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 ====== Sixfold Empire ======
-The **Dominion of the League of the [[geopolitical:empire:council_of_six|Six Houses]] for the Wellbeing of the Many Peoples**, later the **Dominion of the Eighth and Only House for the Wellbeing of the Many Peoples**, less formally known as the **Sixfold Empire** or the **Empire**, was the largest political entity in the history of the [[takma:]] species. At the height of its power, in the [[history:Steel Era:]], it ruled over most of southern [[geography:sekhaa:]] - from the [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:marine:Sea of Twilights]] in the west to the [[avishraa:geography:ocean:Dawn Sea]] in the east, and from [[avishraa:geography:ocean:uvuuns_reach|Uvuun's Reach]] in the south to the southern [[geography:sekhaa:region:brightness]] in the north, encompassing the majority of the species' entire population at that time.
+The **Dominion of the League of the [[geopolitical:empire:council_of_six|Six Houses]] for the Wellbeing of the Many Peoples**, later the **Dominion of the Eighth and Only House for the Wellbeing of the Many Peoples**, less formally known as the **Sixfold Empire** or the **Empire**, was the largest political entity in the history of the [[takma:]] species. At the height of its power, in the [[history:Steel Era:]], it ruled over most of southern [[geography:sekhaa:]] - from the [[geography:sekhaa:marine:Sea of Twilights]] in the west to the [[geography:ocean:Dawn Sea]] in the east, and from [[geography:ocean:uvuuns_reach|Uvuun's Reach]] in the south to the southern [[geography:sekhaa:region:brightness]] in the north, encompassing the majority of the species' entire population at that time.
 Though the Empire fell over eighty [[concept:timekeeping#cycle|cycles ago]], after an existence of 180 cycles, its cultural impact has been incalculable; all but the remotest outposts of takma civilization have some knowledge of it, even if only from legend and myth. Its [[mythology:imperial_religion:|gods]], its [[ethnicity:imperial|customs]], and even its [[language:imperial:start|language, in various forms]], persist up to the present day
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 ===== History =====
 ==== Dawn Era ===
-Although the beginning of the [[history:Dawn Era:]], and therefore of the entire [[concept:timekeeping#eras|Imperial calendar]], was taken by later generations to accurately reflect the founding date of the League of the Six Houses ("Sixfold League"), the predecessor to the Empire, this view relied on accounts of the League's founding that depicted the process as somewhat more orderly than was in fact the case. The League was merely the last and most stable configuration of one of dozens of city-state alliances occupying the middle [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:river:Sahvarr]] valley in the last [[concept:timekeeping#hexatrigesimal|hexatrigesimal]] or so of the [[history:Ancient Era:]]. Although the time at which the League achieved its historical form was apparently indeed in the general vicinity of 1 Dawn - within a few cycles either way - the precise date, if there can be said to have been one, cannot be known with certainty.
+Although the beginning of the [[history:Dawn Era:]], and therefore of the entire [[concept:timekeeping#eras|Imperial calendar]], was taken by later generations to accurately reflect the founding date of the League of the Six Houses ("Sixfold League"), the predecessor to the Empire, this view relied on accounts of the League's founding that depicted the process as somewhat more orderly than was in fact the case. The League was merely the last and most stable configuration of one of dozens of city-state alliances occupying the middle [[geography:sekhaa:river:Sahvarr]] valley in the last [[concept:timekeeping#hexatrigesimal|hexatrigesimal]] or so of the [[history:Ancient Era:]]. Although the time at which the League achieved its historical form was apparently indeed in the general vicinity of 1 Dawn - within a few cycles either way - the precise date, if there can be said to have been one, cannot be known with certainty.
-The Six Houses for which the League was named were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality|matrilines]] of rulers of a group of powerful city-states in the broad, fertile plains of lower-middle [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:river:Sahvarr]] valley, approximately between the [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:region:Nentir Highlands]] and the northern end of the [[[[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:region:Haatar Range]]. The Houses were originally known by the names of their native cities: the [[family:first_house|Charinassar]] of [[geopolitical:Charina]], the [[family:second_house|Riishenessar]] of [[geopolitical:Riishen]], and so on. Towards the end of the Dawn Era, however, they began to be numbered in rough order of military prominence, though the nomenclature was not publicly adopted until well into the Nest Era.
+The Six Houses for which the League was named were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality|matrilines]] of rulers of a group of powerful city-states in the broad, fertile plains of lower-middle [[geography:sekhaa:river:Sahvarr]] valley, approximately between the [[geography:sekhaa:region:Nentir Highlands]] and the northern end of the [[geography:sekhaa:region:Haatar Range]]. The Houses were originally known by the names of their native cities: the [[family:first_house|Charinassar]] of [[geopolitical:Charina]], the [[family:second_house|Riishenessar]] of [[geopolitical:Riishen]], and so on. Towards the end of the Dawn Era, however, they began to be numbered in rough order of military prominence, though the nomenclature was not publicly adopted until well into the Nest Era.
 Despite the somewhat hagiographic treatment of the Dawn Era by later historians, referencing strange omens, signal of divine approval, and the jawdropping awe of the other nations of the world, the League in fact remained of purely local significance during most of this time; it accomplished the defense and consolidation of its members' own territory, made some minor conquests, and extracted tribute from its neighbors, but was likely only known in passing very far from its borders - and then only by those in a position to be interested by the international situation.