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A comprehensive list of rulers of [[Marlakcor#Empire of Tianchao|Tianchao]], from the semi-legendary era to modern times. Pretender/Claimant rulers of unrecognized self-proclaimed dynasties and division period states/dynasties are included among them.
  
A comprehensive list of rulers of [[Marlakcor#Empire of Tianchao|Tianchao]], from the semi-legendary era to modern times. Pretender/Claimant rulers of unrecognized self-proclaimed dynasties and division period states/dynasties are included among them.
   
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Rulers before the Qiang dynasty were titled various ways:
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Rulers of the many dynasties of Tianchao were titled various ways:
 
* The rulers of the semi-legendary dynasties, Lang, Tong, Cong, and Chi dynasties were titled "Qiu (酋/chief)."
  
* The rulers of the semi-legendary dynasties, Lang, Tong, Cong, and Chi dynasties were titled "Qiu (酋/chief)."
 
** These "dynasties" were really tribal chiefdoms that existed mostly contemporaneously rather than the proper dynasties that characterized the majority of Tianchao's history.
  
** These "dynasties" were really tribal chiefdoms that existed mostly contemporaneously rather than the proper dynasties that characterized the majority of Tianchao's history.
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== Ji dynasty ==
  
== Ji dynasty ==
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The Ji dynasty is the namesake of the collective Jiti (集體) people, and in turn the more ethnic names of the empire, Jibang (集邦)/Jiyu (集宇).
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The Ji dynasty is the namesake of the collective Jiti (集體) people, and in turn the more ethnic names of the empire, Jibang (集邦)/Jiyu (集宇). The Ji dynasty actually existed concurrently with the four other tribes, but united the lands of its neighbors into a unified state.
 
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| colspan="9" |Fourth son of Huangdi Ziyuan out of her ten children.
  
| colspan="9" |Fourth son of Huangdi Ziyuan out of her ten children.
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After his mother ascended the throne, he superseded his elder siblings to the throne by eliminating the competition through systematic assassinations made to look like accidents or simple disappearances. So desperate he was for the throne that he did the same with any relative felt threatened by, including his cousins, younger siblings, and even his own children. He did so over the course of Huangdi Ziyuan's entire reign, and was so meticulously thorough that his mother never even suspected his involvement.
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After his mother ascended the throne, he superseded his elder siblings to the throne by eliminating the competition through systematic assassinations made to look like accidents or simple disappearances. So desperate he was for the throne that he did the same with any relative he felt threatened by, including his younger siblings, cousins, and even his own children. He did so over the course of Huangdi Ziyuan's entire reign, and was so meticulously thorough that his mother never even suspected his involvement.
   
 
He ascended the throne himself following the death of Huangdi Ziyuan. His brief seven-year reign is characterized as tyrannically cruel and oppressive, leading to his own assassination at the hands of his own palace staff.
  
He ascended the throne himself following the death of Huangdi Ziyuan. His brief seven-year reign is characterized as tyrannically cruel and oppressive, leading to his own assassination at the hands of his own palace staff.
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| colspan="9" |The last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty.
  
| colspan="9" |The last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty.
 
He was the youngest son of Huangdi Bukong, and the only one to survive to adulthood, including his father's purge of potential threats to his accession. He was placed on the throne at the age of fifteen following the assassination of Huangdi Bukong.
  
He was the youngest son of Huangdi Bukong, and the only one to survive to adulthood, including his father's purge of potential threats to his accession. He was placed on the throne at the age of fifteen following the assassination of Huangdi Bukong.
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Though huangdi in name, Huangdi Chuantong was little more than a puppet ruler for a regent and the palace officials, whom were still reeling from the tyrannical reign of Huangdi Bukong. However, without the huangdi exercising any central authority, along with the regent's incompetence, the government quickly descended into corruption, weaking the state and hastening the downfall of the Qiang dynasty.
  
Though huangdi in name, Huangdi Chuantong was little more than a puppet ruler for a regent and the palace officials, whom were still reeling from the tyrannical reign of Huangdi Bukong. However, without the huangdi exercising any central authority, along with the regent's incompetence, the government quickly descended into corruption, weaking the state and hastening the downfall of the Qiang dynasty.
   
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A minor official during the last years of the reign of Huangdi Chuantong, the last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty, he came to power in a political coup after a three-year interregnum following the suicide of Huangdi Chuantong.
  
A minor official during the last years of the reign of Huangdi Chuantong, the last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty, he came to power in a political coup after a three-year interregnum following the suicide of Huangdi Chuantong.
   
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Although Huangdi Cui managed to stay in power for almost four decades, he was an inefficient ruler who failed at every meaningful thing he did as huangdi, and nothing he did improved the lives of the people.
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Although Huangdi Cui managed to stay in power for almost four decades, he was an ineffectual ruler who failed at every meaningful thing he did as huangdi, and nothing he did improved the lives of the people.
   
 
His bad rulership eventually led to his and his own dynasty's overthrow, to be replaced by the Chang dynasty following a three-year rebellion/civil war known to history as the ''Fan–Chang Contention'' (飯與昌爭辯/''Fan yu Chang Zhengbian''). He was spared following his defeat and allowed to abdicate, but spent the remainder of his life in self-imposed exile.
  
