A society that is organised from the throne of the Emperor outwards, the most distant reaches of the Empire being the lowest in rank. It is tradition that when seated at dinner, everyone sits in social rank, the most important person being seated closest to the throne, even if just by a few feet in a distance of hundreds of miles, from the furthest outpost to the grandest rooms in the Imperial Palace. The story of one young social climber told through the meals he eats at these dinners, working his way inwards, all the way to his last one, sat on guard duty at a gate house where he has been banished, as far from the throne as a man can get.
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Two Word Entertainment Engine
Every weekday morning I request two random words from https://randomwordgenerator.com/ and then use them as a prompt to come up with a story.