Hi all! I have been quiet for a bit! This was because I caught a bad cold for a week. Right after that I had to move to my fall dorm; I have been very busy! But now that I am settled down, I can start posting again! - Atticus the cloaked had become the cloaked emperor. He envisioned a stable realm that could be ruled in peace, at any cost. This would be the challenge that he had to overcome in the second age. While he did want the empire to maintain stability, he also wanted it to be ruled competently. The cloaked emperor’s heirs had all married off to the thieves he had helped put in power. Because of this, they were more interested in getting riches and pretty things rather than ruling with any degree of competency. The emperor was old and would have to pass power to a successor, but to who? Adding pressure to this state was the fact that a prophet had risen in the land. Known as the prophet of the grain, they rose unrest among the farmers and threatened to conquer the empire to en