When the Empire finally collapsed, it wasn't defeated by foreign armies alone, it had already rotted from within.

Caenderic de Lichtenhaus learned that lesson too late. Forced to kill the woman he loved after she became the face of a doomed rebellion, he watched both his future and his country crumble before his eyes.

Then he opened his eyes at fourteen years old.

This time, Caenderic has no intention of waiting for corruption to consume the Empire again. Rather than chasing glory on the battlefield, he joins the Imperial Inspectorate, where every investigation removes another rotten noble from power and brings the Empire one step further from ruin.

If the greatest enemy of the Empire is its own ruling class, then he'll simply arrest them all.