Editing Campaign:Era of Dreams/Intrepid Rook (section)

=== Principality ===
The Shining Water principality a small island-state just southeast of Wavecrest, which Rook rules as more of a proud but overbearing mother figure than a steel-fisted tyrant. She's a savant at heart, and so stays distant from direct governance, but keeps a critical eye on the dominant attitudes and societal changes that influence her people. Every Dragonblood in her hierarchy is a close personal friend, hand-chosen for their expertise and favorable views of both their people and what Rook wants Shining Water to become. This state of affairs suits Rook perfectly fine as she works her business into the day to day operations of government, though she still demands each new law must be personally scrutinized before it is approved.<br/>
Among the common people, the law dictates that each citizen must make use of Rook's wide variety of inventions in their normal life and work. The most obvious of these is the sorcery-driven "caste system" that requires mortals to undergo small amounts of mutations to optimize their effectiveness at their chosen career, openly marking them as an employee of a particular industry. Thus the bulk of spending goes into public health care and education, including a policy of paid time off for mortals during the month of painful "detox" while changing from one job to the next. Rook has also instituted a sizable network of mortals and thaumaturgists trained to notice when combinations of mutations and artifacts combine badly, and report their results to her for further development. So far, only one mass-production Artifact has required a full recall (the "Earth-sight Eyes" which caused a large amount of fuss when no one could see stonework anymore, such as the walls of houses).<br/>
As a result Shining Water boasts some of the most highly specialized and adept mortals in the Southwest, capable of repelling even Lintha raids without Dragonblooded support, a fact that Rook never fails to capitalize on in her marketing. The widespread and frankly mishmashed nature of these specializations has led some of her more critical colleagues to start referring to her RPCs as "Rookeries", a term she has ruefully embraced.<br/>