Fulk was the Emperor of Man during the 2nd century IC, the successor of Hedrich I. He is renowned for having moved the capital of the Empire of Man from Altdorf to Nuln, which soon became a glorious centre of culture and learning for the rapidly advancing Men of the Old World.[1a]
History[]
In about 100 IC, faced with the growing violence between the rival religious Cults of Sigmar and Ulric in Altdorf, Emperor Fulk moved the capital of the Empire to Nuln in an unexpected show of support for the Sigmarite faith. Since Johann Helsturm, the first high priest or "Grand Theogonist" of the Cult of Sigmar, hailed from this city, it was only fitting the Imperial monarch should move to a place friendlier to his religious convictions and politics.[1a]
Defeated in the struggle, the few remaining Ulrican supporters left Nuln for Talabecland where the Ulrican faith was still strong, but the emperor's entourage of sycophants and hangers-on soon filled the vacuum left by the departing Ulrican nobility. What had been for the most part a frontier city was suddenly thrust onto the centre stage of Imperial politics.[1a]
Installed in the fortress of Nuln, Fulk ordered extensive renovations to the city. Artisans used stone and timber from the old Elf ruins to rebuild the city in the image of Altdorf, virtually erasing any evidence of the city's past. With the support of a Sigmarite emperor, the Cult of Sigmar made great strides in converting any last remaining holdouts and became the official religion of the city, building on the legends of Sigmar who was said to have drunk from the waters of the River Reik when he camped here before stopping the flood of Orcs from Black Fire Pass.[1a]
For the next 400 years, the Empire expanded its borders, pushing against the wilderness and rooting out whatever terrors lurked within the shadows of its forests or under its hills. Nuln became the nexus of this activity and the centre of learning and knowledge among the Men of the Old World. The emperors that followed Fulk established universities and great libraries which in turn drew more people to study here. Nuln became more than a trade city, transforming into a vanguard city, poised on the forefront of Human philosophy, theology, and the natural sciences.[1a]