Antar was in ruins.
Antar was in ruins and its current ruler was doing nothing to stop its decline. The powerful upper class grew richer by the day while the majority of the population fell into poverty.
Most of the people of Antar had no love for the current system of government, particularly its leader; however former attempts at rebellion had failed rather spectaculary. This was mostly due to the fact that Antar had a powerful army and Antar's people were divided into too many factions to ever truly work together to install a new government.
Still, as the situation of Antar grew worse a movement formed that actually had a chance to succeed. Rumours grew of a greatleader who fought the ruler of Antar, a man who fought for a fairer, better system of government.
His name was Khiver.