No, they have been complicated for a very long time. [...] We were days away from hopeful peace from when I came from.
I do not have to think too very hard to imagine what the books might say, if only because we have our own accounts of what the Empire is like and I know it cannot all be true as I've seen evidence otherwise. Xhorhas is large and varied and I have spent most of my time in Rosohna. It's a beautiful city, all told. It's under a perpetual nightsky for those of us with an aversion to sunlight, so we might be able to conduct business during the day without being nocturnal.