His bad rulership eventually led to his and his own dynasty's overthrow, to be replaced by the Chang dynasty following a three-year rebellion/civil war known to history as the ''Fan–Chang Contention'' (飯與昌爭辯/''Fan yu Chang Zhengbian''). He was spared following his defeat and allowed to abdicate, but spent the remainder of his life in self-imposed exile.
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Enthroned at the age of seven as a puppet ruler for the tyrannical Huai Gui, Chengxiang of Zhai until his assassination, kept in a ceremonial position under Qi Pin, self-styled Ducai of Zhai, Huangdi Ang's reign saw the complete deterioration of central Zhai rule into the hands of regional warlords.
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Enthroned at the age of seven as a puppet ruler for the tyrannical Huai Gui, Chengxiang of Zhai until his assassination, and then kept in a ceremonial position under Qi Pin, self-styled Ducai of Zhai.
   
 
Following his defeat of Qi Pin, Huangdi Ang was under the thumb of Chengxiang Kong Song for most of the rest of his reign. He was forced to abdicate to Kong Hao, Kong Song's son and successor, ending the Zhai dynasty and beginning the ''Four Kingdoms'' period.
  
Following his defeat of Qi Pin, Huangdi Ang was under the thumb of Chengxiang Kong Song for most of the rest of his reign. He was forced to abdicate to Kong Hao, Kong Song's son and successor, ending the Zhai dynasty and beginning the ''Four Kingdoms'' period.
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King of Pian under the Jia dynasty before seceding, his kingdom was conquered by Pang Gou. Sui Han was personally executed by Pang Gou for his rebellion.
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Wang of Pian under the Jia dynasty before seceding, his kingdom was conquered by Pang Gou. Sui Han was personally executed by Pang Gou for his rebellion.
 
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King of Nian under the Qiu and Jia dynasties before seceding, for reasons unknown to all but himself, Ren Jizhi mostly managed to stay out of the fighting between the other six huangdi, save for some serious border disputes with the other two breakaway kingdoms and the Pang clan claimants.
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Wang of Nian under the Qiu and Jia dynasties before seceding, for reasons unknown to all but himself, Ren Jizhi mostly managed to stay out of the fighting between the other six huangdi, save for some serious border disputes with the other two breakaway kingdoms and the Pang clan claimants.
   
 
Four years after the establishment of the Gun dynasty, with the Gun army beginning to encroach upon his lands following the fall of Pang Long in battle against the San dynasty, Ren Jizhi challenged Song De to a "duel of kings" and lost. Per the terms of the duel, in which his kingdom would retain independence if he had won, he willingly abdicated, ending his dynasty, was stripped of his titles, and lived out the rest of his days in retirement.
  
Four years after the establishment of the Gun dynasty, with the Gun army beginning to encroach upon his lands following the fall of Pang Long in battle against the San dynasty, Ren Jizhi challenged Song De to a "duel of kings" and lost. Per the terms of the duel, in which his kingdom would retain independence if he had won, he willingly abdicated, ending his dynasty, was stripped of his titles, and lived out the rest of his days in retirement.
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| colspan="9" |First huangdi of the breakaway San dynasty. Wang of San under the Jia dynasty, he was a sworn brother Huangdi Zui and a loyal general of during the latter's rebellion to overthrow Chirudi Fengkuang Guaiwu and the Qiu dynasty.
 
He learned the truth about Pang Wu's parentage by accident in the last days of Huangdi Zui's reign, but the latter died before he could tell him.
  
He learned the truth about Pang Wu's parentage by accident in the last days of Huangdi Zui's reign, but the latter died before he could tell him.
   
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| colspan="9" |Founder of the Gun dynasty. Wang of Gun during the Qiu and Jia dynasties, he is lauded as a hero for bringing order back to Tianchao by replacing the collapsing Jia dynasty during the ''War of the Seven Emperors''. He initially feigned alliegence to the illegitimate Pang Wu for the early stages of the war before he came to power. His reign began when he instigated a palace coup, killing Pang Wu and many of the tyrannical bastard's nearest relatives.
 
Ended the war with the reconquest of the breakaway San dynasty.
  
Ended the war with the reconquest of the breakaway San dynasty.
 
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| colspan="9" |The founder of the Qin dynasty.
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Her parents were named Sheng Jin (繩筋) and Yuan Lin (媛琳). Yuan Lan's mother, Yuan Lin, was born a commoner woman from a well off merchant family. A bad investment on her father's part led to debts and her being sold into slavery to pay them off. Not long after, Yuan Lin met Sheng Jin, who became her constant companion until he died. Yuan Lan, the future ruler of Tianchao, was born some time after, and they decided that she would have her mother's surname rather than her father's.
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Born a slave, Yuan Lan endured harsh conditions under the tyrannical slave system of the Gun dynasty. When she was a teenager, Yuan Lan started to speak out against slavery and the oppression of women under patriarchal traditions. Even though she endured harsh punishments for speaking out, including whippings and stripping her nude in public, she kept her head high and never let herself be silenced.
  
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Born a slave, Yuan Lan endured harsh conditions under the tyrannical slave system of the Gun dynasty. Her father died as a result of these conditions when she was just eight years old.
   
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When she was a teenager, Yuan Lan started to speak out against slavery and the oppression of women under patriarchal traditions. Even though she endured harsh punishments for speaking out, including whippings and stripping her nude in public, she kept her head high and never let herself be silenced.
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Influential and charismatic, she accumulated some sympathetic listeners who turned into devoted followers; among them was Tian Airen (甜愛人); styled Fengmi (蜂蜜), a young noblegirl who was her oldest friend and sworn sister, and lover.
  
