List of Azanese Rulers

This is a non-exhaustive list of all known rulers of Azan. Although modern historiography groups the rulers of Azan into ten imperial dynasties, the rulers of Azan have gone by many different titles and names over the millennia. In fact many rulers of the same dynasty were only faintly blood related and many chroniclers argue that the traditional classification system of ten dynasties is purely an invention of 8th and 9th dynasty emperors working backwards from the famous Ten Titans of Essakor.
==First Dynasty (1700-1401 BBE)==
The oldest of the dynasties, much of what is known of the First dynasty is highly fragmented and imbued with mythical overtones. After the death of the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong, He Who is Made Lord Supreme, Aza, power in the realm was for a time split between the direct descendants of Aza who acted as heads of state in their role as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, while Saint Calixta, Aza's closest ally was created Amir al-Mu'minin, Defender of the Faithful, who acted as head of the church. These two titles would be merged a few generations later by emperor Siti who united the two lines by marriage.
The fifth Chapter of the Book of Azan, one of the only surviving documents from the later first dynasty also details a period known as the Death Dances, a long civil war during which the empire was split between two emperors and two courts, the so called Claw and Wing factions. It is presumed that the civil war ended with the famous Battle of Blossoms which saw most of the direct descendants of Aza perish. This was later followed by lord Cemak, one of the few still living blood relatives of Azan assuming imperium, marking the beginning of the Second dynasty.
 
Portrait	Titles 	Regnal name 	House 	Badges of Office 	Reign 	Other names / Notes 	Race
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Penguasa Wangsa Azan 	Aza "The Prophet"	Azanid	Marble Throne 	1700-1651 BBE	Azan, Dragon Emperor / Founder of Empire, Prophet of the Faith, First Titan of Essakor. 	Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Penguasa Wangsa Azan 	Azan II. 	Azanid	Marble Throne 	1651-1608 BBE	Eldest son of Aza, an able administrator, the Empire expanded rapidly east and south during his reign via settling nearly empty regions and marriage alliances with prominent unaffiliated tribes 	Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Penguasa Wangsa Azan 	Siti 	Azanid	Marble Throne 	1608-1546 BBE	Eldest daughter of Azan II. United the titles of Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Amir al-Mu'minin through marriage. She consolidated the northern nobility by arranging a number of marriages between draco-tieflings and humans 	Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan	Henne 	Azanid	Marble Throne, Firebrand 	1546-1489 BBE	Eldest daughter of Siti, she initiates a number of wars against more primitive peoples living along the Empire’s borders, including the ogres to the east, the orcs to the southwest, the Feathered Court in the Terusia Peninsula, and the Frog Princess to the northeast   	Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan	Jakar 	Azanid	Marble Throne, Firebrand (presumed)	1489-1401 BBE	Eldest son of Siti, he finishes the conquest of the Feathered Court, but ends up spending the last years of his reign fighting a civil war against his cousin Sert, a religious hardliner who wanted to launch a crusade against the fey of Scimitaria. Due to now forgotten events, Jakar, Sert, and all six other direct descendants of Aza end up dead without heir. He built the first of the Ten Titans of Essakor, the Grand Statue of Aza.	Dracotiefling
==Second Dynasty (1401-1184 BBE)==
The turbulent last days of the first dynasty saw the realm split in two between the Wing and the Claw courts, which both claimed the title of Yang di-Pertuan Agong. This stopped Azan's expansion for a period, allowing for the unimpeded rise of the First Elven Empire under Rex Augustine to the west. As the Death Dances period came to an end with the bloody battle of Blossoms, the marble throne passed to the Cemakids, as the main pretenders of the Wing and Claw fell in battle against each other. The first order of business of Cemak I., the new emperor was asserting his own dominion and checking the power of the rising First Elven Empire which he did successfully with his victory over Rex Augustine in the Peninsular War.
Tiefling blood was becoming weaker and weaker amongst the great Tiefling houses of the empire during this era which led to the practice of inter-marriage with Elven nobles amongst the aristocracy and the keeping of strict pedigree records. A notable example of this was the marriage of tiefling Prince Cik Nur to Rex Valencia III of House Valencia, the powerful Doges of Viola. Notably this saw the Windwand pass into Azanese hands for the first time as dowry to the House of Nur.
