TO: Her Royal Majesty Arch-Protector Annakol Araanon

I am writing to you to congratulate you on the position expressed by your nation in regards to the Achkaerin crisis in the Northern Ocean. We understand the position you took was perhaps difficult but I would like to inform you that it was appreciated by the Tamoran government and a commendable display of Midaranye unity.

The Empire of Tamora remains committed to the stability, security and prosperity of Midaranye and would like to inform the nation of Altromine that it can count on the Tamoran empire in the future.
May God and His Prophet bless our two great nations.

Respectfully yours,
Alya Safavid
Head of Foreign Affairs

TO: High Priest - Amarna Araanon

Your Holiness,

    I write to you not as a follower of your ancient religion but as a simple man of faith. I too believe in the existence of more than one god and my religion has been native to the lands of MidAranye for millennium. My parents from a young age took me to the temple of Anahita in Ipsus, the capital wonder of the Royal Seleucid, so I understand how religion is intertwined with the national fabric of most if not all of MidAranye’s countries. The gods have blessed our countries and region and we in turn must do our best to honor them as they demand.

   My deep faith is one of the reasons why I started together with my good friend Bazoor Vevalwala, a Tamoran in good standing with his faith, the VK company. We seek to protect and promote the values that have been shrined by Divinity and have been passed on to us by previous generations. What drives me and my business partner is the belief that for too long we have kept our religions, customs and values like a precious guard treasure only for ourselves rather than a gift to share with all of Mundus. We seek through our platform to create a temple where the people of MidAranye but also those outside this blessed region to communicate and share experience free of the temptations and depravities that seek to corrupt the minds and souls of our peoples. We have entered in what we believe is a successful partnership with the Church of Mani and with their support and the will of the gods have manage to bring Tamorans a viable alternative as a social platform, one that helps nurture their love of religion and good values and protects them from depravations. And I would like to ask Your Holiness support to do the same in Altromine. With your support and that of your government I am sure we can see to it that VK will reach most citizens of Altromine to their benefit and that of your country.

   I respectfully ask Your Holiness to look at the attached documents that offers a way for our modest company to enter into a partnership with your holy organization.  Should Your Holiness have specific needs or proposals, I am more than willing to hear them and available anytime.

   Should Your Holiness find the agreement acceptable, please let me know so that we can proceed as soon as possible.

Respectfully yours,
Bavand Khandhy
Co Head and Co founder of VK



Summary of the attached document drafts, proposals and detailed analysys:

-   The Church of Aten will have a permanent member on the committee that drafts policy for the anti-hate speech, fake news and public decency. We seek create for all users in Altromine a specific policy that is adjusted to the needs of the Church of Aten and the government of Altromine.
-   VK agrees to share user data with the proper authorities of Altromine, the date shared will of that of users that  seek to undermine the security and good morals of Altromine.
-   VK, will at its own expense, will create social media pages for all authorized local religious organizations (ooc: think parishes in real life). The list must be provided by the Church of Aten. Should the Church of Aten wish for a page to be removed from the platform, it would be done so 24 hours max.
-   Based on user data locations VK will promote church attendance and religious events near the user.
-   VK will monitor user feedback (based on their private message and public comments) aggregate the data and provide it to the Church of Aten. That way your holy organization will now which messages makes the user more responsive and which one brings disagreement and is ill received.
-   A discrete profiling of the users will be done with the purpose of tracking their online behavior and habits while also checking which ads help change their behaviors.  VK will provide, free of charge, to the Church of Aten this data in order to better tailor and adjust your message so you can better convince the faithful.
-   In return the Church of Aten is to make VK the endorsed social platform of the Church and government institutions as well as seek provide limitation on the activity of the other foreign social media platforms (broadband limits, temporary locking of other social media platforms when they permit content that allows hate speech and fake news and other such measures) which would allow the fateful to be corrupted in their pursuit of profits and other monetary gain.

To: Edmond Richard, C.E.O. of Welt

From: Toor Medhora, Head of Tamora Imperial Bank

Dear Mr. Richard,

I would first like to send you my best wishes to you and your family for the Christian holiday of Christmas and the Ardian New Year (OOC: Tamora uses a different calendar, the Islamic one).

Secondly, perhaps you may have heard that our modest bank, with the help of God and His Prophet, has decided to expand aboard, outside of Tamora. As we have the pleasure of doing God’s work by serving more and more customers we also find that their needs are more diverse than what we are used to. Not a day goes by without receiving an email about how to invest in MidAranye. It is for this reason that I have decided to contact you.  We would like to employ your services in order to have the Elysium stock exchange issue a new index for MidAranye companies. While Tamora lacking a stock exchange or the legal framework present in other areas cannot have such companies for the index, other MidAranye countries like Royal Seleucid, CLysperis, Pramoria, Safraen, Altromine, Vanora no doubt have.  Please tell me if your company would be willing to provide this service for us.