   
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Influential and charismatic, she accumulated some sympathetic listeners, both freemen and fellow slaves, and even some sympathetic nobles, who turned into devoted followers; among them was Tian Airen (甜愛人); styled Fengmi (蜂蜜), a young noblegirl who was her oldest friend and sworn sister, and lover.
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When she was twenty-one, Yuan Lan led a slave revolt in Dongtan (東灘), the imperial capital of the time. Her uprising was repulsed form the city, but her cause attracted followers from all corners of the empire, women ''and'' sympathetic men, until they had grown into an army thousands-strong within just a few weeks.
  
   
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When she was twenty-one, Yuan Lan's mother was arrested and imprisoned in an attempt to shut her down, but that was the final straw for her. With support from Tian Airen's family, led a slave revolt in Dongtan (東灘), the imperial capital of the time. Her uprising was repulsed from the city, but word of her cause spread far and wide and attracted followers from all corners of the empire, women ''and'' men, until they had grown into an army many-thousands-strong within just a few weeks.
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At the behest of her most loyal retainers – who believed that the sudden growth and support of her rebellion meant that the Gun dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and had been granted to her – Yuan Lan declared a new dynasty, naming her dynasty "Qin (親)," and coined the title Niangdi (娘帝). Her declaration waged war against the Gun dynasty, a conflict known to history as the ''Cixing War'' (雌性戰爭) (3277–3284TJH/2856–2863AFZ). The final conquest of the capital seven years later saw the deposition of Huangdi Tanpan – who committed suicide once he had heard Qin forces had breached the palace defenses rather than be executed or forced to abdicate – and the end of the Gun dynasty.
  
   
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A slave no more, at the behest of her most loyal retainers – who believed that the sudden growth and support of her rebellion meant that the Gun dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and had been granted to her – Yuan Lan declared a new dynasty, naming her dynasty "Qin (親)," and coined the title Niangdi (娘帝). Her declaration was met with applause from her entire army and retinue. Her cause then waged war against the Gun dynasty, a conflict known to history as the ''Cixing War'' (雌性戰爭) (3277–3284TJH/2856–2863AFZ). The final conquest of the capital seven years later saw the deposition of Huangdi Tanpan and the end of the Gun dynasty. Huangdi Tanpan committed suicide once he had heard Qin forces had breached the palace defenses rather than be executed or forced to abdicate.
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Once firmly in power, she outlawed slavery, a policy that endured until the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty, and ushered in a golden age that lasted until the end of the dynasty. She also revitalized the empire with various welfare projects that improved the lives of people of all races and social classes; and for this reason she is firmly acknowledged as one of the greatest rulers in Tianzu history.
  
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Once firmly in power, Yuan Lan freed her mother, who was surprised to learn her daughter was now the ruler of the empire, and outlawed slavery – a policy that endured until the inauguration of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – and ushered in a golden age that lasted until the end of the dynasty. She also revitalized the empire with various welfare projects that improved the lives of people of all races and social classes; and for these reasons she is firmly acknowledged as one of the greatest rulers in Tianzu history.
 
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Niangdi Hongbao came into the throne at the age of twenty five upon the death of her mother.
  
Niangdi Hongbao came into the throne at the age of twenty five upon the death of her mother.
   
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Under her reign, the current capital, Tangzhai, was founded. But the new imperial palace would not be completed and occupied until the reign of her successor, Niangdi Baolan.
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Under her reign, the current capital, Tangzhai, was founded. But the new imperial palace would not be occupied or completed until the reign of her successor, Niangdi Baolan.
 
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During her reign, her twin brother, Yuan Huan, attempted to overthrow her in a coup. They were close, nigh inseparable, in their childhood, but grew apart as Yuan Jiang was being groomed to take the throne.
  
During her reign, her twin brother, Yuan Huan, attempted to overthrow her in a coup. They were close, nigh inseparable, in their childhood, but grew apart as Yuan Jiang was being groomed to take the throne.
   
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While she was briefly deposed, her loyalists proved greater than his support and she was and she was restored. Yuan Huan eventually came back with an army to retake the capital and the throne by force, but Niangdi Taijian and her government managed to escape. She then waged a five-year civil war against her brother to retake the throne.
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While she was briefly deposed, her loyalists proved greater than Yuan Huan's support and she was and she was restored. Yuan Huan eventually came back with an army to retake the capital and the throne by force, but Niangdi Ci and her government managed to escape. She then, with great reluctance, waged a civil war against her brother to retake the throne.
   
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After five years, she eventually defeated her brother and retook the capital, but, out of love and against the advice of her court, spared his life, merely throwing him in prison for the rest of his natural life. She became his only regular visitor for the remainder of their days. Her mercy, combined with her general gentle nature, earned her her posthumous name.
 
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Six years into the reign of his sister, he attempted to orchestrate a coup to become hunagdi. While he briefly deposed his sister and proclaimed himself huangdi, his coup failed when the loyalists of Niangdi Taijian proved too many. But he amassed a great support from many opponents of the women-ruled dynasty. His following turned into an army that retook the capital, expelling the loyalist government. Niangdi Taijian managed to escaped and his followers waged a five-year civil war to hold the throne.
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Six years into the reign of his sister, he attempted to orchestrate a coup to become hunagdi. While he briefly deposed his sister and proclaimed himself huangdi, his coup failed when the loyalists of Niangdi Ci proved too many. But he amassed a great support from many opponents of the women-ruled dynasty. His following turned into an army that retook the capital, expelling the loyalist government. Niangdi Ci managed to escaped and his followers waged a five-year civil war to hold the throne.
   
