Lucious Thorne

Lucious Thorne is the current ruling Emperor of Eskarya, having being coronoated in 176EF following the assassination of Emperor Gileon Thorne.
== Description ==
The Emperor of Eskarya is known to be a true zealous warrior of Zitus, and highly prejudiced in his beliefs in faith and race. Since the passing of his father, a change was seen in the young Emperor to create the man known today. Some have even spoken that prior to his father's death, that he was a kind and care-free young man who took great delight in poetry, art and theatre. But such things were no longer a part of the Emperor's life, as he sought the destruction of his enemies by any means necessary.
== History ==
In 176EF, Lucious Thorne is crowned as Emperor of Eskarya and casts the blame of his father’s death on the Kingdom of Sameria. Relations become strained between the two nations. After years of soured relations and minor acts of aggression when Eskaryans visited Sameria and Samerians visited Eskarya, the Kingdom of Sameria ended all trade deals and implemented a travel ban on Eskaryan citizens visiting their Kingdom. With a wave of propoganda, laying the fault of their economic crisis at the feet of the Samerian Kingdom, Lucious Thorne declares preparations for a war campaign against the Samerian Kingdom to take back wealth that was wrongfully stolen from them to help the common people from their poverty stricken state. He calls upon the the people of Eskarya to join the military and join their first deployment across the seas.
in 200EF, Emperor Lucious Thorne declared legislation that enforced conscription of all races and creed, men and women of age, to fight in the war against the Samerian Kingdom, calling upon his people's civic duty to fight for their home, lands and Empire and its future. Panic hit the streets of settlements in Eskarya, shocked that they would enforce such legislation on the common races. Many refused to be sent to their deaths in a war of vanity and pride for the Emperor. Some fled east to the Freehold, others turn North to Tosima with the small garrison of Badengatt unable to efficiently stop citizens in large numbers from crossing the border.