Muye Muhumo

## Muye Muhumo (Emperor Doku)

### Relatives

Prince Tagos Muhumo (son), King Myas Muhumo/ Emperor Mogon (son), Prince Garot Muhumo (son), Prince Calin Muhumo (son), Princess/Empress Mya Muhumo (daughter), Prince Mobun Muhumo (brother), Prince Moran Muhumo (brother), Memphis Muhumo (father), Mateng Muhumo (grandfather)

### Occupation

King of the West, Posthumous Emperor of Western Muhumo, Imperial Chancellor, Lord of the Grain

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Lady/Empress Era Muhumo Lady Sya Tomain (engaged, later anulled)

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

Muye Muhumo was a warlord and statesman of the late Wann Dynasty period, who founded the state of Western Muhumo. Born to a humble family, Muhumo enlisted into the imperial army at a young age and, through his wit and cunning, rose rapidly depsite his lowly origins to become a colonel, earning several distinctions during the Third Silver Crown Rebellion. Disagreements with military commanders, due to his reckless and defiant peronality, led him to abandon his illustrious military career prematurely to join the Imperial civil service where he, through his skill and intelligence, likewise rose quickly to join the Imperial Cabinet. However, his career was derailed when he was accused of the murder of the Imperial Treasurer, Lord Tarkun Munn. Evading the subsequent manhunt, Muhumo fled the capital to his hometown in the Sojin Mountains. There he consolidated his power amongst his clan and his family's allies. With their support, they defeated military campaigns to capture him and even made several offensive maneuvers that gave him increasing control over several terroritories along the West Coast. He subsequently established himself as a warlord and the civil war that was launched to stop his rise is often seen as the start of the fall of the Wann Dynasty. He later defeated the powerful Lord Boko Yama at the climatic battle of the Yellow Fields, becoming the most powerful lord of the realm. However, his attempt to gain hegemony over the empire was famously halted by a tripartite alliance between the Imperial Wann led by Prince Wendai Wann, the Eastern Wann led by Yosu Wann, and the Southern Nobu led by Suri Nobu. He was defeated at the Battle of the Black Dragon Bridge. When the tripartite alliance fractured, he seized the opportunity to capture Imperial Wann, crowning himself King of the West and Imperial Chancellor to the Emperor Mino. He was set to displace the Emperor but died shortly before the abdication, a complication of a head wound he suffered.

Muye Muhumo was the grandson of Mateng Muhumo, an influential eunuch servant and favourite of the Emperor who rose to become Personal Attendant to the Emperor from 782-802. He was said to wield tremendous influence over the Imperial Family as he was seen as a mystic monk who spoke god's will and could perform miracles (which some decried in secret as parlour tricks). These include curing the Prince Sasin of a childhood ailment, which cynics speculated to have been caused by poison supplied by Muhumo, and being the only one who could control Emperor Lom's episodes, which were said to have been caused by him. In 801, an assassination attempt was made on the monk who lost his eye in the process. The assassins were put to death and Mateng was elevated to a minor lord of The Tojin Mountains by Emperor Rulin. When Emperor Fudin came to power, Mateng, whom he distrusted unlike the rest of his family, was dismissed, and thus his influence at court was dismissed.

Mateng stole a boy from a farmer in his estate, killing the farmer and his wife, and raised him as his heir, Memphis Muhumo, the father of Muye Muhumo. Mateng was killed in 817 AL by assassins who infiltrated his castle and killed him in his sleep. They refused to disclose who sent them and were tortured to death by Lord Cyan.

After his death, his son, Prince Myas Muhumo, succeeded him as King of the West. Shortly after, King Myas overthrew Emperor Mino and took the throne for himself, declaring himself Emperor Mogon of the Muhumo Dynasty, an act which caused King Yosu Wann and King Suri Nobu to make similar claims to the Imperial Throne. Muhumo was posthumously named Emperor Doku.

A complex figure, Muhumo is often villified and portrayed as a devious and scheming figure who was never beyond amoral deeds to consolidate his power. However, some have considered his reputation to be unjustly tarnished.