Editing HC History (section)

=Empire: The Second Cycle=
'''The Dominance of Sirdehaar and Devotion to the Bastard God. The First Invasions of the Visters. Sturian Church. Transfer of Power. First Year of Pasin. The Wars of Descent. The Spring Assassinations. Pogroms and Decay.'''

==Dominance of Sirdehaar==
'''King Tullis''' came south and west from the '''Tegayet Plateau''', southern Sirdehaar, with an army of men, of giants and of witches, drawn from several of the most powerful of the tribes of Sirdehaar. Claiming descent from Umer, the Bastard God, he claimed Hugaar as his birthright and laid siege for three years. He wed the queen of Pashnaar '''name?''', herself descended from Huth and Newelaar, to form a new royal line. He ascended Mt. Huth and built a '''great tower''' at the top of the mountain. There, he used a '''net''', crafted by his witches, and carried by his giants, to capture the Sun as a gift for his queen.

The queen was wise and knew that he had to set the Sun free, but she told Tullis to take some of the Sun's powers. This was done and the Sun was set free. The queen gained the power of '''Sight''', and Huth the power of '''Fire'''. Tullis instituted worship of the '''Emperor and Empress as Gods''', and placed Umer highest.

==Invasions from the West, the Sturian Church==
At first, the Empire was poorly administered. Unprotected, the porous western borders allowed a series of invasions by hordes of '''Visters'''. Nonetheless, a group of explorer-scholars rediscovered the '''Stone Library''' of Sturt and his '''Life of Truth'''. The teachings therein bolstered the Empire and a Vister horde is halted at the gates of Hugaar.

==YP 1-62 Transfer of Power==
Administrative power is transferred to Pashnaar and the calendar begins with the ''1st Year of Pasin''. The poor administration continues, largely due to the soft life in Pashnaar. Huth takes prominence in the pantheon once again and the Bastard God loses sway. Hugaar begins to take on the mantle of the holy city it is today.
 
==YP 63-121 The Wars of Descent==
Disputes over the Imperial bloodline lead to civil strife but end one spring in a series of assassinations in which most of the noble families are purged. This leads to the coining of the saying, ''When the spring snow melts, Death knocks at the gate''. A Senate is briefly and unsuccessfully instituted in Pasin. 

==YP 122-148 War of Unification, Pogroms and Decay==
The empire is collapsing. In an effort to halt this, the Emperor launches the '''War of Unification''', an unsuccessful attempt to unite the doctrines of the '''Sturian Church''' into a coherent whole. Scapegoats are identified, whether religious or racial, and the population at large engages in enthusiastic and bloody murder.