![]() Over the course of Teixcalaanli history, Emperors have been overthrown by formidable warriors and generals, who then go on to write the histories that they became ruler not through popular acclaim (though that is a necessary formal step), but because the stars themselves ordained it. (The Emperor Mahit meets during Memory of Empire is a man, but other genders can be Emperor as well.) Teixcalaan is ruled by an Emperor who has the weight of divine blessing about him, but also the acclaim of the people-or he finds himself replaced. ![]() Once a planet has become part of their Empire, they revolve around the City, because it is the center of all things that matter. They have a long history of conquering world after world, such that their word for the concepts of their central planet (“the City”), their Empire, and the world itself are all one and the same. Teixcalaan is a vast Empire, with a distinctly Aztec-inspired flare, whose culture has expanded even the reach of their own government. They want to maintain control of that gate and their own sovereignty. ![]() What we know is this: Lsel Station (the Stationers) is on the outskirts of the galaxy, sitting at a jump gate. ![]() There’s no real sense of how the universe came to be the way it is in A Memory Called Empire -but the narrative never really needs to give us one. ![]()
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