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Yuan Huan was defeated but not executed. He remained in prison the rest of his life, visited solely by Niangdi Taijian until their final days.
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Yuan Huan was defeated but not executed. He remained in prison the rest of his life, visited solely by Niangdi Ci until their final days.
 
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== Mei dynasty ==
  
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The Duke of Mei and the last Chengxiang under the Qin dynasty, he came to power when "convinced/tricked" Niangdi Chuai, the last Niangdi of the Qin dynasty, to abdicate in his favor. A conservative traditionalist, Huangdi Ganju became huangdi purposely to end the women-ruled Qin dynasty and reinstate male-preference primogeniture for the first time in centuries.
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The Gong of Mei and the last Chengxiang under the Qin dynasty, he came to power when "convinced/tricked" Niangdi Chuai, the last Niangdi of the Qin dynasty, to abdicate in his favor. A conservative traditionalist, Huangdi Ganju became huangdi purposely to end the women-ruled Qin dynasty and reinstate male-preference primogeniture for the first time in centuries.
   
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However, his dynasty did not begin peacefully, as the [[Qirsyllvian Non-State Organizations & Societies#Sisters of the Yellow Dragon|Sisters of the Yellow Dragon]] – a women-only Jiti military order founded during the ''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties'' period that had served as the personal army of the Niangdi since the founding of the Qin dynasty – rebelled and began the forty-year ''Yellow Dragon Rebellion'' (黃龍叛亂/''Huanglong Panluan''), a civil war so devastating that it destabilized the Mei dynasty to a point it couldn't recover.
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While dwarves had served in many powerful positions for thousands of years, he the first dwarf to rule the empire.

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Imperial Seal of Tianchao

Printed inscription of the Imperial Seal of Tianchao, the personal seal of the ruler of the empire, carved from a piece of jade in the early Mo dynasty.
Top line: 接受天命/Jieshou Tianming/Receive the Mandate of Heaven
Second line: 天下勳爵/Tianxia Xunjue/Lord of the World
Third line: 正義規則/Zhengyi Guize/Rule Justly
Bottom line: 消滅邪惡/Xiaomie Xie'e/Destroy Evil

A comprehensive list of rulers of Tianchao, from the semi-legendary era to modern times. Pretender/Claimant rulers of unrecognized self-proclaimed dynasties and division period states/dynasties are included among them.

Rulers of the many dynasties of Tianchao were titled various ways:

  • The rulers of the semi-legendary dynasties, Lang, Tong, Cong, and Chi dynasties were titled "Qiu (酋/chief)."
    • These "dynasties" were really tribal chiefdoms that existed mostly contemporaneously rather than the proper dynasties that characterized the majority of Tianchao's history.
  • Rulers during the Predynastic era dynasties, Ying, Re, Gao, Mo, and early Qiang, were titled "Wang (王/King/Prince)."
    • The former three are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved during the early stages of the Mo dynasty.
  • The majority of rulers since the founding of the imperial Qiang dynasty are titled "Huangdi (皇帝/Emperor)," but other titles were used, especially during division periods.
    • Such titles include old titles such as qiu and wang, but other titles used including:
      • "Tianwang" (天王/Heavenly King)
      • "Huangzi" (皇子/Prince), Huangfei (皇妃/Princess)
      • Rulers of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty were also titled "Khagan (可汗/ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ)"

Lang dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign
Personal Courtesy Posthumous
Lang Zhangzi
狼長子 		Lingdui
領隊 		Qiu Zun
狼尊酋 		[…]–[…]TJQ

Tong dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign
Personal Courtesy Posthumous
[…]–[…]TJQ

Cong dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign
Personal Courtesy Posthumous
[…]–[…]TJQ

Chi dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign
Personal Courtesy Posthumous
[…]–[…]TJQ

Ji dynasty

The Ji dynasty is the namesake of the collective Jiti (集體) people, and in turn the more ethnic names of the empire, Jibang (集邦)/Jiyu (集宇). The Ji dynasty actually existed concurrently with the four other tribes, but united the lands of its neighbors into a unified state.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Su Longqiu
素龍虬 		Qiu Jin
集金酋 		1371–[…]TJQ
Leader of the Ji tribe, he united several of the other tribes into the first unified sovereign state in Zanghuan.
[…]–1286TJQ

Zao dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Fu Yase
富亞瑟 		Qiuwang Shixin
燥獅心酋王 		1286–[…]TJQ
[…]–953TJQ

Gao dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Chajing Han
茶晶汗 		Shangsheng
上升 		Wang Cuiruo
皋脆弱王 		Xinjian
新建 		954–[…]TJQ
[…]–713TJQ

Mo dynasty

The Mo dynasty was the longest-enduring dynasty in Tianzu history.

Rulers were titled "Wuwang (巫王/Witch King)."

