Siegmund approaches Theobalt to explain.
"Twenty-some years ago, Oren led under Emperor Horen V had splintered five-ways, with Horen V of House Horen taking all of his military personal with him. There existed five kingdoms; Ruska, Renatus, Salvus, Galahar, and Adunia, each lead by upstarts who scrambled to their respective thrones. Whether they did so for personal power gain or in belief that they would best to restore humanity under one banner is up to personal interpretation.
At time, I had returned from pilgrimage and sworn myself to my bloodkin, Owyn II, ruler of Ruska at time. My first priority was to unite Galahar and Ruska, as in my youth I was a ward to House Flay and served under its banner when Lord August was its ruler. Realizing our common interests, King Marcellus handed crown to me, and sailed off to isles unknown to spend the last of his days in pure bliss.
This act begun to frighten old nobles of other kingdoms, as in modern history House Carrion were not renowned for their aggressive diplomacy. They began to plot, scheme, and worry, while I set course on unifying Oren further by ridding Adunians from their kingdom. They had come and settled in land of Old Rose, and were foreigners with no claim. So through strelesy raids along with aid from ex-rose resistance, we freed Kaedrin from Adunian clutches.
Finally came Renatus, much of which credit belongs to two of my sons; Tuv and Ostromir. After meeting with Tuv, I had him sent to aid in Abresi and expand his network for future control, so that succession to Carrion hands would be smooth and city claimed under our rule. When King at time, William III of House Horen, went and proclaimed my bloodkin Owyn II as false heretic. However, Winters of North, strongest house of Kingdom of Renatus, supported Owyn II as true High Pontiff and we rewarded their loyalty with kingdom of Herendul. Whether creating Herendul was right or wrong is up to history and discussion, but it is what it is. William III soon realized stress and folly of ruling Renatus with his strongest house's departure and took pilgrimage, leaving our spy and puppet Silus in power.
We made reform to Abresi, restoring it from shell of city it was through aid of Tuv and Ostromir, but soon saw greatest problem of all. In Godfrey's Empire, corruption among nobility was common, but it had bloated into huge problem by William's reign. They grew fat and lazy sitting on their lands building ugly landscars to honor their name, serving no use to Empire except conspiracy to further their lands and power without contributing in any economic or military sense. So Ostromir and Tuv were ordered to purge nobility, striking their lands to reclaim it for good of humanity. Afterwards, they deposed Silus, for his use as King was served and ruling through puppets would have eventually lead to instability.
Salvus came under our union after talks to unify Oren from my personal envoys. King Bedevere realized we were different from Horen's whom had subjugated Salvian peoples for countless decades, and decided that he would rather be with humanity with our talks than under foreign rule by a stout master. He sacrificed his city and jewel of Salvian peoples, Kingston, to Orcish Horde in order to swear allegiance to unified Imperium of Oren, an act most valiant. However, he soon disappeared, leaving inheritance to go to me as Imperial Divinity.
Our ascension to power has scared many. By ridding Renatus of it's infestation of false and unworthy nobles, where over half the populace had noble name and claim, they have banded together in futile attempt to reclaim their lands so they may squat upon them once more to build as many castles and towns as they please. Succession-wise, only Horen which rebels is Sophia, and there are many other male Horens who support our claim, thus she has no legal reason to rebel and spits upon her father's grave by defying laws he created. We wish to see Oren restored to its prime, not as a hyper-militant state but rather a beacon of human's progress and ambition, but many of these traitors instead seek to merely grab power and land once more and let Oren run stagnant. It is folly, but it is their justification as I see it."