During Osirion’s Age of the Black Sphinx in -1500 AR, the ancient empire was, for a time, ruled by a union of four god-kings known as the Four Pharaohs of Ascension. The Four Pharaohs of Ascension were renown for the mythic pact in which the four tyrants ended their violent feud and instead joined forces and jointly presided over a period of legendary prosperity. Together the four god-kings ushered in an age characterized by technological and magical advancement as well as military conquest. Legends state that the four pharaohs were only able to set their mutual distrust aside and ally with one another after they magically bound their fates together in a solemn pact: a pact that rendered any further attacks against one another futile and perhaps suicidal.