Otachedian Empire (concept)
The Otachedian Empire was an early 4th century political entity created by the great Öltenic warrior, statesman, and theologian Otached, who formed the first unified Öltenic realm through the Iorne Horde after his stalemate in the Khayar Seldnii Darn and his wielding of the legendary Iorne Seld. Upon bringing the clans south into Kashirya, Otached realized the need for a more permanent and organized realm rather than the nomadic Iorne Horde, and so he disbanded the Horde and proclaimed the Otachedian Empire. Otached is said to have forged the second crown in Öltenic history, the first belonging to the sky god Ölgon-ten. He created also a mask of pure gold made from the melted down necklaces of a hundred Varodaist priests with which he declared himself Khaager-Khatan, the Godlike Emperor and the son of Ölik, God of Man.
In the years following his conquest of Kashirya, Otached spent his time building an entirely new political system only partially based on those of the Kashiryans he conquered. While he did not live long enough to enjoy his conquests for more than a few years, dying just at the onset of a planned expedition into Aironoi, the political structure he crafted proved to be longer lasting. Nearly all of the succeeding realms in Kashirya built legal systems following what is often called Otachedian Law, and Otached's rejection of the Varodaist priestly castes and his encouragement of sectarian religions proved to be the end of Varodaism and the birth of its many offshoots. Otached is celebrated as a great religious reformer by many priests for over a thousand years for his open-mindedness, with many calling him the Chakkara-Khaitan, a rendering of his title in the Kashiryan languages. While this veneration of him may be disputed, he was indeed fascinated by Kashiryan technology, innovation, and philosophy, and his patronage of the scholarly caste is likely the origin point for the Vidvaookeyatran faith.