What kinds of impressions do you get of the previous occupants of the empire and what kinds of ruins are there? Nechrarch? Elven? Dwarfen? Other?

jh

Elves and dwarfs mostly. They have been referred numerous times of leaving ruins behind. Ancient tribes of men also that in my understanding were something like kelts.

doc_cthulhu said:

Exactly. In fact, I believe Marianburg is build on an old elf city.

There's also the Old Ones and the Slann, who they left behind. In Lustria, there are temples that were used by the Old Ones.

There are numerous references to "Pre-empire" humans throughout the second ed. stuff. These seem to refer essentially to the pre-imperial tribes and any monoliths or erections(LOL) they may have constructed.

There also seem to be alot of barrows scattered across the land, the better to waylay people with wights out of nowhere.