Location name = The Empire Dhakaani government = Empire

religions = None caption = Ruined Dhakaani Fortress by Howard Lyon ruler = The Dhakaani Emperor area = Khorvaire (Modern Aundair, Brelande, Cyre, Darguun, Droaam, Karrnath, and Les Plaines de Talenta)

The Empire Dhakaani was once a mighty Gobelinoid nation that dominated most of Khorvaire over a period extending from about 15,000 years ago to about 5000 years ago. This 10,000-year-period is called The Age of Dhakaan by scholars.

In the Âge des Monstres Khorvaire was occupied by few races to oppose the expansion of the Gobelinoid people (known as the dar, or the people in their native Gobelin). The Gobelinoïdes clashed with various tribes of Orcs and Homme-Lézard (as well as Draconien), and other Humanoïdes present on Khorvaire at the time, as they built up great nations on the continent. The greatest of these was the Empire de Dhakaan.

The Empire de Dhakaan was founded by Hobgobelins.

10,000 years ago the Dhakaani clashed with many Humanoïdes to consolidate their power. The Dhakaani encountered Homme-Lézard in the Plaines de Talenta and forced them across the Montagnes de la Fin Du Monde into Q'Barra. The Dhakaani also clashed with the Tairnadal Elfes that had established a colony in Valénar, before the Elfes were called back to their homeland for unknown reasons. The Dhakaani were pushed back from crossing the Monts Ferreux by a united nation of Nains.

The Dhakaani fought a war against the invading forces from Xoriat, the Realm of Madneess, which exhausted the resources of their empire around 9,000 years ago; the Daelkyr were eventually defeated by the Gardiens, an order of Orc druids. The empire is believed to have ultimately collapsed for good some 5,000 years ago.

Hobgobelins formed the basis for society in the Empire de Dhakaan. Gobelours were bred as shock troops, while Gobelins served as slaves.

Dhakaani culture was mainly focused on warfare. Their smiths crafted powerful weapons and armor. The architecture of the ruins of the Age of Dhakaan are austere or in turn baroque, with caligraphic ornamentation on jewelry and Objets Magiques.

Dhakaani Gobelinoids worshipped no gods and reserved their devotion for the empire itself.

Records exist of necromancer cults within Dhakaani society for a time before being destroyed by an emperor, which may have followed a powerful entity from the Âge des Démons.

There are few Dhakaani clans who preserved the traditions of the empire to the modern age. Known as the Héritiers de Dhakaan, these groups hid in vaults to preserve their traditions. The remnant clans have emerged in modern Darguun. Some of these clans which maintain the traditions of the Perdu empire are the Kech Volaar, the “Word Bearers”, and the Kech_Shaarat, the “Bladebearers”.

Perdu relics of the empire exist in the Dhakaani ruins of Khorvaire, which the clans that make up the Héritiers de Dhakaan jealously guard and seek to retrieve for their own use.

The shift from 3.5e to 4e meant the introduction of the Draconien into Eberron. The Dhakaani were said to have clashed with the Draconien before they were forced to retreat back to Q'Barra.

In the Legacy of Dhakaan book series by Don Bassingthwaite the last emperor of the Dhakaani, called the “Shaking Emperor”, because he was afraid of everything, fled and disappeared, taking with him a byeshk scepter, an artifact held by countless emperor's before him. Lhesh Haruuc, the ruler of modern Darguun, desires the scepter as a symbol of his rule, hoping it will keep his people united.

Keith Baker has suggested on his website that the various subraces of Gobelinoïdes of the Empire Dhakaani were more harmonious in cooperating across the the three various races than those of the current age. This is attributed to the influence of the Daelkyr shattering their eusocial bond, which allowed cooperation among the three primary subraces (gobelour, Gobelins, and Hobgobelins).