Fiction:History of the Great Horn Dragon Empire

This is the complete history of the Great Horn Dragon Race.

=Timeline=


 * ~190 Pre Kahhn (Nierdro) King Kahhn is born.
 * ~170 Pre Kahhn Kahhn first meets Adam Jestico
 * ~145 Pre Kahhn Adam Jestico invests military technology and supplies Kahhn for an uprising
 * ~110 Pre Kahhn Kahhn's rebellion succesfully takes over the previous government of his home nation, and is officially recognized as its own country
 * ~105 Pre Kahhn Kahhn forms an alliance with a dictatorship controlled by Ramines Arckas and several smaller nations
 * ~95 Pre Kahhn Kahhn's alliance officially declares that they are one nation, and declare war on each of their respective enmies
 * ~70 Pre Kahhn Kahhn's empire declares Kahhn the King after Adam Jestico passes away
 * ~65 Pre Kahhn The enemies to Kahhn's alliance collapse and surrender; soon there-after Kahhn asks the remaining nations of the world to join his nation peacefully, many do so, and others quickly collapse under economic struggles
 * ~50 Pre Kahhn All remaining nations humblely ask to join Kahhn's nation in exchange for economic and military security, Kahhn's one world government is established
 * Year 0 Kahhn names his empire the Great Horned Dragon Imperial Federation. Contrary to non GHD beliefs, the Great Horns refer to ancient myths about a nation sounding 7 great horns, one for each nation they conquer, and by the time the seventh horn is sounded, they have peace.
 * ~1 Post Kahhn The GHD Empire enters into a war with the Fernikki Empire
 * ~10 Post Kahhn The Fernikki Empire is utterly destroyed, and the GHD Empire makes a name for themselves in the galaxy, King Kahhn Dies.
 * ~10 Post Kahhn The GHD Imperial Federation adopts the Kahhn Articles, and accepts Arterius Arckas as their first Grand Admiral
 * ~10 Post Kahhn The Dyno Empire becomes hostile and destroys an exploring warship. Arckas declares war
 * ~11 Post Kahhn Arckas annihilates the Dyno Empire, conquering 5 star systems in the process
 * ~11 Post Kahhn The Grox are first seen orbitting an allied planet, they leave without single shot; on their second sighting they attack the planet of Nierdro, and after destroying a good chunk of the GHD fleet, leave and vanish without a trace, only two of their ships destroyed
 * ~12 Post Kahhn Arckas takes a fleet and sets out to find the Grox's homeworld, he disappears soon afterwards
 * ~12 Post Kahhn Minor Admiral Warner Jestico takes control of the remainder of the search fleet and locates the Grox. The Grox prove hostile, and the fleet returns to Nierdro where war is officially declared
 * ~13 Post Kahhn Gerald Plocts is elected Grand Admiral and begins a war with the Sir Stabbalot empire
 * ~33 Post Kahhn Grand Admiral Gerald Plocts is forced to resign, and is replaced by Tyra Jestico, who finishes the war with the Sir Stabbalot empire
 * ~40 Post Kahhn Tyra Jestico launches a battlefront against the Grox in their own territory, establishing military colonies in the area

=Historical Accounts=

King Kahhn
(~190 Pre-Kahhn - ~10 Post-Kahhn) The 1st age of the Great Horn Dragon Race begins with the birth of King Kahhn, who united the homeworld Nierdro under on nation and thrust the empire into the interstellar age. This age is the beginning of the Kahhn-Nierdroan calendar, the most widely used calender in the empire; in which year zero occurs on the year when Kahhn led the empire into the interstellar age. Kahhn lived to be about 200 years old, significantly younger than the average life span of a dragon. Not much anything is known about the world even in this early age, much less anything before the galactic era.

