Empire of Strettera

Empire of Strettera

Democratic Electorate

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Taxation: Corpse Based

Strettera came about at the opening of the Second Age. What was once four neighboring kingdoms of Elves and Dwarves were taken over by man. The Humans who conquered the lands were origionally Good, however they only held power for a generation before a cabal of necromancers overthrew them by force. The Necromancers quickly got bogged down by the nuances of running a government and decided to use their power to eliminate these issues permanently.

Hunger- The Necromancers raised every elf killed in the changing of the country and sent the skeletons to farm the fields.

Industry- The dwarves were raised and sent back into the mines where they killed the remaining dwarves who had dug deep to escape, the combined undead were then tasked with drying out every vien they could find.

City maintenance- Each human on death is raised to maintain the city, building roads, cleaning the streets, carrying groceries for little old ladies. The human skeletons are dressed to appear more friendly and can be tasked by any citizen with small non government threatening tasks. Each request is noted and the name of the citizen is placed in the next raffel.

State Security- Every magical beast of power is raised, and citizens are encouraged to bring any skeletons to the attention of their local necro-office for a reward. these skeletons are then stored in warehouses and sewers and depending on the quality of the skeleton perhaps as decoration, ready to spring into action to defend the state.

Illness- Since people don't work had with manual labor they enjoy lives of artisanry and higher class of life. Illness is treated by the many clerics and necromancers. Due to the abundence of skeletons they can be trusted to not simply kill a person for their undead work potential.

On death each citizen is brought to the Necromancers without exception. Destruction of a corpse or withholding from the state is punishable by death for all involved.

Raffel

Heroes
Heroes in Strettera are often seen as villains in other countries, those who's actions would upset the order and cause strife in the lands. Heroes would be watched as a drow or orc might be in a more civilized city.