Keprimet Intermediate Period

Keprimet Intermediate Period
The Keprimet Intermediate Period, also known as "the great unrest", "the age of strife". Is a period spanning around 90 years of a steady decline in centralized royal authority of the Keprian Dynasty, economic troubles, droughts, unrest and other emerging regional powers which culminated with the large civil war by the end of the period and ended with the invasion of the Peokolian kingdom. It is considered to be one of the most catastrophic events to Keprimet which almost saw the near end of the Keprian Dynasty's almost two millennia long rule over the kingdom. It is estimated that the kingdom lost around 1.6 million inhabitants during the time, with at least over half of those being lost in the civil war alone. The number is estimated to have been around 15% of the total population of Keprimet.

Background
During the last decade of Queen Hekhara the II's reign, major droughts occurred causing widespread famine throughout the region due to crop failure. It is also the first recording of the river not making it's seasonal flooding leading to the ground not being properly fertilized and the abundant harvest that fed the population failed. A large and particular sandstorm also happened, causing an expansion of the desert on the states western border which induced a migration to the coastal area.