Eternal Empire

The Eternal Empire was on of the first factions established on the Lost Civilization server in the year 2014 (109 BTA). For the last 8 years it has been ruled by the player SkipperDog65 who also hosts The Raging Wizards Youtube channel.

For much of its vast history, The Eternal Empire has endeavored to remain peaceful and staunchly isolationist. However, recent events have propelled it into becoming the current dominant superpower on the server.

## The First Age 2014-2021:

**The Multi-Server War (109 BTA)**

**The Raging Wizards Empire** (the original name of the Eternal Empire) was established in the year 2014 (109 BTA) by players **SkipperDog65**, **Viewermammal56** and **LeafyThread75.**

During the early months of TRW’s existence, the faction went through a period of immense prosperity. This was due to increased trade with several newly formed neighboring factions. With the help of these countries, TRW was able to construct the ultimate symbol of wealth: **The** **Diamond Tower**

However, close by the future superpower was the **Central Trade Empire’s High Peaks Colony**, The ruler of the CTE, a player by the name of **RandomPlayer124** saw TRW’s increasing wealth as a threat to his dominance over regional trade. And so, to neutralize the Raging Wizard problem before it could became one, Random launched a devastating attack on the Diamond Tower.

The attack however, completely backfired. Instead of being demoralized by the sight of their national pride going up in flames, the Wizards were enraged. Soon after Random’s forces retreated from the attack zone, the fledgling TRW declared war on the seemingly invincible Central Trade Empire.

As the war began, the Raging Wizards seemed hopelessly outmatched by the seemingly endless resources of the CTE. With his faction’s deep pockets, Random had been able recruit legions of mercenaries to face off against the Raging Wizard rookies. However, whilst the mercenaries outclassed the Wizards in every way, they had one crucial weakness: the mercenaries fought for gold, the Wizards fought for revenge.

Slowly, but surely, the Wizards pushed Random’s forces out of the High Peaks Colony, and eventually all the way back to the Trade Empire’s capital of **New Khaford**. When the smoke cleared after the final battle, Random’s trade kingdom had fallen and The Raging Wizards stood victorious.

**The Foundational Period** (107-100 BTA)

The Foundational Period saw several traditions and customs of TRW first emerge, many of which are still in practice today.

After the defeat of the Central Trade Empire, the player SkipperDog65 was unanimously elected Prime Minister in 107 BTA. He was soon later appointed emperor of the faction in 106 BTA, a position he occupies to this day.

One of Skipper’s first actions as leader of the faction was to formally establish a proper leadership structure. Viewermammal56 remained his right hand, with players like Leadythread75 and a newcomer named **ManiacMaster445** occupying senior positions in the military.

Maniac had previously participated in the Multiserver War as a lower ranking player on the side of the Raging Wizards. Since the war’s end, he had systematically worked his way to the top of the TRW chain of command. To test his abilities in the field, Skipper sent him to capture the southern coast of the former CTE. Instead, Maniac managed to capture the entire country with exception of the Northernmost peninsula. With his military skill proven without a shadow of a doubt, Skipper placed him in command of a different campaign on the continent of **Necred** in 105 BTA.

As Maniac conquered territories in his name abroad, back at home Skipper expanded the heart of Imperial power. Since the end of the Multiserver War, the original TRW city of **Nethernia** had grown rapidly from a small NPC village into a thriving metropolis. In 103 BTA, Netherna became the largest city on the map. In 102, it was officially renamed to **Imperial Center** to better reflect its status as the hub for all imperial operations. The Raging Wizards, despite having come from humble beginnings, were on the rise.

**The Dark Revolution (100 BTA)**

**The Dark Revolution** was a rebellion launched by ManiacMaster445 in early 2016 (100 BTA) against then Prime Minister SkipperDog65. Maniac launched the rebellion after the conquest of Khaford, a campaign that Maniac had personally commanded. After the campaign’s success, he had expected to be given governorship over the new territory . Instead, Skipper assigned him to another campaign on the far away continent of Necred. Tired of fighting Skipper’s seemingly endless colonial wars, Maniac made plans to topple Skipper’s regime and to take over the government.

After breaking into the newly constructed **Imperial Senate Building** mid-session**,** Maniac located and attempted to assassinate Skipper. Before he was able to, however, Skipper’s Imperial Guard intervened and managed to drive out the attacker. Maniac retreated from the capital back to Khaford where he rallied his army and prepared to march on Imperial Center. But within Maniac’s circle of advisers was a traitor to the rebel cause: Viewermammal56. Viewermammal sent word to Skipper and he prepared Imperial Center for attack.

As Maniac’s forces sailed towards the capital, they were intercepted by the Imperial Navy. The battle was brutal and the Rebel army was severely weakened, but several ships escaped the Imperial onslaught and made it to the shore: There, they were met by imperial forces and a final battle between the two armies began. While the battle raged on, Maniac and a detachment of hid best players made their way through Imperial Center towards the **Imperial Mansion** where they expected to find Skipper. Instead, they were met with a superior enemy who had anticipated such an attack.

As their leader was defeated and detained at the Imperial Mansion, Maniac’s army crumbled without him and quickly surrendered.

After crushing the rebellion, the Imperial Senate voted to banish Maniac to the Starving Isles in the southern hemisphere of the server.

