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The Emperor’s New Shoes
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the emperor's magic-shoe-powered projecting crown
There once was an Emperor who ruled the land and all that were in it with an iron fist. He was what you might call an ‘absolutist’. In his circle of courtiers was a wizard by the name of Notwen whose teachings, or at least the Emperor’s interpretations thereof, had had great influence on the Emperor’s social and political policies. There is a story that circulates within the land, that explains how it was that the Emperor came to think and rule in the absolutist manner that he did. It is a story that the people call ‘the Emperor’s new shoes’ and it tells the tale of how Notwen infused magic into these shoes, magic that gave the Emperor special powers and at the same time made it clear to him why authoritarian force was the ideal approach to organizing the activities of the people in his Empire. (more…)
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