Empress Nicania
Sovereign Imperatrix Nicania Magnicollina
Empress Nicania was the first female Sovereign Imperator of The Bafigron Empire. She rose to power following a brief war of succession, after she secured the support of the clergy of Helios and of several independent Bafigronian Knightly Orders. Her rule is considered tumultuous, and was contested throughout her reign by several factions.
Reign
Nicania faced fierce opposition to her reign from virtually all social classes; the peasentry, clergy, knighthood, nobility, and even from within her own house, all had their own objections and reasons to challenge her rule.
Her assassination, ordered by her son, saw him ascending to the imperial throne; however, he proved to be a weak leader, and his inability to maintain the complex web of political powers within the empire's sphere of influence eventually lead to the Founding of Keatis at the cost of several provinces.
Knightly Orders
Empress Nicania founded four Imperial and one Sanctioned Bafigronian Knightly Orders. To this day, a Sovereign Imperator founding more than four orders is seen as a break with tradition.Order of The Red Sun
Sporadic attacks against the clergy of Helios, meant to weaken the clergy's support of the empress, grew in intensity and severity during her early reign. In response, an order of paladins of Helios was established, named Order of the Red Sun; the order's mission was both to avenge the fallen clergy and to prevent such attacks from occuring again.Order of The First Empress
Due to the constant threats against her, the Order of the First Empress was established as a personal royal guard. The day after its founding, knights of the order foiled an assassination plot by the royal guard.Peacekeepers of Bafigron
Continuing the tradition of her predeccesors, Nicania established a knightly order to function as a fast reaction force to deal with internal threats. However, less than a decade into her reign she sanctioned the establishment of the Order of the Golden Regalia, in order to forgo the reestablishment of the Peacekeepers by every Sovereign Imperator.The Swords of Keatis
The Swords of Keatis were an order of knights sent to assist Keatis in the annihilation of the trolls that dominated the Keatian Cape. With her death, the order was archived by her son and its knights were recalled; nearly half of the order's knights refused, as their vow prohibited them from abandoning Keatis. Most historians agree this action fueled the tensions between Keatis and the empire, and some argue it is the casus belli for his conquest of Bafigronian provinces.
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Honorary & Occupational Titles
Queen of Bafigron, Empress of Sova-Daris, Ruler of the White Lands, Light of Rakion, Mistress of Roses, Monarch of Gold, The Shining Light over the Horizon, Descendent of the Winged Lions, Sovereign Imperatrix of the Bafigron Empire
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Life
149 AB
194 AB
45 years old
Circumstances of Death
Assassination
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