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* DerelictGraveyard: The Plain of Towers, west of Mu’ugalavyá, is named for the stripped and abandoned hulks of ancient starships left standing there since Tékumel fell into its own pocket universe.

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* TheConquerer: Baron Áld united the city-states and principalities of Yán Kór into a single country.



* TheStarsAreGoingOut: Actually, the stars went out thousands of years ago. There were stars, but now only the local sun and the planets, because the system fell into a [[PocketDimension pocket universe]].



* TheStarsAreGoingOut: Actually, the stars went out thousands of years ago. There were stars, but now only the local sun and the planets, because the system fell into a [[PocketDimension pocket universe]].

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* DrugsAreGood: The inhabitants of the Five Empires use a variety of recreational drugs (collectively known as "Powders"), which are legal, socially acceptable, well-understood, and generally have no serious side effects.


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* DrugsAreGood: The inhabitants of the Five Empires use a variety of recreational drugs (collectively known as "Powders"), which are legal, socially acceptable, well-understood, and generally have no serious side effects.
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* DrugsAreGood: The inhabitants of the Five Empires use a variety of recreational drugs (collectively known as "Powders"), which are legal, socially acceptable, well-understood, and generally have no serious side effects.
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* HumanSubspecies: The N’lüss are considerably taller and more robust than the rest of Tékumel’s human inhabitants, and may have been produced through genetic engineering, prior to the collapse of technological society.

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* BeneathTheEarth: Cities in the Five Empires are deliberately leveled every five hundred years and then rebuilt upon the ruins, a process called "Ditlana." Important locations, however, are often spared this periodic renewal, and thus end up buried beneath the city's current street level. Since cities in the Five Empires are often thousands of years old, they may stand atop multiple subterranean levels, connected by labyrinthine tunnels to one another and the surface.



* TheTheocracy: Livyánu is completely controlled by the priesthoods of the Shadow Gods. The temples of the Tsolyáni Imperium itself also wield considerable political power, but they are constrained by the aristocratic clans, the Imperial bureaucracy, and the military.



* TheTheocracy: Livyánu is completely controlled by the priesthoods of the Shadow Gods. The temples of the Tsolyáni Imperium itself also wield considerable political power, but they are constrained by the aristocratic clans, the Imperial bureaucracy, and the military.



* BeneathTheEarth: Cities in the Five Empires are deliberately leveled every five hundred years and then rebuilt upon the ruins, a process called "Ditlana." Important locations, however, are often spared this periodic renewal, and thus end up buried beneath the city's current incarnation. Since cities in the Five Empires are often thousands of years old, they may stand atop multiple subterranean levels, connected by labyrinthine tunnels to one another and the surface.
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* BeneathTheEarth: Cities in the Five Empires are deliberately leveled every five hundred years and then rebuilt upon the ruins, a process called "Ditlana." Important locations, however, are often spared this periodic renewal, and thus end up buried beneath the city's current incarnation. Since cities in the Five Empires are often thousands of years old, they may stand atop multiple subterranean levels, connected by labyrinthine tunnels to one another and the surface.
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* UpliftedAnimal: The Ancients genetically engineered dogs to create bipedal creatures called "Renyu" with opposable thumbs, near-human intelligence, and the ability to speak.
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* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Technological civilization on Tekumel collapsed tens of thousands of years before the "present" of the game world and the novels, yet it's not unusual for ancient artifacts to still be operational.

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* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Technological civilization on Tekumel collapsed tens of thousands of years before the "present" of the game world and the novels, yet it's not unusual for ancient artifacts to still be operational. operational (this includes equipment which has been in continuous use, such as a few "aircars" and the planet-spanning subterranean transportation system).
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* BreakOutTheMuseumPieces: Technological civilization on Tekumel collapsed tens of thousands of years before the "present" of the game world and the novels, yet it's not unusual for ancient artifacts to still be operational.

