The Council Revolt has started. The Council has struck at the Throne.
As the Council plots to place their own candidate on the Throne, a single survivor is dragged out of the fires burning in the Imperial Residence.
Hoping to take advantage of the capital's chaos, enemies internal and external move against the Empire.
With enemies without and within, can the new ruler hope to save the Sintaran Empire?
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"When you push really smart people too far, bad things happen to you."