Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His attempts to restore the Empire led to his death at Pendraic, which allowed Arenicos to become Emperor, whose own death would lead to the three way civil war that is implicitly the reason the Empire no longer exists by Warband's time. Royals Who Actually Do Something: And it backfired on him, big-time. Even his own son considers him a failure. This has so poisoned his reputation that a grand total of one character - Lucon - speaks of Neretzes warmly. Never Live It Down: In-universe, the Battle of Pendraic, aka Neretzes's Folly. This isn't a cultural aspect of the Calradians, either, as his succesor Arenicos is remembered by his first name. Last-Name Basis: For some reason, he is only ever refered to as Emperor Neretzes, not Emperor Drosios. The Good King: How he was apparently viewed before Pendraic, according to Lucon and Istiana. 
At the borderlands where their influence waned, the Empire would influence local client and puppet states, and make them fight eachother to prevent a foreign king uniting the barbarian tribes and invading the Empire Īrenicos's predecessor, Drosios Neretzes was emperor until his death in 1077 at the Battle of Pendraic, which since has been mockingly called "Neretzes's Folly."
The Empire: At the Empire's heyday, it conquered most of the map, trampled mostancient tribes and nations such as the Palaic people into dust and assimilated them. Shocking Defeat Legacy: Neretzes' Folly - or more formally the Battle of Pendriac in 1077 - where an Imperial force with Aserai and Khuzait auxiliaries met a force of Vlandians and Sturgians while marching into the Battanian heartland. Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Of the Late Roman Empire, a.k.a the Byzantine Empire. The Emperor is an office, he nominated an heir, the senate ratified his choice, and the people (meaning the army) acclaimed it. Elective Monarchy: Ever since the hero Echerion slew the tyrant Cypegos, the institution of the monarchy was banned for the Calradoi, in theory at least. Whether this actually happens in game or not can vary in different playthroughs. Most of their accessible former territory (most of the Western Empire and half of the Northern Empire) is now ruled by the Swadians, the Khergits and the Sarranids. Doomed by Canon: The Empire ultimately collapsed for good in the 173 years that separate both games. Divided We Fall: After the death, and possibly murder, of Emperor Arenicos, the Empire has split into three separate factions, who support the three separate claimants about who has the true legitimacy to decide who becomes the new Emperor. Civil Warcraft: Because of their civil war, it is quite likely that players fighting for the Empire will spend a considerable amount of time fighting other Imperial factions beyond the standard cross-cultural recruitments as borders change.
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