Editing Netheril

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|quote=''"Power without restraint, ambition without judgement, immorality without limits. Great the Netherese may be, but they indebt their souls for their successes and when the day should come that they must pay for it..  Then only shall there be pity. Pity and death."''
|quote_author=- [[Illefarn]] Lorekeeper
|summary=Netheril, also known as the 'Netherese Empire', is a magocratic human empire located in the north of Faerûn. Renowned for their mastery of the arcane, the Netherese have invented a variety of unique masterpieces the most impressive of which is their [[Netherese Enclave|floating enclaves]]. The Netherese Empire itself is a collection of a separate demesnes, each ruled by a lord, who sits at the [[#High_Council_of_Mages|Netherese High Council]]. From internal law-setting to internal power struggles between demenses, each sub-state within the Netherese Empire remains largely independent and is often only drawn into global cohesion by the [[#High_Council_of_Mages|High Council]] when a universal threat, or opportunity, to the leading powers arises.
|title=Netherese Empire
|image=[[File:Netherese Flying Enclave.jpg|frameless|500px]]
|description= [[Xinlenal]] the first [[Netherese Enclave|Netherese Flying Enclave]].
|type=Empire
|capital=[[Xinlenal]]
|region=Anauroch, North Faerûn
|demonym=Netherese
|population=~10 Million
|races=- 90% Human<br>- 2% Dwarf<br>- 2% Gnome<br>- 2% Halfling<br>- 2% Elf<br>- 2% ''Other''
|languages=- 100% Netherese<br>- 45% Loross
|religions=- 15% Amaunator<br>- 15% Mystryl<br>- 15% Jannath<br>- 15% Tynche<br>- 10% Kozah<br>- 10% Selune<br>- 5% Targus<br>- 5% Jergal<br>- 10% ''Other'' 
|alignment=Lawful Evil
|leadership=[[Netheril#High_Council_of_Mages|Magocratic Council]]
|leader=[[Netheril#High_Council_of_Mages|High Mages Council]]
|allies
|enemies
|trade_partners=- Delzoun
}}

== History ==

== Geography ==

=== Domain ===

== Society ==

=== High Council of Mages ===
Officially brought into existence into existence in -2487 DR, the High Council was formed to unify the Netherese leading nobility and combat the growing fragmentation which had been caused by the competing ambitions of separate Netherese Lords. The escalations had, at times, tempered on the verge of plunging the Empire into civil war on multiple areas for multiple reasons. The Council was arranged as an assembly of peers which would serve as a method to arbitrate disputes and pull the collective resources of all the culturally Netherese Lords to combat universal problems when they arose. An individual Lord's influence within the council relied largely on the resources they had to back them: gold, land-mass, soldiers and political shrewdness.<br><br>

The Council itself convened within the Empire's Capital [[Xinlenal]], and generally met once every half year unless issues arose to demand a more immediate assembly. Decisions made were rarely unanimous, with a mixture of threats and bribes often being employed by the leading figures of a motion to ensure the unified cooperation of those lords who were not initially on-side.<br><br>

The Council's meetings are conducted and run by a 'High Mage', who serves in this post for 10 years. This position is elected and relies on a majority vote from the current sitting Lords of the High Council. The High Mage has the responsibility to table emergency meetings, and table to items to be discussed each bi-yearly meeting.

=== High Netheril ===
High Netheril was the name given to the elevated plane which the Netherese nobility ascended to atop their [[Netherese Enclaves|Flying Enclaves]] which provided them a detached sanctuary from the concerns below. Over time this distinct came to also relate social class, with those able to ascend to 'High Netheril' being viewed as superior to those who could not.

=== Lower Netheril ===
When the Netherese nobility began to ascend up and defined the term 'High Netheril' the term 'Low Netheril' naturally followed. 'Low Netheril' was the society left behind by those who could not ascend, most often these were the common social class and the less well off nobility. A quiet envy was felt by those below, as well as some scorn at being 'left behind' by their lords of ascended without them. While widely sought after not all Netherese nobility ascended, some remained below out of a lack of resources however others, a minority, failed to appreciate the allure of the prospect and felt their resources better spent elsewhere.

== Member States ==
=== [[Xinlenal]] ===
=== [[Magocracy of Ambrose]] ===
=== [[Palter]] ===
=== [[Valstiir]] ===

== Foreign Relations ==

=== Delzoun ===