The Verge Of An Empire

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The island of the Chinops, when it was first handed over to these outsiders about three centuries ago, was no island at all. Just a large piece of capital land, where the imperial laws were slightly modified, obeying the rules set by the netancris. This was the condition under which the chinopses agreed to accept imperial citizenship and faithfully serve Messiah. With his understanding of the word "service". Mesquia provided the Chinops with a huge supply of time and almost unlimited resources, and in return received ... gifts of indescribable value. The Chinops began the total industrialization of the country. They erected metal walls with lintels in the form of gigantic fangs on their territory, set up five gates set in motion by internal mechanisms, built wide bridges across the canals that they dug themselves. A kind of incredibly wide moat, fed by the Remma in the north and flowing into the Estra. The island of hinops is a place where even the Emperor cannot set foot without the