![[calradic empire banner 8.png|]] # the Kingdom of Truth ## Led by [[Ladimos]] '[[the-Red]]' ### Messianic Rebels "You may have heard of [[Ladimos]] '[[the-Red]]'. He preached that the Heavens were getting ready to unload their wrath on landowners and merchant, that we had to drive them out and live pure lives and we'd be rewarded with a "Pure Emperor", come down from the skies. This was some 10 years ago. Well, a lot of us ran off to follow him, some of us believed him and some of us had debts and some just wanted to take a lick at those that oppressed us." # Politics Disbanded 10 years ago from 1084 - 1074, before Emperor [[Drosios]] [[Neretzes]] died and [[Arenicos]] was the new Emperor. # Game Files / Developer Diaries maquisard, ex-messianic rebel turned mafiosi --> < id="prebackstory.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=VILYhtjW}I'll tell you my story." /> < id="backstory_a.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=R9KivNZ6}You may have heard of [[Ladimos]] '[[the-Red]]'. He preached that the Heavens were getting ready to unload their wrath on landowners and merchant, that we had to drive them out and live pure lives and we'd be rewarded with a "Pure Emperor", come down from the skies. This was some 10 years ago. Well, a lot of us ran off to follow him, some of us believed him and some of us had debts and some just wanted to take a lick at those that oppressed us." /> < id="backstory_b.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=7JMaPpkN}We built a great temple in the back country, out in the bush, called it the '[[Kingdom-of-Truth]]'. We whipped two [[Imperial]] detachments sent to track us down. But [[Ladimos]] died, 'Called up to Heaven' he said on his deathbed, and then we lost our way a bit. We needed food and we needed money, so our chiefs started collecting 'taxes' from the villages below. Some started taking money from lords and merchants for protection of caravans. And those who grumbled - well, they started turning up dead in the dry streambeds." /> < id="backstory_c.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=7caHipXX}So I left. And a short while later the emperor sent a third detachment, bigger than the others, and that was the end of the [[Kingdom-of-Truth]]. My old comrades - I see them sometimes from time to time, some in a lord's retinue, others in a cage **with R for 'robber' branded on their forehead**." /> < id="response_1.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=wk1jPh1S}A sad tale." /> < id="response_2.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=OsWmIhds}Heresy, rebellion, and looting are three intertwined serpents. You should bear that brand yourself, knave." /> < id="backstory_d.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=HcMbaZn4}I learned a few skills up in the hills, how to follow a trail and spot an ambush, most useful to caravanners. So I reckon I can probably stay ahead of the hangman. A regular job wouldn't hurt, though." /> < id="generic_backstory.spc_wanderer_empire_6" text="{=DIaT6pXi}Aye, well, once I was a rebel up in the back country, but rebels never last too long. Now I just want to serve and get paid. You've been around. You've met men like me before, I'm sure." /> # Members [[Ladimos]] '[[the-Red]]' [[of-the-Hills-(Imperial)]]