The Smallest Empire

Our title refers to the Empire of Stem, the most powerful of three empires, bound together by trade and military alliances. With the conquest of Stem by a nomadic army, the stability of all three empires was thrown into disarray.

The queen of Stem had been forcibly impregnated by the ruthless tyrant holding her as prisoner. The queen secretly sent her champions on a mission to the Empire of Denin, to ask the king for help with a planned revolt. The plan was to have Denin's army attack the w...