Imperial relations with the Citadels of Axos have significantly improved over the last year or so, in part due to the Synod's work during the reclamation of Solokha. Their internal politics are slowly settling down into a new status quo following the upheaval partly caused by the ambitions of Grand Ilarch Kyther. A new Grand Council guides the nation, and the new Unified Convocation works to bring Axos' disparate religious sects together in a similar way.