The Garulian Empire, ruled by a line of God-Emperors and God-Empresses, sustained for six more centuries. Then, in the time of God-Empress Koreth IV, one arose who would shake the Empire to destruction.
History fails to record the origins of Taryn Arkor. He claimed to be a pure descendant of Arkor Godslayer, and his twisted form suggests that this was true. Upon seizing the Godslayer sword, his course of action was clear û using the sacking of Arken by Garulian forces as an excuse, he set about his campaign to eradicate all traces of the Garulian Empire from the Heretic Kingdoms.
Thus began an age far more bloody and oppressive than the time of the Garulian Empire - the reign of the Theocrat.