By the end of the second dynasty, the Cemakids were becoming heavily inbred as to preserve their draconic bloodline, which heavily impacted their prestige as they gained the reputation of a dynasty of cripples and madmen. 
 
Portrait	Titles 	Regnal name	House 	Badges of Office 	Reign 	Other names / Notes 	Race
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Cemak I. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1401-1338 BBE	Cempak / Victor of the Peninsular War, founder of the Cemakids, a junior branch of the Azanids, Second Titan of Essakor. A cousin of Aza and a noted spellcaster already centuries old by the start of his reign, he was a senior advisor to all the Azanid Emperors, and his ties to Aza himself and his neutrality in the civil war made him the perfect ruler to reunify the Empire 	Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Cemak II. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1338-1304 BBE	Great grandson of Cemak II, he lacked the arcane abilities of his predecessor, but circumstances required him to be a great general. The traitor Rex Augustine had been resurrected by dark magics and some of the most massive battles between Azanese and fey took place along the Terusia Isthmus during his reign. It is said Cemak II and Augustine slew each other in battle, thus solidifying both their legends millennia later. One of the emperors frequently depicted in decks of Tesserai Vassguo, a popular Azanese trick-taking card game.	Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Celeme. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1304-1288 BBE	Daughter of Cemak II, her impulsive decision to marry a minor Nasrian noble alienates many of the draco-tiefling families, as well as common born who place great faith in the divinity of the dragon bloodlines. It is believed this marriage introduced a divine curse on the Cemakid line, though modern scholars believe the blame is on some rare clash in genetic characteristics. 	Human/Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Amir I. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1288-1268 BBE	Son of Celeme, unfortunately his genetics heavily favor his human side. A bland, uncharismatic man, he becomes obsessed with the legacy of his ancestor Cemak I, and marries his aunt in order to “strengthen the bloodline”. Ordered the construction of the second titan of Essakor in honor of Cemak I. to prop up the faltering prestige of the Cemakids. 	Human/Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Amir II. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1268-1264 	Son of Amir I, a genetic flaw causes him to die relatively young, further rattling the waning faith in the Cemakid line. Unwilling to take sides among the fractious draco-tiefling nobles, and fearing the results if he married a minor noble, he marries the only other living Cemakid, his cousin. 	Human/Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Anora I. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1264-1222 	Daughter of Amir II, despite her human-like appearance, she ages slowly and had great magical ability. A charismatic but eccentric mystic, she managed to convince the majority of her court that her strange actions brought the favor of Bronzar back to the Empire. Whether this is true or not, the Empire did flourish during this time, including significant victories against the fey. Anora married all three of her brothers in turn, only for each to die of genetic flaws not long after marriage. 	Human/Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Anora II. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1222-1201 	Granddaughter of Anora I, her parents were the twin children of Anora I. Declared insane at a young age, she was locked up in an asylum, though lived another three centuries and was an advisor to some of the more eccentric Adrianid Emperors. 	Human/Dracotiefling
 	Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Tuan Cemak	Amir III. 	Cemakid	Marble Throne, Firebrand	1201-1184 BBE	Only daughter of Anora II. Heavily inbred, Empress Amir III. was to quote her Contemporary Farah the Rhymer "a sickly abomination, held alive by dark magics and the spite of the gods punishing her for daring to exist." She died without issue leading to the First Interregnum of the Imperial Council which would quickly would quickly crown Atri of House Valencia-Nur as emperor Adrian I, beginning the 3rd dynasty. 	Human/Dracotiefling
==Third Dynasty (1184-733 BBE)==
The third dynasty, also known as the Sun Kings represented a great shift in history of the Azanese Empire. The first emperor Adrian I. of the House of Valencia-Nur was a product of an increasingly mixed Dracotiefling and Drow nobility in the eastern Scimmitarian. Adrian's progeny held incredible magical potential compared to the vestigial remnants of magical potency the late Cemakids exhibited. Thus when the last direct Cemakid, Amir III. died without issue, the Imperial Council anxious to find a sane and non-inbred emperor was happy to invite Atri, Doxe de Viola to Essakor in the hopes of preventing a bloody civil war between the degenerated Cemakid remnants.
