The Therin Empire

Government: Kratocracy

Ruler: Darius Sagar

Capital: Yarrin

Other notable settlements: Port Basalt, The White Spires, The Deep Forest of Oramir, The Crag Mountains, Emberwatch, Clearshore

Economy: Agricultural and military

Military: Imperial army (Quantity over quality)

History

The Therin Empire was once a welcoming and open empire which lived on their agricultural trades with neighboring kingdoms. It was never a rich kingdom but it was always stable and there was no real problems with poverty and famine. But slowly the trade routes in and out of the country was hit by more and more bandits but little to no help was sent by the state. This meant the goods coming out of Therin became more and more expensive which lead to the trade that the country was built on feel of and the perfect country of Therin started to crumble.

When the famine and the plague in the country had gotten to the worst spot in the known history one of the Generals Darius Sagar launched a coup with the help of his enslaved dragon Tykess. Darius and Tykess stormed the castle from within the walls with the help of some loyal general and took the throne within minutes. Darius declared himself King of The Therin Empire and executed all who was against him.

Once Darius had taken the throne he declared that all trade going out of the country would be safe and that he was now offering a service for the people where they sell their goods to him and his military will run the trade routes in and out of the country for the peasants. Most people thought this would clear up the bandit raids as the trade routes would be filled with guards, but it turned out to have the opposite effect. The peasants who dared to travel the standard trade routes were always attacked by bandits but not once were they helped by the military tradesmen who most of the time traveled alone.

The Faceless Legion

A short while after Darius came to power, men in identical masks started to appear. Some protecting Darius from the shadows but there were also rumored sightings of them where Darius enemies laid dead. It is not known from where they came or even what they are. When one is slain in combat another takes its place and the corpse of one has never been left behind. Some say there are 10, some say there are a thousand of them but no one really knows.