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in mezalea it's tradition to do something meaningful to your spouse before creating a massive ring for them, hence why joel went on a boat ride with lizzie, since he knew she cared about the ocean.
grand wizard gem and hermit gem/gem of dawn are two different people.
hermit gem/gem of dawn only thinks empires is roleplay, and had absolutely no idea the other hermits were actually trapped on empires.
in the same vein, since she was the one who told bdubs about empires, bdubs also thought it was all pretend until the battle of fort riffless.
after the rapture, crystal cliffs, mezalea and pixandria took in most of the displaced people.
pearl is a dryad which is why she died because her crops did.
gilded helienthea is the breadbasket of empires season one.
rivendellians eat a lot of potatos and other hardy crops.
the episodes up to shrub's introduction were the past emperors and emperoresses (except lizzie and jimmy because immortal fish people.)
count fwip can and will kill you if you mess with his sister. cutting off alliances with scott was not the first time he's done something like that.
after lizzie and joey's reconciliation sausage has become a great couple's therapist. turns out that fighting off assassination attempts really brings people together.(not a real conflict resulution method. don't try this irl. i know i probably don't have to say this, but just in case. i don't think you're stupid but just in case someone who's not thinking straight reads this DO NOT TRY.)
the crown shapeshifts to match the ruler wearing it, and its in game appearance is just its default look.