Crowned as Adrian I, the new emperor would prove more than competent, engaging on a long campaign to syncretize Drow and Azanese culture as well as create a strong dynasty. Polygamy was legalized and Drowish influences on the Old Azan Faith began appearing. Adrian I was also the first emperor to build a titan of Essakor in their own image in an act of self-assured arrogance. The Adrianids soon numbered in the hundreds and to this day, many noble families can trace their ancestry back to the reigning house of the Third dynasty.
Starting with Adrian IV. the Adrianids would also begin the custom of passing the throne not to the first-born but to the most magically competent of their progeny, ensuring a long line of at least magically capable emperors. The standing of the dynasty began to wane with Adrian XIII, who began a disastrous campaign against the elves and hobbits which would eventually see, through an intrigue of evil rituals and magic, Adrian XV, a half-hobbit crowned as emperor. Adrian XVII would thus be the first emperor since Adrian XII to spend time in the capital of Essakor, which, abandoned by the emperors, began developing a distinctly human character. 
Rising anti-elvish sentiment culminated in the War of Waves and Willows, a short civil war that began as an anti-elvish riot in Essakor to protest the "elvish" birthday festivities forced upon the populace by the "Half-King" Adrian XVII. The war would see a quick end with the death of Adrian XVII. at the hands of a demonic curse wrought upon him when he attempted to use Windwand to defend himself.
After Adrian XVII follows a period of slow decline of the now discredited Adrianids. Adrian XX would be the last Adrianid emperor, ousted by their wife, Thea of House Leo. Although radical pro-human agitators mainly from the almost entirely human lower classes of Essakor demanded the death of the Adrianids, Thea would mercifully allow the Adrianids to go into internal exile to the rural frontiers of the empire. In exchange the Adrianids formally abrogated any right to the Azanese throne and were forced to take their pre-dynastical name of Valencia-Nur. The House of Valencia-Nur has continued to exist to this day, although it has never been able to fully return to relevancy.
 
Portrait	Titles 	Regnal name 	House 	Badges of Office 	Reign 	Other names / Notes 	Race
 	Imperator, Second Prophet, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian I. 	Valenconurid, renamed Adrianid	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	1184-934 BBE	Atri (birth name), Adrianos, Adriannos (variants) / Named emperor by the First Imperial Conclave. A Drow mage with some tiefling heritage, they called themself "The Second Prophet". Known for taking many spouses and reforming the Azan Faith with Drow influences. Built the third titan of Essakor in their own image. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Second Prophet, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian II. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	934-903 BBE 	Granddaughter of Adrian I, she was an unpopular ruler who favored her drow side even more than Adrian I. She heavily favored magic users and nobles of Vestan and drow origin at the expense of the Azanese Church. Killed by an Azanese zealot. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian III. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	903-888 BBE 	Only child of Adrian II. By the reign of Adrian III , descendants of the Adrianid Line numbered in the hundreds . Several territories had been annexed to the empire via marriages with one grandchild or another. Adrian III was a magical scholar and abdicated to study magic, leaving the throne to their twelfth or eleventh (most Adrianid emperor's didn't count) daughter, who became Adrian IV. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian IV. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	888-852 BBE 	The Imperatrix Adrian IV. began the precedent of the Imperial throne being left to the Adrianid who was perceived to have the most magical ability and/or draconic descent. Wielding Windwand became a common test of this ability. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian V. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	852-841 BBE 	Second child of Adrian IV, she was the first Adrianid to be chosen based on magical merit rather than being the first born. A skilled alchemist, she unfortunately petrified herself. Her remains/statue was buried with full honors, only to be dug up months later by her daughter-clone who spent the rest of her life trying to undo the petrification. The statue went on to have a storied life as an advisor to a madman, a clothes rack, a torture device, and other stranger fates, before being shattered with mallets by Leonid supporters in 750 BBE. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian VI. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	841-837 BBE 	Daughter-clone of Adrian V. She was the only Adrianid to show a strong interest in the Azan Faith. Unfortunately, her unpopularity with the Azan Faith (shared by most Adrianids), and inability to revive her mother resulted in her suicide without issue. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian VII. