Alessian Empire

The Alessian Empire of Cyrodiil, sometimes referred to as the first Empire of Cyrodiil, or simply the First Empire, was founded by Saint Alessia in the year 1E 243 after the Alessian Slave Rebellion and the overthrowing of Ayleid rule over the land. It was the first established human Empire within the province of Cyrodiil. The Empire fell after the ten year War of Righteousness, which began in the year 1E 2321, and ended in 1E 2331.

The War of Righteousness
Though the Alessian Reform was at first the driving force of the Empire, by the the twenty-fourth century of the First Era it was noticeably becoming a cancerous blight on the Empire's competency. The Alessian Empire's fate was truly sealed once the Alessian Order's influence spread to nearly every Tamrielic religion. Because of this, the Alessian priesthood was spread to thin and infighting quickly began amongst the varying sects of the Order. With the flourishing Colovian West seceding from the Empire in the year 1E 2321, it was too late for the Empire to heal its wounds, and its lack of land and money quickly erupted the Alessian Empire into the War of Righteousness, which would spread as far as the Iliac Bay, nearly halving its population. Within its ten year span, the conflict quickly evolved into an all out evangelical war between the myriad sects of the now splintered Alessian faith, with the purging of most Alessian texts and monastic complexes. The war would cause the complete dissolution of the Alessian Empire in 1E 2331, and reverted Nibenay back into a mercantile-magocracy form of government. With Nibenay's ministries being far too alien for the Colovian culture, the lands remained split for around 400 years, until the rising of the Reman Empire.