Draconic Imperium
The Draconic Imperium is an imperial monarchy that hails from the Dragonlands. It is the largest and oldest nation on Ghala. The Imperium is soley dedicated to the subjugation or extermination of all non draconic races on Ghala, and if possible, on other worlds through use of the Gates. It's capital city is unknown, as nobody other than a draconic being alligned with the Imperium has visted the dragonlands and lived to tell the tale. And those who do know refuse to tell anyone about the Dragonlands or the capital.
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It is belived that the Imperium has a population of around 483 million, with 60% of those living in the nation being some a race of draconic nature.
The Imperium refuses to take part in diplomacy with "lesser beings", and as such is higly hostile to evrey nation on Ghala. It's internal affais are largely a mystery as those who venture into Imperial territory tend not to return to tell the tale.
The capital is a city named Fallgar located high in the mountains of the Dragonlands
The old rulers
The imperium is over 80,000 years old, and at one point ruled over all of Ghala. However, 65,000 years ago a great plauge caused the Imperium to loose it's grip on the world. With the plauge ravaging the Draconic races, most fled to the Dragonlands and left the other races to find their own destiny. 10,000 years ago, the Imperium had recovered from the plague and wanted to reclaim their lost glory. Emperor Verkrarhox declared that the Draconic Imperium would take part in a "great crusade" to take over Ghala.The First Crusade
The first Draconic Crusade swept across Iyass, ending kingdoms and killing millions. However, the metallic dragons that lived in the Imperium were increasingly disgusted by the brutality of their chromatic cousins. During the Battle Of Kalu, the metallic dragons turned on the Imperial army, seeking to end the atrocities and finish the crusade. The resulting Civil War caused the end of the crusade as the Imperial army fought amongst itself. The Elven Kingdom exploited the ongoing Civil War to retake lost ground and put considerable pressue on both the chromatic and metallic armies. The chromatic dragons came out on top during the Civil War, and killed most of the metallic dragons. Few true metallic dragons live today, and those that do live in hiding.The Second Crusade
3,000 years after the failure of the First Crusade, emperor Verkrarhox wished to try again. He rallied his forces and once again marched on Iyass. The Imperial army pushed to Rimesu, causing as much death and destruction in their wake as possible. Shortly after Rimesu fell, a massive 9.8 magnitude earthquake rocked central Iyass. it's effects could be felt across the continent: buildings crumbled, volcanoes erupted and roads were made impassible. A large fissure opened up in central Iyass during the quake, sending towns and a travelling Imperial garrison into the earth. 12 hours after the quake, swarms of fire newts crawled through the fissure and began attacking anything in their way. 48 hours after the quake anthallid becan emerging in pursuit of the newts. The newts and anthallid came out in the tens of millions and began overrunning Imperial positions. Faced with a swarm of apocalyptic proportions, Verkrarhox ordered the Imperial army turned tail to escape the rapidly deteriorating situation with as many warriors as possilble, thus bringin an end to the Second Draconic Crusade.Death Of Verkrarhoxf
With the embarrassing retreat and defeat at the hands of the subterrainian swarms, Verkrarhox was disgraced and labeled by many as an incompatant coward. With dessent growing, Verkrarhox became increasingly paranoid and ordered the deaths of anyone who threatend his rule. A green dragon named Rildreth took advantage of Verkrarhox's paranoia and manipulated him into slowly giving him more power. After a decade of this charade, Rildreth poisoned Verkrarhox during a feast, killing him. With the emporer's death, Rildreth crowned himself as emporer and began planning the next CrusadeThe Third Crusade
250 years after Rildreth seized power, he declared a crusade and personally led the Imperial army to battle. Progress was slower than previous Crusades due to Rildreth's meticulous and cautious nature, but it resulted in less Imperial deaths. Rather than killing most of those they came across like previous Crusades, the Third Crusade was marked by mass eslavement. cities were left mostly intact, but their populations would be enslaved by the Imperials. After 10 years of fighting, the Imperials had laid seige to Venmaya. However, early on in the siege they encountered a group of 6 strangers who fought with a previously unseen level of skill and proficency. These strangers broke the seige and single handedly turned the tide of the war. The party of strangers were revealed to be Gate Farers hailing from a world called "Faerun". With this knowlege, and having seen the skills of the Gate Farers, Rildreth opted to deal with the threat these strangers posed himself. Initially, he tried using lies and subterfuge to turn them to the side of the Imperium. When that failed, he tried to turn them on each other. When that faild as well, he challenged them to a duel. The party of Gate Fareres accepted the challenge and met Rildreth at a geothermal basin 80 miles away from Khuste. The duel lasted for several hours and 4 of the Gate Farers died. However, the survivors managed to pull through in the end and killed Rildreth. With the emperor dead, Imperial forces retreated back to the Dragonlands. The fate of the Gate Farers who survived is unknown.
