Opuram Empire

### Languages

Infernal, Elvish, Draconian, Common, Druidic, Dwarven, Gnomish, Undercommon, Terran, Sylvan, Primordial

### Demonym

Opuran

The **Opuram Empire** is a nation born from the defeated remnants of the Opuram Kingdom and is the world's dominant military superpower that rules over one-third of the known world. It was established during the midst of the Last Ember War where it took advantage of the chaos and conquered its neighboring nations. It is the main setting of Void Lore, Opuram Militia.

## Geography

The Opuram Empire is an influential world power boasting in size, resources and wealth. Its existence is essential to the continued functioning of the world economy. It is situated on the southern hemisphere, right below the equator. The northern isles, which used to be the Benuna Republic, is quite tropical, with an array of exotic fauna and flora. The archipelago features many popular tourist destinations. Papaver, the largest island is home to the Opuram Empire's capital, Somniferum, which also houses 3 dormant volcanoes, symbolizing the Empire's ability to conquer all forces of nature.

The Madihuan River acts as a highway of commerce allowing raw resources from the inland to be quickly transported to the capital. To the southwest of the Opuram Empire are the Elesti mountains, the second highest mountain range on the planet. Due to the rain front created by the altitude of these mountains, a lush rainforest lies to the empire's south, supplying the country with abundant lumber. To the north east of the Opuram Empire is the Mithril Cove, a beautiful beach where the waters are rich in dissolved mithril. In recent years, imperial forces have started mining the more arid and mountainous parts of the region to search for this rare resilient metal.

### Regions

#### Benuna Republic

Originally, the Benuna Republic was a loosely governed body of islands run by pirates. Despite its reputation of having some of the most wanted outlaws, the Benuna Republic able to host a democratic government centered at Leviathan. The Opuram Empire has allowed the isles the keep their original government as long as it does not interfere with the rule of the empire. This is in due to the fact that it is a strategic location to access the Moonlight Isles as well as a source of wealth for the empire.

#### Florali

Before its assimilation into the Opuram Empire, Florali an independent country covered in lush forest and inhabited by nymphs and druids. In a desperate attempt to protect Florali from both the scorched earth tactics of the Opuram empire and the resource-hungry dwarves from the southern Anvil Kingdom seeking to destroy, the Floralial government joined the Empire. Legend says that deep within the forests of Florali are abandoned ruins which holds the secret to divine magic.

#### Moonlight Isles

A mysterious domain of the Opuram Empire on the New World. Nobody really has any idea what going on here besides the ruler of the empire and other high ranking officials. Currently, Fabio does not have knowledge of this region since he is very young. It is speculated that the empire is doing biological experiments of weapon testing here.

### Known Cities and Townships

#### Dallastexas

Dallastexas, in no was shape or form related to Dallas, is a small farming township located in the southwestern portion of was once Solaria. Due to its trivial existence relative to the empire, it is not recognized by the empire and is governed with Solaria as a whole. Despite this, Dallastexas has a mayor and private school.

### Known Landmarks

#### Hot Topic

Posing as a run down clothing store, Hot Topic actually functions as a from for the recently formed drug black market. The inside of Hot Topic is lazily organized, with piles of smoke scented clothes littering the floor due to the number of vampires who use the Hot Topic as a place to do drugs. Towards the back of the Hot Topic, there is a room that was used by Emma to ward off infernal invaders. There is also a trap door in the room that leads to a machine mixing blood with imported drugs.

## Government

### Nobility

*Main Article:* Opuram Imperial Family

The Opuram Imperial Family rules the **Opuram Empire**. The members of the family a trained from a young age preparing them for the highest positions within its government and military. The Royal Family Family are descended from Yuelan de Reye Opuram, leader of the Opuram Kingdom during the Last Ember War. The firstborns of each ruler are traditionally given the middle name **Reye**, with names depending on consort afterwards.

## Calendar

As an act of defying the gods and suppressing what power they may have to influence the Opuram Empire, a new calendar was developed. This calendar bears resemblance to the Gregorian calendar with notable exceptions. It features 360 days split among 12 month which are some combination of *Early, Middle, or Late* and *Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter.* The letters I.D, meaning Imperial Date, follow the DD/MM/YYYY format.