Red Dawn

## Empire of Red Dawn

### Capital

Formerly the city of Red Dawn or Trothburg (now renamed to White Wolf) in Crescentia

## Location of Red Dawn

Red Dawn during 57 RA (Outdated map, Southern Kingdoms now renamed to Western Kingdoms)

### Inhabitants

Mostly humans, monsters and other races

**The Empire of Red Dawn** was formerly the largest and most powerful human empire in the history of Tealon.

## Overview

Red Dawn was situated north of the Western Kingdoms, covering most of the northern reaches of the Drayfrost Province and possibly as far east. Their army was cosmical compared to any other kingdom and were known for their ruthlessness during battle as they destroyed, pillaged and exterminated their enemies; striking immense fear. Other kingdoms named it, "Red Dawn" from the aftermaths during these conflicts. It is said that the smoked embers of flames from buildings, burn out the sky and that the battlegrounds would be entrenched with blood and mangled bodies which were the most horrific on Tealon.

## History

In their earliest stages, Red Dawn was always a violent society, consisting of a small tribe originally situated in the North. This tribe worshipped the Elder of War, Apos, and entertained themselves by starting conflicts with other tribes within the North. They aimed to prove their worth to the Elder of War, sacrificing the blood of their opponents in order of hoping to receive divine acknowledgement from the Elder of War. Their leadership and society was structured through strength and power, so it is of no surprise that when their existence was threatened by the advancement of the Abyssal North, they moved south and instantly began pillaging villages and settlements for their gain.

Eventually, they made their village in where the capital of Crescentia stands today. When their tribal leader died in a conflict, a new one was to be chosen. The process was simple, any who wanted to stand for leader would go into a duel against any other candidate. The one who emerged victorious would lead, and in 300 FA, a new leader was chosen. A man, who would later be known as the Red Emperor, seized control over the tribe and began to expand their territory.

The Red Emperor was an ambitious individual, seeking glory, fame and wealth, not only for himself, but for the "empire that would come." Immediately after taking power, he began to order his men to take control over the nearby villages, and afterwards, he proclaimed the people of any village he conquered his, and the people to be apart of their tribe and "coming empire." The Red Emperor had a tremendous amount of power over his people, being an exceptionally talented warrior and natural mage, his ability to make, bend and control the flames to his will gave him a notable reputation. After each conquer, he gained more and more people that were forced under his reign, and with these people came free labour. Free labour to build a city for him, a kingdom for him. Any who opposed would be met with a slow and agonizing death, and those that attempted rebellion were sought out and destroyed by him and his loyalists.

The Red Emperor knew his time was limited, and that he could not do all he wanted to do in the span of a human lifetime. His interest in the arcane arts and the concept of regeneration and immortality grew and grew, until he became obsessed with the nature of becoming near-immortal. However, he knew that true immortality could never be received without drastic consequences, and so, whilst the construction of his city was ongoing, the men he could afford to spare were sent on journeys to learn how to gain the ability to regenerate. Countless mages who specialized in health and medicine were sought out, tortured and killed when they came of no use. ***WiP - Avoni***

## Later years & Downfall

Red Dawn had intended to conquer most of the continent as they successfully had taken the north which then led their eyes down on the Western Kingdoms, but they were a more powerful enemy than previous ones and Red Dawn would need time to prepare for a full scale invasion. However, they had to focus more on their new territories rather than mustering up a new force to conquer more. Crime was riddled in most of these conquered territories as a result of food and supply shortages as Red Dawn would need to prevent any sort of rebellion from the people during this time. Their due invasion of the Western Kingdoms was prolonged because of this, unabling Red Dawn to fully replenish their army and giving the Western Kingdoms time to gather theirs. So, Red Dawn decided willy-nilly, why not collapse their economy from the inside by sabotaging their supply of resources mostly from trade. So they started with Larin. And yes, it was a complete fail as their plan was exposed by spies. Gradually, Red Dawn had become weaker and weaker from the inside and was on the urge of collapsing which finally happened during the Gol'Dorass War in 58 RA after being overthrown by the majority of its population.