Empire of the Morning Star

The Empire of the Morning Star, also called the Empire of the Great Zin or simply Zin Empire, is a unitary empire existing predominantly in the eastern portion of the continent Ovaicaea, stretching along the coastline from the Morning Bay and the northern steppes to the Sihua Peninsula in the south, bounded in its western frontiers by the Morningland Mountains and the Aendrilad Desert. It is one the most populous and strongest military, economic, and political powers on the continent. While geographically smaller than the Empire of the West, it is more densely populated and under a single unified leadership.
The Empire was formed over twelve centuries ago, after the Warring States period culminated in a massive undead uprising led by the lich and warlord Agma Khan. The combined efforts to defeat Agma Khan and his undead horde led to a magical event called the Great Binding, which fashioned standing stones that bound the dead to the ground below, and created the lineages that would rule the Empire and protect it against the living dead. Another undead uprising threatened the stability of the Empire two hundred years ago, after the Spell Plague.