13) Endings & Era Bridges
Church Crown:
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Effects: Stability, pilgrim roads, relics quarantined; public health impetus → Victorian Soot & Sanitation seed.
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PM/Mo Seeds: Ethical doctrine checks rampant experimentation; more spies.
Relic Crown:
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Effects: Strong engines, uneasy populace; Conclave ascendant; Patent 0 precursor emerges early.
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PM/Mo Seeds: Faster tech, worse blowback; Followers hide in labs.
Twin‑Light Compromise:
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Effects: Peace is work; miracles possible; crises too; people believe again.
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Long Tail: You give later eras the vocabulary to fight back—UC cites your laws.
Nabour Outcomes:
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Lute Calms the Beast: trade opens (Victorian Ketran screw‑frigates boom).
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Exploit the Beast: minion dispersal (PM Chimera lore roots).
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Free Lorian: Beast sleeps; a legend of mercy fuels UC centuries later.