Middle History
This time was much more documented.
The Empire stabilized and records were kept. The government functioned
as something of a republic with the noble houses electing an Emperor. An
official calender was made. Affairs were formalized. During the previous
dark times, most of the non-human races didn't recover as well as the humans
from the various wars and became small players in the political arena.
The Empire of Threforfar slowly formed into what it is today. The Rangers
came into being as well as an Imperial army, not to mention several noble
houses having their own forces. There were occasional border skirmishes
with the Tiscotian Empire and Nyrgil raids from the north, but it was an
otherwise peaceful time. Over 863 years of Imperial rule went by. Gains
in territory were made and lost. Power shifted from one noble house to
another like the ebb and flow of a tide. In 863 the Emperor died without
an obvious successor. He was murdered. Some claim by an Isoc. Others claim
by a demon. The noble houses lined up against each other and civil war
brewed. The central government, without a head, tried to hold things together.
Isoc united with several of the Lords and made a military bid to take over
the Empire. Tiscot took the oppurtunity to advance its borders against
Threforfar as well. A man stepped forward who claimed to be the second
coming of the Highlord. He claimed the position of Emperor. Those who were
religious claimed that he was brought back to Threforfar by the White Dancer,
who's exploits are documented by Phinneous Toogle. Some of the noble houses
remained neutral. Some, backed by Isoc, claimed an Emperor of their own.
Others followed the Highlord. For ten years, vicious civil war raged across
Threforfar. In the end, the Highlord (as he called himself) was victorious.
The Empire of Threforfar was reformed.