Age of Pretenders was an obscure time in galactic history. It began when Ceres, the main colony of humanity was destroyed, and ended when the original Imperial Seat ceased to exist in 11105 BG. It is currently unknown who the Pretenders who marked that age were. Remnants of the Empire continued to exist however, and resulted in many smaller empires, the era which later became known as the Age of Ten Thousand Emperors.