I look forward to your reply.
Toor Medhora,
Head of Tamora Imperial Bank

OOC: Just so the request is clear, it is for something very similar to this with no companies from Tamora because Tamora doesn't have a stock exchange. I assume Waddan is in the same situation.

To the Foreign Office of the Diarchy of Hassfurt

Following the announcement of Her Majesty, Queen Karin, that the Diarchy needs to be more “proactive” in engaging other nations we would like to formally express our interest in setting up the details for a potential visit either by a representative of your Foreign Office to the Tamoran Empire or one of our representatives vising the Diarchy.

Although the Tamoran Empire is a nation thousands of miles away from your Diarchy, the Empire has religious and diplomatic ties with the Alba Karinya continent. We are pleased to say that more than 7 million Vaguzians share our faith and that the Tribal Union of Zimalia is a longstanding friend of the Empire.

While we have serious concerns regarding the theology of your religion, concerns which have made us reluctant to attend the contest for election your new king, we believe that the proposed visit could perhaps alleviate some of those concerns and might even find common ground on certain items in our foreign policy agendas.

I look forward to your reply.   

Respectfully yours,
Alya Safavid
Head of Foreign Affairs 

To: The Holy Church of Aschlon

To my esteemed counterpart, 

I am wittening as a representative of the Church of Mani. Our holy institution traces its roots more than a thousand years ago to the Prophet Mani. Thanks to his teachings and God’s guidance we dare admit with humility that the Tamoran Empire has been true to the teachings of our church for the last thousand years.

Our religious institution has always sought dialogue, cooperation and understanding with the Muslim faith from which we trace many of our traditions and history. We now seek to expand our dialogue with other Abrahamic religions, especially ones that share many of our values. Our theological department has spent time trying to understand your particular expression of the Christian faith and, according to their understanding, we share many in common, much more than with other expressions of Christianity that we have encountered so far. We both believe in a strict hierarchy, that some are chosen to lead and the rest to follow, we understand that this is not a choice but a commandment from God one that we must follow regardless of our personal opinions toward it. We also seem to be in agreement that a sovereign must reign over the nation just as God, the supreme sovereign, reigns over the kingdom of Heaven. We believe these common principles are a foundation towards building a constructive dialogue, one through which we hope to explain and reach a compromise stating that the practice of slavery is compatible to the teachings of your faith. 

I would also like to note that our holy institution is aware of your plight and the persecutions you are facing for standing true to your beliefs against the power and might of the Atheist government. While we do not share the same faith we respect your commitment to martyrdom and strongly condemn the actions of for Atheist government. And while we are worried and troubled deeply of incident such as the recent ricin attack, we reserve judgment for now and understand that it was an act of desperation in regards to a Mundus that has ignored your plight for too long.

Considering the aspects mentioned above, I would to invite a member of your church to Djerb, our holiest of cities, to talk in more detail about the aspects that are common to our faith, to hear your views on slavery, to inform us more about the persecutions you are facing and perhaps how we can cooperate for the betterment of God and the institutions he laid in Mundus to guide the faithful.

I look forward to your reply.

Ayatollah Najid Bolandian
Head of Interfaith Relations
Church of Mani*

*OCC: the word church is used portly on my part and is meat to mean religion organization. The Church of Mani shares many similarities with Islam (but is a different religion) and is not a Christian church. 

Thanasis Polakis was one of the richest people in Tamora, the third richest if estimates were to be believed. Though in Tamora those estimates only included non-nobles. The nobles generally had huge wealth since the state assets were technically their own personal money. However, for a Tamoran magnate he had a pretty modest mansion as his main residence. Of course it wasn't really modesty that made him live like this but rather a certain sense of pragmatism, he never really understood why some people once they had luxury still felt the need to upgrade to opulence. He felt that is was money better spent elsewhere.


Since he was ethnically Seleucid, it was of little surprise that his main residence was at the outskirts of Volos, in the federated kingdom of West Seleucid. Like many Tamorans he cherished his ethnicity and his religion, in his case Anahitaism, so Djerb, the imperial capital never grew on him. He preferred Volos so much more. It was huge city of 6 million people and a regional hub. Also, unlike Djerb, it was predominantly Anahitaist so it had a more liberal attitude when it came to certain mores. He also preferred it to Ipsus which although richer felt too modern and too liberal. He considered Volos a perfect mix between the strong religious focus and orthodoxy of Djerb and the pragmatism exposed by Ipsus.


