Star Wars: An Empire Asunder

by hxazgalor

In the wake of the Empire's fall, Imperial warlords tear at each other's throats in a desperate, bloody game of succession for the Empire. An ambitious Force wielder seeks to build a new Empire to ensure balance to the Force, while a young Imperial lieutenant will find himself changed in the anarchic upheavals of a post-Empire era.

1. Prologue

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an empire falls.

In the wake of the second Death Star's destruction and the death of Emperor Palpatine and his champion, Darth Vader, the mighty Empire that once ruled the galaxy begins to fragment as the audacious Rebellion continues its victorious campaign against Imperial forces still desperately clinging on to the hope that the Empire yet remains strong. But even as scores of Imperial loyalists unconditionally surrender to the fledgling New Republic, many other Imperial commanders, unwilling to bow down to any other power, seized the chance to install themselves as the new leader of the Imperial Remnant, hoping to reunite the fragmented Empire and destroy the Republic once and for all.

But power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

In the end, the remnants of the Empire only squabbled among themselves, each seeking to dominate his or her rivals and claim the throne of leadership for themselves. Many a warlord have died in the ensuing conflicts that raged, while the victors have gained in strength, consolidating their hold with their mighty fleets and their battalions of stormtroopers, waiting to be deployed into the heat of conflict. Though the Empire has crumbled, its legacy lives on in such fearsome figures such as Thrawn, Harrsk, Zsinj, and Daala, and the many other warlords seeking to engrave their name in the annals of history. They fought, they squabbled, they bargained, and they schemed, all consumed in their thirst for advancing their power to greater heights.

The Imperial Civil War rages on, with no end in sight.