A Historical Account of The Thostren Empire

 Empires rise and fall. But the Thostren empire is unique. They claimed their liege to the first age. Not only that, they even claimed to be the direct descendants of the very first empire in recorded history. Which to be honest is not very likely because of lack of records. And don't get me started on the logistics of that. But there is some truth to it. The Thostren empire is an idea that has been going strong since the dawn of civilizations old and new. The idea is unity. To have all unite together under one cause. 

No interfighting or politics involved. One nation together  strong as Eon iron and as sturdy as Neo-flame. That's the one thing I like about the Thostren empire. They get things done. If they said they are going to do something. They will do it without much time. That is what makes them dangerous and  weirdly enough trustworthy.  That is the reason why not many people despise them when they take over. Compared to other governments. They would most likely get reforms and decisions done. And it helps that the tax rate is low. But to understand the Thostren empire we must look into the past.

First, let's discuss how we record dates and times. For those that may not know how we determined history, We use an age system and split our history in 4 ages. Each of these ages talk about certain events in them. Let's begin with the first age. Not much is known about this age. Only that it ended with the beginning of the lizerdien race, my race which inhabitants the Bellum galaxy. We also know that there was an empire that was galactic in scale. This empire was around when the lizer’dien race was born.  because some artifacts we managed to get were dated 4 million cycles ago. Some theorize that we unnaturally formed. And that this old empire somehow made us for a purpose unknown.   We call this time period the old age or the unknown age because of what little we know about this time period.

Next up, let's talk about the second age. This age begins when the lizer’dien race began  its civilization phase. This age is marked with wars and infighting. One of the first groups to rise up was the Inun civilization. They first appeared around 1 million to 800 thousand cycles ago on the crescent river in present day Biron, on the planet known as Ta”rell  This was a primitive group and the first recorded using tools and art. We found cave paintings depicting hunting and other day to day activities. But this civilization was destroyed. Most likely they got conquered by another tribe. Other  groups were dubbed the cal’rell. The tribe formed around the same time as the Inun. But they were from the gull desert  in modern day Fonion. Back then the desert was a cold tundra. It must have been a difficult place to live but the cal’rell survived . They even managed to migrate to the crescent river where they came in contact with the In”un tribe. But factors like food and resources drove the two civilizations to conflit. In one of the earliest records of conflict,  the Inun and cal’rell fought. In this conflict, technology improved. We discovered iron  axes and leather armor  dated back to this time period. This conflict ended with an Inun loss and assimilation. We know this because of a cave painting we found depicting what looks like a cal’rellion shaman beheaded an Inun dressed up like a ruling figure at that time. Skipping ahead thousands of years (we could talk more about more primitive tribes and such but they will take a long time.) 

We are now looking at the Tul empire dated 80,000 cycles ago. A lot has changed since the Cal’rell rose up and conquered. For one, city architecture has improved. And the colonization of nearby planets and systems had been going on for centuries. The Tul empire started from the planet Yiu’l. They were locked in a cold war with another empire.  But after a century of  heavy military spending, the value of their currency was shattered.  While they were recovering from an economic  depression, the Tul empire was conquered by another empire. This empire was named the Balen empire. This empire was started around 78,000 cycles ago, on the home planet of Ta’rell. This empire lasted for 2,000 cycles before getting conquered by forces within. Another empire at this time period was the Moxal empire. This empire was unique because it was a matriarchy. In which a woman  ruled the empire as empress and the males served as advisors. This empire was the first to found and build the Transport Gates. A more primitive way of traveling faster than light. But still importing regardless. 

This was 50,000 cycles ago. This empire lasted for 2,500 cycles before they fell into petty infighting and civil wars. The galaxy itself was divided back then. Most people who colonized were left to fend for themselves since communication was lacking due to the wars. A few thousand cycles later a new empire was on the rise. It was named the Tymox republic later to become an empire. This republic was founded on the homeworld of Ta’rell in 20,000 CI. This is going to be the main focus of this section. This republic started small, only a few provinces to their name. But after 100 cycles of conversion, annexation and dealmaking, they manage to conquer the entire planet. After that, they began to spread out and conquered more planets. At first since their military was lacking in troops and ships, they had to be more political in their dealings. A backroom deal here, some black mail there. It was unethical  but very effective. After a while, the military side of this republic  became stronger and went to declare open war. Many of the tactics and military doctrines are used by the Thostren empire to this very day. By the year 10,000 CI, the Tymox republic had the majority of the galaxy in their control. A feat not seen since the first age. But trouble was stirring. The council that  made up its government was becoming more complacent and soon corruption and infighting infected the republic to its very core. Soon a civil war the size of a  galaxy swept up the republic in a violent torrent. But first let's talk about a general who formed the Tymox empire and who is by what the Thostren empire considered the greatest lizerndien that ever walked among the race. His name was Neo”plattive Thostren. Was born around 10,030 CI. he grew up in the higher courts, his father a great general did not get to see his son a lot because of his job. But when he got the chance he would spend all his free time training and teaching Neo”plattive about how to rule and war. From all accounts, he was smart and eager to learn. He quickly rose through the ranks. He was promoted to planetary governor by age 19. 

