The Shadowmoore Empire

Shadowmoore was the largest Empire in the known world of Ashvail for centuries, until the Second Caldaran Civil War broke the kingdom into three separate nations of Cara, Welidia, and what remained of the Shadowmoore Empire. It was comprised of the continent Caldara and the neighboring island of Bandek. Shadowmoore is mostly covered in thick forests and bogs. Some of the forests are so thick that like cannot pierce through the tree line, making the forest floor pitch-black. The Empire is mostly inhabited by Humans, Elves, and Werewolves. The Humans live on the coast and no more than fifty miles inland. The Elves live deeper in the forests while the Werewolves live in the center of the content. The content hasn’t seen major conflict in over a century, since Emperor  Grunfend V assassinated, causing the Caldaran Second Civil War, that split the Empire into three different nations.

Founding
The Shadowmoore Empire can trace it's origins to the Kingdom of Shadowmoore. The kingdom was formed in 3,145 AC. The kingdom started to expanding rapidly, conquering Elven clans in the dense inland forests, Dwarven kingdoms under the western mountains, and coastal human city states until they controlled all of Caldara in 3,234 AC.

Expansion to Solarran
In 3,354, The Shadowmoore Empire expanded into the island of Solarran to the west of Caldara. The island was mostly populated by Goliaths, who fought the Shadowmoore for over thirty years. Eventually The Shadowmoore Empire overwhelmed the Goliath's defenses, ending the war. The surviving Goliaths were sent into slavery to help cover the cost of the war. This campaign is considered the bloodiest in Shadowmoore's history.

First Caldaran Civil War
In 3,395 AC a group of rebels of in the southern coast of Caldara. Soon after the southerners rebelled, the dwarves of the eastern mountains allied themselves with the rebels and fought against for the empire. The war only lasted just over a year, with the rebels being completely destroyed. The dwarves were almost completely killed off, while the survivors were exiled from their underground cities and sent to labor camps in the forests of Solarran.

Second Caldaran War
In 3,470 AC Human clans from the western shores, Dwarves from the island of Solarran, as well as Elven clans from the south rebelled against the Shadowmoore Empire. The empire wasn't able to fight on all three fronts and was eventually defeated after ten long years of fighting.

Third Caldaran War
In 3,500 AC The Kingdom of Faperio invaded Welidia sparking a war that involved every kingdom in the Western Hemisphere. Shadowmoore allied itself with Faperio in an attempt to re-conquer the lands the empire lost to Welidia as well as their allies Cara, but Shadowmoore wasn't as powerful as it was in it's past. The Shadowmoore empire and Kingdom of Faperio lost within five years.