Emperor Tengu
"The Decadent"
Emperor Tengu leads the council of nobles from his Capital city of Heft. He is a figure of excess, arrogance, and indulgence, ruling over his empire with a mix of extravagance and tyranny. Tengu's appearance reflects his status, often seen wearing lavish robes and silken attire, embroidered with gold and precious gems.
The Red Rebellion
In the year 193 A.E. The Southern Cities were drought stricken and peniless. The increase in refugees from Fishman Isle mixed with cut supply lines by Dust Bandit raids, left the South and Clownsteady in particular in a precarious position.
"It was the Year of the Harvest when the droughts hit the southern plains, but society remained complacent. The Traders Guild would surely lend their aid, they'd never failed us before after all.
But, days rolled by into weeks and the aid never came. Opportunistic rogues had blocked the paths of the Traders Guild caravans and the Empire citizens were left starving and panic stricken.
The few rations that the Empire finally received were snatched up by the most powerful of us. It was then that we shut ourselves off from the outer dregs. This was everyone for themselves now, there was no room for charity or pity. But disaster struck, and for the first time in our lives, desperation and death-fueled fear reared it's ugly head. The power of the nobles was under threat as a violent revolt ensued.
The ground ran red with blood and, like drowning rats clawing at a sinking ship, the desperate souls dragged us all beneath the waves."
-Tanaka, Lady of Clownsteady
The rebellion of the lower classes in the Southern Cities sparked a war that lasted nearly two decades, ultimately ending with the death of Emperor Anzai and the inauguration of a far more ruthless Emperor, Tengu.
Tengu aligned himself with the Traders Guild and Southern Hive bringing forth a swift end to the rebellion and an era of unmatched slavery within the United Cities.
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