Draconic Imperium

The Draconic Imperium, often known simply as the Imperium, was a powerful and world-spanning empire that ruled for the duration of the Fifth Age. The first Dragon Emperor was Noldorant, who arranged the Alliance of Dragons Chromatic and Metallic, and coordinated the assault against the Elven realms of Nivelor, the most powerful of the world.
== Culture ==
=== Demographics ===
The Imperium occupied the entire world, for which reason its populace was as diverse as the populace of the world itself. In an ultimately failed effort to break national identities, many generations of children were repatriated around the world during the Fifth Age.
=== Languages ===
The Draconic language was promulgated as the sole and official language of government, with most functionaries being coerced or heavily-pressured to learn and utilize the language. In the world of academia, particularly within the study of Magic, the use of Draconic was compulsory. For this reason, and even up to the present, Draconic remains the lingua franca of research, particularly Artificers and Wizards, throughout the world.
=== Religion ===
The Imperium heavily criticized the Divine Concord and the Divines. The worship of the Divines was, during most of the Tyranny, not fully outlawed, but it was heavily taxed, regulated, and closely-inspected by Dragons and their emissaries. The Divine Concord itself was effectively dismantled by the Dragons: Noldorant ordered the Pontiff executed, and replaced the deceased with a new Pontiff—effectively, a Draconic puppet. The Shadow Pontiff continued to rule the Concord at the behest of the Dragons. That said, the Conclave within the Concord retreated to secrecy, where a new Pontiff was elected; the Divine Concord, existing as a secret organization, would become a pivotal foe of the Tyranny during the Fifth Age, eventually becoming one of the chief architects in orchestrating the end of the Alliance of Dragons Chromatic and Metallic and leading the War of Independence against Dragonkind.
== Economy ==
== Geography ==
The Draconic Imperium spanned the entirety of the world itself, with the absence of a few regions that were able to maintain self-determination. These include Issel, Mzundelft, and others.
The continent of Nivelor was almost entirely razed during the Usurpation, and nearly all of its inhabitants as could be found were deported early in the Fifth Age.
== History ==
=== The Charter ===
Noldorant, who would become the first Dragon Emperor, was primarily responsible for organizing the Alliance of Dragons Chromatic and Metallic
=== The Usurpation ===
=== Noldorant's Reign ===
=== The First Crisis ===
=== The Battle for Independence ===
== Military ==
== Politics ==
=== The Charter ===
The Charter of the Alliance of Dragons Chromatic and Metallic brought an end to a civil war amongst Dragons that had been raging from time immemorial.
=== The Dragon Emperor ===
== Appendix ==
Category:Fifth Age
Category:Defunct states