Emperor of Bovido Has

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The **Emperor of Bovido Has** (Latin: **Imperator Bovido Has**) was the head of state for the Holy Empire of Bovido Has between 1895 and 2021; the role of the Emperor evolved over time, with the title initially being created as a de-jure head of state role in 1895, before a tradition of the titles of emperor of and archbishop being held simultaneously emerged in 1917, with the only exceptions being Hagreev Buller and Damal Clod, who held the title independently of the role of archbishop in 1981 to 1983 and 2020 to 2021 respectively.

The title was one of the two joint head of state titles of the Holy Empire of Bovido Has, usually being held simultaneously with the title of Archbishop of Bovido Has, though several people held the title separately. They had the constitutional ability to raise the Bovido Hassian Armed Forces into war, and were granted executive control over a personal division of Nameless guards in the event of any such conflict. Initially granted as a formality to satisfy the people of the former Japanese Empire after they were expelled from the Bovido home island of Belitung, the role of Emperor grew to become an important constitutional position after the passing of Ismachiah Joash in 1817, and it became customary for the Archbishop of Bovido Has to be appointed Emperor, and this tradition was only broken in 1859 when Omar Joash died from influenza and the new Archbishop was not granted the title of Emperor. The role of Emperor was not used until 1895 when Abel Barak was appointed by Canaan Ujung, and has not been used since 2021 with the death of Syli Dean during the Has Wars.

## Former Emperors

### Abel Barak (1895 - 1917)

Abel Barak was an unremarkable Emperor apart from his attempted coup against the Archbishop Canaan Ujung. In 1917, Canaan Ujung had set his eyes upon Japan, however the heads of the armed forces refused to mobilise, insisting that their forces were already over stretched in Ujung's other invasions. While Canaan Ujung planned to have the heads of the army executed for treason, Abel stepped in and ordered the armed forces to arrest Ujung, however the armed forces refused to help and turned the emperor over to the Archbishop, who had him imprisoned in 1917(Abel Barak later died in 1921 while in prison under suspicious circumstances). As a result of these events, the invasion of japan was called off and the clergy was favoured even more within the government ranks

### Canaan Ujung (1917 - 1938)

Taking over from Abel Barak after an attempted coup, Ujung reconnected the offices of Archbishop and Emperor and continued his rule of Bovido Has.Canaan Ujung died in 1923, and was succeed by Matthew Aquila, who refused to expand the empire any further.

### Peter Purba (1967  - 1981)

Peter Purba was appointed Emperor of Bovido Has after the death of Matthew Aquila in 1967. Peter Purba died in 1981, he stated that he was to be succeed by his son Abram Purba, however this was a major breach in tradition as the clergy traditionally appointed the archbishop. Tensions eventually spiked with the murder of the Purba family by the nameless acting on the orders of the clergy. However upon learning of the family's deaths their supports, known as Purbains took to the streets to fight (through both peaceful and violent methods) against the action of the clergy, however it quickly became clear that the clergy would not stand for this, and as a result ordered military action. The Purbains were massacred in what became known as the Purba incident, plunging the country into chaos which lead to Hagreev Buller taking office in 1981

### Hagreev Buller (1981- 1983)

Hagreev Buller became the Emperor to provide a temporary Head of State for Bovido Has in the aftermath of the Purba crisis of 1981 in order to provide stability and normality to the Empire, and relinquished his office to Michael Ezra in 1983. Upon his retirement, Buller continued to play an important part in Bovido politics before his death in 1999.

### Michael Ezra (1983 - 2018)

Michael Ezra ruled as a benevolent, but iron fisted Emperor and Archbishop, and began the process of rebuilding the country after the assassination of the Purba family. In the period that is widely regarded as the golden age of Bovido Has, Ezra re-constructed relations with the Libirachi Empire, which had dampened under Peter Purba, and set about reforming and updating neglected parts of the country. Many of the Has provinces received new leadership, and the dominion of Persia Has was permitted to form its own assembly, headed by Emanuel Parra. In early 2018 Michael Ezra died, and was succeed by Hazael Buller the Rightful in August 2018 (although he was officially appointed in January 2019).

