It was during the reign of an Old Earth Emperor, Leo, the heir to Polymakh (Conqueror of Many), when the activity of religious cults exceeded all bounds of decency. Their degenerate followers denounced their families, work, taxes and military service, they were spending their lives in a fever, while their leaders and idols enriched themselves on fraud, exploitation of the gullible, and common knavery. Confident in their numbers, the cultists laughed in the faces of the officers of the law, and mobbed anyone who dared to criticize them. The Emperor Leo, seeing the impeding ruin of humanity, turned to the Shadows. From the Shadow came she, who back then was still sometimes called by her ancient name Nemesis, and was incarnated in the flesh of an imperial general. Thus arose the Black Dragon, to bring ruthless justice, to cut down those, who have thought themselves above others. The Imperial Army marched. The laughter of cultists was drowned in their own blood, the multitudes were shackled in iron, and thus the balance was restored, as it should be.