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	837-833 BBE 	Cousin to Adrian VI, his decision to marry a spider worshipping drow from the underworld confirmed many people’s suspicions on his moral suitability. Killed by an Azanese zealot. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian VIII. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	833 BBE 	Third child of Adrian VII. Although a powerful mage, most of the Azanese faithful much preferred the main rival for the throne. Adrian VIII was slain in a coup two days after his coronation. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian IX. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Luminor 	833 BBE 	Notable for their short reign, as they were unable to wield Windwand they would end up overthrown by their brother Adrian X. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian X. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	833 BBE 	Overthrew Adrian X. with the power of Windwand. Secretly poisoned by his only remaining brother three days after his coronation. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian XI. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	833-792 BBE 	A skilled mage who like two of his three brothers made strong alliances with the Azanese Church (though none of them had the slightest personal interest in religion), his drow heritage was nearly invisible, and he dropped many of the more unpopular drow traditions brought in by his predecessors. Died in a brothel. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian XII. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	792-785 BBE 	Second child of Adrian XI, a militantly hedonistic nihilist, she was nearly always drunk or high and often took multiple lovers in the same day, yet still managed to purge the Church of anyone with a shred of moral conviction, and her own extended family of anyone with a shred of magical talent. Disappeared unexpectedly into the northeast bogs at the height of her power. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, King of the Elves, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian XIII. "The Fool" 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	785-772 BBE 	An admirer of the Elvish nations and culture of old. He was weak in magic and could barely wield Windwand. Motivated by this insecurity he used his distant Elvish blood to lay claim to the whole of the Elvish lands to the north. Adrian nearly bankrupted the empire to fund The Gilded Army. The largest in existence of the time. (And some claim to be the first standing army.) He took Windwand on his crusade to the north leading his army. The Fool thought the Elves would kneel before their "returning king" ignorant of actual Elvish cultures and customs and claiming the right to an "Elvish Throne" that didn't exist. He fell into depression and alcoholism as the campaign faltered and when he died Windwand was taken by his cousin and bodyguard who named herself Adrian XIV.	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperatrix, Queen of the Hobbits, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur 	Adrian XIV. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	772-764 BBE 	Adrian the Mage / More adapt with battle magic that most. By learning amongst the hobbits of the Hedge Plains she developed a form of Agrarian magic that led to the conquest and foundation the first of several Crusader States in the Hedge. She is retroactively known as the first queen of the Hobbits in many stories. By the time she died the Faerie Lords were split in half some supporting her invasion and others wishing to defend their native cults. 	Drow with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur	Adrian XV. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	764-743 BBE 	Brandelshire (birth name) / Illegitimate son of Adrian XIV and a Hobbit camp follower. A devout Druid. Crimisia promised him the greatest throne in the land in exchange for one day of his life. He hastily agreed as he was envious of his mother who never acknowledged him. In a dark ritual three dozen hobbits were sacrificed on a Druidic alter and Brandelshire was given the power to birth storms from his blood. Assassinating his mother, he stole Windwand and names himself Adrian XV. He conquered what was left of the First Elvish Empire but the two generations of Sun Kings who were far removed from the Empire's core weakened the third dynasty permanently. 	Half-Drow, Half-Hobbit with Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur	Adrian XVII. "The Half-King" (The Title Adrian XVI is skipped as 16 is considered an unlucky number by the Adrianids)	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	743-741 BBE 	Adrian XVII became the first Emperor in three generations to actually set foot in Essakor. Adrian, who didn't even speak Southtounge was derided as "The Half-King" by the Human Essakor court. On the emperor's 39th birthday mass anti-elvish riots broke out and when he tried to quell them with Windwand , a group of demon tieflings cursed the wand and the Imperator was struck dead by Windwand's own thorns. This short lived civil war would lead to the gradual decline of the power and prestige of the Adrianids 	Drow with Hobbit and Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur	Adrian XVIII. