Apocalypse

After the unification of the Kelsier Empire, under the leadership of Queen Christina, the national power rose rapidly. In 1276 of the Heroic Calendar, by merging Bifrost, it controlled the entire western region, entering the heyday of the Black Prince, and became a great power that surpassed Pendragon, which had declined due to the war. After the unification of the empire, Queen Christina, in order to prevent local chaos, maximized the authority of local lords and ensured religious freedom, which also led to the weakening of her own power in the future. The Queen's original intention was to expand the authority of local lords to maintain order in the empire, but it backfired. After reunification, the nobles who continued to hold powerful power, led by Duke Gus, formed an anti-Queen faction. Moreover, due to Queen Christina's pro-Pendragon policy, the Granada Merchant Group, which originally acted as an intermediary trade between the two countries, suffered a heavy blow. In order to revive itself, the Granada Merchant Group also joined the ranks of the anti-Queen faction, and the anti-Queen faction gradually became stronger. Moreover, after the Creation War, the Dark Religion declined, and the organization that later replaced it could only barely maintain its existence, losing the meaning of its existence. Due to the complete collapse of the basic belief system, a vacuum of belief was created, and the citizens of the empire had no way to rely on spiritually. Taking advantage of this gap, many new religions emerged, the most powerful of which was the Black Prince Sect founded by Siang. The Black Prince Religion developed from a folk belief in the past to the idea of ​​worshiping the Black Prince and combined it with the core doctrine of reincarnation, the Angla religion of the Thule Empire. It relied on the return of the Black Prince, which quickly spread among many citizens of the Kelsier Empire. Later, in order to expand the power of the church, Siang joined forces with Duke Gus. As a result, the Black Prince Cult centered on the Bifrost area and gathered many believers to form a huge force that could challenge the imperial power. And Queen Christina gradually fell into political crisis due to her own liberal rule and the emergence of new forces...