Records of the Old Empire, Chapter 1
Remus Remus
The Old Empire and it's people the Imperatoria are one of the most fascinating areas of history. The very name of this people and their nation in time became to synonymous whit their empire that they today are seen as more or less the same thing. The Imperium is not only the name of the Imperatoria nation, but a word that means "Empire". Just as the name of the people of the empire, the Imperatoria is also a words that means "Imperials".
And it might never have been if the great blacksmith and warlord Remus Remus had not forged the 25 clans of the Tower Bay into one people ruling one empire. In this the first chapter of the Old Empire we shall therefore follow the life of this great man.
*The Great Houses
Remus Remus is Born
March 11 of year 549 EM
Remus Remus was one of the first great leaders of Imperatoria. Some even go so far as to call him the father of the Old Empire. Because of his actions in life more or less created the Empire of his people.Remus Remus Father is Killed
May 15 of year 560 EM
When Remus Remus was only 11 years old his father, along whit many men of the Remus clan. Where slain in a raid by barbarians from the Lion Rocks, a mountainous region to the south. The young Remus took the lose as a warning. Noting was safe, and only the strong could protect that which they loved. Remus Remus was even taken as a slave by the southerners. But his uncle Remus Drakus, lead a small band of warriors to free the boy. As well as Remus Remus mother and a handful other members of the clan. Remus Drakus did this by slipping into the barbarians camp as most of them slept and cut the throats of most of the raiders guards.The Kingdom of the Lion Rocks
Julia 7 of year 564 EM
The tribes of the mountains south of what would one day become the heartland of the Old Empire united under a single leader. This leader was king Grenkuru Gramguur. He was a ruthless warlord whom had risen to power by slaying any whom opposed his rule. His first action as king was to attack his neighbors to the north. A action that saw the reaction of the Great Houses of the Imperatoria to band together. Remus Drakus was soon seen as one of the greater leaders of this confederacy of common defense. The war that followed shaped much of the future of Remus Remus and the Old Empire as well.War of king Grenkuru Gramguur
March 6 of year 565 EM to August 17 of year 567 EM
The war lasted only two years. In that time Grenkuru Gramguur lost some of his support back home and Remus Remus rose to the rank of clan leader after the death of his uncle.Remus Remus discover Iron working
June 10 of year 569 EM
Remus Remus, one of the first leaders of the Imperatoria, creates the first human made iron weapons and tools. This was the start of the Imperatorias rise to power. Whit weapons and armor far stronger then their tribal neighboring foes they soon came to dominate their homelands. Soon after the Old Empire would rise from their small nation.The Vengeance of the Imperatoria
September 10 of year 571 EM to February 11 of year 572 EM
As iron swords, spears, arrows and armor where made in hasted to prepare for a second war soon all Imperatorian clans has a full armament of iron weapons. Yet the Lion Rock folk did not come back. Scouts where sent out, and when they returned the Imperatorians learned that their foes where busy infighting. Which the Imperatorians took as the perfect time to strike back. Remus Remus lead the united clan forces, now called the Legion. Because of it massive size. King Grenkuru Gramguu and his people might have stood a little longer to the better armed Imperatorians if it had not been for Remus Remus skills as a commander or the fact that the king where fighting a trio of warlords whom called themselves the three Lion Kings. In the end King Grenkuru Gramguu was slain in battle by a legionnaire of clan Magnus. And the three Lion Kings, bent their knees to Remus Remus and his Legion.The city of Imperiatum is built
May 3 of year 572 EM to August 8 of year 4 OE
It took nearly half a century to complete and caused much of the Imperatorias early expansion to fuel its need for material and workforce. But when it was done, it was the greatest city on the face of the earth. But even then it was not completely done. For the Imperatorians would continue their construction works until the final fall of their empire.Remus Remus gathers all the Great Houses to form the Senate
January 1 of year 616 EM or year 0 OE
This marks the start of the Old Empire. Before the Imperatoria people had lived as a loosely formed confederacy, whit the smaller tribes being ruled by a dominant family*. Said tribes had at times in the past fought one another as much as other civilizations. But this marked the end of that tribalism and put down the bases of the Empires laws and governance. This first meeting of the Senate decide much that would later become the foundation of the Empire. Tho it did handle some minor disputes between the Great Houses, that are of little interest to us living today. They did set down how their empire was to be governed. The senate was to be exclusively consisting of men from the Great Houses, that had shown their loyalty to the empire. Either by service to the legions, the imperial courts or a imperial university. All members of the senate would have to be elected to a post by the senate. So that if you had not impressed, or had bad contacts, you could not become a senator. Besides the senate, that ruled the Empire and the city of Imperiatum, was the Imperator. He was a sort of first senator and high general. His role was in essence that of the chairman of the senate and highest military leader of the empire. A role that was given for life and was first given to Remus Remus.*The Great Houses
Remus Remus Dies
December 13 of year 3 OE
Only three years after being named the first Imperator the man who founded the Old Empire died. He died in his sleep being found by his wife the next day. After his death the whole of the Empire mourned him for three days and three nights. This later became the Remus period. Which was the appropriate time to mourn a dead Imperator. During that time no new Imperator was chosen by the senate and all senators would pay their respects to the dead Imperators family.The Ages of Man
EM - Early ManOE - The Old Empire
AoH - The Age of Horror
AC - After the Conquest
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