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Xi Gaoming
觋高明 		Laoji
僚機 		Wuwang Shanmei
魔善媚巫王 		Xinjian
新建 		733–[…]TJQ
The founder of the Mo dynasty, Wuwang Shanmei was a powerful magician, one of the most powerful of the age. Brought order to a nation torn by twenty years of civil war between squabbling kingdoms following the collapse of the Gao dynasty.
Xi Ying
觋英 		Qiaochu
翹楚 		Wuwang Jin
魔金巫王 		[…]–[…]TJQ
Son of Wuwang Shanmei, Wuwang Jin carved the Imperial Seal out of a magical piece of jade found atop a mountain during his tour of the realm.
Xi Yan
觋儼 		Zhuhong
硃紅 		Wuwang Guizu
魔貴族巫王 		[…]–[…]TJQ
Proper centralization of authority was achieved under his rule.
Summer & Winter Period
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
Warring States Period
[…]–[…]TJQ
Xi Zhu
觋珠 		Yaoren
妖人 		Wuwang Fenghuang
魔鳳凰巫王 		[…]–11TJQ
The last ruler of the Mo dynasty. Under his rule, the Mo dynasty finally collapsed when it was conquered by the Kingdom of Hong, just around the same time Ji Zhugong, the future Huangdi Chuangjian, came to power in the Kingdom of Qiang.

Qiang dynasty

The first imperial dynasty of Tianchao.

The Kingdom of Qiang was originally founded as a vassal of the Mo dynasty until it rose to dominance during the Warring States Period.

Rulers of the Kingdom of Qiang before Huangdi Chuangjian established the imperial period were titled "Wang," and the ruling family before him was the "Zhi (治)" clan.

During the Qiang dynasty's reign the empire was referred to as "Tianchao (天朝)" for diplomatic purposes, but with the dynasty's end the name fell out of use until the Zhai dynasty officially adopted it by law.

Title of Wang of Qiang was created during the first half of the Mo dynasty, but the title was purely ceremonial, and so those holders are not included in the list. This list begins with first Wang of Qiang following the creation of the Kingdom of Qiang at the beginning of the Summer & Winter Period.
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Summer & Winter Period
Zhi Kongtu
治空頭 		Xiongke
熊克 		Wang Liequan
薔獵犬王 		[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
Warring States Period
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
[…]–[…]TJQ
Zhi Tong
治童 		Chunan
處男 		n/a n/a […]–11TJQ
The last ruler of the Kingdom of Qiang from the Zhi clan.
Imperial Period
Ji Zheng
機政 		Zhugong
主公 		Huangdi Chuangjian
薔創見皇帝 		Kaiguo
開國 		31TJQ–32TJH 63yrs 11TJQ–0TJH
(as Wang)

0–32TJH
(as Huangdi)

11yrs
Ji Zhugong used the title "Wang" from the time he usurped control of the Kingdom of Qiang from the Zhi clan until he established the Qiang dynasty, beginning the Classical Period of the Imperial Period.

He came to power around the same time the Mo dynasty finally collapsed.

As the founder of the imperial period, from then on using the title of "Huangdi," Huangdi Chuangjian is also known to history as Qiang Shou Di (薔首帝).

He proclaimed his dynasty upon his marriage to Lan Mi, the last wanghou (queen) of the Kingdom of Bao – posthumously known as Huanghou Baoxiao (寶笑皇后) – shortly after the pair led their combined armies to vanquish the Kingdom of Hong and annex its recent conquests.

The year of his ascension to Huangdi is the basis of the Luan calendar, though it wasn't adopted until the Chang dynasty.

Ji Mei
機美 		Mingmei
明媚 		Huangdi Ziyuan
薔資源皇帝 		Yongpi
永辟 		7TJQ–80TJH 87yrs 32–80TJH 48yrs
The second ruler of the imperial Qiang dynasty, Huangdi Ziyuan was Huangdi Chuangjian's third child and only daughter.

As she outlived her two elder brothers, both of whom died of natural-yet-unknown causes just months before Huangdi Chuangjian's death, most saw it as a sign that she was her father's true successor. Thus she was enthroned as the first female ruler of Tianchao.

It was also during her reign that the term Tianfei (天妃/Daughter of Heaven) was coined. Before her enthronement, official and religious leaders stuck on whether to used the old term Tianzi (天子/Son of Heaven), for her as she was a woman. But she ended their debate by coining the Tianfei, which would serve as the variation for female rulers henceforth.

One of only a handful of recognized female rulers of a unified period (aside for the Qin dynasty, which was ruled entirely by women), Huangdi Ziyuan was the longest-serving ruler of the Qiang dynasty.

Ji Hanhu
機含糊 		Youxiao
幼小 		Huangdi Bukong
薔不控皇帝 		n/a 33–87TJH 54yrs 80–87TJH 7yrs
Fourth son of Huangdi Ziyuan out of her ten children.

After his mother ascended the throne, he superseded his elder siblings to the throne by eliminating the competition through systematic assassinations made to look like accidents or simple disappearances. So desperate he was for the throne that he did the same with any relative he felt threatened by, including his younger siblings, cousins, and even his own children. He did so over the course of Huangdi Ziyuan's entire reign, and was so meticulously thorough that his mother never even suspected his involvement.

He ascended the throne himself following the death of Huangdi Ziyuan. His brief seven-year reign is characterized as tyrannically cruel and oppressive, leading to his own assassination at the hands of his own palace staff.

Ji Kong
機空 		Huisheng
迴聲 		Huangdi Chuantong
薔傳統皇帝 		Zuihou
最後 		72–100TJH 28yrs 87–100TJH 13yrs
The last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty.

