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(Windermere: ''iec Fnüeng'') The printing press was invented in Skella by Lleemi Þrohd later this period. It was also a time when the Empire's hegemony was in decline and the government was perceived to be incompetent and corrupt. | (Windermere: ''iec Fnüeng'') The printing press was invented in Skella by Lleemi Þrohd later this period. It was also a time when the Empire's hegemony was in decline and the government was perceived to be incompetent and corrupt. | ||
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A few decades after, an Anbirese civil servant and writer by the name of Emisom | A few decades after, an Anbirese civil servant and writer by the name of Emisom Anjeodgan published his translations of the old Tigol writings and his protest politico-religious poems, which were widely disseminated thanks to the printing press. | ||
The Windermere imperial authorities were of course none too pleased, and tried to suppress the spread of | The Windermere imperial authorities were of course none too pleased, and tried to suppress the spread of Anjeodgan's ideas. But it was too little, too late: Ngronaism had already provoked a firestorm of rebellious and nationalistic sentiment across the Talmic-speaking part of Talma. | ||
Thus the imperial authorities made a compromise: they recognized the new religion, on the condition that it accept the legitimacy of the Empire's authority. Nevertheless suspicion still lingered. | Thus the imperial authorities made a compromise: they recognized the new religion, on the condition that it accept the legitimacy of the Empire's authority. Nevertheless suspicion still lingered. |
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