Jogador: catastrophe
Awareness of the Emperor: I have to admit I figured out quite late what is happening. It seems we are both involved in a scheme of it who is known as the snake god rising to power. A process that could mean the end of the world as you know it.
Jogador: snake god
Awareness of the Emperor: I don't know what it is or was. But I heard that this thing tried to become a god in the past and was trapped in a state 'in between'. Its current plan seems to be to use my crystal matrix which I use to amplify my control over the dragon kings in a reverse way to steal the vital force of the dragons, those bound to them, and even from the land itself.
Jogador: steal
Awareness of the Emperor: With this stolen power it hopes to become a true god. This would destroy the continent. Not only the continent's life would be drained, it would also damage its integrity and stability. The whole land would crumble and vanish in the sea. Such a destruction would probably lead to earthquakes and floods everywhere in the world, causing death and destruction beyond compare. And all this only because you fools let yourselves use by that priest just like he is used by his so-called god.
Jogador: dragons
Awareness of the Emperor: We came here from a distant land that is no longer. We took it upon us to become the rulers of this land. We brought order to the struggles and saved a dying empire. We deserve no less than to be accepted as leaders by the lesser beings. We allowed the lizards to exist and to serve us.
Jogador: priest
Awareness of the Emperor: He is just a willing vessel. He seems to serve as some sort of anchor or even avatar for the snake's power. Fortunately, his body is too weak to channel much of the snake's power. He might become a formidable opponent but he will still be mortal. With a sizeable force of capable opponents he can be brought down.
Jogador: sizeable force
Awareness of the Emperor: Indeed, this will be your mission though. Since you cut off the way to control the dragon kings easily, I'll have to put some effort into holding them at bay. Another part of me tries to repair the damage you have caused, and yet another will try to interrupt the flow of power which this snake thing sends to its priest.
Jogador: job
Awareness of the Emperor: I am the emperor of Zao. Power and destiny made me the ruler over dragons and lizards.
Jogador: lizards
Awareness of the Emperor: They are more familiar to us than the brutish and stupid orcs. In their best moments they are even amusing. All they need is guidance, otherwise they are lost and helpless.
Jogador: orcs
Awareness of the Emperor: They are barely sentient at all. A despicable race beyond all hope. The minotaurs think they have them under control but it is only a matter of time before the orcs will crush them and revert to their old ways.
Jogador: minotaurs
Awareness of the Emperor: They were nearly extinct when we arrived. I understand that the minotaurs that pose a problem to us in these days are foreigners in this land. They think they can tame the orcs which I think is such an amusing assumption that I restrained myself from crushing them. I want to watch how they fall flat with this folly. They will fail in the end. It's only a question of how and when.
Jogador: humans
Awareness of the Emperor: You are different than the humans here. The humans here are not better than the animals of the mountains and the steppes. You people on the other hand ... well, you might prove a worthy challenge one day. But first and foremost there are other issues to attend which will take a few centuries. Only then I might take a look at your land if I am still interested.
Jogador: issues
Awareness of the Emperor: Once the trouble with this mad lizard priest is settled, I have to deal with the problem of the spreading corruption. I am sure I will find a suitable solution. Then the empire has to be restructured and the south to be retaken. After that a phase of rebuilding will begin. The empire lacks manpower and due to the corruption and the loss of land it lacks resources, this is certainly something that needs to be dealt with.
Jogador: corruption
Awareness of the Emperor: Even we dragons were not unified. We ... continued certain old habits that led to fights which in turn led to inevitable, irreplaceable losses. So by my power I bound the others to my will. Being the eldest and even more powerful than even most of my lesser brethren can imagine, it was my right to do so. In return I taught them to bind the lesser lizards to their will and so we reforged the empire.
Jogador: reforged
Awareness of the Emperor: I foresaw that with my ultimate demise the infighting would resume and destroy all what is left of us. So I decided that I was too important to die. My time was limited though and the only means of survival that I could come up with was to transform me into a lich, a creature of undeath. It was an ... unexpected experience. However, soon I learnt about the changes my new state of existence involved and the way how things work.
Jogador: state
Awareness of the Emperor: Through my connection to the other dragons, my undeath spread in an unexpected way. And it did not stop at the dragons. It went on through them to the lizards they had bound and through them to the land itself. It seems the land itself became the place where the undeathly influence was finally dumped as it suffered much more than the beings that functioned as transmitters. However, you see that what you call corruption is only an unwanted by-product of something far greater and more important.
Jogador: undeath
Awareness of the Emperor: It is certainly no ideal state but a necessity. I take it upon me for the sake of the land. Without me my people would perish and so would the civilisation of the lizards. Or worse, they would continue to worship that unspeakable snake thing that is willing to devour the whole world to become a god.
Jogador: resistance
Awareness of the Emperor: Those fools are misled by the snake god and its treacherous priests. If it weren't for us dragons, the lizards had perished long ago. It was our power that crushed their enemies and our guidance that ended centuries of intrigue and infighting. We deserve their respect and loyalty. They owe us these things like they owe us their existence.
Jogador: loyalty
Awareness of the Emperor: They owe us their existence. Without us their empire would crumble. We are their only hope and the only hope of stability for this land.
Jogador: stability
Awareness of the Emperor: If the lizard empire crushed, the orcs would turn on each other and sooner or later wipe out the minotaurs and humans. Then the land would lapse into bloodshed and barbarism. We are the only source of order in this land and the only ones who have the power to enforce such an order.
Jogador: crystal
Awareness of the Emperor: The tainted crystals work reversely to their actual intention. It will take a while to reconfigure them. One part of my consciousness is already working on this problem.
