Medoris.
The troubles in the large empire were still brewing, the citizens were uneasy. An empire could not be without an emperor for a day. The regent, Malcom the fourth was not a recognized emperor, if he took the throne without the support of the nobles, war would erupt. It had already started in the East and the North.
The most powerful Viscount in the East Lord Plump Eaglestorn had declared himself the emperor of the eastern regions and his army was already controlling the eastern boarder.
The former emperor's uncle who had been living quietly in the North, Grand Duke Ridley had also declared himself king of the North. His knights and soldiers, with the support of the noble families that dwelled there controlling the boarder which was closest to Nemoris.
If the royal army had not covered the South and West quickly, the nobles there would have bonded together to take control of those regions already.