### Hazael Buller (2018 - 2020)

Under Buller, the son of former Emperor Hagreev Buller, the country doubled down on its harshness and the military began to play a larger role in the running of the country. A series of purges and crusades were enacted against those who crossed the new Archbishop, but not before Persia Has was permitted to form the Persian Republic. As Buller began to assert himself in office, Bovido Has began a new program of expansion into Egypt, but met harsh resistance from the Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood, and their African campaign was halted. In 2020, the regime suffered catastrophic losses during the Hǔnluàn's Eastern Campaign, and Hazael Buller was assassinated on the 29th March, descending the Christian empire into chaos.

### Damal Clod (2020 - 2021)

Taking the reigns following the death of Hazael Buller in March 2020, Emperor Damal Clod took ov\er duties as head of state, leaving Archbishop Syli Dean to control the Clergy whilst he presided over the Bovido Hasian Grand Council and its efforts to win the Has Wars. Despite many attempts, Clod was unable to deal a finishing blow to the Libirachi Empire and as such was toppled when the Libirachi forces stormed the Bovido capital and laid waste to the nation, with all remaining officials fleeing the capital for their safety.

### Syli Dean (2021)

Following the execution of Damal Clod during the Invasion of Belitung, Archbishop Syli Dean formed a coalition of various fractional forces to present a unified front to defeat the Libirachi Empire, but quickly the Tokyo Bovido succumbed to infighting and collapsed, leaving Dean isolated in his war as the other remnants proclaimed their neutrality. Like Emperor Clod before him, Dean was unable to stop the Libirachi war machine and died in a coup during the Invasion of Japan when High Admiral Etsushi Toyo activated a nuclear bomb under the Mt. Fuji base that Dean and his inner circle were hiding in, before fleeing with the remnants of the Tokyo Bovido into the pacific ocean.

## Self Proclaimed Emperors

### Damacus Visus (2021 - 2022)

Seizing control over the Palestine Has in the fallout from the failed Tokyo Bovido, Damacus Visus proclaimed himself Emperor in an attempt to restart the Bovido Hassian legacy, deeming Syli Dean's attempts to defeat the Libirachi Empire as futile and pathetic, before proclaiming his own neutrality in the war. During the Bovido Hassian Contingency, Visus' reign came under attack from the Jerusalem Bovido which quickly damaged the Palestinian war effort and with the revelation that Legate Julios Cragen was in league with Cardinal Anton Ujung, Visus was toppled and replaced with Cragen who forwent the title of Emperor, instead using his power as head of state to combine the Palestinian forces with that of the Jerusalem Bovido.

### Etsushi Toyo (2021 - 2022)

Following a coup during the Libirachi Invasion of Japan, High Admiral Etsushi Toyo quickly seized power amongst the remnants of the Bovido Has Grand Council and fled into the Pacific ocean on his fleet of battleships along with the brightest and best of the Tokyo Bovido in order to escape the pursuing Libirachi forces. Spending months at sea at a time, the Bovido merged into a cult like organisation utterly devoted to their emperor, before a further coup toppled Toyo, with his right-hand man Torrent Koon taking his place.

### Torrent Koon (2022)

Working in alliance with Cardinal Anton Ujung to take power in the Tokyo Bovido, Torrent Koon quickly became a key part of Emperor Etsushi Toyo's government, serving as head of the combined armed forces whilst secretly helping Ujung to wage war against the remnant before seizing power in 2022 and returning the fleet to the Middle Eastern coast of the Mediterranean where it was transformed into the Contingency Fleet - a fleet loyal only to the nominal head of state used to wage war against the various Bovido Remnants. Upon merging with the Tokyo Bovido, Koon relinquished his title as Emperor, going on to serve as the most senior naval official in the new Jerusalem Bovido.

## See Also

* Bovido Has
* Archbishop of Bovido Has
* List of Leaders of Bovido Has
* Has Wars
* Lord's Grand Army
* Lord's Holy Army