Throughout the Sovereignty, it is whispered that hidden puppeteers pull at the strings of nobles, ecclesiarchs, merchants and sages. This secret cabal is rumored to be many things: powerful conspiracy, mystical convent, assassin guild, illuminati. But fact is it remains thus: a rumor. No credible proof of the existence of this Hidden Empire has been conclusively put forward. Yet its purported activities ripple across the Sovereignty: an abducted Lotharingian prince, a dagger in the back of a Navaronean priest, an Auroran sage disavowing earlier writings - all mysterious happenings attributed to the Hidden Empire.
The most extensive research on the subject has been conducted by the late Blue Wizard of Antissa, himself subject of a mysterious disappearance. According to his journals handed down to his apprentice Jadziah Valerian, the cabal alluded to as "the Hidden Empire" has acces to mystical powers unknown to even the wisest of priests, most knowledgeable of mages. They use these powers of the mind to influence key positions in the hierarchy of the Sovereignty and the Church, conduct kidnappings and cover up assassinations. All to further a mysterious agenda of supremacy. Clues point to a mysterious leader known only as "the Grandmaster" and various independent cells operating throughout the Sovereignty and the mystical Orient across the Wild Sea, beyond the Lost Lands.
Any attempts to probe further of gather more information have thus far met with failure. The people of the Sovereignty meanwhile remain in blissful ignorance - feigned or real.
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