Sumer Empire

The Sumer Empire was the vastest human Empire recorded in our history.

The region was rich in ores and extremely fertile, able to feed the growing population of both new citizens and slaves. If you look at the actual City States: Ilios, Selene and Asteri, you will see glory and might, but they still pale in comparison to the Ancient Capital known today as Apocrypha.

The three City States of today were nothing more than mining cities and minor colonies with the only purpose of extracting riches and ores from the the nearby mountains and producing food to feed the already big and growing heart of the Empire. Apocrypha was the epicenter of the civilized world. Commerce flowed, armies rested from long campaigns in now conquered territories, competitive games were played to entertain the growing public, music was constant in the streets, lights that never faded even during the night, since the city was as busy as it was during daytime, crystal-like spires that seemed to touch the sky itself. The fields outside the city were constantly patrolled by specific and special forces dedicated to keep the countryside safe of any conflict, internal or external.

They had a complex sewer system below the cities, which was an achievement for that time when the world was mostly made of loose tribes. But the greatest mark left by the Sumer Empire on the world was their roads, connecting all of the conquered regions into one, facilitating trade between all regions, quickly feeding the ever growing demands of Apocrypha and the favored regions of the leaders of the Empire, the Witch-Kings.

Even today, their roads are used, just like it was in the Imperial prime. Our roads are the same ones constructed by this civilization. Even after so many years, we still follow in their footsteps, trying to reclaim their lost glory. The extent of their reach was so vast and wide that some said that this ancient empire reached, at this time in history, the "Mysterious Far East", but the fact that an absurd amount of supplies needed to be sent across the sea and that the natives of this region were excellent warriors barring almost all attempts of invasion, made the campaign brutal and short lived. With many more regions accessible by land, ready to be conquered, the Sumer Empire didn't deem worth it to pursue this "far away and exotic place".

That was the description of Apocrypha in it's apex, and in it's apex it was devastated. A great flood annihilated not only the Capital, but most of the Empire, separating the ancient Southern Continent of where today the might city of Adalon is located, and the main land, where the City States are.

Apocrypha, and most of the Imperial fertile territory, was right in the middle of them, and it was practically consumed by the sea.

Most of the Empire still sunk to this very day, with a few standing ruins and many ancient roads still being used today. The last signs of their faded might.