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Generally, an '''emperor''' is a head of state who wields utmost governmental control over an [[:Category: Empires|empire]]. The theoretical female variant is '''empress''', coined by Duke [[Orin Grandier]] in anticipation of the [[Catarine Dominion]] under [[Catarin deSangre]]'s absolute rule, though in the end, she yielded to tradition through her marriage to the [[Shallam]]ese consort Prince [[Evander Christin]]. [[Vertani]] emperors prefer the title of [[Ascendant]] to mark what they term their '''Overlord'''; the position ranks the same, though the means of gaining the title vary from those of a traditional emperor. Most emperors are traditionally also known as kings, and most assume the throne by way of | Generally, an '''emperor''' is a head of state who wields utmost governmental control over an [[:Category: Empires|empire]]. The theoretical female variant is '''empress''', coined by Duke [[Orin Grandier]] in anticipation of the [[Catarine Dominion]] under [[Catarin deSangre]]'s absolute rule, though in the end, she yielded to tradition through her marriage to the [[Shallam]]ese consort Prince [[Evander Christin]]. [[Vertani]] emperors prefer the title of [[Ascendant]] to mark what they term their '''Overlord'''; the position ranks the same, though the means of gaining the title vary from those of a traditional emperor. Most emperors are traditionally also known as kings, and most assume the throne by way of monarchic succession. | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
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Directly after the demotion of the last Shallamese emperor, the rise of the [[Seleucarian Empire]] lent nobility to the progenitor of the most famous of all royal bloodlines: Emperor [[Nicator]], whose descendants, the [[deSangre]]s, ruled the continent for nigh on 800 years. With the fall of the Empire by the hands and blades of the [[Sapient League]], the position of emperor was again snuffed from the face of [[Sapience]]. | Directly after the demotion of the last Shallamese emperor, the rise of the [[Seleucarian Empire]] lent nobility to the progenitor of the most famous of all royal bloodlines: Emperor [[Nicator]], whose descendants, the [[deSangre]]s, ruled the continent for nigh on 800 years. With the fall of the Empire by the hands and blades of the [[Sapient League]], the position of emperor was again snuffed from the face of [[Sapience]]. | ||
In the year 922 AF, the mortal city of Ashtan became the first empire since Seleucar's fall, claiming victory through conquest and donning the mantle of Eldritch Empire of Ruin. | |||
On a more minor note, declarations were made in 184 AF for the formation of the [[Kharon Empire]]. Never fully recognised by Sapience as a political entity in its own right, the self-proclaimed empire dissolved in 187 AF, reformed in 200 AF, and dissolved again in the same year due to an inability to be taken seriously. | On a more minor note, declarations were made in 184 AF for the formation of the [[Kharon Empire]]. Never fully recognised by Sapience as a political entity in its own right, the self-proclaimed empire dissolved in 187 AF, reformed in 200 AF, and dissolved again in the same year due to an inability to be taken seriously. | ||
==Partial list of emperors and empresses== | ==Partial list of emperors and empresses== | ||
*Emperor [[Artaius]] ( | *Emperor [[Artaius]] (Seleucar) | ||
*Empress | *Empress Catarin deSangre (Seleucar) | ||
*Overlord [[Drafaris]] ([[Vertan]]) | *Overlord [[Drafaris]] ([[Vertan]]) | ||
*Overlord [[Estan]] ( | *Overlord [[Estan]] (Vertan) | ||
*Chaos Emperor [[Jy'Barrak Golgotha]] ( | *Chaos Emperor [[Jy'Barrak Golgotha]] (the [[Chaos Plane]]) | ||
*Jade Empress | *Jade Empress Lorielan (the Crystal Plane) | ||
*Overlord [[Mournria]] ( | *Overlord [[Mournria]] (Vertan) | ||
*Emperor | *Emperor Nicator (Seleucar) | ||
*Emperor [[Piraeus]] ([[ | *Emperor [[Piraeus (emperor)|Piraeus]] (Seleucar) | ||
*Emperor | *Emperor [[Polymedes]] (Seleucar) | ||
*Emperor | *Emperor Rakmarkha III (Kasmarkin) | ||
*King [[Valerias deSangre]] ([[ | *Emperor Sulaiman (Shallam) | ||
*King [[Valerias deSangre]] (Seleucar) | |||
*Emperor Imyrr Invictus ([[Ashtan]]) | |||
[[Category:Titles]] | [[Category:Titles]] | ||