Deluvian Empire

The Deluvian Empire is an empire composed of Kua Toa which rules about half of oceans of the Fadelands. It was the sole ruler of the oceans from antiquity until about 300 years ago, when the Illud uprising occured.

## Leadership

The empire is allegedly ruled by an emperor, but is de facto controlled by the priestly cast of House Valun, who appoint said emperor. There is an ancient law stating that they cannot appoint a priest to be emperor, but there is no rule against them raising prospective emperors practically from birth to be loyal and subservient to them. These priests are of course priests of Blibaal, who effectively created the Deluvian empire by granting a portion of her power to the Kua in ancient times and encouraging them to conquer the seas in her name.

## Military

The Deluvian military is tradirionally led by House Occov. It is composed of both Kua Toa and slave races, such as the Skum. Due to their destruction of almost all amphibious races, the Deluvians do not field non-KT troops on land, making war with surface-dwellers much more costly (in terms of "real" casualties) than their conquests of other aquatic nations, or the civil war with the Illud.

In addition to conventional military forces, the Deluvian military is supported by the monitors of the Diamond Reef, Blood Mountain and Sons of Baal monasteries. Missions are assigned directly by the Emperor to the Godfins, who then assign them to monitors at their discretion.

## Religion

The Deluvian theocracy worships Blibaal. This is enforced ... rigorously. Priests of Blibaal originate from House Valun (see Leadership section).

## History

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Long ago, at the dawn of time, the goddess Blibaal gave a fraction of her divine power to the inhabitants of an aquatic city-state, impressed by their cruelty and ambition. This caused them to gain great power (see above), allowing them to conquer the seas in her name and found the **Deluvian Empire**.

After many centuries of battling with, conquering and enslaving other aquatic races (including the Skum, Locathah, Sea Elves, Merfolk, Tritons, and the great Sahaguin civilization), with greater or lesser amounts of resistance, the Empire faced its first major threat when the leader of the Shadowfin monitors, Godfin Shuazul,attempted to seize the throne. It took the combined might of all of the other monitors to bring him and his heretics down.

About 300 years ago, a group of KT known as the Illud decided to rebel against the Deluvian Empire and create their own empire. **[Somebody should probably expand on that]**

## Geography

The Deluvian Empire covers the western half of the oceans surrounding The Middle Kingdom, with the **[that ridge]** forming the border with Illud-controlled territory. It is not clear where the western border of Deluvian territory falls, but they do not control the oceans around the Dragon continents of Haroan and Novendil.

The Deluvians also control some dry land territory, both on islands (such as the Baalian Archipelago, where their capital is located) and on the continent, where it was seized from the land races (the Peacebond from Laric and the entirety of Verandi, although with the recent peace treaty much of this latter terrioty is soon to change hands).

**[Put in a map]**