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[u][b]Edoniras[/b][/u]
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[b][i]	The year was 1715, when a Slovyanynish mining company unearthed large subterranean stores of what would later be dubbed "blue coal", in the mountains of East Khansgrad, not far from the empires of Lancia and Numberg. The discovery would have gone unnoticed, had they not tried to use it raw, to heat their furnaces. The entire excavation went up in flames, burning brighter than any industrial fire the world had seen before. The rest of the world, who had only just began experimenting with coal as a fuel source, stood in awe at the potential of this new substance. Soon, every nation clamoured for possession of this new material. With growing empires in every corner of Edoniras, racing against one another for control of the New World, blue coal would mean the difference between victory and defeat. 

	What followed through the 1700's was a frantic, rapidly evolving struggle between emerging superpowers. The central empire of Lancia constructed endless rail-roads throughout Edoniras, linking cities and nations together, and homogenizing much of global society. The power of black and blue coal expanded the reach of Lancia's trade, bringing wealth beyond comprehension. However, Lancia wasn't the only nation to profit from this new power. Nations throughout the region began taking advantage of this new trend of globalization, as well as uncovering their own stockpiles of blue coal. Before long, the skies of the West were filled with the thick haze of coal-smoke, as great urban factories toiled night and day, driven by the ambition of limitless progress. As tensions grew between the world's new, ever-expanding economic superpowers, construction began on great weapons and vehicles. The race to the New World, and to to the future, was coupled with an arms race. Great armies gathered at their nation's borders, waiting for the inevitable clash of giants.

	As the influence of the West continued its growth, word of this development soon reached far into the East, to the ancient empires of Han and Akitsukuni. Locked in an endless rivalry, these empires saw blue coal the means to tip the scale, and finally resolve the centuries of bloodshed.

	Birthed from this imperial race, the 1800's saw the rise of independent kingdoms in the New World, along with great colonial expansions from the Old World. By then, blue and black coal had become universal commodities, and empires who had hoped for a quick victory, found that they were once again evenly matched with their neighbours. [/i][/b]

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[b][i]	The year is now 1860, and race for global superiority, for conquest, has reached a fever pitch. Whether in the East or West, in the New World or Old World, industrial giants brace themselves for a final showdown. Some ready themselves for glory, and others for defeat. The greatest powers in history face off, and the results have yet to be written...[/i][/b]