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* BreakOutTheMuseumPieces: BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Technological civilization on Tekumel collapsed tens of thousands of years before the "present" of the game world and the novels, yet it's not unusual for ancient artifacts to still be operational.
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* BreakOutTheMuseumPieces: Technological civilization on Tekumel collapsed tens of thousands of years before the "present" of the game world and the novels, yet it's not unusual for ancient artifacts to still be operational.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Prince Dhich'un&eacute makes a pact with the Goddess of the Pale Bone, one of the "Pariah Deities"

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* DealWithTheDevil: Prince Dhich'un&eacute Dhich’uné makes a pact with the Goddess of the Pale Bone, one of the "Pariah Deities"
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* DealWithTheDevil: Prince Dhich'un&eacute makes a pact with the Goddess of the Pale Bone, one of the "Pariah Deities"
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* NobleFugitive: Emperor Hirkáne Tlakotáni's brother, Prince Nakkulan, fled from Tsolyánu and ended up among the nomadic inhabitants of the Desert of Signs, in Mu’ugalavyá.

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* NobleFugitive: Prince Nakkulan, Emperor Hirkáne Tlakotáni's brother, Prince Nakkulan, fled from Tsolyánu and ended up living incognito among the nomadic inhabitants of the Desert of Signs, in Mu’ugalavyá.
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* NobleFugitive: Emperor Hirkáne Tlakotáni's brother, Prince Nakkulan, fled from Tsolyánu and ended up among the nomadic inhabitants of the Desert of Signs, in Mu’ugalavyá.
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* FantasyWorldMap: ([[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]) The inhabitants of the Tsolyani Imperium and the rest of the Five Empires do not use maps. Geographic regions as represented with three-dimensional objects called "map-stones," sculpted according to the conventions of the science known as "High Cartography."

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* BeardOfBarbarism: The barbarous N’lüss of the far north are heavily bearded.

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* BarbarianTribe: The N’lüss people of the far north.
* BeardOfBarbarism: The barbarous N’lüss of the far north are heavily bearded.noteworthy for their beards.
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* BeardOfBarbarism: The barbarous N’lüss of the far north are heavily bearded.
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* HolyCity: There are several such places in the Five Empires. The best example is probably the City of Sárku, within the Tsolyani Imperium.
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* NomDeGuerre: General Moicha hiTlea, the commander of the Legion of the Lord of Red Devastation, goes by "Karin Missum," which means "Red Death."

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* NomDeGuerre: General Moicha hiTlea, the Vimuhla-worshiping commander of the Legion of the Lord of Red Devastation, goes by "Karin Missum," which means "Red Death."
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* NomdeGuerre: General Moicha hiTlea, the commander of the Legion of the Lord of Red Devastation, goes by "Karin Missum," which means "Red Death."

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* NomdeGuerre: NomDeGuerre: General Moicha hiTlea, the commander of the Legion of the Lord of Red Devastation, goes by "Karin Missum," which means "Red Death."
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* NomdeGuerre: General Moicha hiTlea, the commander of the Legion of the Lord of Red Devastation, goes by "Karin Missum," which means "Red Death."
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* TheTheocracy: Livyánu is completely controlled by the priesthoods of the Shadow Gods. The temples of the Tsolyáni Imperium itself also wield considerable political power, but they are constrained by the aristocratic clans, the Imperial bureaucracy, and the military.
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* IllegalReligion: Religious toleration is the norm in the Tsolyani Imperium, but the worship of the three "Pariah Deities" (the Goddess of the Pale Bone, the One Other, and the One Who Is) is strictly forbidden.
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* DeepCoverAgent: The minions of the Goddess of the Pale Bone
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* SuperWeapon: Baron Ald's "Weapon Without Answer"

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* SuperWeapon: Baron Ald's Áld's "Weapon Without Answer"
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* Superweapon: Baron Ald's "Weapon Without Answer"

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* SexIsGood: The people of Tékumel have a sex-positive outlook on life. They do not bats an eye towards adultery, nor teenagers running back and forth between the boy's and girl's dorms. Much of this is due to the wide use of herbal contraceptives.



* Superweapon: Baron Ald's "Weapon Without Answer"



* SexIsGood: The people of Tékumel have a sex-positive outlook on life. They do not bats an eye towards adultery, nor teenagers running back and forth between the boy's and girl's dorms. Much of this is due to the wide use of herbal contraceptives.
* Superweapon: Baron Áld's "Weapon Without Answer"
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* Superweapon: Baron Áld's "Weapon Without Answer"
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* CivilWar: Fratricidal warfare breaks out within the Imperium after Emperor Hirkáne Tlakotáni dies and his son Prince Dhich'uné illegitimately seizes the throne.

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