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	741 BBE 	Only sibling of Adrian XVII (who died without heir). A deeply introverted, paranoid, and likely insane ruler with a “shoot the messenger philosophy”, he much preferred dabbling in dark magic to ruling, and was likely completely unaware his court had no real power outside the small hobbit city where they lived. The remaining Adrianids voted to remove him from power. 	Drow with Hobbit and Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur	Adrian XIX. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, Windwand, Luminor 	741-733 BBE 	A distant cousin of Adrian XVIII and a skilled diplomat, she managed to end the civil war and retain the throne by agreeing to keep her court in the north, and giving much of her powers to draco-tiefling nobles. This buys nearly a decade of peace, but for some it is too little, too late. Tired of being ruled by those seen as foreign imposters, some of whom openly broke the most ancient taboos of the Azan Faith regarding the use of dark magic, the hard line branches of the Azan Faith, long dormant, surge back to life. 	Drow with Hobbit and Dracotiefling admixture
 	Imperator, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin, Penguasa Wangsa Azan, Doxe de Viola, Head of House Valencia-Nur	Adrian XX. 	Adrianid 	Marble Throne, Firebrand, ,Windwand, Luminor	733 BBE 	Last of the Adrianid emperors. Following the death of his mother during a revolt, Adrian XX tries to give up even more power to the draco-tieflings. Unfortunately, the faction he tried to negotiate with are secretly demon worshippers. When word of this gets out, it triggers a massive revolt among those who can’t stomach being ruled by demon worshippers in addition to dabblers of dark magic. 	Drow with Hobbit and Dracotiefling admixture
==Fourth Dynasty (733-547 BBE)==
The fourth dynasty is started by Emperor Leovus I, a minor noble, military general, and a man of deep religious convictions. Tired of seeing pagan fey nobles acquiring more and more positions of power within the ruling elite in return for empty pledges of loyalty, he becomes a political agitator and occasional rebel during the rein of Adrian XV onward. However, it is the revelation that some draco-tieflings are in league with demons that causes him to fully commit himself to the rebellion and become its leader. Riding a massive wave of religious support, he swiftly seizes power, reorganizes the Empire as a theocracy, purges the demon worshippers, and drives out anyone tied to the old regime, particularly fey and magic users.
Despite losing many of their territories in the fey inhabited lands, Leovus I reasserts power in Siuverland, and in many southern and eastern provinces that have gone rogue or outright separated. As a result, his rule represents a peak in Imperial power not seen for centuries, nor matched again for centuries afterwards.
Unfortunately his descendants prove incompetent, often exceeding his zeal, but lacking his political or military sense. Various fundamentalist, xenophobic, nationalist, and populist movements compete to use the Church as a mouthpiece for their own believes, and the Empire crumbles into infighting.    
 
Portrait	Titles 	Regnal name 	House 	Badges of Office	Reign 	Other names / Notes 	Race
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Leovus I 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	773-752 BBE	Founder of the dynasty, he managed to purge his opponents, reunify the squabbling southern provinces, and reignite the faith and sense of purpose among the common folk that had forged the Empire in the first place, unfortunately he also drove out many fey and secular minded magic users. Died of old age. 	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Leovus II 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	752-704 BBE	Grandson of Leovus I. Inherited power at a relatively young age. Lazy and ineffectual, but served as a suitable figurehead for the pro-human generals and Azan Faith hardliners that Leovus I handpicked for positions of power. Several failed attempts were made during his reign to retake fey lands held under the Third Dynasty. He was more successful against demon tieflings in Siuverland. 	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Leovus III 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	704-678 BBE	Eldest Son of Leovus II and his favored consort, an Azan Faith splinter group fanatic. Raised mostly by his mother, the Royal Court underestimated just how fringe his beliefs were. Much of his reign was spent destroying records and religious texts that did not align with his delusions. Thanks to him, few records from the First and Second Dynasty survive, and records from the Third Dynasty are heavily biased against said Dynasty. His actions triggered a civil war which he somehow won. 	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Naomi I 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	678-655 BBE	Eldest Child of Leovus III. It was often rumored that her real father was the northern human general Danklemorr. She soon embraced these rumors, claiming to be the first pure blood human Emperor (Leovus I had a bit of draco-tiefling blood). Petty and vain, she was an incompetent ruler, but enjoyed reasonable popularity in the Heartlands due to extravagant party spending. Assassinated by own daughter. 	