The Empire's History can be traced to The Stoop, an organization established by miscreants Dan McLeod, Dietrich Wertz, Ryan McCarty and Jenifer Boullé at a Dallas high school. One of its members, Michael Davis, a descendant of ancient European nobility, was appointed President by his predecessor, Philip Villalobos. Immediately, he assumed the title Emperor of the Stoop, and enacted a series of reforms. Another member, Pope Nicholas Campagna, turned reactionary and assumed a coup d'état. After a short civil war, The Stoop adopted a counsel government, by which the five Officers would govern together. This system lasted until 2011, when Connor Riley, the last Officer of the Stoop, graduated and ascended to the position of an Outer King, effectively ending the organization. Davis went on to f