Imperator

Hadeus Imperator, better known as simply the Imperator, is the Hadean aspect of nobility, magic, and winter. He acts as Hadeus' medium between the Imperium and its god, serving as its the immortal Emperor. While he mostly delegates the actual matters of rulership to the Triumvirate, ultimately every citizen of the Imperium; even the monarchs of the Great Houses, answer to the Imperator.
It is uncommon knowledge, though not a secret, that in life the Imperator was Chryses of Xilos, the last monarch of the Altarae Archonate, though Hadeus' reasons for imbuing him with a divine spark are unknown. The popular theological explanation is that due to his Human blood, Chryses served as a bridge between Hadeus' chosen people and those his new Imperium supplanted. Imperator tends to appear as he did in life—as a young, dashing Demialtarae man with silver hair, though in life his now-red eyes were blue. Chryses also had possession of the Heart of Winter, making him the season's Warden, as was traditional of the Magocracy's monarchs. As Imperator, he has maintained this position, a fact which has caused much division and conflict within the Fae Courts.
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==Blessings ==
While this blessing is active, you get a piety bonus to attack rolls against targets who have without recantation insulted your honor, your suitability to your station, or that of your family; and to caster level checks made against those creatures and effects they create.
While this blessing is active, you get cold and shadow resistance equal to your piety that stacks with other resistances you might have. If this effect prevents total damage equal to (your piety times your character level) within 24 hours, it deactivates and cannot be reactivated until your next long rest. 
While this blessing is active, you get a piety bonus to Knowledge (Arcana) and (Nobility) checks.
==Description==
====Dogma ====
The Imperator's matters of concern for his followers are twofold: first, the concept described by the Imperial Cult (his sect of Hadeanism) as Dynasty; and secondly his station as Warden of Winter.
Dynasty is the concept of merit—and specifically nobility being passed through blood, both in the sense of reproduction and of the embrace of new Seraphim. Dynasty in the Imperial Cult is both a principle to be respected and a duty, as the Imperator expects his followers even of low blood to put the utmost effort into raising their children to be worthy of their name, and preferably worthy of better. The best schooling, caretaking, and resources available are to be spent on those one raises. A broader interpretation of the concept also extends to those one accepts into their care but are not bound by blood, such as those one mentors or adopts. This outlook is not accepted by the Cult writ large, but is not explicitly denied either. The final element of Dynasty is the forging of new dynasties. Those who are lowborn but manage to achieve nobility through Imperial Law are held in esteem by the Imperator, and he encourages his followers to accept this new blood that keeps the rest of them to a high standard—though this particular tenet of his faith is often inconsistently applied.
Imperator's other chief concern is the Court of Winter, and his role as its Warden. In fact, under his care, the Court of Winter has mostly dissolved, and been supplanted by the new Hadean sect—the Ordo Brumae (vul. the Winter Order). The sect is largely but not exclusively comprised of members of the Imperial Cult, fulfilling the duties of the now defunct Court of Winter while simultaneously preaching Hadeanism.
Worshipers of the Imperator tend to treat these matters as two separate paths for one to walk under his dominion, committing fully to the practice of Dynasty or Winter. Rare and exceptionally pious are those who follow both to their full extent.
==Options for Followers==
*Domains Darkness (Night), Magic (Arcane, Cruor, Divine, Rites), Nobility (Aristocracy, Hubris, Leadership), Water (Ice)
*Inquisitions Chivalry, Excommunication, Valor,Zeal
*Disciplines Elemental Flux, Mythral Current, Scarlet Throne, Vermilion Blade
==As a Mortal==
*See Chryses of Xilos
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