Iron Crusade

The Iron Crusade is the relentless heir to the shattered legacies of fallen Empires—reborn not to rule from thrones, but to carry the flame of Imperial dominion across a fractured galaxy. Born in the fires of civil war and forged by the failure of false prophets and fragile peace, it exists not as a state, but as a war-forged doctrine of vengeance, order, and retribution.

Where past regimes crumbled under mysticism, ideological drift, or the cults of personality, the Iron Crusade stands unyielding in its structure and purpose. It rejects the idealism of the Jedi and the mania of the Sith alike, replacing both with a cold, militant creed: loyalty is earned through service, power through discipline, and worth through sacrifice.

The Crusade does not seek hope, nor does it promise freedom. It delivers judgment. It answers threats to the Imperial legacy with fire and steel. Wherever Imperial worlds suffer, wherever order decays or rebellion festers, the Iron Crusade answers with uncompromising force. Not to inspire. To endure. To avenge. To conquer. To impose peace—not asked for, but enforced. A peace etched into the stars with iron.

Current Narrative: Iron March, 902 ABY

The last Empires lie broken—ruins scattered across the stars, their bones buried beneath the dust of betrayal, ambition, and decay. In their absence, opportunists and pretenders rise—fragmented warlords, self-styled sovereigns, and hollow ideologues, all draped in the faded banners of Imperial legacy. They speak of unity, of heritage, of restoring the past—yet they bicker over resources, followers, and fractured visions. The dream of a strong Empire lies splintered, not by weakness, but by pride.

From this storm of chaos and ambition, a new force emerges—not a claimant, but a crusader. Imperius, former Moff and Imperial Knight, does not seek to rebuild thrones or claim titles. He calls forth something greater: a Crusade—a relentless march under the Iron Sun, forged not to rule, but to enforce.

The Iron Crusade is no empire in waiting. It is the blade of Imperial purpose made manifest—gathering warlords, outcasts, and loyalists not through promises of legitimacy, but through shared strength, ancient bonds, and the cold clarity of duty. Old alliances are rekindled, forbidden sciences resurrected, and lost arsenals unearthed. Enemies are remade into brothers, rivals into weapons.

This is no bid for supremacy. It is a holy war of reclamation. Every world once held in Imperial trust is a world worth redeeming. Every enemy of order is a foe marked for judgment. The Crusade does not argue its right to exist—it proves it in fire.

Under the Iron Sun, the galaxy will remember: the Empire has not vanished. It marches.

|| Government Structure || Imperial-Feudal Absolutism
|| Government Themes ||
➣ Crusadism
➣ Technocracy
➣ Stratocracy
➣ Meritocracy
➣ Authoritarianism
➣ Totalitarianism
|| Founding Document || Iron Edicts
|| Constitution || Reconstitution of the New Order
|| Head of State || Imperial Warmaster
|| Head of Government || Imperial Warmaster
|| Supreme Commander || Imperial Warmaster
|| Executive Branch || Imperial Warmaster
|| Legislative Branch || Warlord Council
|| Judicial Branch || Warlord Council
|| Military Branch || Imperial Armed Forces
|| Citizenship || Service Based Tiers
|| Force Order || Iron Templars
|| Lineage ||
➣ First Order
➣ Dark Empire
➣ Imperial Remnant
➣ Galactic Empire
|| Moral Alignment ||
|| Force Alignment || Dark / Gray Leaning