Horishi Empire

== Overview ==
The Horishi Empire (Also known as the Kyoma Dynasty, Imperial Horishi and, for a time, Imperial Kisaya) was a nation that, at its peak, held dominion over the entire continent of Kisaya. The Empire existed in some form from 910 BG until its official disbandment in 209 AG. 
For the first few hundred years of its existence the Empire spanned the Shi Peninsula and the many islands of the Hundred Island Sea. After which, the Northern Expansion, Eastern Advancement and Nagsing Campaign saw Horishi spread to encompass the entirety of mainland Kisaya. Notably however, the Ori Islands were never subjugated to Imperial rule. At the heart of the empire's expansion was Shunism, a syncretic religion that combined the spiritual beliefs of the Shi people and the polytheistic beliefs of the Shun people of Lang.
With the dawn of the Grenthyx Dynasty in 0 AG, the Horishi Empire had been reduced to the Shi Peninsula with the wider Kisayan nations independent once more and the Hundred Island Sea divided amongst them all. By the time of the Uprootings in 200 AG, the Empire was in a state of civil war and, shortly after, the Empire was dissolved and Horishi's borders were reduced to their original state they stood a thousand years prior. 
Roughly 40 Emperors of Horishi led the superpower over its millennium of rule. As of 301 AG, the empire's influence over Kisaya remained evident in the continent's varied yet inter-connected culture and, successfully, its shared religion save Yavshen. 
==History==
===Origins===
In 958 BG, Kazuro Kyoma, ascended to the throne at just 2 years old following the death of his elder brother. His uncle ruled as regent until he came of age and during this time introduced him to the religion of the Shun people of Lang. At his official coronation in 940 BG, Kazuro took the name Riraku (after the God of justice, reason and wisdom) and declared a desire to spread the Shun religion across his kingdom.
After years of spreading his religion across Horishi and consolidating his power, In 915 BG, Riraku then looked to the wider continent to spread his beliefs and build a new dynasty in his family's name.
===Conquest of Shi===
====The North====
Riraku's first mission was to seek alliances. Generations ago, the ancestors of Riraku and Akemi Oku, King of the Free Realm of Oku, allied during the collapse of the Oku Dynasty, resulting in the formation of Horishi, Oku and the Ichi Dynasty. Riraku once again sought an alliance with Oku promising retribution for the lands taken by the Ichi Dynasty. The Dynasty's most powerful ally was a fragile alliance with the Zhong Dynasty across the Concord Sea. The Ichi Dynasty had inherited their Zhong allies as successors to the Oku Dynasty though there existed no true relationship between the Ichi and the Zhong and the Zhong were cautious of aiding the new dynasty at the expense of their own security and reputation.And so, Riraku and Akemi planned to set up a blockade between their territories to prevent access to the Condord Sea for Ichi and thus cut them off from their only allies. Though, between Horishi and Oku two large islands in Ichi's possession stood in their way. Riraku was seeking a reputation as a man of justice and reason but not of a warmonger and thus his first move was to travel to the islands alone, only arriving with some of his most devout Shunist followers. During his time there, Riraku introduced the people to Shunism and heightened the people's distaste for the Ichi Dynasty. In joining him, he promised them prosperity within his envisioned Horishi Empire. The people agreed.
The following year, the first blood of Riraku's Conquest would be shed as the islanders began attacking the Dynasty soldiers stationed across the islands - culminating in an attack on the Governer's palace. The governor and his family were killed and those loyal to the Dynasty that remained fled to the mainland. The blockade and the true war could now begin. Following the revolution the islands were renamed the Islands of Hantei and Seigi (Judgement and Reason) and this humiliation of the Ichi Dynasty led the Zhong Dynasty to formally cut ties with the Ichi.
In the ensuing months the Ichi Dynasty crumbled. Without access to the Concord Sea and with Horishi patrolling the Hundred Island Sea, they were starved of resources with no allies in sight, all the while facing a war on two fronts between Horishi in the north and Oku in the South. As a final blow to the dynasty their own people began rising up against their failing leaders and the Ichi Dynasty were forced to surrender to Horishi and Oku. Riraku's victories in the name of Shunism were crafting him into a living legend. Once more he promised the people salvation if they joined his rising empire and opened their minds to his new religion. Across the northern Shi Peninsula, nobles and peasants alike were succumbing to Riraku's seduction.
5 years on from the start of his campaign the former lands of the Ichi Dynasty and Oku were under the control of the Kyoma Dynasty. It had taken much deliberation with Akemi to agree to join his empire rather than remain independent but he saw the opulence on offer to himself and his people and agreed to join the empire on his own terms. The power of the Kyoma Dynasty was rivaling those of the former Shi Dynasties and Riraku could begin to turn his attention to the Jumito Territories.
====The South====
The Jumito Territories were ruled by a union of powerful tribes that had, in recent history, overthrown the oppressive Empire of Iso. The Jumito were fierce warriors who would not submit easily to the Kyoma Dynasty nor would they be likely to take interest in any alliances. In the South Concord Sea the Nanto Islands were ruled by the former leaders of the Iso Dynasty and had hoped to one day reclaim their former territories. After his conquests in the north, Riraku had been offered an alliance with Nanto to take Jumito but knew it would tarnish his reputation of justice for people against their ineffective leaders. Riraku still yearned to spread his religion and grow his empire but had reached a crossroads.
===Hundred Island Sea Expansion===
===Northern Expansion===
===Eastern Advancement===
===Nagsing Campaign===
===Decline, eventual Dissolution===
==Rulers==
	Emperor Riraku I901 BG - 890 BG
	Emperor Riraku II890 BG - 860 BG
	Emperor Yukiso I860 BG - 849 BG
	Emperor Kurito I849 BG - 804 BG
	Empress Mayashi I804 BG - 759 BG
	Emperor Emon I759 BG - 752 BG
Category:Institution
Category:Kingdoms