the Sung, Tang & Yuan dynasties of China, the caliphates of the Abbasids and the Fatimids, the Toltec Civilization, the khaganates of the Niruns and the Turks, the early Mongol Khanate and the Empire of the Golden Horde.

• Modern empires include the British, the French, the Jagatai, the Moghul, the Ottoman, the Portuguese, the Safavid and the Spanish, the Ming dynasty of China and the Grand Duchy of Moskva.

• New World empires include the Incan and Mayan, as well as the Olmec and Toltec civilizations.

• Oriental empires include the Cholan, the Ghaznavid, the Hsiungnu, the Jagatai, the Khwarazmian, the Kushan, the Mauryan, the Mughal, the Palan, the Persian, the Safavid, the Sassanian, the Seljuk and the Tibetan, as well as the Han, Jin, Ming, Sung, Tang and Yuan dynasties of China, the kaganates of the Niruns and the Turks, the early Mongol Khanate and the Empire of the Golden Horde.

See History