Peerless Empire
The Peerless Empire is the unimaginably vast jabali1 kingdom that covers a good portion of the Elemental Plane of Earth.2
Geography
The borders of the Peerless Empire stretch from the Plane of Earth's border with the Plane of Fire all the way to the Plane of Water, but it does not control the entire plane: there are countless other kingdoms and domains spread across the Plane of Earth.2 The capital of the Peerless Empire is the wondrous city of Opaline Vault, often called the "Rainbow Metropolis" as it is built inside an enormous geode.3
Government
The Peerless Empire is a sultanate, ruled as of 4716 AR from the palace of Soaring Radiance by Sultana Ashadieeyah bint Khalid after the killing of her father five centuries ago by the empire's hated ifrit4 rivals.5
Culture
The empire's jabalis engage in mining operations, contracts, and trades but enjoy what can best be described as a 'complex' relationship with the Plane of Earth's other inhabitants. These strained relationships are due to the fact that the jabalis are unapologetic slavers, controlling a truly staggering number of slaves across the plane. The Peerless Empire much prefers willing slaves, offering substantial concessions to those willing to magically bind themselves to the Empire's will, though they do not hesitate to condemn those they consider enemies to labour in distant mines at their empire's fringes.2
Still, the Peerless Empire maintains diplomatic relations with all of the plane's inhabitants, including2 earth and salt scamps,6 crystal dragons, earth elementals, scanderigs, and xiomorns.7 They also maintain the Peerless Embassy, a permanent embassy for geniekind from across the other Elemental Planes.8
References
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- ↑ Paizo referred to jabalis as shaitan until the publication of Rage of Elements. See Rage of Elements pg. 3 and Pathfinder Core Preview pg. 2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 . “Plane of Earth” in Planes of Power, 23. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ . “Plane of Earth” in Planes of Power, 27. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ Paizo referred to ifrits as efreet and naaris as ifrits until the publication of Highhelm. See also Rage of Elements pg. 3 and Pathfinder Core Preview pgs. 2, 13, 18.
- ↑ . “Plane of Earth” in Planes of Power, 28. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ Paizo referred to elemental scamps as mephits until the publication of the Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary, and began solely referring to them as scamps in Rage of Elements. See Bestiary pg. 150, Rage of Elements pg. 3, and Pathfinder Core Preview pgs. 2, 13. Their appearance also changed from small humanoids to small bat-like creatures.
- ↑ . “Plane of Earth” in Planes of Power, 21–22. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ . “Plane of Earth” in Planes of Power, 29. Paizo Inc., 2016
