The Legend Of Parner The 4th

## The Fall of a Civilization

The year is 1520. The mighty Roman Imperium empire is collapsing in on itself, the Destitute Imperium and Tirade Federation closing in on its borders, financial ruin gripping the once mighty civilization. In a desperate move to preserve the millennia-old empire, Parner the Third is elected by the Imperial Senate as Supreme Dictator of the Roman Imperium, and a war of epic proportions began, lasting for 17 years.

The Roman Imperium fought valiantly, but the combined force of the Tirade Federation and Destitute Imperium armies proved too much for the weakened nation, and in 1537, amid the sounds of the conquering force closing in on the Imperial Grounds, Parner the Third led his Senate and royal family in a mass suicide to evade capture. However, the defeated king could not bear to see the light of his life, his youngest son Parner IV, be snuffed out at such a young age. The young Parner, at the age of 15, was smuggled out of the Imperial Palace by close handmaidens to the Queen and, with a small guard of two guards, fled the capital city with only the clothes on their back.

The young boy was so shocked and confused he would forget most of what happened that fateful day, but one image haunted him for the rest of his life: as he exited the Imperial Grounds he looked over his shoulder at the life he was leaving behind, he saw through a wall of glass the silhouettes of his family and friends all standing together with someone he assumed was his father facing them all. As he looked on they all raised their chalices and his father seemed to make an impassioned speech to his small audience. At this point his view was obscured by the suit of armour his guards placed over his head and strapped to his torso. When he stole a glance back through the glass hallway while riding away, the silhouettes had disappeared.

As he and his honour guard stole away in the night, Parner the Fourth's body shook with trepidation at every shell burst, knowing that everything he had stood for and the life he had built were crumbling like the brick and mortar defences under bombardment behind him. However, he was later spurred on by hatred and the prospect of vengeance, vowing to build his own empire from the ground up and take revenge on the descendants of those who had destroyed his family.

## The Pheonix Civilization

As he and his entourage of 5 faithful servants and two soldiers travelled the countryside away from the ruin of the Roman Imperium, they came across other poor souls ravaged by the war, including injured Roman troops, emaciated farmers, and other escaped royals. The group healed, recruited, and spread a positive message to everyone they crossed paths with; "The Roman Imperium may have fallen, but it's people shall never quit and it's spirit will never die." The young princes entourage grew and grew until he led a train of several hundred refugees of the war, all with the same mentality and goal: rebuild.

Several years passed, and Parner the Fourth was now a young man. Leading a cavern of 3,500, he was determined to find a place for his people to settle down and finally begin to build their civilization. Finally, he found it. A small mountain on a crescent-shaped island, ideal for defence and rich with natural resources, Parner had found his haven. He immediately began setting up an infrastructure and established a societal order. His late father had taught him well in the art of building and leading a successful nation, and his son worked hard to ensure his new country thrived. He set himself as king and found himself a Queen in one of the maidens that had joined his ragged band of travellers at the beginning. Read here for The Romance of Parner and Saphi.

With his new nation blossoming, he needed a name to call his people. After days of toiling over different ideas, he decided to honour his late bodyguards. One of the factors that bonded the three together so well over their years of travel was their running gag based off of the soldiers names. Both shared the same first name, Corana, which helped them become friends when they were aspiring recruits. Additionally, their last names were the perfect reverse of the others, with one being named Corana Malik and the other named Corana Kilam. Upon remembering this, the two men having died two years prior defending the prince from a band of Destitute Imperium troops, the new King decided to honour them both and named his country Anaroc, the reverse of the pairs' shared first name.

Thus began the country of Anaroc, under the guide of the benevolent King Parner the Fourth (First of Anaroc) and led by militaristic beliefs and powerful values. Although the king worked hard to defend his heritage for fear of the wrath of the Destitute Imperium, word slowly spread that the Roman Imperium had lived on and was thriving under the new name of Anaroc.