Alright, let me pause the chaos in Technographia for a second because if Leones is dragging a half-dead mortal back, you need to understand where she's dragging him to.
Richinaria Palace isn't just some fancy headquarters.
All Dynasties have a base of operations but here's the thing. Those bases always operate on technology or systems way ahead of whatever civilization they're technically "part of." And out of all of them, Richinaria has the best one.
Richinaria Palace is a floating island the size of a city. To simplify it, it's ten kilometers in radius. It houses tens of thousands of Divines. And when I say Divines, I don't mean "aspiring." I mean actual Divine-ranked beings.
Dynasty Richinaria has the highest number of Divines in the entire world at twenty thousand and a total population of one hundred and fifty thousand. Which means nearly one out of every eight citizens is a Divine. Now, the Palace itself isn't just one giant structure. It's divided into five major sections, each functioning like a specialized organ in a divine super-body.
First, The Palace.
This is where the Dynasty Monarch lives. This is also where Dynasty meetings happen. Also, this is where the attack Anamorsia blew up the gods. It's also where Veneri was born and raised. Reader From Behind The Curtains, if you have noticed, you must have realized that Richinaria Palace isn't a small place, right?
The second place is the The Levenees Section. This is the domain of the House of Levenees, one of the four great Houses of Richinaria. They are pure talented mages. All Divine mages in the Dynasty live and train here with their families. They are led by the Matriarch, Sylveira Levenees.
And coexisting with them is the Sarphie House, who are healers. If you need your body stitched back together or your arm reattached after Leones accidentally snaps it, this is where you go.
The Viaca Section is the third ara. Engineers. Forgers. Weapon designers. Technological geniuses. If it involves metal, circuitry, divine-infused weaponry or experimental constructs that may or may not explode, this is their playground.
They're led by Landle Viaca. And when I say "the world's best weapon forger," I'm not being dramatic. Kings, Emperors, Deities, they used to commission him. In fact, all weapons the Divines have right now, including Sentina Erideae, are made by him.
The Maximilian Section is the fourth. This is where the weapon users reside. Sword masters, spear wielders, archers, all of them live and train here with their families. They are led by Patriarch Damius Maximilian.
And finally, The Obligatio Section. This is the financial center where the world's economy is monitored, influenced and occasionally "adjusted." Their Patriarch is Vaskein Obligatio.
Now here's something interesting, Reader From Behind The Curtains.
If you follow up on this, you might be wondering. Spheraphase is largely matriarchal. Women dominate politically, militarily and culturally so why is only one House led by a woman?
Simple. Richinaria doesn't care.
Yes, women are dominant across the world but in Richinaria? Power is the only metric. If you're strong and competent enough, lead. Male, female. Doesn't matter. Richinaria doesn't follow social norms. And that independence is exactly why it's massive.
Richinaria represents the entire Anqerise Continent, the same way Dynasty Ceres represents all of Wisteria, the hell of Spheraphase. Now, technically, Dynasty Mintheris exists on the same continent. However, Mintheris is elven-centric. It's exclusively for Elves.
Richinaria is multiracial. If you're Divine-ranked and capable, you're welcome. Humans. Elves. Beastkin. Hybrid species. Rare lineages. It doesn't matter where you're from. That's why they have twenty thousand Divines.
You might also be wondering. Why tell this now? Why not tell us about the Dynasty stuff earlier? Honestly, I do know why my future versions did that. After all, it focused primarily on Sentina Erideae and the development of Darling and not on the world itself. Maybe it's because Darling was not yet involved with the entire world just yet. Your guess is as good as mine though.
Anyway, Richinaria is in the Hidden Citadel. That much is simple.
When the Second Epoch Cycle started right after the moon was destroyed and the sky basically broke, every Dynasty's main base station was forcefully teleported into the Hidden Citadel. But here's the thing. Most Dynasties don't centralize the way Richinaria does.
Dynasties exist to protect their continents from Krepsuna outbreaks and catastrophic nonsense. Because of that, their Divines are usually spread out. A few might be guarding the northern borders. A few can be stationed near Cities. Others could watch over coastal regions. They're positioned like living defense towers.
If something explodes three thousand kilometers away, you can't afford to have all your power sitting in one palace.
Unless you're Richinaria of course.
Richinaria has teleportation systems woven into their infrastructure. They have fleets of spaceships capable of crossing vast distances almost instantly. To them, moving across Anqerise in seconds is normal. So they never needed to scatter their Divines. Why divide your strength when you can deploy it anywhere instantly?
That's why they are centralized. Everything revolved around the palace. So when the Second Epoch Cycle triggered and the Hidden Citadel pulled in all central base stations, Richinaria came in whole.
Other Dynasties weren't that lucky.
Because their Divines were stationed all over their continents, a lot of them weren't physically near their base stations when the teleportation happened. The Citadel only grabbed what was anchored to the core. Which meant a lot of Divines were left behind.
For the past forty-three days, Richinaria hasn't been rushing around fighting everything that moves like the others. They've been studying the Hidden Citadel instead. And then they discovered something massive.
The Ascension Curse doesn't work there. For a Divine, that's insane. For Ascenders, it's perfect for them to train. Those with higher bloodlines can advance to Divine Rank easily.
Most Dynasties saw the Hidden Citadel as a battlefield. They split into teams and started clearing threats across its regions. Richinaria locked down their territory and trained. Who would attack an island that literally had complete camouflage as a defense system?
That is the basic information about Dynasty Richinaria. Now back to Leones...