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[center][b]The Bloodfang Empire Emerges[/b][/center]

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Twenty years ago, as Emperor Almon IX breathed his last fevered breath, the Imperial Province of Hlondjour stood as a triumphant symbol of Bohaddon's attempt to not only subdue those races outside of mankind, but also to civilise them - especially the more savage of the varieties that inhabited the world. The Lizardmen dwelt in a harsh land, of sun blasted canyons and treacherous swamps; this made them tough and resourceful warriors - indeed, some of the Empire's finest when it came to fighting on difficult terrain. They were firecly loyal to the Emperor, whom they served with the utmost dignity and pride. His death fell on them iin the form of a terrible wave of bewilderment. 

The Yellowfangs, whose clans held the western areas of Hlondjour, blamed the Elves of Belmorn for the King of Bohaddon's assassination. The trust between Elves and Lizardkind had always been on a knife's edge, owing to their natural dislike for each other - a dislike that had blossomed for hundreds of years. The death of Almon IX was the excuse the clans of the Yellowfangs needed to muster for war, and demand the heads of the assassins. The Blackfang clans, holding the eastern lands of the province, urged restraint. This minor disagreement erupted into civil war overnight, as Lizard turned on Lizard, and thousands fell to the churning wheels of genocide. 

The Province of Hlondjour split into two, forming the nations of Jouria and Hlondeth. A ceasefire was signed soon after, and the two generally ignored each other - both looking to pursue their own goals in this fractured world. Twenty years later, and these divided peoples look poised to rekindle their lost love for each other. With the raging success of Prince Sar'Nassa's campaign against the much hated Elves and their human underlings of Belmorn, coupled with Issil Blackfang's outright destruction of Hightower has provided the leaders of the two nations with enough grandeur to declare the Lizard peoples the Empire's chosen. It is their belief that they must fashion a new empire, in Bohaddon's image, but with the Lizardkin at the head, and the lesser races below as their servants. 

Issil Blackfang has graciously accepted the position of Lord Commander; the highest station in this emerging power. Sar'Nassa, being much older and skilled than Issil, has accepted the Imperial Crown of Jouria. He has proclaimed the dawning of a new era, and demands that all nations bow to him and his superior peoples; or they should prepare to die. With the merging of the Yellowfang and Blackfang clans, it was agreed between the two respective leaders that this new nation be named after the clans who ruled their lands long before Bohaddon's initial rise: The Bloodfang Empire