Features: proud, beautiful aristocracy, sparkling cities, great aesthetic achievement, but with a dark undercurrent. Best fictional example: Charn. Best real world example: Rome (both the Rome of history and imagination).
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I have encountered it many times in fantasy literature, never seen it named.
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Maybe an unconscious flinching from the fact that we, ourselves live in a cruel empire.
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