In fact the mix between Manist mores and Anahitaist ones were felt even in the layout of his house and the way he organized his family. The Mansion had a layout that allowed the several wings of the mansion to function as separate houses with only one hallway connecting them. For all other purposes, entrances, courtyard, garage they were separate with no possibility of getting from one courtyard to the other. Even the slave servants we allocated exclusively to one wing with a very limited number of specific slaves being allowed to crossover from one wing to the others. That whole complicated design which made little sense to non Tamoran was to keep separate the families of Polakis. As an Anahitaist, polygamy was accepted and practiced but unlike Anahitaist polygamists in Royal Seleucid who had one family centered around the husband , the ones in Tamora had several families which they kept separate but part of the same household. Thanasis, unlike for example King Heydar, never appeared in public with both his wives, never had dinner with both views and all his children. He practiced the strict separation Manist had when it came to polygamist families. However, unlike Manists, Tamoran Anahitaists did not require separate areas for men and women.




Thanasis was having dinner with his First Wife, Eliana and they were having a conversation about the future of the family. He was seriously considering taking a third wife, and not just any wife but the one of the welcome Wilhom Queens of Royal Seleucid. Thanasis just like Tamoran Manist had a hierarchy when it came to his families and wives. It was natural for him to consult with his First Wife about the future of the family while only informing his second wife about his decision. The strict hierarchical structure of Tamoran society also applied when it came to families.


-   “Do you really think she can help you get close to King Heydar? I don't think he puts that much trust in her despite him calling her mother.” Said Eliana trying to contain her jealousy. Thanasis getting a third wife who had the status of a Wilhom Queen Yanna threatened her position as First Wife which she had enjoyed so far.
-   "I am not interested in Heydar. Well, if I am honest, I am interested but getting Yanna as a wife would not help much. I also think he is looking to free some of the rooms in the Royal Palace and he certainly won't miss her. No, she is key to getting close to princess Thekla and though her to the Crown Prince. That is what I am after. Musaevna managed to get close to Alya Safavid and that meant billions for her in government contracts. I could never get that close to the Safavids because we at the end of the day I am Anahitaist and they will never really trust me. With Yanna as my wife, I could have princess Thekla come here anytime. I would have access to the Safavids like only Musaevna has now."


Eliana resigned herself to the idea that Thanasis was too determined to convince him to drop the plan. She now prayed that King Heydar would refuse him for whatever reason.


- “So when are you going to talk to king Heydar?”
- "Next week I hope. I have another meeting in Ipsus then and I hope I can arrange a meeting with him. If all goes well I think we can strike a deal then. "

Thanasis had not been so exited since he had signed the deal with the Merinan Free State which brought him a quarter of their resources at a reasonable price. For him this was just another business transaction, he wanted access to the Safavid Imperial family and King Heydar had the key. He only hoped, the Seleucid king was not aware exactly how much that Wilhom queen was worth to him or he would ask a fortune of him. That man had a reputation for negotiation. He made Abbas pay billions for Thekla. On second thought, considering Abbas’ negotiating skills perhaps that was not too surprising.

To: the leader of the Liberville Liberation Movement (Republic of Phuebra)


As-salamu alaykum brother,


We live in uncertain times. There are more and more nations that blatantly disregard the will of Allah. But even worse than that they actively plot and act to disrupt the nations of the world that are faithful such as Tamora. They put more and more sanctions, more and more barriers, stigmatize all Tamorans regardless of faith to further their agenda. Your struggle for the liberation of Phuebra is part of the same struggle we are undergoing. If we are to succeed then we have to work together.

But unfortunately, we face enemies and division not just from outside but also from within. The troubles in Soleimani (ooc: troubles between the North and the South, not the Merinan thing) are proof of what happens when we stray away from the will of Allah and follow the path of others. And it pains to say that Phuebra is no exception. It has recently become public that one of the militia in Phuebra has been conspiring with foreigners and have sent drugs to Tamora. Of all the countries in Mundus where they could sell their poison they have chosen the one that is second only to Abydos in their respect for Allah and the sharia law. Their greed was so high that they would weaken the minds and bodies of their only allies. This is why we cannot succeed against foreigners, because there are those for whom solidarity is an alien word.

