Akkadian Empire

**The Akkadian Empire** was ruled by an ancient human civilization that lived within the heart of the Lushlands of Misbah. They were very advanced, and just as educated as the people today. Their leader, known as The Emperor, held a sceptre with powerful magic. It was the source of his powers, and caused his aging to stop, making him practically immortal. Many temples were constructed in honor of the scepter. A new religion was created; the Great Scepter. The Emperor lived for hundreds of years, and had hundreds of children. During his time, the Empire prospered. Alas, that prosperity didn't last forever.

## History

Sometime around the Year 1,950 BC, The Akkadian Empire was born within the middle of the Lushlands of Misbah. The Emperor, included in several small kingdoms for protection from the Heretic Empire. During the Emperor's rule, he stumbled upon a scepter in a tomb. It was like it was calling for him. Reluctantly, the Emperor grabbed it. As time went by, he noticed that he stopped aging. His pain went away, and he felt energized. He believed that this scepter was a gift from God.

### Battle of the Lushlands

Sometime in the Year 1,900, the Heretic Empire launched a war against the Akkadian Empire for the scepter. The Emperor acted in defense, he sent a party of 5,000 men into battle into the hills. For months into years, the war raged on. It came to a point where the Emperor of the Heretic Empire, realized that he's on the losing side.

During this time, the Kingdom of Hallowmere entered the War which drove the Heretic Empire into a mass panic. They retreated back towards their capital. Hallowmere was later granted allegiance and joined the Akkadian Empire.

### The War of the Dark Ages

The War of the Dark Ages took a massive toll onto the lands of the Akkadian Empire. Time went still and crops died off quickly. This forced the Empire to use their nonperishables to survive. The Emperor joined the effort to stop the War in its tracks. Though he underestimated the enemy as he watched his ally, Hallowmere, crumble within hours. The Emperor lead a party of his army and his allies towards Mesza City for protection, to get away from the onslaught down south.

A century later, the Akkadian Empire gained a lot of popularity for helping out citizens of the Empire and Mesza City. The Emperor later went on the offensive towards the coastline of Jeroh's Corner. The Emperor fought against the Golden Dawn and the Undead Legion. No human lives lost. It was at this time people proclaimed him as a God. People started praising him as the God Emperor. Thus creating the religion, God's Scepter.

Around the Year 1,411 AD, the War ended and people started going back to their homes. The Emperor lead a pilgrimage back to the Empire homelands in the Lush. The Emperor has started that: "The War has took a toll on me and those around me. I may have not aged, I watched lives disappear in my eyes. I have taken my powers for granted. I have watched my people die. Millions perished, many uncounted for. I for one, do not think I deserve this power, yet I believe the people want this Empire to strive. I built this Empire a millennia ago. I will not fail now".

### The Assassination of the Emperor

Around the Year 108 BC, Misbah was turned into a desert from the Ryalis Empire's mining for resources and fracking mining all across the country. The Emperor's 26th son, Al'Khaazar, became wrought with greed as he grew older, and started to envy his father's powers. He travelled beyond the Empire's walls, and during these journeys he learned that the Emperor's power only comes from a mere object. At 100 BC, in his greed and envy, he was already more than ready to kill, and so he did. After cold-bloodedly murdering the Emperor in his own palace, something that Al'Khaazar did not expect happened. Once the scepter was taken from its master, it laid a terrible curse on the desert. For years, the Akkadian Empire was plagued by sandstorms, until nearly everything was buried.

After Al'Khaazar truly realized how powerful the scepter was, he hid it where no one could find it, in a temple in the desert's far north-eastern parts. Much of Al'Khaazar has not been seen or heard since, but through some way, he ended up in a Pyramid in the middle of the Great Misbah Desert, and became an undead. The Pyramid has been sealed ever since, and the only way to open it again would be to use the Emperor's Scepter.

During the Fall of the Empire, many kingdoms from across the country have aided the new refugees. One such Empress from the Kingdom of Oasis, has helped tremendously with the efforts to the refugees. She gave them a new home and jobs and fed them in which in return is to help expand the Kingdom's prosperity to others.

During the Year 56 BC, the Empire was completely buried in sand. It won't be for several hundred years when the ruins of the long lost Empire would be seen by humans again.