Go Gun-Hee

Go Gun-Hee was an Emperor of Hashin and the last Emperor before Sung Jin-Woo. He is known for his military might and straight-forward style.

## Early Life

Go Gun-Hee was born in **600PR** as the second child of then Emperor apprentice Go Airsue and his wife Yoo Hyo-Ri. The first son, Min-Hwan, was the focus of the family, being heir to the head and Crown Prince once Airsue became Emperor in **605PR**.

Like his brother though, Gun-Hee was provided with a personal nurse, which cared for and taught him. It was during his youth that Gun-Hee began to train like a warrior. This was due to two major reasons, the first, was that Gun-Hee was never taught how to be an heir and instead was raised to be Min-Hwan’s general, using their sibling relationship to maintain loyalty. The second was that Gun-Hee’s nurse’s husband was a prominent warrior, and decided to boost his prestige by training a non-spoilt royal.

Airsue would eventually die in **608PR** to an ambush, leaving Min-Hwan to take the role as Emperor under the regency of Sung Jin-Woo. This left Gun-Hee in a more awkward spot, meaning if Min-Hwan died at all, he would become the Emperor, but as a child he chose to focus on training instead.

As Gun-Hee grew older, he continued his training as a soldier, even disguising himself and joining the army on different quests. With experience under his belt, Gun-Hee was quickly becoming one of the new start soldiers, even Awakening during a campaign against the South-Western tribes where he was forced to fight during a disastrous battle.

## Reign

In **614PR** the worst happened for Gun-Hee when his brother, Min-Hwan, died from illness. This meant that Gun-Hee was the next rightful heir to the throne, and it would also be under regency due to only being 14. Thankfully, he remained under the regency of Sung Jin-Woo instead, someone who he respected due to Sung letting Gun-Hee do essentially what he wanted.

As Emperor, Gun-Hee could no longer sneak off and join military campaigns but now had much better training, sparring against some of the best fighters that his nation had to offer. At one point during a spar, his opponent actually switched to a war blade, attempting to kill the young Emperor, but thanks to his training and experience, Gun-Hee was able to disarm the assailant and execute him.

In **618PR** Gun-Hee was no longer under the regency of Sung Jin-Woo, and as a thanks for all the help, installed Sung as one of his highest advisors, along with giving him the governorship over the Sunai region.

With Sung Jin-Woo’s rewards finished, Gun-Hee began work on building the military, preparing to pressure the surrounding regions into obedience. Using the Hashin spy network, Gun-Hee gathered heavy information on his opponents armies and tactics, deciding to build his army in a way to counter them along with using their strengths.

Overtime, with the heavy backing from the military factions, Gun-Hee introduced new policies in **621PR** which gave better rights to soldiers. The legislation would mean that soldiers would only be dedicated to fighting, and be loyal mainly to the monarch, in this case Gun-Hee. In exchange they would have good lives, good equipment and a special privilege of carrying weapons on them at all times. To help their training more infrastructure was created, focusing on the personal aspect of the individual rather than general tactics.

In this policy, the three month-long training camp became the norm, something the soldiers would have to do every year. For soldiers already within the military, this was the chance to make their decision to either remain or return to a normal life.

In **622PR** Roderick’s War began when Roderick Adrastos, a vampire, led a large undead army in the Northern side of the Nirvan Republic. As a military fanatic, Gun-Hee watched the situation closely, knowing that the Nirvan Republic was the powerhouse of the region still. Gun-Hee got the call for help from the Nirvans in **623PR** from a consul named Servius Hilaris. While he was eager to send troops, he realised that they were not of the standard he felt acceptable yet and would reveal what he was doing to his enemies. Instead, he watched angrily as his enemy Tamwull sent some of their soldiers to gain experience.

Eventually the war ended in **624PR** much to Gun-Hee’s dismay, who planned on invading Tamwull while some of their troops were elsewhere. When the Tallians returned they were hailed as heroes, so Gun-Hee tried a different tactic, using his spies to distract the people of Tamwull and destroy the reputation of these heroes. This met immediate results and the experienced generals that returned were mostly removed from the army in fear of political backlash.

## Death

In **625PR** Gun-Hee was found dead in his bed. When servants found him, they knew immediately he had been poisoned, finding black veins and an injection mark near his neck. When doctors arrived they first thought that the Emperor may have overdosed in Nothyp, which remained legal in Hashin due to its use in the army. Though more investigation found he was poisoned from something else during his sleep, as a frontal assault for an assassination had failed before.

Whatever it was, Emperor Gun-Hee was dead.

### Succession

With no children to call his heir, and no more heirs from Airsue’s line, the next line of succession fell to Sung Jin-Woo, who was the other apprentice of Song-Ho. What helped further was Sung’s influence and experience, being made regent two times for the previous Emperors.