So brother I make you an offer, let us form an alliance to promote the Koran and sharia. I will help you with money and weapons. Your men can come to the federated kingdom of Altai(OOC the majority Muslim kingdom of Tamora) to hear the Koran in the Imam Ali Mosque and then train to defeat our enemies. My house will be your house and your people will be my guests under my protection. All that I ask is that you first prove your commitment to our common goal by executing the head of the al-Wahba militia that was responsible for selling drugs to Tamora. Our brothers of faith must be made to understand that judgment will be upon them if they undermine our struggle.



Peace be upon you, brother! Allahu Akbar!

Sheik (king) Ahmad al-Afifi of the federated kingdom of Altai, Empire of Tamora

To: The Theocracy of Kaitaine
Addressed to His Excellency Ambassador Verspasian Atreides


You might perhaps be aware that the Tamoran Empire and the Emirate of Royal Seleucid have formally placed a bid to host the Mundus Games.

It is the belief of this government that hosting the Mundus games will bring benefits not just to the host nations but to all participants countries as they will have the chance to witness Tamora as it is rather than how others depict it to be.

The Tamoran Empire remains a friend of the Theocracy and we are hopeful that the Theocracy of Kaitaine would consider supporting our joint bid to host the games. We believe the Theocracy will benefit from participating at the Games in a friendly host nation as bring much joy to the small but growing Bene Gesserit community.

I look forward to your reply and any questions that you might have on the issue.



Respectfully yours,
Alya Safavid
Head of Foreign Affairs 

Confidential Message

Addressed to the Republic of Soleimani, to His Excellency Executive Senator of Soleimani Ronan Minstra

I am writing following the announcement that the Republic of Soleimani is considering supporting one of the terrorist factions in the Republic of Merina. While that is of course within the right of the Soleimani Republic to do so, I believe it is not in the best interest of the Republic and I will explain below why.

Firstly, supporting a rebel faction against the government of a country creates a dangerous precedent for your Republic. Your Republic has recently known unrest between your people, often leading to tensions between the North and the South and by sending armed support to a rebel faction in Merina it invites other countries to do the same should ever, God forbid, the situation in your country escalate.

Secondly, President Nguessa has already promised to hold elections after the war is over. Would it not be in the interest of the Merinian people to support the government in its efforts to stop the terrorists and then seek to pressure him to have democratic reforms in exchange for the support his been given? The Merinan government under his leadership holds control over 50 percent of the population of Merina. Supporting factions that seek to overthrow the government will create chaos in much of the country.

Thirdly, I would advise not to follow the rhetoric of the Republic of Fleur. Not only is there no evidence of democratic leanings in regards to the "faction" they support but it is likely that their support is almost exclusively related to ethnic or cultural reasons as that "faction" has many speakers of French, their native tongue. The Republic of Fleur puts the interests of the French speaking minority above the interests of the Merinan people.

Lastly, I would like to warn you that such a military support for the terrorists in Merina would put the Soleimani Republic in the position to aid those that fight against the Tamoran troops stationed in Merina. It would a terrible and regrettable action for a majority Muslim country to be in the position to actively support and even use its armed forces against a majority Manist country. Such a thing has no precedent in modern history and I assure you that it will lead to a split between the Islam and Manist religions that will undo the huge progress that has been achieved in recent centuries. We should be looking at the kingdoms of East Moreland, Seaforth and Bakkermaya and the immense influence they yield in no small part because, as members of the same faith, remain if not always united then at least do not raise weapons against one another. They understand that such an act, despite their differences of opinion, will divide their faith and eventually weaken them all to the betterment of their competitors.

The Soleimani Republic has the chance to improve relations with the Tamoran Empire and also help the Merinan people. We stand ready to help the Soleimani Republic to provide aid to the Merinan people in the government controlled areas. The Tamoran Empire is also willing to coordinate with the Soleimani Republic to provide help to refugee centers in Aosta and Marseilles,  provided that those governments agree to the help of course. I believe such a course of action will be not just in the interests of the Soleimani Republic but also of the Merinan people, our religions and Mundus peace.

With the hope of better future relations between in mind, I look forward to your reply.



Abbas Safavid
Emperor of Tamora

Addressed to: The New Derusmian Ministry of Foreign affairs

Your Excellency,

I am writing on the behalf of the federated kingdom of Attica, one of the component kingdoms of the Tamoran Empire. You might perhaps be aware that Heyran city of Elysium is situated within the boundaries of our kingdom and the Tamoran Empire has placed a joint bid with Royal Seleucid to host the Mundus Games. Should our bid be successful the Tamoran side will be hosted by federated kingdom of Attica.

