Komei Akihito

Komei Akihito (67 bsr - 39 asr) was an emperor of Oyashima and a warrior, general and politician who was regarded as Oyashima's third "great unifier." He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Ayahito in 1 asr. He presided over a time of rapid change in Oyashima, as the nation quickly changed from a feudal state to a capitalist player on the global stage. His dynasty claimed divine right to rule via descendence from the god Irori.
Akihito was notable for a number of cultural legacies. He was the main administrator involved in the unification of Oyashima in the wake of the Scientarian Revolution, and managed to keep his nation free from direct Scientarian control. He financed the construction, restoration and rebuilding of many longstanding temples in the city of Akihito. Akihito played an important role in the history of Mainline Polytheism in Oyashima when he ordered the hearts ripped out of twenty-six worshippers of Iomedae.
After the Scientarian Revolution, Akihitio maintained friendly relations with the Scientarian governments. Oyashima and the Scientarians had had a peace treaty keeping the order, so long as Oyashima agreed to limit magic usage, and not ally themselves with any mainland rulers. By 39 a.s.r., though, Akihito was getting old and ambitious. He had noticed the lack of Scientarian militarism in past decades, and thought he could take some power and influence from the Scientarian Empire and emphasize Oyashima's importance to the world. During the Fall of the Gods, Irori fell on the Oyashima archipelago and appealed to Akihito. Akihito now had the military might to fight the Scientarians.
The majority of the nobility and elites in the Oyashiman government at the time were either a descendant, relative, or in-law to Akihito. As such he had diplomatic ties to a large number of important figures all around the region. When his nephew, Kenji Ryu was killed by Empress Adele Tellumnar, he recalled Kenji's son and wife to Oyashima and used the event as a pretext for the Oyashiman-Scientarian War.
When war was over, Irori was dead and Gozreh, the only other god on their side was defeated. Akihito was inconsolable. The Third Treaty of Sephora did not force Oyashima to pay restitution to the Scientarian Empire but instead Oyashima was annexed into it. All Akihito's work unifying the nation had been for naught. Late in 39 asr he died in his palace, 106 years old and watching the new Scientarian governor's ship enter the harbor.
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