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    The Crossing of the Bridge is a ceremony that requires each new emperor or empress, on the first solstice of their reign, to walk the entire length of the bridge over the Istandaärtha from eastern to western shore, alone save for their nonecharei, carrying nothing but a brazier of incense. We can be relatively sure that this tradition traces its roots to the very creation of the Wisdom Bridge, and that the first emperor to enact it was Edrehasivar the Seventh.

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    It happened gradually, was the thing. The emperor’s rings were tighter in the evening than the morning; that was normal. And if the fit of the rings changed, little by little, the change wasn’t large enough from day to day for any of them to notice. And then Nemer found himself thinking it was time to contact Dachensol Habrobar about adding some ease to Edrehasivar’s signet ring, and realised all of a sudden that something had changed.

    The signet ring had fit perfectly at first, Nemer was sure of it. Hadn’t it? Or was he remembering that wrong? Maybe it had always been a little snug, maybe they had accepted that it didn’t slide on easily in exchange for the security of knowing it wouldn’t slide off easily.

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    Maia's edocharei notice something is wrong, and do something about it.

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    Don't you feel sorry for Csethiro Zhasan? The Emperor's wife has to walk side-by-side with the Emperor's whore.

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    Ugly rumours abound regarding the Emperor's secretary, and the Empress is unwilling to let them slide any longer. AKA: Csevet is alarmed, Maia is concerned, and Csethiro is ready to fuck shit up.

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    On the Role of an Emperor is a book written by Edrehasivar VII Zhas (personal name Maia Drazhar) around the late 1230s AEC, though it wasn't published until after he died in 1239. It is partially a treatise on what defines a "good" emperor, and partially an autobiography discussing the process behind many important policy decisions as well as choice moments from his personal life.

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    19 Mar 2026

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    A thoughtful ethical analysis of one of the most striking moments in the book from Maia's perspective as a very experienced Emperor.

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    Mace is called in to help an Initiate who is having visions.
    He did not expect this to end with him adopting a whole pack of temporally displaced feral murder children.

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