Theocracy of Asut

After the fall of Tarahir in its prime, many of the lands once ruled by it became free states in their own rights. Among these was the human nation that became known as the Theocracy of Asut. Also known as the Orsai Empire, this powerful nation is on the rise, conquering anything in its path and absorbing it into the whole. The Theocracy is a large, though sparely populated land; it rules the Great Desert and the lands to the south, down to the river confluences.

After the fall of the Tarahir Empire, the priests of the holy city of Asut united the human tribes of the Great Desert. These priests came to power and became the rulers of various tribes by uniting them in their hatred of the northerners whose rulership they had just recently thrown off.

Once the priests had consolidated rule of the tribes of the Great Desert, they expanded outwards, first to the east and west, conquering the coastal lands, more through promises of glory and a shared outlook than through arms. Then the fledgling empire looked to the south, conquering all the lands down to the River Confluence in the southeast.

At this point, the Theocracy then turned its eye northward to Tarahir, and the priests decided that it too should be part of the Empire and that their god ordained this expansion.

#4300 Cyradon, page 32