The Throne of Completion — Sabi-Thra

I

The Measure of a Zir

Other species are born and simply are. The Zir are born, and then measured. Before adolescence, every hatchling stands before the Relic — the unbroken legacy instrument left behind by the first Scientists — and receives a single number: a percentage of completion. The higher the number, the higher the rank. The higher the rank, the more of Sabi-Thra answers to you. It is, by Imperial reckoning, the most honest culture in the realm. Every other people pretends equality. The Zir simply publish the results.

0%97% — the Throne's own measure100%

This register does not concern itself with figures below the Throne's threshold of interest. Those are kept elsewhere, by a different office. See §V.

"Every other people pretends equality. The Zir simply publish the results." §I — The Measure

II

The Throne

Generations of measurement have produced one verified peak. The current ruler holds the highest completion ever recorded by the Relic, and has not been shy about it.

Reigning · Verified by the Relic

The Empressor Elyk the Draconian

97% completion — the highest ever achieved

"Once we are fully complete our supremacy will be known across all of the Realms of Adventura."

‹‹ Commission wanted — Registry Likeness ››

The Empressor Elyk the Draconian, rendered at full Imperial regalia — teal scales catching Relic-light, the 97% seal visible somewhere on the frame. The Throne does not sit for casual portraiture; commission accordingly.

open commission · composition and medium at the artist's discretion

Registry of Rank PEAK 97% · Throne Office

III

The Works

The Scientists left one laboratory standing in all of Adventura, and the Throne has never let it go cold. Here, generation by generation, the Empire tries to better its own number — breeding upward, refining the bloodline, producing the gobblies and lesser monsters that serve where a Zir need not. The Throne does not record what this costs in the language other realms would use. It keeps its own ledger.

8spawn per pair — one for each combination of their DNA

Any mixture creating a child of note is repeated, based on the needs of the Empire.

"Any mixture creating a child of note is repeated, based on the needs of the Empire." §III — The Works

IV

The Ledger of Sabi-Thra

An empire is only as real as what it can list. Sabi-Thra's other peoples, as the Throne records them:

Met-Tren

Bonded labor

Flamingo-moa folk of the eastern estuaries. Many serve the Throne directly, and the Throne sees no reason this should change.

Suneki

Mining labor

Water-gatherers who closed their society off to stop the plundering. The ones the Throne catches are worked in its mines.

Shalinaum

Field labor

Travelling farmers of the northern coastal mountains. Their agricultural background makes them, by the Throne's reckoning, excellent field slaves.

Teke-Shea

Independent — at war

Smiths and jewel-crafters of the western rock, now mining to forge arms and armour against the Throne.

Kavetro

Hostile

The largest people in the realm, welcoming to nearly everyone — except the Throne, which they despise for enslaving or murdering anyone it encounters.

Standard Issue · Zir Specimen, Unranked

Size Rating: 7
Land Speed: 7 sq.
Vision: Sonic
Natural Weapon: Tail, with Reach
Base Encumbrance: 70 kg
Maturity: Adult at 7 years
Median Lifespan: ~70 years
Maximum Recorded: 100 years
1st Trait Logged: Minor Regeneration

‹‹ Commission wanted — Registry Photograph, Unranked Specimen ››

Standard clinical intake image: sleek teal-scaled humanoid, spine barbs, a slender tail as long as they are tall — front and profile, per Ministry filing standard. This specimen has not been ranked; the frame should reflect that.

open commission · composition and medium at the artist's discretion

V

Disposition of Incomplete Specimens

Not every hatchling accepts its number. The Relic does not lie, but it also does not enforce. Those ranked lowest often find no joy in the common sadism of their culture — and learn early to hide it, for fear of being purged as impure.

Those who can, escape into the wild. They are logged, on the rare occasion anyone bothers to log them at all, under a single status:

At Large

If you've read this far wondering whether you're one of the figures in that last line — you already know the answer. The Throne calls you incomplete and has filed you accordingly. It has no idea what that number is worth outside its own ledger.

Find out for yourself.

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