Forged from the ashes of a lost empire, the Imperial Lands have seen a decline of power in the recent century. After the Second Synkite Civil war, with the forces of Axsum prevailing, much of the nation was left in disaster and ruin. Rumors began to spread that a national insurrection would begin. The inexperienced Imperial Minister began to enter the domain of paranoia. Soon the rumors became true. As a veteran of the Adenirian War, the Military General Napoleon the Great started an armed rebellion against the emperor. A state of martial law was declared. Cities fell one by one. Axsum the Paranoid would soon begin to execute much of his government and military commanders, a grave mistake during Napoleon's Insurrection. With much of the military generals executed, soldiers began to desert left and right. A decisive battle at Kaleido gave Napoleon an easy way to Rhyston, the nation's capital. With the palace stormed, Emperor Axsum was taken into custody of Napoleon. He soon signed the Treaty of Rhyston, which made Napoleon the Emperor and Axsum's forces surrender. Axsum would later be banished to the Eastern Island by the Grand Council.