A Hollow Ceremony

The Karron Empire: Chapter III
At the same site, where hundreds of years ago, the end of the war of three empires was proclaimed and the new empire was formed, its end would be settled. It was a shallow place, that was proclaimed a holy and ancient site, but was nothing more but neutral ground, where things from all corners of the realm were thrown together and everyone agreed go along with the lie, in hopes of giving the universe a sense of common ancestry.
The new ruler was chosen, but it was nothing more than a watcher, to oversee the demise of a once noble idea, that has grown hollow, undermined by competing agendas, lust for power and an ever growing list of conflicts in all corners of known space. Millions followed the ceremony throughout the galaxy, unaware that the tens of thousands present, knew it for it was: a last hurray, before the last great realm would finally succumb to its own decadence.
An age of conflict was drawing near.