Human Empire

The Human Empire, sometimes referred to as the Kyrodilic Empire or Empire of Kyrodil, the First Empire of Men, or simply the First Empire, was unofficially formed in the year 1E 1939 after Ranahaldus defeated the invading Kothraki horde and incorporated Low Stone and Groundbrim under the reign of a reunited Kyrodil. While Ranahaldus is often credited with being the founder of the Empire, he never took the title Emperor in his lifespan. The Empire's true date of establishment is unknown. After the fall of the Ranahaldan Dynasty in 1E 2017, the Empire was succeeded provisionally by the delegated Kothraki Rule, beginning the period known as the "Kothraki Rule." The Second Empire would fall in the year 2E 341, beginning the Interregnum period. During the years following its collapse, several pretender states claimed succession to the Human Empire, though none would last until the coronation of Romulus Kaesar as the true heir to the Ranahaldan line in 2E 745.