The growth of the Glorious Church has also had a great impact on other forces. Just like Shurima's re-establishment of the country, it is bound to encounter many obstacles. According to Taliyah, the leader of the Glorious Church, Victor, has been assassinated many times.
But they all survived.
Victor's headquarters of the Glorious Church was established in Bilgewater, and the Glorious Church has completely occupied this city. Bilgewater was originally located on the edge of the Blue Flame Islands far away from the mainland, and was home to a unique port city, the Sea Serpent Hunter.
Wharf gangs and smugglers come from all over the known world to make their home here.
Here, one can be rich or destroyed in an instant. For those fleeing justice, debt, and persecution, this city can give them a new life, because on the winding streets of Bilgewater, there is no one
Will care about your past.
Bilgewater is an extremely dangerous place, but it is also full of opportunities and is not restricted by any formal government and trade regulations. Whether it is Hex Technology with shady origins or the obedience of local gangs, as long as you step out
If you can afford the money, you can get it at your fingertips.
In short, Bilgewater was once a place of exile and a gathering place for villains. When Victor came here with the Glorious Church, it has now become the most mechanized city in Rune Continent, called the City of Evolution.
city.
Although Bilgewater has become the current city of evolution, the Glorious Church is not without any troubles. At least even if Victor hears the news that Lin Jiu is in Shurima, he can't get away because there are people in Bilgewater.
A very difficult enemy, the sea beast priest Illaoi, to be precise, is the god behind her.
Nagakaporos is the god that Illaoi yearns for. In the description, it is a huge sea monster with tentacles coiled around its head and neck, swimming back and forth endlessly. People also call it the snake mother.
Big sea beast, or bearded lady. Nagakapoulos is not only the god of life in the Anaconda Islands, but also the storm of the deep sea, and the supreme movement itself.
The name Nagakapoulos itself has the meaning of "the endless monster that drives the sky and the sea." As a god, he naturally has his church. The core of the teachings, let's call it the Sea Beast Church, lies in three major creeds:
Every soul is born a servant of the universe; the desires of all life are planted by the universe; the universe surges forward because everything pursues its own desires.
Originally, there would be no conflicts between the Glorious Church and the Sea Beast Church. After all, Victor only uses Bilgewater as his headquarters, and the church's development is still oriented to Valoran. The forces in various regions of Valoran are complex, and Victor does not want to cause a large-scale
The war is based on the island as its headquarters.
The territory of the Sea Beast Church is the Anaconda Islands. Although Bilgewater is also a large island in the Anaconda Islands, the Sea Beast Church has never paid attention to this island.
This pirate city is the only place on the Serpent Islands that allows outsiders to land, which makes the people of the Church of the Sea Beast disgusted. The true believers in Illaoi completely ignored the existence of this city and sent outsiders to the island.
Think of it as a slightly better creature than the undead.
The conflict between the Glorious Church and the Sea Beast Church lies in the maverick Sea Beast Priest Illaoi. As the True One of this term, Illaoi chose to bring the faith of the Sea Beast Church to this city that has always been ignored. Although the Sea Beast Church
Others in the church did not understand Illaoi's behavior, but as the true believer of their church, when Illaoi conflicted with the Glorious Church, it naturally evolved into a conflict between the two churches.
On the way, in addition to Taliyah's nagging, Nasus was also teaching Sivir how to become a king. Of course, what he taught was the way of a feudal monarch, excluding the slavery system of ancient Shurima.
The more primitive the social environment, the more likely it will breed large-scale slavery. This is the case in Ancient Shurima. Although it has an extremely powerful empire, there is still a large-scale slavery system. This is partly due to the influence of the ascension ceremony.
.
Noxus is like a weakened version of Ancient Shurima, an expansionist empire. However, Noxus does not have an obvious slavery system. This is because they do not have an ascension ceremony to create a powerful army of Ascended ones, and they need a sufficient army.
Naturally, there will not be a large number of slaves. As for the small number of slaves retained by the nobles, that is inevitable. As long as the nobles exist, this situation will exist.
For Lin Jiu, he thinks the social structure of Runeterra is very strange. Piltover and Zaun started the industrial revolution 200 years ago, lighting up the technology trees of steam and electricity. Now they have entered the sea
The third industrial revolution detonated by Xx technology and alchemy technology.
And what about other places in Runeterra besides the Twin Cities? Not to mention that like the Twin Cities, the industrial revolution was developed, mechanized production was realized, a mature labor class emerged, and productivity was ahead of the times. Most regions and countries
People don't even know what mathematics is.
Their systems and social structures are at least one era different from those of the Twin Cities. Demacia and Noxus are okay, one is a feudal monarch and the other is an expansionist empire. Demacia uses the same medieval style
In the chivalry system, the king distributed the land to different lords, allowing them to manage the land on their behalf, pay taxes for themselves, and bear the obligations of war. Noxus was a little more advanced, using the next stage of the chivalry system: the absolute monarch
system.
The power of the country was gradually concentrated in the hands of one monarch. They consolidated their rule by strengthening centralization and weakening the power of local nobles. Although the emperor of Noxus, Darkwill, was a puppet emperor. But this did not
It does not affect the centralization of the empire. Power is still concentrated in the center, but it is not in the hands of the emperor.
And Noxus has a certain industrial base, especially the military industry, which is quite strong. That's why Noxus was able to embark on the path of an expansionist empire when the Shurima Empire fell and there was no high-end combat power involved.
Fight around in Runeterra.
In addition to these two big countries, the development of other regions is even more diverse. For example, Shurima, where Lin Jiu is now, was once extremely glorious, but now it is full of warlords and chiefs, and the main body is nomadic tribes in the desert. In
It is not easy to find enough survival supplies in the desert, and fighting and killing are common. In addition, the development of Shurima by Noxus and the Twin Cities also led to the rise of mercenaries.
There is also Ionia, which is well known to Alliance players. Before it was opened to the country by Noxus, it was a completely agricultural society. It was self-sufficient in farming at home. It had peace isolated from the world and was a perfect pastoral. It lasted for a long time.
Not even a decent unified region has emerged, not to mention large-scale unification, not even a small-scale one.
There are quite a lot of sects, but just one-third of an acre of land is like a martial arts world without government. This has a lot to do with the environment of Ionia. The soil where people live will undoubtedly affect the direction of civilization. If
Without Noxus, it is estimated that Ionia would still be the same in another thousand years.
Not to mention Freljord, the ice and snow there is simply not suitable for human survival, and it is still in the primitive slave tribal era.
Even though the system of the Twin Cities was ahead of an era, the development of the Twin Cities was deformed and did not successfully extend their tentacles to every corner of the world. Even with the Hex Flying Gate and Sun Gate, such transportation
The fortress only serves to profit from Noxus' war wealth and conduct business for the Demacia nobles. However, this cannot be said to be a problem with the leadership, but rather due to insufficient martial virtue and civil strife between the two cities.