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The two surviving Gate Farers are living a life of seclusion in Vajinot. the effects of Gate Travel have all but rendered them immortal
Exchanges Of Power
With the Emperor dead, a white dragoness named Isridat took power in the Imperium. Isridat was an introverted leader, and was content to sit on her hoard while others bickered about weather or not to begin another Crusade. While Isridat sat idle, a blue Dragoness named Gatha began gaining influence across the Imperium due to her incindiary xenophobic rhetoric. after being in power for 400 years, Gatha entered the royal chambers and attacked Isridat. The attack was vicious, and Isridat was ultamitely killed when she was disembowled by Gatha. Upon siezing power, Gatha began preparing for another Crusade.The Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade began 60 years after Gatha took power. This was the largest Crusade yet, and it seemed like it would be the most successful one. Great progress was made early on until the Rublicans and their Coalition met the Imperial Army at Persidia. The Imperials were taken aback by the losses taken during their encounters with the Republic. Never before had they taken such losses from an army like this. However, the Imperial Army managed to brute force their way through Republican and Coalition defenses and seemed poised to take Whitesburg. Until 7 earth shattering booms rocked central Iyass and a blinding light brighter than the sun blinded all who saw it. The nuclear attack blindsided the Imperial army, and General Raathnar ordered his forces to take a break to lick the wouds infliced by this terrible unforseen weapon. After 8 months, Raathnar ordered his troosp to march on Whitesburg and never relent. The Imperial Army has contiuned to throw themselves at Whitesburg for the better part of a decade with nothing to show for it. To make up for the cataclysmic losses taken at Whitesburg, Raathnar devised a new strategegy: rather than killing or enslaving those in occupation zones, subject them to enthrallment spells and force them into the meatgrinder. If the Republicans could kill at an industrial pace, then the Imperials would have to sedn endless waves of warriors to the front. The population of the Imperium was high, but both Raathnar and Gatha knew that they would quickly bleed themselves dry if they used their own manpower exclusively. With this, the entrallment program began. The Crusade is currently in a brutal stalemate, with neither side able to get the upper hand. The Fourth Crusade has become the deadliest conflict in Ghala's history, and there is no end in sight.
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Founding Date
80,000 years ago
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Alternative Names
Dracos, Scaly Fuckers International, The Grand Killers
Training Level
Semi-trained
Veterancy Level
Veteran
Demonym
Imperial
Leader
Government System
Monarchy, Absolute
Power Structure
Feudal state
Economic System
Traditional
Controlled Territories
Neighboring Nations
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Notable Members
Open warfare
The Republic Of Adreal has been at the forefront of the war against the Draconic Imperium. As such, both nations are extremely hostile towards one another and will likely accept nothing short of the complete destruction of the other.
The Republic sees the Imperium as a threat to all life of Ghala and is willing to take dramatic action to stop the Imperium's advance.
The Imperium sees the Republic as insolant children who must be exterminated if the future of draconic races is to be secured.
The two nations are in a state of total war, with both of them dedicating all of their resources to destroy the other.
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