He was the youngest son of Huangdi Bukong, and the only one to survive to adulthood, including his father's purge of potential threats to his accession. He was placed on the throne at the age of fifteen following the assassination of Huangdi Bukong.

Though huangdi in name, Huangdi Chuantong was little more than a puppet ruler for a regent and the palace officials, whom were still reeling from the tyrannical reign of Huangdi Bukong. However, without the huangdi exercising any central authority, along with the regent's incompetence, the government quickly descended into corruption, weaking the state and hastening the downfall of the Qiang dynasty.

After thirteen miserable years on the throne, Huangdi Chuantong took his own life without naming an heir. Childless, and with most of the imperial relatives eligible for the throne either scattered or dead since the reign of Huangdi Bukong, the Qiang dynasty ended with him.

Fan dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Kan Yang
看楊 		Caozong
操縱 		Huangdi Cui
飯粹皇帝 		n/a 69–151TJH 82yrs 103–141TJH 38yrs
Sole huangdi of the Fan dynasty.

A minor official during the last years of the reign of Huangdi Chuantong, the last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty, he came to power in a political coup after a three-year interregnum following the suicide of Huangdi Chuantong.

Although Huangdi Cui managed to stay in power for almost four decades, he was an ineffectual ruler who failed at every meaningful thing he did as huangdi, and nothing he did improved the lives of the people.

His bad rulership eventually led to his and his own dynasty's overthrow, to be replaced by the Chang dynasty following a three-year rebellion/civil war known to history as the Fan–Chang Contention (飯與昌爭辯/Fan yu Chang Zhengbian). He was spared following his defeat and allowed to abdicate, but spent the remainder of his life in self-imposed exile.

Despite his bad rule, Huangdi Cui was still recognized for bringing some order out of the collapse of the Qiang dynasty and given a posthumous name upon his death, but not a temple name.

Chang dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Fa Mao
發猫 		Shangren
聖人 		Huangdi Haohan
昌好漢皇帝 		Fuxing
復興 		138–[…]TJH
First huangdi of the Chang dynasty, Huangdi Haoban came to power after overthrowing the Fan dynasty in a rebellion/civil war, known to history as the Fan–Chang Contention. He began to process of revitalizing the empire following more than half a century of bad rule.
Huangdi Yueliang
昌月亮皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
The Luan calendar was adopted during his reign.
[…]–346TJH

Can dynasty

A short-lived pretender dynasty during a crisis of the Chang dynasty known as the Imperial Schism.
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Fa Tao
發陶 		n/a n/a 296–302TJH 6yrs

Hua dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
346–[…]TJH
[…]–428TJH

Yue dynasty

The first faun-ruled dynasty, and the first non-human ruled dynasty of the Imperial Period

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Huangdi Kongyo
悦控唷皇帝 		Yaozu
耀祖 		427–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
Qingse Zai
青色崽 		Zhuanglie
壯烈 		Huangdi Yan
悦儼皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Qingse Ding
青色丁 		Nande
難得 		Huangdi Juexin
悦決心皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Came to power following a palace coup to depose Huang-Taihou San; personal name: Huyu Ying (冴羽瑩); styled: Qixin (琪心), the fourth and final wife of Huangdi Yan before his death, whom had instigated a blood feud between himself and his brothers in an attempt to secure the throne for herself.
Huangdi Jiaoyong
悦教涌皇帝 		[…]–727TJH

Jing dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
715–[…]TJH
[…]–1032TJH

Shu dynasty

The only gargoyle-ruled dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Shan Ding
善定 		Yeyi
夜翼 		Huangdi Xinjing
樹心經皇帝 		Dazu
大祖 		1006–1109TJH 103yrs 1032–1087TJH 55yrs
Shan Shao
善少 		Youzhu
幼主 		Huangdi Xinruan
樹心軟皇帝 		Zhepi
哲辟 		1031–1119TJH 88yrs 1087–1119TJH 32yrs
The second and last huangdi of the Shu dynasty. He died suddenly without naming an heir, leaving his children and relatives to fight a bloodbath to succeed him.

Zhai dynasty

Under the Zhai dynasty, the name "Tianchao" came into use as the official name of the empire, though the dynasty name was still commonly used to refer to the empire, even after the dynasty ended.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Wei Rang
威讓 		Yingxiong
英雄 		Huangdi Tongyi
斎統一皇帝 		Dazu
大祖 		1120–1162TJH 42yrs
The founder of the Zhai dynasty. Came to power through a coup d'état – referred to in history as the Xinnian Coup (新年政變/Xinnian Zhengbian/New Year's Coup) because it took place during New Year's – to fill the power vacuum left by the death of the Huangdi Xinruan six months prior.
Wei Ming
威明 		1162–[…]TJH
Wei Zhao
威找 		[…]–[…]TJH
Wei Bao
威雹 		Huangdi Tang
斎糖皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
The national anthem, "Suoyou Huanhu Tianchao," was adopted during his reign.
Wei Ku
威库 		[…]–[…]TJH
Wei Mao
威貓 		[…]–[…]TJH
Wei Si
威思 		Huangdi Rao
斎繞皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Wei Dao
威掉 		Miyao
密鑰 		Huangdi Qingsong
斎輕鬆皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Son of Huangdi Rao and Huanghuo Mingyuan.
Wei Sui
威歲 		Huangdi Zhamen
斎閘門皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Wei Anzi
威安子 		Chunjie
純潔 		Huangdi Ang
斎昂皇帝 		Zuihou
最後 		1496–1558TJH 62yrs 1503–1539TJH 36yrs
Last huangdi of the Zhai dynasty. Dominated by regents for his entire reign, Huangdi Ang's reign saw the complete deterioration of central Zhai rule into the hands of regional warlords.

