Emperor Marius

Emperor Marius the Undying has served as the Paisuran Emperor for almost a century. In this time he has worked tirelessly to stitch what had been at times fractured groups into a single unified Empire, not just in name but in spirit. Under his leadership, trade has flourished throughout the nine provinces, communication and travel has become safe and reliable. Paisur shines as the crystal heart not just for the ancient Paisurans but for all Imperial citizens: justicars and warriors train from masters, scholars of the mundane, arcane, and divine seek knowledge in overstuffed libraries, and every day citizens arrive in droves seeking a better life.

Among the most controversial of Emperor Marius's efforts was the drive to include all people at all levels of government. Where a hundred and fifty years ago it may have been unheard-of for there to be halflings or women as justicars or senators, such things are so commonplace now as to hardly be worth mention to most.

Some felt Emperor Marius' inclusion of non-humans - deemed "the lesser races" by some - indicated that he was a power-hungry madman and race-traitor. As a result, Emperor Marius has successfully survived more assassination attempts than any recorded figure throughout the Empire, giving no small amount of credence to the monicre 'The Undying'. In response to each, his justice has been swift and unrelenting. "If there are those who would stop us from a glorious future," he once said to a crowd of twenty thousand, all assembled to watch the public execution of half a dozen nobles charged with treason, "let them burn with the past."

Because of Emperor Marius, it is said, Imperial citizens stopped referring to themselves as being part of a province or part of an ancient kingdom. Most now refer to themselves as Paisuran citizens, and do so proudly.