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22 500 years before the events in Achaeronian War. Situation in galaxy was quite different. There was 2 mighty inter-galactic empires of humans - Hyperborean and Immaculate (Blameless). Others were under control of alien species. Now you have a chance to know the story of the Blameless Empire founder - greatest king Azis The Excelscior, son of the Tikulti-Ninurta VIII.
This saga have some connections with my main stories about 2596 AD period.

p.s. Blameless Empire have also second names, as Flawless, Impeccable and Immaculate.



Rise of Azis The Excelscior.
Chronicle of empires that existed in 20,000 BC.

Azis I Excelsior or the Flawless was rightfully considered one of the most outstanding leaders in the universe. As far as everyone knows, he lived 22,000 years before the events of the Acheronian War. Lived and ruled a powerful galactic empire rivaling other major powers. It is known that Azis was the greatest of the psi adepts and possessed incredible strength. At the same time, in his Impeccable Shahinshah-Empire, he was considered an authoritarian and tough leader who led his country to a real dictatorship. But nevertheless, it is Azis who is considered a successful fighter against the forces of evil that flooded the galaxy during the Cerberum War. It is worth noting that this emperor came to power by no means an easy way. It took him a decade to create the Flawless Empire.
Azis's rise began with his rise to power in the Nargon Empire. Nargon was previously considered the center of the power, although it had a population of different nationalities. After the death of Azis's father, Tikulti-Ninurta VIII, a once simple colony called Urukesh became the capital. The young emperor commanded to name this planet Nargon-Kale, which meant "Citadel of Nargon". He made the planetary center the city of Ninurta, named after his father. But then the empire was still completely undeveloped. The mighty Hyperborea, for example, controlled thousands and thousands of star systems. In addition, there were many enemies around the Nargon Empire. Azis considered the main task of conquering the surrounding interstellar states, in which many people and foreigners lived. He hoped to create something like a galactic alliance. He claimed to have seen in his visions a mysterious threat emanating from the depths of the universe. It was for this that he needed to unite all the surrounding kingdoms.
Azis's main focus was on the cyber troops, the program of which was launched during the reign of his grandfather. Cybernetic troops were considered the main striking force of the Nargon Empire. After them were already living soldiers and foreigners from different civilizations. At first, the emperor's brother wanted to transfer the troops of robots to the artificial intelligence "Leontius", but Azis refused this idea. Therefore, the robots carried out orders directly from human operators and commanders. Azis the Impeccable considered enemies of several relatively large states. Hyperborea, at the same time, he did not dare to challenge. The opponents of Azis were the rulers of the Burning Empire, the Alliance of Eight Sharkally, the Indomitable Empire, the Delightful Empire, the Irresistible Empire and the Heart-devouring Empire. All these powers Azis considered hostile. And this was true, since the sovereigns of these countries more than once spoke of Nargon as a tidbit worthy of joining their powers. The first challenge to all the surrounding countries was the renaming of the Nargon Empire to Impeccable. This name put the country of Azis above all others.
Azis announced to all the hearing about his new coronation as Shahinshah, the king of all kings. Before that, he sent invitations to all neighboring states to join his empire. He was rejected by everyone except the Union of Eight Charcally. The Alliance of the Eight Charcally shook with peasant uprisings in the agricultural worlds. Eight Union rulers asked Azis for help in suppressing the revolts. The Impeccable Empire robots quickly did their job and pacified the peasants. Then the rulers recognized Azis as their ruler and joined his state. Thus, the emperor gained control of dozens of star systems. The Alliance of Eight Sharcally's army was reorganized into the Force of Integrity. Eight Union rulers bowed their heads to Azis, becoming his warlords. In addition, they all recognized him as a shahinshah, the king of kings. But other rulers opposed this. The king of the Burning Empire Shushinak-Abdasir IV accused Azis of excessive arrogance. He brought up the question of Azis's illegitimacy and his unworthy behavior to the council. The Burning Empire was soon joined by other powers such as the Indomitable Empire, the Delightful Empire, the Irresistible Empire, and the Heart-Devouring Empire.


