Chapter 16: End of the Black Temple

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In the Sera Empire, in the capital of Kakai, the Seras, like all the Sera-speaking Nashidas (and also the Helvens), became subject to the dynasty of the city-state of Sera, centered in central Nashida.

From that city-state the rulers of Sera ruled with an iron fist, using magic as a way to keep the masses in check. And for a time it was so. But, there were does that resisted the magic. Naturally, revolts appeared.

The rules, in their counter attack, bounded the people to them, enslaving them to their will. That wasn’t the end to their problems. When the ruler dies, so do the people that are bounded to him. People in those days were immune to most illnesses and lived longer. Why should they die before their time? It was a constant thought that hung in the air and was constantly on the lips of the more and more revolted people.

Many searched for a way to brake the bond or at least severe the bond. The ru