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Principle of Imperial Unity
The Argossian Empire is a force to be reckoned as for as long as history has been recorded. Over the course of two thousand years, they have expanded their influence and physical landmass from its beginnings as a small city-state to encompass almost the entirety of the Northern Hemisphere of Yune. Over the course of this period, the Empire saw the first and only fracturing of its power when Stryker and his followers established a Kingdom of Magic now known as the Kingdom of the Four Suits. This event along with the failed Argossian Crusades saw the rise of a philosophy known as the Principle of Imperial Unity.
The Principle of Imperial Unity stated that the Argossian Empire had one directive, and that was the expansion of its Empire and the assimilation of its member people into it. This was seen as one of the biggest mistakes made by the Emperor all those years ago, as the people of the Four Suits did not consider the Empire's culture and traditions as their own, leading to their rebellion against it. With this in mind, the Empire has gone to great lengths to make sure that the people it conquerors integrate into the Imperial Ranks and become members of the Empire willingly. They did this by restricting the rights of non-citizens and only granting citizenship to those with some merit to the Empire, usually by enlisting in the Imperial Military. This along with successful propaganda campaigns made the Empire into a fearsome, authoritarian regime that has maintained its power for many years.
Revived Crusader Movement
In recent years leading up to the Argossian Invasion of the Four Suits, a cultural phenomena known as the Revived Crusader Movement circled around the Argossian Imperial Network (ImpNet or AIN) suggesting that the Empire make moves to reunite the Four Suits with the Empire and establish Imperial Unity overseas. While initially the Emperor did not see any merit in this movement, the spark turned into a raging fire across the country as more people, fueled by the fantasy of gaining glory in war or the desperate need of the socioeconomic status citizenship provided, enlisted in droves to support the Empire against what many now considered a rebel faction rather than a sovereign state. This however did not sway the Emperor's initial decision as much as a recent discovery by the Argossian Department of Military Research and Development did.
Magicite
The Emperor had his sights set on moving farther east across the oceans to conquer the lands on the other side of Yune. However, just like the Four Suits, the people of those countries wielded powerful magic as well, and their population and combat prowess was rumored to be far greater than the Empire. This presented a problem to the Empire as for the first time in their history, they ran into a wall that prevented the successful expansion of their Empire. That was until the scientists in the Military Research and Development Department discovered a material known as Magicite. This material proved to be a powerful anti-magical tool as it nullified the movement of mana. However, the scientists also discovered that this material was the byproduct of the use of mana or dysidia. With so little magic used in the Empire, the Empire decided to integrate whatever Magicite they had into material of the uniforms of the elite corps of super soldiers known as the Homunculi, making them one of their strongest tools against the most powerful mages of the Four Suits. Knowing that the Argossian Empire needed more of this material in order to continue the expansion of their rule across all of Yune, the Emperor ordered preparations to be made to invade the Kingdom of the Four Suits in order to secure their reserves of Magicite and use their Mages in order to produce more.
The Argossian Empire is a force to be reckoned as for as long as history has been recorded. Over the course of two thousand years, they have expanded their influence and physical landmass from its beginnings as a small city-state to encompass almost the entirety of the Northern Hemisphere of Yune. Over the course of this period, the Empire saw the first and only fracturing of its power when Stryker and his followers established a Kingdom of Magic now known as the Kingdom of the Four Suits. This event along with the failed Argossian Crusades saw the rise of a philosophy known as the Principle of Imperial Unity.
The Principle of Imperial Unity stated that the Argossian Empire had one directive, and that was the expansion of its Empire and the assimilation of its member people into it. This was seen as one of the biggest mistakes made by the Emperor all those years ago, as the people of the Four Suits did not consider the Empire's culture and traditions as their own, leading to their rebellion against it. With this in mind, the Empire has gone to great lengths to make sure that the people it conquerors integrate into the Imperial Ranks and become members of the Empire willingly. They did this by restricting the rights of non-citizens and only granting citizenship to those with some merit to the Empire, usually by enlisting in the Imperial Military. This along with successful propaganda campaigns made the Empire into a fearsome, authoritarian regime that has maintained its power for many years.
Revived Crusader Movement
In recent years leading up to the Argossian Invasion of the Four Suits, a cultural phenomena known as the Revived Crusader Movement circled around the Argossian Imperial Network (ImpNet or AIN) suggesting that the Empire make moves to reunite the Four Suits with the Empire and establish Imperial Unity overseas. While initially the Emperor did not see any merit in this movement, the spark turned into a raging fire across the country as more people, fueled by the fantasy of gaining glory in war or the desperate need of the socioeconomic status citizenship provided, enlisted in droves to support the Empire against what many now considered a rebel faction rather than a sovereign state. This however did not sway the Emperor's initial decision as much as a recent discovery by the Argossian Department of Military Research and Development did.
Magicite
The Emperor had his sights set on moving farther east across the oceans to conquer the lands on the other side of Yune. However, just like the Four Suits, the people of those countries wielded powerful magic as well, and their population and combat prowess was rumored to be far greater than the Empire. This presented a problem to the Empire as for the first time in their history, they ran into a wall that prevented the successful expansion of their Empire. That was until the scientists in the Military Research and Development Department discovered a material known as Magicite. This material proved to be a powerful anti-magical tool as it nullified the movement of mana. However, the scientists also discovered that this material was the byproduct of the use of mana or dysidia. With so little magic used in the Empire, the Empire decided to integrate whatever Magicite they had into material of the uniforms of the elite corps of super soldiers known as the Homunculi, making them one of their strongest tools against the most powerful mages of the Four Suits. Knowing that the Argossian Empire needed more of this material in order to continue the expansion of their rule across all of Yune, the Emperor ordered preparations to be made to invade the Kingdom of the Four Suits in order to secure their reserves of Magicite and use their Mages in order to produce more.
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