A highly respected role at the time. He was not alone however his brother Leo”plattive Thostren, the first born of the family was rising through the ranks in the military. Soon he was promoted to field marshal by age 24, the second highest rank in the army. A few years later, Neo”plattive went into the army at the request of his father and brother. He too rose through the ranks as fast. By age 23, Neo”plattive was a general like his father before him, and his brother as his right hand and his friend, Kio”Topaz as his left hand. While Neo”plattive was born and raised, the republic was becoming less and less powerful, corruption was as rampant as a fire in a fuel drenched forest. The council of Fr”u was in shambles, all but a few members were either bought, bribed, or assassinated their way into the council. A member of the council  named Lato’plattive schemed with Raul’plattive, a general in the army to take control of the rest of the empire, after a few years, he managed to take control of the entire council.  But before he could expand. He had to get rid of a rival named Kull dulce.

Kull was no better than Lato but Kull was amassing troops and power and a threat of a civil war made Lato concerned. So he called on Neo”plattive to head to the planet of Hedron,  planet to overthrow kull, who was the planetary governor. Lato was a close friend of Neo, and he was an uncle to Neo,  having tutor him since he was age 10. So Neo accepted the favor, not knowing he was a pawn in a game of power. He spent two months on the planet taking control of key cities and having a few skirmishes with Kull’s forces. Neo”plattive was joined with  forces of the Ruhen order. These Order of monks  started as peaceful and humetrion. They were there to help the sick and to stop Kull at the request of lato. Soon Neo’s forces were in the capital. And before they could capture  Kull, he jumped out a window of the capital building and died. After kull’s death, Neo found out he got betrayed. The new governor annotated by Lato celebrated his new office by planning to execute a girl who he claimed was a traitor but by all other accounts of other witnesses that surivd assassin attempts  she simply declined his advances on her. The new governor ordered Neo to execute the women for all to see. Before she was put to death, Leo found out she was innocent and he figured out that Lato was using him to get rid of rivals and people that challenged his rule. He decided to turn his back on Lato. he then killed the governor and soon his troops fought  lato’s forces and the Tuhen order. Neo”plattive soon left the planet, having destroyed the city with world shakers, a vehicle much like a Dimitry m777 but 5 times as big.  He went to the planet of Gileaia and vowed to fight no longer. He told his troops to go and meet up with Kio”topaz and fight against Lato without him. His soldiers were unsure at first but they left their general to let him live in solemn peace. But after 3 months, he got captured. The group that captured Neo, were personally chosen by Lato, they were killers, the leader named the butcher of malar was the worst of them. Before his capture, Neo got a message from kio’ topaz warning him of the men that were sent by Lato. When the gang arrived at Neo's house and gave him an ultimatum, surrender now or they would execute his aid who he secretly loved. Neo allows himself to be captured, and true to their word, they let her go. They took him to Thelea, a planet near Ta’rell. The gang of killers  paraded him around the city, beating him up on the  transport raft . He got taken to the middle of the city, it was the capital named po’luca. The gang strapped him to a chair, above that chair was a compactor.

 A device for crushing trash and plant material use for fertilizer. It would have been a slow and painful death. And Lato was there by hologram.  But before they could kill Neo, he got saved by some of his troops that disobeyed his orders and secretly stayed around to wait. They knew that  Lato would send forces to capture and kill their general. And went to the planet and waited until Neo got captured and taken to be killed. The reason they waited at the planet is that no one in his legion knew where his house was. Only a small group including Lato knew where the location was. After being set free, Neo”plattive found and fought the butcher. It ended with the butcher getting killed. Reinforcements for Ne”plattive arrived and cleaned up what was left of lato’s forces on the planet. Neo”plattive went on the capital ship named pul’chra atitsui ( translated to fair justice). Here is a snippet of what he said taken directly from a scribe whose name is unknown: “soldiers of the republic, hear my words. Our leaders have failed thee, thye have chosen to turn towards  the delusion of power and wealth, thye have let the mighty republic fell into a hole full of strife and decay. The republic’s days are over, we shall make the new form of government in accordance of Ko’nda law, it shall be named the Tymox empire, let us destroy all who oppose us, and reclaim what is ours”. After this speech, civil war broke out. And thus marking the end of the second age and into the 3rd age. An age of unity and destruction and the start of the first great civil war.

