Talk:MonsoonJR's Minecraft Server/@comment-25978575-20150723131651/@comment-5590986-20150723182326

Heres a better one (I thought up of it a couple days ago, it's up to now that I wrote it down so it's a bit rusty):

On 200 AD (150 years after Earth World) the Empire had mounting pressures within it's borders. With each generation of Praetorians getting less compentent leadership than those before it, the Empire had suffered mounting corruption, with each cohort succumbing to different barbarian cultures as the incompetent leaders gave bits of land to the Barbarians in exchange for autonomy and military service. And the government got more decentralized as the local populace demands more power in the government. Barbarian factions entered from the East, and sacked Lyvonis and destroyed Vasque.

Without a strong central government, each cohort were left to defend for themselves. Each slowly fell as corrupted officials laid claims to whats left. One such barbarian tribe, it's leader took over the Celethor cohort and established a conquering Empire, claiming to be the most powerful Praetorian Successor state. And it still is a century later.

Rumas barbarians had entered the alps and forced Emperor Batran V (Batran's Great Great Grandson), the last Praetorian Emperor, was forced to abdicate from the throne. As Rumas claims to be the true Praetorian Successor State. With alps as their strongest defense, they have the best advantage by terrain. On former Kentarchate lands, they inherit the Kentarch people's political and stealthy abilities. Not sure what happened 100 years later.

However, whats left of the Praetorian Army had fled to Italy, they had their times as conquerers, but do not wish to reclaim the Empire. Instead selling themselves as mercenaries, most descended from Praetorian Royal families, they are one of the strongest factions to roam the server, with enchanted diamond weapons, multiple military bases and recruitment centers, and superior military leadership. They are just in it for the action, as they fear the pressures will return if they start conquering again. They formed the Equestrian Order of Former-Praetoria.

100 years later, the world was thrusted deep into the Dark Ages, and the Dark Ages is starting to grow old. Who will claim the title of Praetor?