Difference between revisions of "Union"

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Union is a nation on [[Canticle]]. It was created, and led, by the [[Cinder King]]. During its height it stretched almost the entire world, the only regions out of its control being the poles, where life is almost impossible. All major cities were conquered by the Cinder King.{{book ref|tsm|12}}{{cite}}

The Charred are a more special kind of soldier, they were once ordinary people, but the Cinder King inserted [[Sunheart|Cinderhearts]] into their chests, burning away their memories and establishing a connection to him, as well as investing them. Because of this connection the Charred can sense what he wants, and will blindly follow his orders. The Charred regularly use weapons that require up close combat, such as batons and machetes, they have also been known to use bombs, acting like a suicide bomber.{{citebook ref|tsm|42}}{{book ref|tsm|50}}

The nation is an autocracy, with all the power being in the hands of the [[Cinder King]]. He uses a lot of propaganda to make people think he is immortal and the rightful ruler, as well as stronger thenthan he actually is. An example of this is when he fights [[Sigzil|Nomad]] in hand to hand combat, but actually has a scadrian weight device attached to Nomad, making it nearly impossible for Nomad to fight back. Some people know about this however, so it’s unclear to what extent this works.{{citebook ref|tsm|49}}

While all major cities were merged with the capital city called Union, there were still many small towns which remained separate. He controlled these via a couple of officials, as well as some Charred.{{citebook ref|tsm|12}}

The [[Cinder King]] influences all of the corridors, but there are some that he doesn’t care about, as they are almost inhospitable.{{citebook ref|tsm|12}}

Union has access to many prisoners and captives, and these are sacrificed to make sunhearts, which power their cities. They also have many prospectors just behind the great Maelstrom to find and collect these sunhearts.{{book The Sunlit Man chapter 13 ref|tsm|12}}{{cite}}

They harvest metal from iron fields, places on the planet where molten metal coats the surface.{{citebook ref|tsm|15}}

The capital city of Union goes by the same name{{book ref|tsm|12}}. The Cinder King planned for everyone to join and live in the city{{book ref|tsm|12}}. Almost all major cities have been added to Union, although there are still some small towns which roam the planet. Union consists of thousands of ships and contains a small arena.{{citebook ref|tsm|3}}

In the lower levels of the ship that makes up the heart of Union there is an unornamented metal staircase whichthat leads to a large hallway with hundreds of [[sunheart]]s. This room is guarded by a single charred. At the end of this hallway is the room where new charred are made.{{citebook ref|tsm|50}}

The Cinder king has the ability to put the city on lockdown for a period of time, this way, without the password, no one can leave the city until the time is over.{{book ref|tsm|50}}{{cite}}