Lokelian Empire



The Lokelian Empire (or just the "empire" in colloquial terms) was the first totally hegemonic nation of Lokeli, founded from the Lokelian Dynasty that existed from 1844-1864. The empire was originally declared an empire in 1864 by Emperor Aesonath, in what is known as the First Lokelian Blasphemy. This was against the Aerathian Code, so the declaration was not legitimized until 1879, when the current empire of Aeson (the Taesithians) was forced to recognize the Lokelians as a secondary hegemony. This was further legitimized when the Taesithians were annexed in 1941, and the Aerathian Code disbanded in 1956 without a formal successor.

The empire's creation was swift and mildly unexpected. Coming from the Lokelian Dynasty, a secondary Aesonian power since 1849, the creation of what is the empire came from King Aesonath, who led a brutal fifteen year campaign through two wars to solidify the Lokelians as a true empire of Aeson, albeit against the Aerathian Code. From that point, the newly legitimized empire saw no more action until the coronation of Aesonath's son, Aeråth.

Known as Emperor Aeråth the Great, he was the first Lokelian emperor to use the empire's new influence in Aeson. He instigated two wars he would fight in his reign, the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions. The War of the First Coalition started when Aeråth invaded the small Tėnæ