Enthroned at the age of seven as a puppet ruler for the tyrannical Huai Gui, Chengxiang of Zhai until his assassination, and then kept in a ceremonial position under Qi Pin, self-styled Ducai of Zhai.

Following his defeat of Qi Pin, Huangdi Ang was under the thumb of Chengxiang Kong Song for most of the rest of his reign. He was forced to abdicate to Kong Hao, Kong Song's son and successor, ending the Zhai dynasty and beginning the Four Kingdoms period.

Pretenders, Usurpers, and Self-Proclaimed dynasties

Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty

Self-proclaimed dynasties during the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. The Fei, Huang, and Dian dynasties were self-proclaimed during the period of chaos and civil war in the final decades of the Zhai dynasty, but were unrecognized and overthrown rather quickly.
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Fei dynasty
Lin Lin
霖琳 		Reqing
熱情 		Huangdi Liang
匪亮皇帝 		n/a 1496TJH–unkwn unkwn 1519–1524TJH 5yrs
Lin Lin was a female ruler, one of only a handful recognized in Tianzu history, aside for the women-ruled Qin dynasty.

Originally an outlaw and bandit leader, Lin Lin waged war against the Zhai dynasty itself and all its lords during the Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty.

She used the suffering of the people caused by the recent famine and the chaos of the conflict between the regional warlords to justify her campaign, taking advantage of the chaos of the civil wars to better herself and the people.

She stole the Imperial Seal of Tianchao from the Imperial Palace when she led her bandit army to invade and sack the capital while Qi Pin, then the "Ducai" of Zhai, was away warring with Kong Song, and used her "acquisition" of it as justification for declaring herself huangdi of a new dynasty.

She vanished following her final defeat; whether she escaped and went into hiding or died in battle was never known.

Huang dynasty
Xin Zhujiao
信主教 		Jiaohuang
教皇 		Huangdi Jiuzhu
黃救主皇帝 		n/a 1484–1532TJH 48yrs 1530–1532TJH 1yr, 6mo
A religious leader-turned-warlord, who proclaimed himself huangdi of the Huang dynasty – also known as Xin Huang (信黃) to differentiate it from the Warring States kingdom of the same name.

Devoted to Lingjiao faith and loved by his people, his rationale for proclaiming his dynasty was that the Zhai dynasty had long-since lost the Mandate of Heaven and that he had received a vision from the gods saying that it had been granted to him for the purpose of saving the nation from self-destruction. He died of illness a year and a half following his declaration. Passing on without an heir, his court quickly collapsed and his army scattered.

Dian dynasty
San Yinghao
傘英豪 		Lijie
禮節 		Huangdi Jingling
靛精靈皇帝 		n/a 1505–1537TJH 23yrs 1535–1537TJH 2yrs
An ethnic Senzai warlord from the Dianqing (靛青) peninsula, who proclaimed himself huangdi of the Dian dynasty.

His rationale for proclaiming his dynasty remains unknown to history. He intended on conquering the rest of Tianchao, but his self-proclaimed dynasty was defeated by Kong Song and his armies following a successful invasion and reconquest of the peninsula two years later. San Yonghao himself was captured and executed. His heirs were spared, but were forced to serve the Kong-controlled Zhai court.

Four Kingdoms

Northern Gan

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Kong Song
恐誦 		Zhengke
政客 		Huangdi Meng
感猛皇帝 		Yaozu
耀祖 		[…]–1539TJH […]–1539TJH n/a
Chengxiang of Zhai dynasty during the final years of the Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty. Father of Kong Hao/Huangdi Gengxin, the first huangdi of Gan kingdom. Did not rule as huangdi, though he was de facto ruler of Zhai during his tenure as chengxiang, but was posthumously honored as huangdi by Huangdi Gengxin.
Kong Hao
恐好 		Youya
幽雅 		Huangdi Gengxin
感更新皇帝 		n/a 1539–[…]TJH
Huangdi Gengxin was the last chengxiang of the Zhai dynasty under Huangdi Ang, the last ruler of the Zhai dynasty.

Son of Kong Song, he took over from his father as chengxiang of the Zhai dynasty. Less than three months following Kong Song's death, he forced Huangdi Ang to abdicate to him, ending the Zhai dynasty,

Kong Dong
恐懂 		n/a […]–[…]TJH
n/a […]–[…]TJH
n/a […]–[…]TJH
Kong Jiong
恐炯 		n/a n/a […]–1581TJH

Yong Zhai

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Wei San
威散 		Sangjian
桑劍 		Huangdi Qianbei
永斎謙卑皇帝 		n/a 1539–[…]TJH
Scion of the imperial family of the Zhai dynasty.
Wei Fu
威散 		Longta
龍獺 		Huangdi Heshan
永斎和善皇帝 		n/a […]–1574TJH
Second son of Huangdi Qianbei.

He abdicated following a massive defeat by the armies of Gan kingdom, and spend the remainder of his life in solitude.

