EMPIRE

"If my search is so sinful, then why does this insatiable hunger in my cerebrum say "Go forth, and eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.""

Summary
EMPIRE​ is a story developed and written by AkuAkuAkuma. Primairly focusing on the empire of a king who searches for knowledge far beyond his mortal reach and making infernal contracts to grasp at this forbidden understanding. Much of the story is visually and conceptually inspired by stories of cosmic horror and dark fantasy such as, the ​Cthulhu Mythos, ​Warhammer 40,000​ and to some degree Berserk​. Unlike it's predecessors REIGN and SIEGE, EMPIRE is entierly seperated from the events of the main series' contunity and is stand alone in it's story.

Storyline
The storyline of EMPIRE revolves around the king's descent into the abstract and prohibited, with each chapter tearing away at the monarch's psyche; with every idea swallowed by the mind, a step is taken closer to home of madness. Every major component of the story is divided into five arcs. Each arc contains a total sum of fifty chapters.
 * "I Starve": The king is called forth by voice beyond his mortal comprehension, and a quest that spans centuries begins. Basically the start of the story, some level of exposition relating to the king's psychological descent into madness and state of his legacy and kingdom.


 * "The Hunger Grows": Food is scarce and the mind grows weak, the psychic stomach manifests. Insight into the king's current mental condition and thought process, the king's eldritch power begins to manifest during this point in the story.


 * "Eat": Secrets kept from man for eons are revealed, and the world stands quiet. Much of the conflict happens during this portion of the story and major revelations of the world of EMPIRE are shown and the dramatic effects it causes on the universe in it's entirety.


 * "A King's Feast": Gluttony is a terrible sin.


 * "Embrace": Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is agony.

Power of the Verse
Despite it's significant lack of characters and solely relying on the power and feats of a singular man, EMPIRE is a significantly and deceivingly powerful verse in comparisons to it's literary brethren of SIEGE and REIGN.

Supporters / Opponents:
Supporters: Opponents: Neutral:

Nog Oh N'ghft Ehye

 * Verbotenes Wissen, The Insatiable.