Heart Washing Dynasty(TUE)

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

*I grew up under the claw of the dragon,*

*after I grew up I became an heir of the dragon*

*Black eyes, black hair, yellow skin,*

*forever and ever an heir of the dragon*

- *Heirs of the Dragon*, Hou Dejian
The **Heart Washing Dynasty**, also called the **Dynasty**, the **Heart Washers** or, more cynically, the **Chinese**, is a rogue state ruling much of the East Asian mainland from the steppes Ulaanbaatar to the marshes of Phnom Penh. Despite claiming succession from some of the oldest states in recorded history, the Dynasty is actually a very young entity that only thrust itself before the world during the end of the long-running Chinese Civil War after world war two. The brainchild of the now reviled Yan Xishan, his clique of disgruntled generals from both Red and Blue China and the Chinese branch of the sinister Upsilon organization, the Dynasty quickly consolidated its control by overrunning Mongolia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Burma with hordes of physically and genetically augmented troops. These conquests, however, are paltry compared to what the Heart Washing Dynasty’s future plans are; the creation of a great empire spanning all of the Far East, the islands of the Oceania and even the far away Western shores of the Americas. To this end, the rulers of the Dynasty have taken advantage of the brutal recent history of Asia such as the atrocities committed by Japan and the total collapse of Chinese society to create a degree of fanaticism on par with the early days of the Alliance.

Revered and, as many critics say, worshiped by his millions upon millions of subjects, Yan Xishan now bides his time in the decades of peace since the end of the third great war. The wise sages and clergy of the Dynasty instructs thousands of new trainees every day in the all-encompassing philosophy of Heart Washing. To the outside world, the Dynasty presents itself as a shining utopia above the petty squabbles of ideology and the destructive segregation of blocs. But inside the stomach of the dragon, a great fire is building which will one day cleanse the hearts and minds of the whole world.

## Background

### Towards the Republic

1911. China. The Qing Dynasty is overthrown by revolutionaries lead by Sun Yat-sen and the modernized sections of its military lead by Yuan Shi-kai. Among the rebel military officers is a young man named Yan Xishan. Yan had been the son of a wealthy merchant family. After his father was ruined in an economic downturn, Yan was sent to Japan where he attended the prestigious Tokyo Shimbu Gakko prepatory military academy and later the Imperial Japanese Army Academy which he graduated from in 1909. Yan left Japan not only with a good diploma but also a mind brimming with new ideas. He saw how Japan, a backwards island nation once cut off from the world, had successfully modernized itself and how its populace were almost blindly loyal to and enthusiastic in their support of the their government. He realized that for China to compete in the new century, there had to be changes, serious changes. In Japan, Yan Xishan also happened to meet one Sun Yat-sen, another Chinese expatriate who was disgusted with the corruption and misrule of the Qing. Yan joined with Sun's revolutionary society, the Tongmenghui, and vowed to one restore China's power to the days of the great Ming.

Upon his return to China, Sun was given command of the modernized Chinese units in his home province of Shanxi where he secretly worked to undermine the Qing by writing pamphlets about the need for China to modernize like Japan did & even develop its own form of bushido. When the revolution came around, Yan Xishan's forces joined with those of Yuan Shikai and the other rebel generals to drive the Manchu from China. Yan felt that at last, the Han Chinese people were free to pursue their own destiny as the heirs of the Ming Dynasty. This exuberance was short lived however, as Yan grew to realize that President Yuan and his cronies were no different than the corrupt mandarins they replaced. There was little Yan could do though, as Shanxi was surrounded on all sides by forces loyal to Yuan while Sun Yat-sen and the KMT were racked by inaction & indecision. Yan Xishan still held on to Shanxi though and while the warlord cliques were tearing China down after Yuan died, Yan was making Shanxi his own personal utopian society.

## Allies, Brother-Disciples & Other Associated Organizations of the Dynasty

### Virtuous Pontificate of Vietnam

*"The leftward iris gazes back at us. Take heed, do not cast your gaze from it."*

-Pope Bùi Thanh Quang, training the Pontificate's battle monks

 File:IconIRA.png | Sphere of the Left Eye | Only the most virtuous & devout of the Pontificate have the privilege to become the pilot of a Sphere of the Left Eye. Those that are selected are placed in a cryogenic stasis pod which is contained in the center of the Sphere. Once inside, the operators can control the sphere with their minds and use it to flatten small vehicles and crush infantry. When the pilot rolls, he powers an EMP beam contained within the Sphere' eye that, once fully charged, releases a devastating blast of electro-magnetic pulse energy that shoots across the battlefield like a bullet train, decimating everything in its path.

### Fellowship of the Himalayas

*"Do you ever wonder why they didn't just ride the sea dragon to Thunderclap Mountain instead of spending the whole text walking there?"*

- An aside recorded by Comintern agents in Lhasa.

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