Velbrecht-Craenate Empire

The Chergar Empire, also known as the Velbrecht-Craenate Empire, or simply the Velbrecht Empire, was a union of Craenate splinter factions which existed near the end of the last century PC, and after the Razing of Vennhall, a Craenate successor state which would go on to become Chergaria. The Chergar empire was named for the Grand Duchy of Cherghaas, from which the Velbrecht Dynasty hailed. The Chergar-aligned factions declared that the Velbrecht Dynasty laid claim to the Craenate throne. The Chergar Empire would be led by Grand Duke Hars Velbrecht, later to become Emperor Hars I after his conquest of Vennhaeg and seizure of Vennhall, the former capital of the Craenate Empire. Although control of Vennhall granted the Chergars symbolic rule of the Craenate Empire, the sheer number of successor states, each with their own claims to the throne, and ongoing civil wars among territories across Altirus, meant that the empire was effectively no more. Nevertheless, the Chergar Empire would consider itself the successor to the Craenate Empire up until the early 300s, at which point Emperor Ulhar I would rechristen it as the Chergarian Empire and abandon all notions of Craenate successorship.