The third age begins with war, after a 3 years of ships battles, ground invasions and assassinations, Neo”plattive with his troops, began to invade Ta”rell, the captial planet, one of the last bastions of the Tymox republic. A government e waiting to die. All of  the council members were hold up in the city of dula”rr, which is modern day Ur’b. When Neo’s forces got into 10 miles from the city, they stopped. There sat on the ope’ll bridge was a lone figure. It was a female who Neo”plattive once loved. She was wearing a guo”ll, clothing used by the Ruhen order. Neo”plattive was in the back of the army, talking to his advisors about how to capture and how to rule an empire. When he got word  that his old lover was blocking the bridge going into the city, he went to see for himself. Who knows what those two exchanged, perhaps memories of the past, maybe of the future. No one knows. But after that exchange. They began to fight. The battle lasted 5 michrons. Neo”plattive, sword in hand raised it up in a way which looked like he would kill the old lover, whose was on the ground. But instead he pointed at the city and the world shakers began to fire upon,  the city was soon in flames, the troops began to march, their footsteps echoing  as if they were world shakers themselves. In a way they were, shaking the foundation so that a new life begins.

 Neo”plattive thostren  went to the council chamber, of  all the members were there, including Lato”plattive Thostren. The members pleaded and begged which fell on deaf ears. While the troops round up prisoners of war and citizens. Neo went out to the balcony and raised his right arm. In his hand was lato’s head. Seeing that Neo won, the troops began to chant for the general. The Tymox empire was considered the golden age of Lizerden race. There were few wars and  peace that lasted a thousand years. But it would fell into infighting and strife. Around 7,000 cycles ago, signs began to show signs of decline. During the reign of  Neo, he split the government in two, the military core and the government core. Each core had  different duties for the emperor. The military would conquer and patrol the empire while the government would pass laws and keep the peace. But a general in 7,000 Ci, named Plaz Dull gathered power and troops. He planned on taking over the government core and taking over the empire. But other generals found out and stopped him. They took him to the hall of judges, a place where the government core holds court and passes laws. The grand judge  named Full’om resided over the trial. After the trial, and execution of Plaz, Full’om proposed a new form of government. A 10 party system made up of guilds and people with like minded ideas of government. There would be an emperor who would get elected by the people. There would be checks and balances in the form of two councils,  one run by the military and the other run by the government. In theory, since there are so many parties with different ideas but the same goal of keeping the empire alive and running, then corruption would be rare. This form of government lasted around 6,000 cycles until the end of the 3rd age. which ended in the galaxy engulfed in flames and the rise of the Thostren empire. Around 1000 cycles ago, a bunch of parties vie for control of the empire. The main two were the Ku’ll party and the Cataracta party. 

Ku’ll believed in an oligarchic society while the  Cataracta party believed in a more people's choice form of a government. These two parties soon engage in what is widely known as the second great civil war. This war quickly turned nuclear. Both parties turned to planet busters  after 2 cycles of fighting for reasons known only to them. They bombed the majority of the planets in the empire and around 80% of the total population died. A lot of historical and important records would have been destroyed if not for the efforts of Gilga”yeul who saved most of the documents before the bombs and missiles fell. The bombing has a different name. The silent death. After this event, 2 powers rose up. One was the group that started the Thostren empire while the other group fled and started what is today the  Unitatem empire. And thus ends the 3rd age and begins the 4th age, the modern age. 

The 4th age is the age of the Thostren empire. They rose from the ashes of the silent death. They have been for the last thousand years conquering and retaking planets that were once lost. Their goal is widely known; to conquer, and  take control  of the whole galaxy just like empires in the past. But there is opposition. Many other governments rose up along with the Thostren empire. And they have no interest in getting conquered. In a few years I might write about the feats of the Thostren empire but for now, the most noteworthy thing they have done was the conquering of the Ahura senate, who managed to defeat  the Thostren empire around 30 cycles ago. Let us see what the fallout of that will be. 

The end. 

Jull lampo, a historian of the library of Cert’iorem.

1400 DE

Cites: The Early History Of The lizerdien Race, Gull”lopa  fren.

The Life And Times Of Neo”plattive Thostren, Freud’ian Hull.

The Accounts Of The Third Age, Dull”po bell.

The Reformation in 7,000 CI, Carlow ven.