"The Empire represents progress! Unity! Order! And yet there are those who would seek to make our Empire crumble till it is, but dust."
Emperica Diplomat
Name:
The Emperica Empire
Coat of Arms:
Population:
The latest census indicates 3,504,321 people in total. This excludes the thousands of rebels that live in the south and the bandits and cutthroats that live in the wilderness of the Central and North.
Capital City Name:
Thanen
Capital City Location:
On the lower eastern side of the lake.
Capital City Description:
A large, sprawling city with Arab type buildings. The city doesn't have any special traits about it, but hundreds of species live, trade, meet, and battle here and so as a result the city is a melting pot of sorts.
And yes I lied. There is something special about it, but the Emperica does not know yet. Underneath the city lies the ruins of an even older city that contains a powerful passive item. However, it is guarded by the ghosts of old and therefore not easily gained.
Minor Cities:
There are many towns located in the central with a couple in the North. The South has several unmarked tribes who move about.
The Port City of Babylon- Located on the most southern gulf, the Port is a rich trading city and is heavily fortified. Due to its location in the forest, the rebels have attempted to raid it and even at one point take it over. Normally, the raids are turned by, but sometimes a group slips past and causes chaos.
The Mining Town of Solace- Located on the second most northern peninsula, Solace is a small town where one of the largest mines of Mahina has been discovered. Few people have settled here unfortunately, but a small military force is stationed there.
Military Units:
Emperica Legionary
"We are the arms of the Empire!"
The Legions of the Emperica are well trained and disciplined warriors capable of trackling even the most dangerous of foes. The armor shown is standard issue given to them by Weaponry Masters.
Emperica Paladin
"We are the shields of the Empire."
The Paladin is a heavily armored unit and are tower over most other beings. They are selected at birth to train and eventually become the legendary Paladins of the Empire. They also have thought armor, but lack any arm bracers. They are also skilled with many heavy weapons.
Emperica Rifleman
"We are the sights of the Empire."
With the discovery of Maghina came many advances. One of the most notable was the invention of the 'rifle'(a type of crossbow) that uses Maghina shards as ammunition, but these weapons are deal taker longer to reload and have a shorter range than that of bows due to repeating bolts.However, they can do slightly more damage and ignore light armor. The riflemen are also plentiful, but lack armor and are not properly trained in melee.
The rifle is a type of repeating crossbow that fires 16-18 bolts before needing to be reloaded. The bolts are tipped with the shards of Maghina making them very deadly against lightly or no armored foes, but as a result they travel shorter distances.
Emperica Grenadier
"Enemies of the Empire go boom."
The Maghina becomes unstable when certain elements are introduced to it. The result is an explosion and a Emperica found a use for it. To explode the enemies of the Empire. and thus the Grenadier was born. This unit isn't common due to the nature of their role, but they easily can destroy groups of people quickly. While this is effective, there has been drawbacks as it is a still experimental design. They have been known to explode in the rifle and destroy groups of friendlies.
Emperica Cavalry
"We ride at dawn."
The Emperica Cav are expert horsemen and warriors easily cutting down footsoldiers. They are often from tribes that roam the North given their abilities to horsemanship. Combined with training they are not only a shock and awe unit, but can give a enemy a beating. However, they are vulnerable to pikes and spears as horses are scared of pointy ends.
Emperica Enforcer
"We are the Enforcers.
With eyes, we see the enemy.
With ears, we hear the cheers.
With our swords in hand, we shall defend.
We are the Enforcers!
To serve and protect the Empire till our dying breath!"
Enforcer's Oath
The Enforcers are the Empire's counterpart to a Spartan. Well known for their skills in warfare the Enforcers do exactly as their name suggest. Enforce the will of the Empire with unquestionable loyalty. They have trained all throughout their lives and had been put through extreme conditions to achieve peak Emperica condition and powerss on the battlefield. They are not a warrior to be underestimated for if you do, it will be the last thing you'll do.
Titan
"The Titans are our last resort."
No one doubts the strength of a golem or even a giant unless they are a Titan. The Titans are works of the old Emperica when they were divided. No one knows how they were created, not even the Titans themselves, but these hulking beasts can take on dragons and beat them. However, they must always be fighting an enemy or else they might turn on their creators.
History:
0-97 of Chaos and Unity
In the years before the empire formed, the Emperica were not united instead being of three separate kingdoms. These kingdoms waged constant war against each other and many lives were lost. As a result little progress was made in the ways of knowledge and civil and political rights. It wasn't untill that on the outskirts of the Kingdoms did a charismatic person came, fought, and unite the kingdoms forming the foundation for the Emperica Empire.
97-99 of Formation
With the chaos quelled, the person who united the kingdoms, known as Jake, formed a single capital and Jake became the leader of the fledgling Empire. Soon after, various progresses came in both military and civil parts. The military became more disciplined and organized while the civil advanced. Jake, however, didn't live long. Killed by a assassin his son inherited the title Emperor.
100-343 of Expansion and Discovery
After Jake died and his son became Emperor there was a rapid expansion. Mostly peaceful, the Empire absorb its surrounding lands until it stopped when the grandson of Jake wanted to begin on discovering knowledge and thus began rapidly absorbing knowledge instead of lands.
Time went on and the Empire flourished until warriors from the North began plunking away at them. This caused a immediate reponse and a legion was 10,000 was sent to deal with them. They stopped the Warriors pushing them back into their Northern wasteland. When orders came for them to stop for reinforcements they still pushed on into the North destroying themselves in the process. This caused the Empire to expand into the Northern section of the today's Empire and thankfully there was little resistance.
Then it was discovered that the North habored rich minerals and the plentiful yet powerful Maghina. Thousands flocked here to lay claim and a military force was built to keep the peace.
With Maghina, many technologies came forth that is influanced by these Stone. One such was the lumbering Titans that helped with expanding cities and also helped with trade. While most of these technologies are not used for warefare they could be converted should the situation demends it.
The South around the end of the Era was inhabited by nature loving tribes of different races. While neither the Empire nor the tribes knew of each other's existence ,or barely, there was small skirmishes. The Empire eventually set its sights on the rich South and began absorbing it. They came across the tribes by mistake and after a misunderstanding, which today's Historians still know little about, war came. The tribes didn't have unity on their side nor complex minds and so they were overwhelmed and forced into the Forest. Since then the tribes had lived in fear of the Empire, but the Empire cannot so easily send troops into the forest due to its dangers.
344 of the Second Chaos
In present time the Empire is enjoying peace, but as th people go about their lives, the government plans. The willingness of the Empire will determine its future. Will they rise above the rest? Or will they simply crumble to dust?
Empire begins decline.