All the indignant kingdoms were ready to pacify Azis with threats. Shushinak-Abdasir IV threatened Azis with a full-scale war if he did not remove from himself the title of king of kings. "No one will recognize you as a king among kings," said the lord of the Burning Empire, "You are an ordinary ruler of a provincial state and you dare not claim dominion." It was these words that were spoken in a letter sent to Nargon-kala. To which Azis replied very succinctly: "If you do not recognize this, it does not mean that the rest agree with you." After that, the emperor closed all the embassies of the Burning Empire in his territories.
Shushinak intended to show Azis "his place". By his order, the "All-curing rocket" was launched. It was used only in isolated cases when there was a direct threat to the state. The missile was able to destroy one of Azis's armada in the Shalban system. After that, Azis announced a general mobilization and ordered the fleet to strike at the Burning Empire without declaring war. In addition, he introduced several computer viruses into the systems of the enemy armada. As a result, many ships refused to obey the crews and went out of control. Viruses have also covered planetary networks. The disaster was almost inevitable. Many machines quickly came under the control of Perfection. Caught under the threat of a total uprising of robots, King Shushinak asked for mercy. He agreed to recognize Azis as shahinshah. At the same time, Shushinak remained in power as the governor of his territories. The Burning Empire was annexed to Azis's domain. The Impeccable Empire has received even more new lands in the galaxy. Learning about the rapid conquest of an entire interstellar power, other neighboring countries rushed to Azis as "friends". The Impeccable Empire was joined by the Indomitable Empire, the Irresistible and Heart-devouring. The sovereigns of these powers recognized Azis as a great shahinshah and king of kings. The local rulers were shocked by the Immaculate Sovereign's quick victory. They feared his mechanized hordes. Therefore, they decided to accept the offer and join the new galactic superpower. In honor of this, Azis even arranged a festival at Nargon-kala. He invited all his new vassals there.
However, the Delightful Empire took up arms against Azis. Her sovereign Rodan III considered the Immaculate Empire to be an expanding force of evil, dangerous to everyone living in the galaxy. Rodan ordered to convene troops from all territories of the controlled state. Not only men, but also women served in his army. Azis accepted the challenge of the king of the Delightful Empire. They decided to choose a planet for the coming battle. Pledged to fight until one of the armies was completely defeated. The losing forces had to surrender. Azis promised Tsar Rodan to relinquish the title of Shahinshah in case of failure. The chosen planet was called Una and was considered one of the oldest exoplanets in the galaxy. The battle between the empires lasted for five days. Battles raged not only on earth, but also in space. Reinforcements continued to arrive on both sides all the time. But Rodan intended to deceive Azis. He stole data on computer viruses from him and decided to construct a secret weapon against the Impeccable Empire. As the forces of the Delightful Empire began to fail, Rodan attempted to launch the virus and destroy Azis's fleet. But Azis foresaw such a plan. He sent saboteurs to the enemy king's ship, and they destroyed his weapons. Before long, the Impeccable Army crushed the Delightful Empire. The battle for Una was won. Rodan was forced to recognize Azis as shahinshah and galactic ruler. But he still tried to strike a new blow at the enemy, to send killers to him. Azis eliminated all the murderers and ordered to bring Rodan to him. When the captured Lord of the Raptures was brought to Azis's palace, he personally stabbed him with a dagger. He considered that such a king was not worthy to serve him, much less to rule somewhere. The Delightful Empire was reorganized into a galactic alliance of provinces, completely subordinate to the Immaculate Empire.
After defeating Rodan, Azis was already an almost limitless ruler. Only Hyperborea remained his main rival. Yet he was respected and dignified. Azis manages to form an alliance with the Elfurrian state to exchange technology. It was this union that forgave him many sins. Thanks to his friendship with Elfurr, Azis never attacked Hyperborea, and Hyperborea, in turn, did not attack him with millions of armada. A year after his alliance with the Elfurr race, Emperor Azis announced the creation of the Inter-galactic Immaculate Shahinshah Empire. He ordered himself to be called Excelsior the Perfect.

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The full Book about Hyperborean period you can find in other thread - "Revenge of Tyrants. Darkness". Its also in the Creative Writing section.