Talk:Empire of the Isles/@comment-1500935-20140112215939/@comment-16533050-20140113003223

Here's an explanation that would satisfy both statements. Let's say before Kaldwin I got in charge, his grandfather was a grand marshal under the leadership of the great emperor Bob the First.

Bob is in charge of the Empire (known back then as the Empire of the ISLE). He sends out granddad Field Marshal, who in Bob's name actually conquers the rest of the Isles... thus making it the Empire of the Isles and allowing all that nifty trade to go on and relocating of factories and such. Now Field Marshal Granddad is held in high esteem and stays buds with Emperor Bob.

Well, Bob lives to a ripe ol age, long enough that Field Marshal Granddad has kids... and then a grandkid... named Kaldwin who turns out to be a pretty nifty general in his own right. Field Marshal Granddad dies off, his son dies off... and all is left is grandkid Kaldwin, who was still great friends with Emperor Bob.

Unfortunately, Emperor Bob has no kids... and then croaks... POOF! No ruling family. Well, the nobles all freak and have some sort of Parliamentary meeting or lottery or something... and wouldn't ya know. Dear Kaldwin is named Kaldwin I after getting the emperorhood thrust upon his troubled brow - ala Conan style.

There ya go. The Empire existed for the Drapers Ward info... AND the Kaldwins now rule after their ancestor conquered the other isles.