The Archmage Trials: Trial By Deception

It's been a swift, but brutal, rise for the Varinhasith Empire. Mages were hunted just fifty years ago, during the Second Age of Knowledge, but now they rule most of the known world. Mages, during this Third Age of Magic, believe that magic will rule for the rest of time as there is only one kingdom remaining free of mage control.
Mages have formed the hierarchy of the land with themselves in the ruling position. Mages have positioned themselves within the government, military and infrastructure of the empire. There is hardly a decision made that does not have a mage as a part of the process.
Commoners are considered beneath the thought of the mages. The men are drafted into service with the Varinhasith army as Immortals, magically enhanced soldiers. These soldiers are the key to the mages' sweeping conquest but only by their magic are the soldiers able to wield this power.
Forces are now brewing that are the result of the brutal conquest of the last fifty years. No empire can rise without making enemies but the Varinhasith may soon have more within than they do without.