The Empire of the Heartless, or more commonly referred to as the Heartless Empire, Ansem's Dark Empire and Maleficent's Empire was a faction during the First Multiverse War and a major member of the Axis of Empires, and controlled the beings that are the genetically engineered monstrosities that were created by the ancient Emperor of the Malican Empire, Emperor Hitt'lon Zizz'lii. Their leaders were Empress Maleficent and Emperor Ansem (Xehanort Cheirismos's heartless). They manifested in three forms; "Pureblood", "Emblem" (Emblem Heartless being created artificially) and "Eclipse" (the First types that was created by the Ancient Malican Empire), and they behave entirely devoid of emotion, hence the name "Heartless", however, the name was a bit of a misnomer, as the Heartless themselves were almost entirely non-sentient with only a handful of notable expectations, but its' called as such due to its' widespread use of the creation through their day to day Imperial affairs.
The Dark Empire was a major player in the First Multiverse War in the first three centuries of the conflict, primarily against the United Commonwealths of Worlds until it fractured and dissolved into smaller factions after the defeat of Maleficient, leading the empire into a civil war in the aftermath of Hitt'lon's war ultimately leading to its' destruction by the United Commonwealths, through remnants of it remained and continued to fight the United Commonwealths for much of the remaining centuries of the First War.
History[]
Formation[]
Prewar relations with the UCW[]
The War against the UCW[]
The Axis Invasion, and Heartless Empire joining the Axis[]
The Final days of the Malica War[]
The Destruction of Wonderland[]
Heartless Civil War[]
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Within June 8th, 1704, after the ancient Malican Emperor Hitt’lon Zizz’lii was freed from Kingdom Hearts and the presumed death of their empress, many powerful members of the empire had discussed that Dr. Facilier should take over with his strong magic with the backing of others who were against the Axis after they barely supported them as they used to. Some doubted the Princess Mal would be suitable for the throne as she was too young, but not have the strong traits of her mother to lead the empire while other members such as Yzma, Hamsterviel, Hook, even Hades decided to take over with Maleficient’s absence for his own agenda. and others plotted to take over, scheming plotted to assassinate her while others who felt he war has lost and the worlds once destroyed would be restored into new worlds by the keyblade masters would eventually sting enough to attack the empire at its weakened state.At first it was only between Maleficient’s loyalist faction and the followers of Ansem against one another
Kefka Palazzo of the Gestahlian Empire made the first move by approaching Seymour Guardo to take this opportunity to strike when they had the chance after their previous attempt to assassinate the imperial princess to weaken the loyalists’ hold of the empire until their plan was thwarted, and Hades’ forces to launched an attack on them for their betrayal. Their growing conflict against each other had sparked many worlds to revolt for their freedoms and joining the Commonwealth.
Downfall[]
The Keyblade Masters and the Commonwealth made the final strike to take out the remnants of the Empire in their weakened state to bring an end to their reign, most of the surviving warlords that survived the Civil War were too powerful and dangerous to be put in prison and the Allied Council, in a majority vote, had them to executed instead. Few escaped and remain dangerous.
Remnants[]
Capital[]
Government[]
Officially speaking the Empire of the Heartless is a fascistic absolute diarchy ruled by two co-monarchs with equal powers, that being Emperor Ansem the Seeker and Empress Maleficent, but for all practical purposes all the power effectively belongs to Empress Maleficent who rules over the Empire with absolute authority. While Maleficent does hold absolute power, it does not mean there isn't politics in the Empire, far from it, as the politicking between the Empire's nobles is a common occurrence, especially among the Empire's two primary political centers, the Imperial Council and the Thirteen Warlords. Within the two, the Councilors or Warlords, all compete with the each other over power and constantly try to take their sphere of influence and power for themselves. The worst of these are the Warlords who waged limited internal wars against each other in order to gain territories from another warlord. Further complicating this is the numerous political blocks formed primarily by Council members but frequently by higher and lower nobles seeking to gain and grow their political power. Then there's the military as a whole who also hold considerable influence and power in the politics of the Empire, with the various generals, admirals, and officers using their positions in the military to gain, or to forcefully take, power for themselves. In short, the Empire's government operates more of a sort of feudalistic aristocracy with the nobles and military competing with the other over influence and power, which turned out to be the very thing that would tear the Empire apart in time.
Political blocks[]
Former Political blocks[]
Military[]
While the main use of their forces used the Heartless and Nobodies, they do indeed have a military and navy fleet to sustained their territories while also to hold their ground against interstellar forces such as the a Commonwealth and the Alliance.
The Thirteen Warlords[]
Xehanort and Maleficient after creating the empire decided to create a new successor Organization, one with powerful individuals to command their forces and grant them the authority to control their own minor territories, only to take command from the Emperor/Empress themselves. Earning the name or the 13 Pillars.