The Kollagin Empire is the dominate power of the west. a collation of kingdoms, Theocracys, and magecracy united by a common culture and ties to the ancient arcvin empire. it's is ruled by an empire who leads during wartime, collects taxes, and use those taxes on projects that benefit the Empire as a whole.

History

The empire was founded 20 P.A when Eckhart Coratha Officially adopted Thuarisum as the state religion of the kingdom. with the xou-ou confederacy rapidly expanding from the south Eckhart offered the surrounding kingdoms a deal, convert to Thuarisum and be protected by the Corathen military or face the xou-ou hordes alone. the small kingdoms knowing they stood no chance against the xou-ou hoard accepted the offer and agreed to a tempory alliance to fight back against the hoard. Helmut valkhy commander of Corathen force was chosen to lead the alliances military receiving the title of supreme Marshall. although initial confrontation proved disastrous for the alliance's forces they eventually found there barring and a series of tempory fortification was built along the front line, from with the army could wither out the barbarian horde and counter-attack. the death of the xou-ou commander stopped the invasion but, the threat of other invasion made the princes keep the alliances with an empire to govern domestic affairs and the supreme Marshall to lead the army in war . as time went on the empire began to take on more military roles and eventually the office of supreme Marshall was abolished in 45 P.A. 50 P.A with its bureaucracy expanding and becoming more clear cut the emperor created the imperial army. although the stated reason the imperial army was for defense only the empire would use them in a 300-year series of wars. first, the empire would reclaim the south from the xou-ou driving them out of the heartland permanently. then they invaded the old northern territory of the arcvin empire uniting the entire heartland. they tried to go further north into the barbarian kingdoms but the uniting of the barbarian tribe and the threat of rebellion from over-taxed nobles caused the war to end.in 400 P.A The empire invaded the Goldfisch peninsula expanding the empire even farther. in 510 P.A the liberal city dwellers in the south wanted a say in the national politics. the sent a delegation to the capital demanding that Peasant be allowed to vote and hold office in the Oberstenstag . outraged the emperor had them executed. this set of a series of riots that eventually turned into a full-blown rebellion. much to the surprise of everyone the rebel were able to win and formed The Republic of aqerin. in 910 P.A the great shadow war began with the assassination of emperor Karlmann Samuel. the great shadow war was a 200 year period of anarchy and chaos where political actors, criminal elements, and foreign agents engaged in a series of assassination and other underhand tactics to increase there own power. most of the violence took place behind the scenes but street fights, lawlessness, and foreign raiders made sure that the common man was not exempt from harm. when stability returned in 1200 P.A the great explore Gottschalk Jost rediscovered the far east. although first contact was limited it improved over time and eventually a treaty was sight giving western companies the right to set up shop in some eastern port towns . an increase in eastern trade goods and immigrants to the west fallowed and both sided are working toward increasing relations.