Eighteen great empires ruled over Arcanearth in the Age of Rebirth. These are listed below with predominant race, alignment and current status.

Empire	Race	Alignment	Rulers	Status
Amurites – Masters of Sorcery	Human	Lawful Neutral	Dain the Casswallan, Valledia the Even
Bannor – Holy Crusaders	Human	Lawful Good	Sabathiel (Archangel of Junil), Capria	Allied with Mercurians: 371AR
Calabim – Vampiric Aristocracy	Human	Lawful Evil	Alexis, Flauros
Clan of Embers – United Tribes of Bestial Races	Orc	Chaotic Evil	Jonas Endain, Sheelba
Doviello – Raiders and Wolves of Winter	Human	Chaotic Evil	Charadon, Mahala	Conquered by the Hippus: 390AR
Elohim – Defenders of Holy Places	Human	Neutral Good	Einon Logos, Ethne the White
Grigori – Godless Heroes	Human	Neutral	Cassiel (Archangel of Dagda)
Hippus – Mercenary Horsemen	Human	Chaotic Neutral	Rhoanna, Tasunke
Illians – Legacy of the fallen God of Winter	Human	Neutral Evil	Auric Ulvin	Allied with Svartalfar: 389AR
Infernal – Demonic Harbingers of Hell	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	Hyborem	Allied with Sheaim: 389AR
Khazad – Dwarven Empire Ruled by Gold	Dwarf	Lawful Neutral	Kandros Fir, Arturus Thorne	Subjugated by the Hippus: 390AR Broke away from Hippus 391AR
Lanun – Pirates and Rulers of the Sea	Human	Chaotic Neutral	Falamar, Hannah the Irin
Ljosalfar – Elven Defenders of the Forest	Light Elf	Chaotic Good	Arendel Phaedra (The Summer Queen), Amelanchier, Thessa
Luchuirp – Gnomish Artificers	Gnome (open-sky dwarves)	Neutral Good	Garrim Gyr, Beeri Bawl	Conquered by the Sheaim: 390AR
Malakim – Desert Nomads and Priests	Human	Neutral Good	Varn Gosam
Mercurians – Angels Come to Battle the Infernal	Celestial	Lawful Neutral	Basium (Archangel of Arawn)	Allied with Bannor: 371AR
Sheaim – Seekers of Armageddon	Human	Neutral Evil	Os-Gabella (the first immortal), Tebryn Arbandi	Allied with Hyborem: 360AR
Svartalfar – Elven Assassins and Illusionists	Dark Elf	Lawful Evil	Faeryl Viconia (The Winter Queen)	Allied with Illians: 389AR