Loptrian Empire

Loptrian Empire Artwork of life in the Loptrian Empire from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Capital Unknown Government Dictatorial empire Continent Jugdral

“	In an era beyond living memory, a devil's shade cast upon our world, plunging it into the deepest darkness and condemning the people to eternal grief.	”	— Opening of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

The Loptrian Empire (Japanese: ロプト帝国 Lopt Empire) was an ancient empire which dominated the entirety of the continent of Jugdral for over two centuries. Founded by Emperor Gair I, it was ruled by a lineage of seventeen consecutive Emperors Gair, all acting as the human host to Loptous.

History

The Loptrian Empire was founded in Grann 448 by Gair I and the Loptr Church, following eight years of Loptrian infiltration and supplanting of the culture of Jugdral which culminated in the downfall of the prior continental superpower, the Grann Republic. The Loptrians were instated as the official religion of the Empire, which imposed a strict caste system upon the society of Jugdral, condemning followers of other faiths to the lowest caste of society and to slavery unless they were capable of paying enough money to themselves join the Loptrians. The early years of the Empire's rule were defined by numerous mass slaughters of Jugdral's people: the Great Purge of Grann 449, the Sorrow of Miletos in Grann 452, and the Massacre of Edda in Grann 453.

For two centuries and seventeen successive Emperors Gair, all possessed by Loptous, the Loptrian Empire dominated Jugdral. During the Empire's era, the people of Jugdral were subjected to innumerable horrors, including numerous major massacres and the rise of the practice of child hunts, where children were rounded up to be sacrificed to Loptous. In Grann 535, Loptous rejected the work of Maera, the brother of the Emperor Gair of the time who sought to harmonize the existence of the Loptrians with the prior religions of the world, and had Maera exiled, unwittingly securing his genealogical link to Jugdral's future. The first true concentrated effort of resistance against the Loptrian Empire first arose in Grann 611, with the rise of revolutions across all of Jugdral; however, by Grann 632, the resistance had been mostly crushed by the Empire's immense armies and confined to Dahna, where in that year the Twelve Crusaders were born in the Miracle of Dahna after Naga learned of Loptous's role in the misery facing Jugdral. Sixteen years and a Holy War later, in Grann 648, the Loptrian Empire finally fell with the defeat of Gair XVII, and the Loptrians were condemned to hiding. In following centuries, the Loptrians sought the reinstatement of the Loptrian Empire and the birth of a viable new host for Loptous, nearly succeeding in Grann 777 with Grannvale's Loptous-possessed Prince Julius twisting the kingdom into a vicious facsimile of the old Loptrian Empire, but the effort ultimately failed as a result of the efforts of Seliph and Julia.

Genealogy

Genealogy of the Loptrian Empire
Gair I ┃ Gair II through XVI ┏━━━━━┻━━━━━┓ Gair XVII Maera ┇ Victor ══ Cigyun ══ Kurth ┃ ┃ Arvis ══ Deirdre ┏━━━━━┻━━━━━┓ Julius Julia
An unbroken line indicates direct descent; a dashed line (╍) indicates descent across multiple undefined generations. A double line indicates marriage or had children together; italics indicates the spouse from outside the family. Important relatives not directly connected with the Loptrian Empire's royal family are marked in gray.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Loptrian Empire	As of Fire Emblem Heroes (mentioned on the Meet Some of the Heroes site).
English (unofficial)	• Loputo Empire • Lopto Empire • Loptyr Empire	Variants of the Japanese name variously used across the fandom. The last is used to match up with Loptous's old English name.
Japanese	ロプト帝国	Lopt Empire

Gallery

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  Artwork of life in the Loptrian Empire from Genealogy of the Holy War.