Empire of Shale

Shale Continent conquered: M12-15 428 BSB

Soil Texture Continent conquered: M12-20 18 BSB

Emperor of Shale captured : M7-15 5 BSB

Empire of Shale collapses: M3-30 3 BSB

Empire of Shale restored: M7-26 35 ASB

The Second Shale Invasion of the Soil Texture Continent begins: M12-25 429 ASB

Emperor of Shale imprisoned by the Kingdom of Clayistan: M1-21 435 ASB

Empire of Shale destroyed: M7-06 447 ASB

## History

On M11-25 554 BSB the Kingdom of Shale introduced latest military breakthrough, the mind web. The mind web would allow for an officer to instantaneously communicate with five of his subordinates and those five could further communicate with five of their own subordinates. The first six to be connected to the mind web were field marshal Zancrenius who was connected above the generals Hymorphlanius, Gunthorpe, Ascentonia, Rempidion and Tymthranch. On M10-13 553 BSB the Kingdom of Shale began introducing more men into the web below Hymorphlanius, Gunthorpe, Ascentonia, Rempidion and Tymthranch, though the mind weave used in binding them was of lower quality. On M4-11 547 BSB the Kingdom of Shale announced the creation several new mind webs for the country's other field marshals. On M4-13 547 BSB Zancrenius and all of those along his chain of subordinates attacked and captured the mind weaving facility where the mind webs were created and declared the creation of the Empire of Shale beginning the Shale Civil War.

The Shale Civil War ended on M3-15 521 BSB with the Empire of Shale victorious and the Kingdom of Shale gone. Zancrenius turned his atention to the rest of the Shale Continent and beggan planning a series of wars against the various powers of the continent.

The Empire of Shale took control of the last of the Shale Continent on M12-15 428 BSB. Following the conquest of Shale Continent minor revolts began breaking out within the Empire. On M11-15 427 BSB Zancrenius gave a speach declaring that the Empire of Shale would begin working toward recapturing the lands of the old Bedrock Empire or as it had been called since their disapearence, the Soil Texture Continent.

The First Shale Invasion of the Soil Texture Continent began on M1-06 21 BSB and ended M12-20 18 BSB with the Empire of Shale victorious.

On M8-04 6 BSB a revolt began in the lands occupied by the Granite people and quickly spread into an all out revolution. On M2-12 5 BSB in an attempt to protect the Emperor of Shale the capital of the Empire was moved to Raestum on the Soil Texture Continent. M7-15 5 BSB Zancrenius was caputured by revolting Soils and placed into a state of unconciousness severing contact between the five generals of the Empire of Shale. On M3-30 3 BSB the forces under the control of Ascentonia attacked those of Tythranch, the other generals began mobilising their forces bringing the Empire of Shale to a violent end.

On M7-26 35 ASB Zancrenius restabished contact with the five generals and declared to them that it was time to rebuild the Empire of Shale albeit with the Emperor still imprisoned on the Soil Texture Continent though this was unkown to the Soils.

The Second Shale Invasion of the Soil Texture Continent began on M12-25 429 ASB. An attempt to free Zancrenius took place on M1-21 435 ASB which inadvertently ended with the Emperor being knocked unconsius and captured for a second time. The invasion began to fail after his capture. On M3-13 437 ASB Zancrenius awoke and began ordering his forces in the War in Gravel, his generals were completly unaware that he was being controled by the King of Clayistan Claysando II via some captured Kingdom of Shale technology. He did attempt to alert his spies to this.

On M7-06 447 ASB one of Zancrenius spies named Dreego Sage attempted to free the Emperor. During the attempt a security measure in the machine which imprisoned Zancrenius went off, cooking the emperor and reverting the state of mind of all those linked through him to that of animals save for the generals and the spies who had were protected from that action. This brough the Empire of Shale to its final end.

## Politics

The Empire of Shale is led by the Emperor of Shale, below him are his five generals and bellow them are five more and so on.