[Mechanical Calendar Year 40, thanks to the efforts of the monks of the Mechanical Church, the newly formed Winter Empire smoothly passed its first decade, as various tribes gradually moved towards integration because of shared faith. The power of steam machinery also reached thousands of households, heralding the arrival of the grand mechanical era.]
The towering stream of steam consumed coal and emitted white smoke. The scorching heat melted the frozen earth of the Northern Territory and delivered warmth through the crisscrossing pipes to every citizen of the Empire.
In various greenhouse farms, under the guidance of mechanical monks, farmers learned mechanized farming, planting many delicious crops on the steam-melted frozen soil, which were previously unheard of.
