Anderian Empire

The Anderian Empire, also known as the Western Empire, was the westernmost and arguably the most significant of the Three Great Empires. Originally forming a third of Edos' Thousand-Year Empire, it was established upon the death of the Creator God and the end of the Second Age. The first Emperor of Anderia was Artemas Ihenios, one of Edos' three Grand Lieutenants, who took control of the West when the War of Holy Succession broke out in 0 3A. Ihenios founded the original city of Ihenium on the Anderian Peninsula, from which his Empire took its name. Over the span of the following three millennia, Anderia fought a seemingly endless war against Ibbathis and Aldera for dominion of Edos' realms. The Third Age of the Calendar of Aerodran coincided with Anderia's Golden Age, during which art, philosophy, magic and science saw great advances. During the Fourth Age, the Three Great Empires experienced a steady decline, wracked by civil wars, deadly magical conflicts, corruption, and political turmoil. This decline culminated in the cataclysmic Fourth Age Collapse, which ravaged the world and ended with the destruction of the Anderian Empire. In the aftermath of the Collapse, hundreds of small successor states emerged from the ruins of Anderia, while Aldera and Ibbathis struggled to survive in greatly diminished forms. The nations which emerged from Anderia's former lands were known as the Western Nations, and all aspired to return to the former glory of the Western Empire.