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Naomi II 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	655-632 BBE	Eldest Child of Naomi I. A pro-human fanatic with mystic and unconventional views on the Azan Faith, she formed a cult following, and went to war against those who doubted her. The war dragged on for several years before her more moderate followers were convinced that Naomi’s inner circle included demon worshippers. Died in battle. 	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Hercule I 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	632-601 BBE	Naomi II’s cousin who opposed her in the civil war, he is considered one of the few competent rulers of the Fourth Dynasty, who, in particular managed to heal relations between the humans and draco-tieflings, and the core and the south of the Empire. 	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Hercule II 	Leonid	Azure Throne 	601-555 BBE	Eldest child of Hercule I. He kept his father’s moderate views, but was too weak to enforce them. Under his rule, the Empire was largely stagnant and in economic decline. Hercule’s patronage of scholars, magic users, and willingness to ally with seelie fey against unseelie fey infuriated the remaining pro-human bigots and religious hardliners, who found an unlikely champion in Hercule’s second cousin Thea. The civil war drags on for a decade, but when Hercule II dies of old age, his descendants flee the Empire, leaving no one to oppose Thea.	Human
 	Imperatrix, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Amir al-Mu'minin	Thea I. "The Saviour"	Leonid	Azure Throne 	555-547 BBE	Despite public protests against idolatry, Thea was publicly declared “The Savior” by the rebel lords and the plebe of Essakor. Debris from the attempts to destroy the second and third titans would be used to construct her statue, making her the second emperor to see a titan in her image during her lifetime. Assassinated by her niece. 	Human
==Fifth Dynasty (547 BBE to 433 ABE)==
The Fifth Dynasty was founded by Sophia Diogene, a senior military bureaucrat and trusted Imperial Advisor who initially sided with Thea I (mostly due to family ties). House Diogene was a prominent House that traces its roots back to one of Aza’s most famous champions, and since then has acquired much land, wealth, and a number of senior positions in the Legion. They were strong backers of Leovic I, and had a knack for picking the right side during the many internal conflicts of the Fourth Dynasty. During the reigns of Hercule II and Thea I, House Diogene became highly prominent among a faction of military nobles tired with the incompetence of Emperors who were more interested in scholarship and theocracy. Despite this they were still key members of Thea’s court, with the Head of the House marrying Thea’s youngest sister. However, as Thea became more unhinged, it was arranged for Sophia to assassinate her aunt and begin a new dynasty.
Despite these treacherous beginnings, the early and mid Fifth Dynasty period quickly proved to be a golden age for the Azan Empire. It combined a strong military, robust but ethical research into magic, an efficient bureaucracy, and a knack for demonizing its rivals in order to regain territories lost by the Fourth Dynasty, and even expanding into the eastern wastes. However, not everything went their way. In the north and northwest, the fey continued to cause problems, and in the east the Khenomeric Empire caused them grief via proxy conflicts. Their were a few minor internal conflicts and weak leaders during this period as well.
Tension with the Khenomeric Empire finally exploded during the Battle of Empires, which devastated both empires militarily, financially, and politically. Within a century, the Azan Empire had essentially dissolved into independent provinces and warlord states held together loosely by the Azan Church and its associated bureaucracy, and the increasingly unpopular Diogenid Emperors reduced to nothing but figureheads. The last remnants of the Fifth Dynasty were swept away during the Scholar’s Revolution.   
==Sixth Dynasty==
The 5th and 6th Dynasty are extremely confusing times for the amateur chronicler to tackle and I leave the exercise to a better researcher of most ancient lore. Here is how much I managed to track down.
Diogenid Emperors of the 5th dynasty:
* Sophia I Diogenid
* Basilius V.
* Basilius X. - This man is supposed to have reigned during the Battle of the Empires which seems extremely spurious, I always thought the battle took place during the 8th dynasty?
* Yana V. - seemingly last Diogenid to be called "emperor"
Warlords of the late 5th dynasty:
* Zamindar of Essakor - either a name for late Diogenids after the country devolved into civil war or some sort of Clovisian "mayor of the palace" type hereditary position that effectively usurped power from the emperors - it's really unclear
* Captain Sam
* Rangatira of Aetia
* The Datu of Charito
* Archon Alexander III
* "various Erregeas, Mpanjakas, and Konungis"
High Protectors of the 6th dynasty:
* Hēnare I
* Asin II.
* Ajax I.