Kahhn, whose first name is heavily debated, was born about 190 years (Nierdro) before his dominion was made official. He joined a military career at a young age, and left shortly thereafter because he felt betrayed by his home nation. About 20 years into his life, he encountered Adam Jestico, who at the time was an aspiring weapon designer and engineer. The two became good friends, and shared common beliefs about the condition of the nation they were born to. Some time around 145 pre-Kahhn, Adam Jestico had become an incredibly successful international arms manufacturer with a huge fortune to squander; it was around this time that Kahhn reunited with his old friend, and first discussed the idea of "fixing" the world they lived in. Adam Jestico was in agreement with the ideas, and the two began formulating a plan to start their own empire and solve all of the problems of the world with an iron fist.

Adam Jestico hand picked some of his most loyal and revolutionary workers and began to have them work on top-secret, advanced weaponry. They developed weapons that would be superior to other nations that had never been seen before. Meanwhile, Kahhn began to rally the people together however he could in order to instigate a mass uprising, and overthrow the government of their home nation. Around 110 pre-Kahhn, Kahhn's massive insurrection, fueled by thousands of oppressed peoples and armed with the most advanced weapons the world could offer succeeded. They formulated a new government, and Kahhn was made the, at the time, temporary leader. A few years afterwards, Kahhn and Jestico decided to move forwards with their plan. They contacted a major military power, a dictatorship led by Ramines Arckas, and several other war-torn nations around the globe, and forged alliances. Within a decade, the allied nations declared that they were one nation, and would work together to wipe out their enemies that continually threatened their existence.

Some time around 70 pre-Kahhn, Adam Jestico passed away, and shortly thereafter, the empire declared Kahhn as the king, and sole ruler. By 65 pre-Kahhn, all enemies of Kahhn's new empire had fallen. Kahhn then offered to every remaining nation an opportunity to join their empire peacefully. While many empires did so, few choose not to accept the opportunity, but soon collapsed under economic struggles. By 50 pre-Kahhn, the world was under one nation.

For the next 50 years, Kahhn pushed for rapid scientific advancement, space exploration, and technological advances. It was a time of peace and prosperity Nierdro, and at year zero, the Empire officially became an interstellar capable nation when they achieved the first interstellar space flight. Around the same time, the Great Horn Dragon race first named itself; calling themselves dragons of the great horn, a mythical horn blown by an ancient king every time an opposing nation was conquered; the king ultimately conquered the known world and gave peace to his people, and so the great horn became a metaphor for their own empire, as Kahhn had conquered the known universe and gave them peace.

Not long after the nation became an interstellar one, a hostile alien threat came about, and threatened to conquer the empire and make slaves of the entire race. Kahhn and his highest officers at the time, including Ramines Arckas, managed to capture one of the opposing empire's warships. The ship was taken apart by Adam Jestico's still thriving weapons designing company, now run by Adam's first and only son, Julius. They managed to reproduce the superior alien technology, and arm Kahhn's warships with it. The war raged on for 10 years after that, and in the last 4 years, Kahn got the upper hand, and conquered the alien empire without leaving a single trace of them. On the way back from their final battle, Kahhn became sick, and died.

When Kahhn's flagship returned with his body, Nierdro held a massive funeral ceremony, and a council of Kahhn's highest officers and closest friends met to discuss the future of the empire. The council included Arterius Arckas, Ramines's son and Kahhn's second in command; Julius Jestico, Adam's son and heir to the weapon corporation; Artes Kahhn, Kahhn's eldest son, and an Admiral 1st Class; Spaca Kahhn, Kahhn's second son, who took up a career in designing warships; and Nikan Jestico, Kahhn's youngest daughter, who was married to Julius Jestico. Arterius Arckas presented to the council what is presumably one of the last things Kahhn ever wrote up; the Kahhn Articles which was considered Kahhn's will for the continuation of the empire. The council agreed to adopt the system of government, and soon afterwards, Arterius Kahhn was elected the first Grand Admiral and Supreme Commander (just "Grand Admiral" for short) of the Great Horn Dragon Imperial Federation.