Roman Empire

In 235 CE, when the emperor Alexander Severus was murdered by his own troops after a crushing defeat at the hands of Germanic tribesmen, the Roman Empire entered a period of crisis. With no clear heir, and with the barbarians at the gates for the first time in decades, Rome split into three competing factions seeking to reunite the Empire under their own banner. The Palmyrene Empire controls Aegyptus and Syria, the Gallic Empire has seized Hispanic, Gallia, and Brittania, and the successor Roman Empire holds court from Italia over the remainder. Which one will claim the title of Imperator and restore the Empire to its former glory remains to be seen - the battle lines are drawn, and the forces are marshaled, waiting for their turn at glory.

Ruled by the young emperor, Aurelian, the skeleton of the Roman Empire lives on in North Africa, the Balkans, and Italy. It controls most of the major population centers in the Empire, and controls legions of hardened legionnaires led by Oath of Conquest paladins devoted to Mars. Their mages can call upon massive war constructs built from solid marble, as well as the spirits of ancient legion centurions returned in revenant form - the dreaded lemures.

Only recently enthroned on the Palatine Throne, the young Imperator Aurelian is already something of a legend to his legionnaires. Resplendent in his signature golden face mask, he carved a name for himself into the annals of history as a genius heavy cavalry commander with a penchant for well-timed and decisive charges against the enemy’s weak points. Now in command of the Italian and Aegean legions and backed by the resurgent Marmori and hordes of vengeful Lemures, he seeks to reunite the Empire under Roman control once more.