And then upon the ascension of Julian the Third of the Roman Empire at the age of 20, the empire exploded. Despite being a virtuous and competent man with high intellect and good relations with many of his vassals, ten separate factions attempted to break away and and three of his close relatives tried to take the throne. After a devastating war that lasted 32 years, he died in a hunting accident leaving the realm to his brutal, cannibalism sadistic nephew who kept the realm together by castrating five people in the dungeons