Rise of the Storm Lord

Countless lifetimes the Imperial Twins have reincarnated on the Great Wheel, lived their lives and died peacefully, only to be reincarnted, their memories intact, once again. Now the Dragon Emperor has been assassinated and the Middle Empire teeters on the brink of chaos. The warrior peoples of the northern steppes flood into the empire proper apparently summoned by the empress.The Great Houses war on each other. Provinces gird themselves as twisted creatures are spotted in the hinterlands, and a dark shadow rises in the east. What will you do as the Empire falls?