The ancient prophesy of Pseudoagatea goes like this:
In the early times, One Sun Mirror, who remains to this day a great hero and can still be found on the 20-Ien coins, founded the Agatean empire. But there were others who fought for justice in the early days. One founded Fappondo, another the country then known as Dopamine, now known as Pseudoagatea. These countries enjoyed a relatively peaceful coexistence, until the emperor Five Burning Wheels was born. Five burning wheels revoked the then-active agreement between the three that each country was equal in the eyes of the other, and started demanding tribute from the citizens, and then moved in its military. There was never any war, but gradually Dopamine fell under Agatean control. Fappondo feared the same fate for itself and gradually shied away from the conflict. And Dopamine was gradually enslaved. The Empire took what it wanted and sent prisoners and outcasts over the Wall into what was gradually becoming a ruin of a country. There were rebellions; the empire put them down. Pseudoagatea, which once was relatively arid, was irrigated to produce the empire's rice needs. After years passed even the citizens stopped thinking of it as a country. But there was always hope that it would be freed. That was the prophecy. But is did not happen.
The arrival of Pseudopolis in the year of the Malformed Garter Snake saw the last of freedom die on the Counterweight Continent. Pseudopolis only made things worse; in order to avoid a war with the Agatean Empire it promised the empire would still receive all of its tributes. This broke the peasantry once and for all, and the riots became more desperate. Finally, Pseudopolis broke, and Pseudoagatea, which it now called itself, was free. But some, too set in their ways to remember anything but the hardships of distant rule, wanted to keep hiding under the wing of the Empire. Foreign rule was miserable, they argued, why try freedom and just get annexed again? But some, though they stood in the minority, said the Dream could be true, even if the Prophesy had failed, and they could protect themselves from invasion. But there was disagreement, and a new war, a civil one, broke out. The Prophesy had a new chance. But it needed a hero.
In the early times, One Sun Mirror, who remains to this day a great hero and can still be found on the 20-Ien coins, founded the Agatean empire. But there were others who fought for justice in the early days. One founded Fappondo, another the country then known as Dopamine, now known as Pseudoagatea. These countries enjoyed a relatively peaceful coexistence, until the emperor Five Burning Wheels was born. Five burning wheels revoked the then-active agreement between the three that each country was equal in the eyes of the other, and started demanding tribute from the citizens, and then moved in its military. There was never any war, but gradually Dopamine fell under Agatean control. Fappondo feared the same fate for itself and gradually shied away from the conflict. And Dopamine was gradually enslaved. The Empire took what it wanted and sent prisoners and outcasts over the Wall into what was gradually becoming a ruin of a country. There were rebellions; the empire put them down. Pseudoagatea, which once was relatively arid, was irrigated to produce the empire's rice needs. After years passed even the citizens stopped thinking of it as a country. But there was always hope that it would be freed. That was the prophecy. But is did not happen.
The arrival of Pseudopolis in the year of the Malformed Garter Snake saw the last of freedom die on the Counterweight Continent. Pseudopolis only made things worse; in order to avoid a war with the Agatean Empire it promised the empire would still receive all of its tributes. This broke the peasantry once and for all, and the riots became more desperate. Finally, Pseudopolis broke, and Pseudoagatea, which it now called itself, was free. But some, too set in their ways to remember anything but the hardships of distant rule, wanted to keep hiding under the wing of the Empire. Foreign rule was miserable, they argued, why try freedom and just get annexed again? But some, though they stood in the minority, said the Dream could be true, even if the Prophesy had failed, and they could protect themselves from invasion. But there was disagreement, and a new war, a civil one, broke out. The Prophesy had a new chance. But it needed a hero.
