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During the Second Era, the Second Empire continued to be a force of great power for the first four hundred and thirty years under the rule of the Akaviri Potentates. Though alien to Imperial culture, they established some of the great traditions of Tamriel, granting charters to organizations such as the Fighters Guild and the Mages Guild. Another sign of peace and prosperity occurred in the year 2E 309, when Elsweyr was created by the union of the two Khajiit tribelands, Anequina and Pellitine. But outside of the Empire's borders, many conflicting forces strive for the Imperial throne, such as the Daggerfall Covenant and Aldmeri Dominion.[1] When the last Potentate, Savirien-Chorak, was assassinated in 2E 430, leaving no heirs, the great Empire was severely weakened and subsequently destroyed.[2] Black Marsh forcibly split from the lands of men, as the Knahaten Flu made the land uninhabitable to all but the Argonians themselves. Akaviri forces once again invaded Tamriel, only barely rebuffed after attacking Morrowind in 2E 572. War and rebellion continued to rage from one end of the continent to the other.