Feudal Lust
Being poor wasn't easy, even in the "enlightened" Empire. There was never enough to eat, you worked all day and shivered in a rough shack at night. Mary was a peasant, she was the child of peasants and would one day be the mother of peasants. She like most people of her station, dreamed of becoming something else. Unfortunately that was much easier said than done, as a serf she worked the land for her Lord, who allowed her to keep a small part of what she grew, but then charged her rent for her...
Fantasy