Lamiran Empire

Extend of the Lamiran Empire at its height.

The Lamiran Empire was an ancient civilization in Dimension T-2022, located on the continent of Orwald. It spanned across the Campian Basin and at its height controlled roughly the area of the Principality of Inner Peria, the Kingdom of Duyn and the plains to the west of Duyn.

## History

The Lamiran Empire has its origins in the ancient city of Lamira, located in the Campian Basin. Lamira was founded by a wealthy local trader in between the rivers Campia and Jorin. It quickly grew as more and more villagers were attracted to the relative safety of the city. Lamira’s ruler eventually came into conflict with a nearby mansion lord who was blackmailing the city for money. Lamira’s citizens came together and formed a militia, surprising the mansion lord and destroying his forces. Lamira then formed alliances with nearby villages to band together and destroy the mansion once and for all. After succeeding, the Lamiran Empire was born.

Lamira became a central hub for early magic users and as a result, its power grew exponentially. Within two decades, the Lamiran Empire controlled most of the Campian Basin. Eventually, its ruler passed away and he was succeeded by his daughter, Lilac the Great. Lilac expanded Lamira’s military capabilities by forming the first cavalry regiment in history. Lilac’s cavalry would be very successful on the open plains of the Campian Basin in the coming decades. As a result, the Lamiran Empire was able to expand westward until its borders reached the coast and northward entering the Calypsan Basin. At this point, the Lamiran Empire was at the height of its power.

Over the next few centuries, the Lamiran Empire would change drastically. After Lilac the Great, a quick succession of incompetent heirs saw the loss of several border territories. The emergence of the Kaeplic tribes in the Toularean Highlands in the 5th century SW (= since writing was invented) set in motion a chain of events that would eventually lead to the downfall and eventual destruction of Lamira. It began in 462 SW when Kaeplic the Magnificent was the first to successfully cross the Toularean Highlands with a warband. Famously including at least three captive wardens, Kaeplic and his tribespeople surprised the Lamiran forces and managed to plunder the capital. In 463, Kaeplic died in the Battle of Oppida Rynca when his captive wardens escaped and turned on his army. His campaign ended in a victory for Lamira, but the damage to the capital, and to Lamira’s prestige, was done.

In the following decades, other border tribes in the Calypsan Basin, but also in the Crimson Mesa, started to become more aggressive and regularly pillaged border settlements. Due to internal pressure, in 487 the Lamiran Empire was split into the Northern Lamiran Empire, which controlled the territory north of the Campia and Jorin rivers, and the Southern Lamiran Empire where the capital itself was located. At first it seemed this division would allow both empires to survive, but continued attacks from across the Toularean Highlands eventually made an end to Lamira in 532 SW.

While the Northern Lamiran Empire, later also known as the Perian Empire, survived another 500 years, the Southern Lamiran Empire collapsed into a dozen smaller kingdoms, heralding the beginning of the dark ages.