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=Victory against the Empire=
Emperor '''Margurim IX''' became increasingly worried about the economy as a particularly strong rash of Raptorlord attacks were reported, especially as he had already dealt with the third of the Lord of the Tempest's assaults upon the Empire's north. He decided to end this threat once and for all, assembling the most majestic naval fleet he could at the Imperial Port, setting them out to the northwest towards Aeva, to take them out at their nest. It would prove to be a foolhardy decision which made for the worst naval defeat in the Empire's otherwise glorious military history. The Raptorlord fleets united and sailed circles around the Imperial fleet, striking at them with weaker, but more plentiful shots. Some of the ships were destroyed from the strikes alone, others were driven off into rocky shoals, others even capsized while trying to evade more than the ships could handle. The Raptorlords won the battle handily, leaving all the ships wrecked or otherwise missing and only half of the fleet surviving. Even the survivors would find their way back to the Empire over the course of a decade, their defeat that absolute.

Upon the fleet's defeat at Aeva, the Imperial people clamored out for the Emperor's abdication. Some even demanded that he be executed for sending so many out there to certain death. The din grew so much that the Department of Inquiry got involved, bringing the Emperor before his own Royal Judiciary to testify on the charges. The trial had gripped the Empire over the course of a month, but the Judiciary absolved the Emperor of the charges. Though the result was expected - by law, the second-in-line to the throne serves on the Judiciary - it also spurred forth some of the greatest reforms in Imperial naval warfare, such as creating ships which could move much faster than their old Warships and introducing tactics and maneuvers to better evade a Raptorlord assault, among other changes. It also had a cultural effect on the people. For instance, it is best to change course when one sees a raven on the seas. Another example would be an insult someone wouldn't ever want to be the target of: "To Aeva with you!"

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