**The Golden Period (99-72 BTA)**

This time in TRW history saw unprecedented levels of economic growth. In 90 BTA, the faction population doubled. By 85 BTA, TRW became the largest economy on the server. As tensions rose overseas between the Spartan Mercenary States and the newly established Dark Empire, TRW shifted its economy towards producing war materials for both sides of the brewing conflict.

**The Great Server War (72 BTA)**

**The Great Server War**, also known as the Tripartite War, broke out in mid 2017 (72 BTA) between the **Spartan Mercenary States**, the **Arsenic Archipelago**, and the **Dark Empire** and its client states.

TRW stayed neutral for most of the conflict, despite the Dark Empire being led by the formerly exiled ManiacMaster445. Many in TRW leadership were concerned that if TRW involved itself with what looked to be an increasingly losing battle against The Dark Empire, Imperial Center would be besieged once again.

This mindset changed with the bombing of the Imperial Mansion. The official position of The Dark Empire was that the bombing had been an accident, a mistake caused by the newly developed flying machines. According to Maniac, the bombers had flown from the wrong location and had mistakenly identified the Mansion as a Spartan military base. However, many senior leaders believed that the bombing of the Mansion was intentional, with many claiming it was revenge for Maniac’s defeat there over a year prior. Regardless of the bombings true motivations, the Raging Wizards declared war on the Dark Empire and joined the Great Faction War.

TRW forces would be tested during the Conquest of Muropia, taking heavy losses from newly developed rapid-fire weapons. However, the Dark Empire’s more experienced soldiers were quickly overwhelmed by the flood of TRW supplies and manpower.

At the Siege of Akamond, Skipper engaged in a duel with ManiacMaster and defeated him in combat. With his defeat, the few remaining members of the Dark Empire surrendered, ending the war.

**The Muropian Revolutionary Period ()**

With the fall of the Dark Empire, the countries it had once conquered or brought under its influence fought to fill the vacuum, resulting in nearly four years of on-and-off war.

TRW did not participate in any of these wars. But, along with the Spartan Mercenary States, TRW funded several different sides of the conflict. This was in an effort to prevent one of the countries from rising above the others to become a great power similar to the Dark Empire.

However, as the years went on, funding these many smaller wars began to take a massive toll on the Western Allies’ finances.

With Muropia in disarray and the Great Powers nearly bankrupt, the stage was set for the vacuum in Akamond to be filled by a new power: **the Red Banner Faction**.

**Pillager War I (26-22 BTA)**

The First Pillager Empire was established in the ashes of the Muropian Revolutions. In a matter of months, this mysterious state came to dominate most of the continent.

War between Red Banner and the Western Allies was declared after legions of Red Banner Pillagers invaded what was left of the Muropian States and eventually crossed into Arsenic territory. Aresenia, along with the rest of Muropia, soon fell under the red banner, leaving Sparta to fend off the pillager onslaught alone.

The Raging Wizards saw Sparta’s rapidly deteriorating situation and immediately sent supplies to their old ally. But at this point, no amount of aid could stop the Pillager advance on the Spartan home islands. The Red Banner’s forces numbered in the hundreds and they were outflanking the scattered Spartans at every turn. Realizing defeat was inevitable, the chief of the Spartan Mercenary States, Nicholas52604, ordered the immediate evacuation of Helion. On May First, 2021 (25 BTA) he sent word of Sparta’s defeat to Skipper, saying “it seems like it will soon be over my friend. We’re done.” As the Pillagers marched toward the Helion palace, Skipper decided the time had finally come for the Raging Wizards to intervene.

The Raging Wizards cobbled together a group of players from all over the server to mount one final defense of the free world. Led by ex-Dark Imperial **EpicBob24,** this hastily crafted force was comprised of Spartans, free Muropians, and Raging Wizard players. Under Epic's leadership, the **Free Factions** met the invading pillagers in one massive clash at the Acheron River. The battle was brutal for the Allies, but for the first time in the war, the seemingly unstoppable Pillager advance had been halted. Reinforcements and supplies began to pour in from the free nations. These supplies were mostly comprised of massive amounts of iron and pumpkins used to assemble iron golems. These mechanical iron monsters hammered away at the Pillager hordes, After several clashes, in a shocking turn of events, the pillagers began to retreat. The battered Allies rallied together and slowly pushed the Pillagers out of Sparta.

Despite halting the Pillager advance at Sparta, a string of costly defeats afterwards quickly taught the Allies that an overly aggressive campaign against their numerically superior enemy would be too costly to maintain. Throughout much of the Muropian Theater, incredibly slow and destructive trench warfare was implemented to gradually grind down Red Banner forces. During this stage of the conflict, advanced redstone machinery such as Bombers and Siege Cannons mass produced by TRW began to appear on the battlefield. This new, highly industrialized form of warfare was able to successfully overwhelm the Pillager's numbers. However, it also wrought destruction on a scale previously unknown in previous wars. Many scars left by PWI are still visible all across Muropia even today.

Despite the Allies slowly pushing deeper into Pillager-controlled Muropia, the tendrils of Red Banner's Empire began to latch onto other lands. By 23 BTA, battles between the armies of the Free Factions and the Legions of the Red Banner raged throughout Muropia, the Wild North, Igris, Sibeers, Khaford, and even on the continent of Terragenia, the home of The Raging Wizards.

The Empty Period

The Eternal Empire leadership and structure breaks down as follows:

- Emperor Skipper

- Prime Minister Coral

- Defense Minister Harmless

- Industry Minister Bridge

- Tomfoolery Minister Havoc