Civil Unrest

Due to the events of the combined attack on South city and the high casualty invasion of Meka by forces from both East city and West city, the population of the empire had sharply declined. Because of this, the only army that remained was the North city army, which dissolved to work with the highly profitable creation of vibranium products. Enrollment into enhancer schools also declined because of registration process and forced military service. With most ground enhancers having been killed in the fighting against the namen and very few new enhancers being made, society progressed very slow. Wind enhancer schools saw the highest drop in new recruits because it could not be used for military purposes or to find a job. Fire enhancer schools saw a slight increase in recruitment, but most went to vibranium production or became bandits. East city was providing most the food for the empire, but with the destruction of many ships while fighting Coldsteel and South cities reduced lumber production, transportation of food from East city to West and North city became very slow. The church of the holy flame was ultimately disbanded after the top leaders ordered a full body suit of armor to be made for the king that would protect him from any kind of attack, be it from fire or a ground enhancer. The huge misuse of funds made many leave the church and it was unable to support itself. Less than a dozen men survived the battle on Meka and all made outrageous claims of how General Lee of Fencing had killed hundreds of the algore and wraiths, but failed to mention two mercenaries who did most of the fighting. Only 10 years later everyone from the battle, except for Hans and Brutus, had died. The major take away from their tales of battle was that being skilled in swordplay was more important than being an enhancer. Because of this, many young men were training in skills that could only be used to kill other men and not ones that could serve dual purposes.