==Seventh dynasty (600-1100 ABE)==
The seventh dynasty are also traditionally known as the Bellicarids or "the Southern Emperors" as they originated from a rebellion of southern marcher lords against the decaying 6th dynasty. Who led the rebellion and who officially counts as the first emperor of the seventh dynasty are hotly contested topics to this day. Some important names from the era of the Southern Rebellion are Contra-Imperator Bao Xe, General of the East, Commander of the Steppe Fortresses and Lord Phillipos, Grand Admiral of the Southern Fleet. If those men counted as emperors or were indeed Bellicarids at all remains unclear. The empire's capital shifted a lot in the early years of the dynasty, but was eventually settled on Essakor.
Under the Southern Emperors, Azan saw a period of relative prosperity and decentralization. Instead of funnelling wealth to the Heartlands, peripheral provinces see decreased taxes and renewed investments. The roads network started by the 6th dynasty and continued by the 7th allows for an explosion in overland trade in the empire, greatly benefiting regions like Fûrlaniya. In matters of culture and religion the south gains in importance. The southern religious movement known as the Aynur Doctrine, known mainly for its elaborate rituals, gains momentary importance across the entire empire during the 7th dynasty.
 
Portrait	Titles 	Regnal name 	House 	Badges of Office 	Reign 	Other names / Notes 	Race
 	Warrior of Antara 	Li "the Hardy" 	Bellicarid	None 	Semi-mythical 	The semi-mythical founder of the Bellicarid dynasty. Never actually reigned but is considered the founder of the 7th dynasty in traditional historiography. Very often depicted as one of the emperors in Tesserai Vassguo card decks. It's complicated 	Human
 	Emperor of Azan, Commander of the Faithful, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits	Lu Zhaonazzar 	Bellicarid	Unknown 	Early dynasty 	Almost nothing is known about his 18 year reign although histories written centuries later during the late 7th and early 8th dynasty paint him as a lover of good wine and women famous for his court of jesters which included an entire music troupe of puffing monkeys. Today he is only known because a magnificent perfectly preserved portrait of him was accidentally discovered in the archives of the Astromancers, making him one of the few pre 8th century emperors we have a contemporary portrait of. 	Human
 	Emperor of Azan, Commander of the Faithful, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits	Markud Aphezzar	Bellicarid	Firebrand 	? 	Markud is one of the more remembered Azanese emperors of the 7th dynasty. It was under his leadership that the old imperial road network was rebuilt and expanded for the first time in centuries and many of those roads are still in use to this day. A bit of an egomaniac he required that his face and title be sculpted into each milestone on the network, which has led to his enduring presence in the historical memory of the empire. Over the centuries Markud's milestones have been repurposed for just about every possible use and for around 400 years during the 9th dynasty the prevailing academic theory was that the reliefs were actually gravestones for an ancient order of stonemasons until a particularly boorish antiquarian stumbled upon some ancient 7th dynasty chronicles and re-established the truth.	Human
 	Emperor of Azan, Commander of the Faithful, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits	Azmuth II. 	Bellicarid	Presumed after Markud	Firebrand 	Used Firebrand to convince the fire imps to turn against their fey allies. 	Human
 	Emperess of Azan, Commander of the Faithful, Queen of the Elves and Hobbits 	Azinida V 	Bellicarid	Presumed after Markud	Firebrand 	Used Firebrand to personally slay the rogue sea elf pirate princess Lusha. 	Human
 	Emperor of Azan, Commander of the Faithful, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits	Azannos XI. 	Bellicarid	Presumed after Markud	Firebrand 	Under the leadership of emperor Azannos XI. and the archprelate Phellon II. of Narses a massive infrastructure and missionary mission was undertaken in the province of Fûrlaniya. Roads were renovated and expanded, temples were built in every village and agricultural lands were consolidated and organised on the Azanese "well" system. Azannos XI. was also known as a fervent follower of the Aynur Doctrine. 	Human
 	Emperor of Azan, Commander of the Faithful, Monarch of the Elves and Hobbits	Hwenezzar II. 	Bellicarid	Firebrand 	At some point after Azannos XI.	Another follower of the Aynur Doctrine, he was known to celebrate Dragonfire day every year in the southern city of Narses. 	Human
==Eight dynasty==
 
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==Ninth dynasty==
==Tenth dynasty==
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