This is an autobiographical narrative that covers the years when he was actively involved with A.S. Aris, mainly with the Basketball Department, during the decade of 1984-1994. A decade during which both the creation and the beginning of the fall of the so-called "Empire" of Aris Thessaloniki basketball took place. The events he experienced, the dialogues, and the oral nature of Theofilos Mitroudis' writing make the narrative quite interesting, not only for the fans of the yellow-black team.