Leaffoot Empire

The Leaffoot Empire was a nation lead by the Leaffoot species, and had conquered the entire continent of Rathnir long before humans had first migrated to it, enslaving many of its free races. However, the empire was destroyed from within by the rebels of the peoples they enslaved, and most remnants of their empire's existence is now no more (with small pieces of their architecture and culture being unearthed in modern-day).
==Culture==
The imperial Leaffoots were incredibly hostile and discriminatory towards other races that weren't their own. While the origins behind this belief are uncertain at this time, some theorize that this attitude may either be about their weaker bodies compared to that of the Leaffoots (thanks to their evolutions), or about their "immoral" definitions of morality. All of which is to say is that that distain for other beings besides their own is what lead the Leaffoots to conquer them in the first place. Even still, after enslaving the masses, their discriminatory practices didn't end.
Aside from the discriminatory actions, their culture was also full of magic and science mixed together. This interest in the world of the supernatural lead to them to go through several Renaissances of art and technology. And while most of the knowledge they acquired in their Renaissances was put towards the resources set for keeping their captives in check,https://stoneworksmc.fandom.com/wiki/Arg%27yl_Fungius%27_Lab_Journal they also put towards their aforementioned art. They would contact the beings of distant realms, tamper with the fabrics of time and space, create machines of great power, and so on.
==Literature==
The Leaffoots appeared to have been quite resolved to preserving their histories, and so they wrote everything they could down (which would comprise the majority of their literature). Today, many personal journals have been discovered and unearthed by archeologists. Only one journal, however, has been released to the public; that being the personal lab journal of one "Arg'yl Fungius" as he chronicled his research in a lab (whose ruins have been located on the outskirts of modern-day Raskara) involving the breeding of a new emperor for the Leaffoot Empire before it fell shortly after.https://stoneworksmc.fandom.com/wiki/Spectrum#In_a_Leaffoot_Lab
==Government Structure==
===Bred Rulers===
A 100 years after conquering all of Rathnir, the Leaffoots expanded their knowledge of magic and the sciences, bring about a new Renaissance for their people. It was during this time were the Leaffoots created a way to continue to grow their population without intercourse. Through their magics and sciences combined, the Leaffoots began to birth new Leaffoots artificially, with natural birth being left behind. This technique was mostly used to create workers and other important figures in their society, as they wanted to make these new members of their empire perfect at their jobs. And these figures included the royal family.
The emperors of the Leaffoot Empire were breed in labs and outfitted with special magical implants that allowed them to control the minds of virtually all races (unlike the rest of their race, with others having implants that could control only a specific race or set of races at a time). This ability provided to them was perfect for running an empire built on the backs of slaves from virtually all known races in Rathnir at the time.
The emperors would be the only royal class in the empire, with no other lords or counts or the like. And as such, it's said that they ruled with iron fists with no one to properly keep them in check.
Only one royal family member has managed up till modern-day, that being Spectrum.
===Current Members of the Royal Family===
*Spectrum (Subject-0189)
==References==
Category:Nations
Category:Lore
Category:Rathnir
Category:Traveler's Era