History of the Imperium

The history of the world of The Imperium is a storied one, but can be divided into four distinct periods: The Progenitor Empire, the Grand Alliance, the Simulacrum War, and the Imperial Age.
== The Progenitor Empire ==
Long ago, in history ancient even to the earliest elves, there lived a grand race; one talented in the most arcane magics and the most complex technology alike. They called themselves the Prathama, but most historians simply refer to them as the Progenitors, or the First Ones. 
Though little is truly known about the Prathama, they were apparently widespread, as their ruins, though rare, have been found across the known world. They are also believed by some to have created the modern races, either as some sort of magical experiment, a part of some great cosmic plan, or as simple servitors, depending on who one asks.
The Prathama held territory across the entire known world for millennia, until some unknown cataclysm caused their sudden and total demise, leaving only empty ruins, enigmatic artifacts, and their progeny.
== The Grand Alliance ==
For hundreds, possibly thousands of years, those left behind after the cataclysm that destroyed the First Ones lived on in city-states and small kingdoms, slowly recreating the world left behind by their creators. Though it seemed that this structure of independent states would stand forever, eventually a threat would come about that would force the fledgling nations to unify under a single flag.
Bandits, wild animals, and worse had always lurked in the wilderness between the islands of civilization across the known world, but eventually a great horde, composed primarily of orcs and their even more brutal kin, began carving a swath of destruction across the entire world. Under the threat of annihilation from these raging barbarians, the kingdoms and city-states of the world began to unite, until they stood as one, the Grand Alliance. With the combined might of the armies of each member nation, the Alliance was able to drive back the barbarian hordes, and the world was finally at peace for the first time in centuries.
The Grand Alliance persisted for over two thousand years as a loose governing body that ensured that the member nations stood strong against any force that would threaten them. However, centuries of peace slowly ate away at the Alliance. Like a cancer, corruption spread amongst the diplomats and the Armies of the Alliance were largely disbanded, leaving only a token force to deal mostly with highwaymen and the occasional monster attack. The Alliance began to gain a reputation for being largely ineffectual and some even began to speak of withdrawing from the Alliance.
== The Simulacrum War ==
Though complaints and discontent were common among the people of the Grand Alliance, those few serious murmurs of secession were typically ignored, and the malcontents were pacified, either diplomatically or militarily, well before anything could come of it.
This would end with the mage known as Serenno the Tyrant.
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