A place which house's people with unique abilities of all kinds, like flight,super strength, mind control, climatic affinity and many others .The empire is known for his wealth and technological advancement, a place where the influential regined supreme overall; while the less privilege struggles to make ends meet. The power struggle gets tough the higher the progress which causes the wealthy to remain wealthy and the less privilege to remain less. Even though Astoria still remains a wealthy empire whose greatness shines brighter than ever, which makes the royal family an envy to various factions. The royal family has been the only dominant force in the empire ever since the founding, their ancestors comes from way back when the empire was nothing but a wasted land and the current glory which the empire enjoys was as a result of their capabilities.
History has it that the ancestors went through countless tough battles just to remain the only dominant power back in the days, numerous stories were told of how sir Sedrick fought non stop to secure power and drive out opposing powers all by himself. It was even recorded that sir Sedrick waged war with his younger brother Matthew and at the end the top echelon from various cycles had to intervene just to keep the peace. In order for the future to be more harmonize they were policies which were put in place to maintain peace and order, the same peace which was further converted into what the hidden forces which played a devious role in the empire twisted to fit their personal agenda.
The peace was a mirage just in place to blind the citizens from seeing the darkness lurking within the empire, following the story of how sir Sedrick dominated Astoria, where it was nothing but a kingdom and with countless effort from himself transformed the kingdom to an empire. Making the Shedden family regins supreme over it all, After the establishment of the empire from a kingdom various cities were built to show the once glory of the now current empire, which led to the concept of guardians allocated in all twelve cities in Astoria. These guardians under gose tedious training process which harness their special abilities to the top of their capabilities, the once standard set up was all put in place by sir Sedrick himself knowing he won't always be around to keep Astoria in check . Rumor has that only those capable enough to make it from the two initial stage of the guardians selection tournament into the finals and comes out victorious are all made to acknowledge the once existing statue of sir Sedrick, which is said still carries piece and fragments of his soul which show how all guardians ever given the seal of a guard has met all his expectations. Although the royal family siezes to share more light on how a piece of their ancestors soul still reside in a statue, accompanied with what happened after the defeat of sir Matthew in person which all show how dominant the royal family regines over all factions which ever existed in the empire, some mystery which surround the empire still remains hidden from it's citizen which all help in hyping the long revened name of the Shedden family all through Astoria.