Histories and Mythos

The Seleucarian Empire: The Founding and the Black Wave

Read of the life of Nicator, and how he prepared Sapience for the legendary war with the Black Wave of the Tsol'teth.

• Prophecy
• Historian's Notes
• Nikolas
• Thirteenth Saga
• Severian
• The Sermons
• Matic Ridley
• Severian's Notes
• Divine Encounter
• Allies
• Fall of Shallam
• Age of Conquest
• Sister Lavaine
• Nicator's Passing
• Matic's Bitterness
• The Black Wave
• Sapience Triumphant
• Last Prophecy
• Aftermath

The Seleucarian Empire, Part 2: The Wars of Succession

Four hundred years after the Black Wave, the Empire faces a crisis of succession. Read about the epic struggle between Catarin and Castomira for the crown of Seleucar.

• Forward
• A Series of Beginnings
• Civil War: A City Divided
• Combat and Tactics
• The Battle of King's Tomb
• Unrequited Love, Unquenched Hatred
• Endless Rain
• Awakening
• Blood and Lives
• Civil War: A Nation Divided
• Queen of the Broken Sword
• Last Words of the Librarian

The Seleucarian Empire, Part 3: The Fall of Seleucar

Centuries after the dream of a visionary young man spurred the rise of a great empire, the world was torn asunder, signalling the end of the ancient era. Here is chronicled the fall of Seleucar, the breaking of the continents, and the dawn of the Modern Age.

• Introduction
• Before the Fall
• Sins of the Empire
• The League Assembles
• The Man in Grey
• Siege of Seleucar
• The Bringer of Tears
• The World Sundered
• Heroes
• The Dark Age
• Closing