The ruling faction within the Kooluk Empire's governing structure until the collapse of the nation in 309.
Imperial Faction Make Up[]
The Imperial Faction was made up of the members of the Kooluk royal family and their soldiers and officers. Only those with blood ties to the emperor could claim to be of the Imperial Faction.
As the Imperial Faction was essentially the ruling class of Kooluk, this created a lot of tension between itself and the Patriarchal Faction, who administered much of the day-to-day operations of the empire.
This fierce pride, coupled with their distance from the rest of society, led to the erosion of their popular support from the citizens of Kooluk. The death of Troy, viewed by many as the last true Imperial hero, was a particularly damaging blow to Imperial credibility.
Involvement in History[]
The Imperial Faction undertook the Island Liberation War alone as the war partly served as an attempt to restore Imperial momentum via an Imperial led conquest of the Island Nations. Their failure to do so, coupled with the death of Troy greatly damaged faith in the Imperial regime although ordinary citizens feared to say so publicly.
The year 309 saw the Imperial Faction decimated and overthrown piece by piece by the machinations of the Patriarchal Faction under Iskas, although they too would be overthrown by Kyril and his companions, helping facilitate the Kooluk Empire's collapse.
While most members of the Imperial Faction were transformed into fishmen, there were several survivors including Corselia, Busk and Ornela