The federated kingdom of Attica is in charge of financing and developing the infrastructure needed to host the games since the games will be hosted inside our borders. We have already made investments of close to 800 million dinars/usd in the infrastructure necessary for the games and we are planning to invest more. We however need a partner for our latest project which seeks to build a high speed rail between the Elysium and Alaverdi, the capital of the federated kingdom Attica. The distance is approx. 40 miles and we believe the project will not only help tourists for the Mundus Games who can get to Attica via Elysium and its excellent airline connections but also help the local economy as well as reduce pollution pollution.

I know the Republic of New Derusmia is one of the leading powers in the field of high speed rail and therefore I would like to approach you for the opportunity of a partnership between us. Should the Republic of New Derusmia agree to fund half the costs of the infrastructure projects estimated as 120 million dinars/usd we would in return buy two high speed trains from New Derusmia at a total price of 80 mil dinars/usd. I believe this is an opportunity that could benefit both sides since New Derusmia would gain access to a market that is closed to foreign investment and imports.

I look forward to your reply.


Respectfully yours,
Arpine Saroyan
Queen of Attica

As Zara boarded the Morelander EMAC - Heyra Airlines plane from Elysium she was nervous. It wasn’t because of security issues. She knew she had no reason to fear the Elysium authorities, after all Tamorans were doing part of the policing in Elysium and that made her feel safe. No, what she was anxious about going to Rokkenjima and doing her mission. She had the feeling she was doing something wrong and that somehow the Rokkenjimans would immediately know her intentions. 

As the plane took off for Cocytus, in Rokkejima, she tried to relax and think about she will do once she got to Rokkejima. She would be staying in the Ashinxao University campus so getting there should be the first thing she would need to do. She wondered what roommates she will have. Will they be from MidAranye? Probably not, she hoped at least it would be from friendly nations like Quintelia and Phuebra. That was also not very likely. She realized thinking about her roommates wasn’t helping her relax much.

She decided that reading was the better approach, she took her ebook reader from her purse and started reading a book about geopolitics “Destined for War: Can Tamora and the Helusian Empire Escape Thucydides's Trap?”. The book was about how Tamora’s increasing power (increasing population, expansion of its religion and increasing influence in MidAranye) would inevitable lead to war between it and the current hegemonic cartel of Mundus that would not allow Tamora to rise without a war. As much as she loved geopolitics she didn’t really feel like reading that under the current circumstances. She eventually settled to listening some music. She was a major fan and though she would never admit to herself she had a crush for Mohsen Yeganeh. His songs always made her relax no matter the circumstances and this was no exception.


Despite her fears she had no issues with customs authorities in Cocytus and mainland Rokkenjima. She raised a few eyebrows with her ethnic background as a Rokkenjiman, her hijab and her Tamoran passport but that was to be expected and she didn’t mind.     

In the train to Pyrettania she did some small talk with the other passengers. She was curious to hear their opinion about the change of Empresses that Rokkenjima had recently witnessed. As she was talking she became more aware of the issues with her Rokkenjiman language. The Rokkenjiman community in Tamora was more or less isolated culturally from the First Empire of Rokkenjima, her dialect used many words that fallen out of use in Rokkenjima and were considered archaic. She imagined she must have sounded like coming from the most backwater rural village in Rokkenjima which didn’t help her self-esteem. Even more than that, since Parthian was the lingua franca in Tamora, Rokkejiman speakers in Tamora often translated idioms from Parthian to Rokkejiman which mainland Rokkejimans had trouble understanding as she had just realized from the confused looks her interlocutors were given her. And of course her accent was different, stronger because of the Parthian influence, which made her interlocutors ask what part of Rokkenjima was she from since they did not recognize her accent.  This made her fully aware that while because of her race she didn’t feel completely at place in Tamora, Rokkenjima certainly didn’t make her feel more at home. This was a different country, with different values and while she shared a language with them that same language also reminded her she did not belong here.     

After a ride of a few hours by train and a taxi she finally reached the campus of the Ashinxao University.  She went to the information center for foreign students and addressed the person there:

“Blessed be the Proph…” she quickly stopped realizing she was in Rokkenjima and that greeting would not be appropriate like it was in Djerb “Good afternoon Madam! I am sorry to interrupt.  Would you be so kind as to help me? My name is Zara Sato, my parents are Glosa and Kayan Sato” as soon as she said that she realized she made another blunder since mentioning who her parents were was alien to Rokkenjimans but it was too late to do anything about it so she continued: ”and I have just arrived from Tamora and I am a bit lost about what to do next!” she said almost pleading.