Sanguinite Empire

The Sanguinite Empire was the ruling nation over Sanguine Prime and, at its height, the entirety of the Sanguine Star System. It was ruled by an oligarchy known as the Sanguine Court. It was founded by the Vladigoth race shortly after their victory over humanity during the Blood War. Its collapse ushered in the Age of Warlords and would be succeeded by the Regime of Gûl.

## History

### The Blood War

The Enclave, the ruling body founded by the first human settlers on Sanguine Prime, inevitably decreed the segregation and eventual extermination of the Vladigoth, seeing them as a corruption of humanity. In response, the Vladigoth banded together to create The Horde, a militarist and supremacist faction that believed that Vladigoth are not corruptions of the human form, but perfections. War inevitably broke out across Sanguine Prime between the Enclave and the Horde.

130 years of bitter global war saw much of the Carduelic population massacred at the hands of The Horde, and the Vladigoth population sky-rocket and surpassed their ancestral counterparts. The Carduelic humans’ inability to genetically adapt to Sanguine Prime was their greatest downfall, as much of their resources were directed towards maintaining economical and structural foundations that kept them alive on the harsh planet for millennia. In contrast, the Vladigoth’s genetic adaptation to Sanguine Prime allowed them to focus their resources on securing their claim over the Blood-World. The Horde created the first Sanguinite warmachines in the forms of massive tanks mounted with powerful cannons, mighty ships to dominate the seas both above and below the water, and huge mobile fortresses capable of both laying siege and taking a siege. As the ongoing “Blood War” aggravated the local fauna both above and below Sanguine Prime’s surface, the Enclave invested in walls and domes to keep the fauna outside. Meanwhile, the Horde created suits of looming and dread-inspiring power armor to face the vindictive fauna. The primitive power armor of this era was rudimentary compared to the highly advanced technology seen in later Knight-Tyrant power armor suits far in the future. Nevertheless, it represented an important foundation for the fate of Sanguine Prime. These early power armor sets offered enhanced strength and protection to the already durable and strong Vladigoth, giving their wearers a considerable advantage on the battlefield.

The Blood War on Sanguine Prime ultimately concluded in a devastating manner, with the Enclave humans facing complete annihilation. The last stronghold of the Enclave, which had been fiercely defended against The Horde's relentless onslaught, was eventually stormed by the superior forces of The Horde. As The Horde breached the final defenses of the Enclave, a brutal and desperate battle ensued within the last bastion. The remaining humans fought valiantly, knowing that their survival was hanging by a thread. However, The Horde's overwhelming numbers, advanced technology, and genetic adaptations to Sanguine Prime gave them a decisive advantage. In the end, The Horde's forces overpowered the beleaguered humans, and the last stronghold of the Enclave fell to the victorious Horde warriors. Any humans who may have survived the assault most certainly faced a grim fate in the extreme and unforgiving environment of Sanguine Prime. The annihilation of humanity on Sanguine Prime marked a tragic and irreversible turning point in the planet's history. The Vladigoth, now the dominant species on Sanguine Prime, had emerged victorious in the brutal conflict, solidifying their claim over the Blood-World and shaping its future as they continued to evolve and adapt to their unique environment. The Blood War left scars on the planet and its inhabitants, forever altering the course of their shared history.

### The Scarlet Age

After the end of the Blood War and extinction of Carduelic Humans on Sanguine Prime, the Blood-World was ushered into an age of unimaginable peace and progress. The Horde conglomerated in the city of Cain’s Embrace and reorganized itself into the Sanguine Council, an oligarchy designed to oversee the Vladigoth's cultivation of Sanguine Prime. Over the course of a millenium, the Vladigoth expanded its reach across Sanguine Prime, giving rise to thousands of mega-cities scattered throughout the enigmatic Blood-World. These burgeoning cities were all under the governance of the unitary Sanguine Council.

As the Sanguinite civilization continued to flourish, so did the authority and influence of this central governing council. Space-fairing technology was developed as fast as it had been on Carduel, and Sanguine Prime’s moons-- Shanatir, Caligula, Tamerlane, and Boudica-- were swiftly colonized. Massive cannons were constructed on the four moons, pointed at the greater cosmos, to act as massive defensive structures in the case of an extraterrestrial invasion. The Sanguinite Empire had its sights on the rest of the solar system, however it needed to create a means of terraforming other worlds to resemble Sanguine Prime. Two hundred years passed until finally great terraforming engines known as Ironmakyrz were invented, capable of terraforming planets into Sanguine Prime’s likeness within a matter of three years. With this new technology, the Sanguinite Empire colonized the sixteen other planets in the Sanguine Solar System, which also included 46 moons.

### Fall

Within three hundred years, Cain’s Embrace reached outwards and thousands more mega-cities were built across the Blood-World, each managed by the unitary Sanguine Council. Eventually, the Sanguine Council discovered a hidden secret behind the blood-water. Their scientists learned it can be refined into a mystical element called Krov. If pure Krov is created, it can be used in bathing, and strangely will slow the aging of whomever bathes in it. If one bathed in Krov once a year, they could theoretically live forever. The process of obtaining pure Krov soon became a closely guarded secret and a highly regulated industry, but everyone knew it involved complex purification methods to separate it from impurities. The limited access to Krov and its rejuvenating properties created a divide in Sanguinite society. The wealthy and powerful monopolized its use, leading to societal inequalities. The Sanguine Council was quickly populated by these powerful individuals, who enacted strict regulations on the production and distribution of Krov to prevent misuse and maintain control over the population.

 Over the course of the 70 years following the advent of Krov, many core economic systems across the Sanguinite Empire folded in upon themselves and shut down. Horrific acts of domestic terrorism and mob-violence erupted on the 16 planets and 46 moons between the ruling upper-class and the lower classes of Sanguinites, resulting in forced police actions across the Sanguinite Empire. Irresponsible media coverage of these atrocious police actions spurred the already rampant civil chaos in many of the larger mega-cities. Ultimately, the precarious balance of imperial power exploded into national pandemonium. The Sanguine Council dissolved due to political infighting and soon the Sanguine Star System's planetoids became a battleground fought over by barbarian hordes who flocked around warlords who had the knowledge of creating pure Krov, but over time only the warlords were ever permitted to know this secret, as to maintain their tribalistic power. The collapse of the Sanguine Council and the Sanguinite Empire and the formation of countless barbarian kingdoms sparked the Age of Warlords, which was retrospectively similar to the pre-Unification Carduel of old, however greater in scale as it engulfed the entire star system. The Age of Warlords was a time of anarchy, destruction, and regression, lasting five thousand years