Hybruic Empire

The Hybruic Empire was one of the largest empires the world of Orbis has ever seen, if not the largest, and at its height ruled a wide range of cultures, many of which it assimilated into its culture, however there were many tribes in the jungles bordering the Kunlunn mountains which could not be tamed and never fully accepted Hybruic Rule.

The turning point in the Empires' campaign can be identified to be the two simultaneos defeats at the south Wallacha borders, and deep into Eagle Island. It was at this point when the Empire was at its height, but following the defeats and subsequent counter invasions and an increase in civil unrest amongst the subjegated barbarian tribes which target the Empire's food industry lead lead to the rather rapid decline of the Empire. That which had stood for generations came crashing down as many states declared themselves independent in a devastating chain of events and broke out in complete civil war.

Causes of the Empires fall

Over- extension: one of the driving factors in the fall was expansion of the empire before conquered states were integrated and stable. This lead to resentment and civil unrest and it didn't take much for a match to ignite the tinderbox that was the Empire.

Different Cultures

The empire conquered many different civilisations and did not ensure cultural assimilation in many places. It did enforce religious unity strongly enough and so many of the jungle countries kept their traditions.

Wars on too many fronts

Much of the Empires success was its ability to organise larger forces than its enemies and its expansion overcame many smaller countries, but these small countries rapidly begin to unify to combat the threat. Wars north of the river in the south dragged Aaru and Hamlik into combat as they saw their smaller neighbors conquered and the buffer between their lands shrink. Aaru was first to invade and was pushed back and lost lands in the west. Hamlik saw that if Aaru fell, its neighbor of a similar power, Hamlik would be next and would be unlikely to resist. So it too joined the war as an ally of Aaru and together they managed to push them back. By this time, the Empire was already at war with rich Wallacha in an effort to control the northern trade route, a strategic location which if taken would generate great wealth and would provide the means to strengthen. When the Eagle Kingdom saw that Hybruic was at war both in the north and south, saw its chance to attack and retake lands lost many years ago. This proved too much for the Empire and it began to falter.