Xue Lu

A faun-ruled kingdom
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Xue Tai
學鈦 		n/a n/a 1540–[…]TJH
Xue Han
學含 		n/a n/a […]–1588TJH
Son of Xue Tai. Willingly abdicated to the Xuan dynasty rather than risk a substantial loss of life.

Western Zan

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Chan Kan
纏看 		Yingxiong
英雄 		Huangdi Ge
攢鴿皇帝 		Dazu
大祖 		n/a n/a
Warlord of the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. Father of Chan Ming and Chan Yue, the first huangdi of Zan. Took part in the Coalition Against Huai Gui. Did not rule as huangdi but was posthumously honored as huangdi by Chan Yue.
Chan Ming
纏名 		Nujie
女傑 		Huangdi Tian
攢甜皇帝 		n/a n/a
Warlord of the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. Daughter of Chan Kan, and elder sister of Chan Yue, the first huangdi of Zan. Took part in the Coalition Against Huai Gui alongside her father. Did not rule as huangdi but was posthumously honored as huangdi by her brother.
Chan Yue
纏越 		Huangdi Jinyue
攢勁樂皇帝 		1546–[…]TJH
Warlord of the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. Son of Chan Kan and younger brother of Chan Ming, father and daughter successive warlords of the Chan clan during the Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty.
Chan Miqi
纏米奇 		Huangdi Chiqi
攢池崎皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Daughter of Chan Yue, and the only female ruler of the Four Kingdoms Period.
[…]–[…]TJH
Chan Jieji
纏傑基 		Huangdi Haolong
攢好龍皇帝 		[…]–1589TJH

Xuan dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Shenji Jian
身幾檢 		Piaobo
漂泊 		Huangdi Huanyuan
軒還原皇帝 		Dazu
大祖 		n/a
Grandfather of Shenji Rui/Huangdi Shanyu. Chengxiang of Gan Kingdom for the majority of its tenure during the Four Kingdoms. Posthumously honored as huangdi by Huangdi Shanyu in 1595TJH.
Shenji Rui
身幾瑞 		Huangdi Shanyu
軒善于皇帝 		1587–[…]TJH
First Huangdi of the Xuan dynasty. At first Chengxiang of Gan kingdom under the last two rulers, he came to power when he forced Huangdi Kong Jiong to abdicate to him.
[…]–1742TJH

Lai dynasty

A short-lived centaur-ruled dynasty
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Sa Tang
薩瑭 		Mushu
木薯 		Huangdi Mashu
騋馬術皇帝 		n/a 1711–1787TJH 76yrs 1746–1766TJH 20yrs
Sole ruler of the Lai dynasty.

A centaur of noble birth, he brought order to Tianchao when he replaced the Xuan dynasty following a three-year interregnum and war of succession within the imperial Shenji clan that followed the death of the Xuan dynasty's last huangdi.

Seventeen years later, Huang Wanjian (later known as Huangdi Qishi of the Hun dynasty) led a coup against him to force him to abdicate, but Huangdi Mashu, placed under house arrest, resisted for three years until he was left with no recourse but to abdicate, ending the short-lived Lai dynasty.

Hun dynasty

The Hun dynasty was the only vampire-ruled dynasty to rule a unified Tianchao.

Under the Hun dynasty, vampires achieved a lot more freedom and rights than they used to have, to the point that they almost eclipsed other races.

Also, being of a race with great longevity (usually), the huangdi of the Hun dynasty would traditionally abdicate after between twenty-five to forty years on the throne.

Enduring for 562 years – the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era dynasties – the Hun dynasty was the last dynasty of the Classical Imperial Era.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Huang Wanjian
衁晚間 		Anying
暗影 		Huangdi Qishi
昏騎士皇帝 		Yongzu
永祖 		[…]–[…]TJH 1763–[…]TJH
First huangdi of the Hun dynasty. Before becoming huangdi, he was a government official in the last years of the Xuan dynasty and throughout the Lai dynasty.

Partially inspired by Huangdi Mashu's victory, partially because he believed a centaur was unworthy of the Mandate of Heaven, he led a coup of the imperial palace to force Huangdi Mashu to abdicate to him, but Huangdi Mashu resisted.

And so, rather than kill Huangdi Mashu, Huangdi Qishi placed him under house arrest, took control of the government, and declared himself huangdi of the Hun dynasty. Huangdi Qishi pressed Huangdi Mashu for his abdication for three years until he finally broke him and convinced him to abdicate, ending the Lai dynasty.

Huang Jundao
衁軍刀 		Yangyue 1939–Niuyue 1940TJH 6mo
The first huangdi part of the power struggle within the imperial family known as the Six Years and Ten Emperors, which precipitated the Crisis of the Twentieth Century.
Huang Tang
衁堂 		Niuyue–Longyue 1940TJH 3mo
Huang Ming
衁命 		Longyue 1940–Niuyue 1941TJH 9mo
Huang Cao
衁槽 		Niuyue 1941– Tuyue 1942TJH 1yr, 2mo
Huang Liu
衁流 		Tuyue–Jiyue 1942TJH 6mo
Huang Sun
衁損 		Jiyue–Zhuyue 1942TJH 2mo
Huang Wei
衁微 		Zhuyue 1942–Jiyue 1943TJH 10mo
Huang Shu
衁屬 		Jiyue 1944–Zhuyue 1944TJH 2mo
During his reign, with chaos consuming the empire, the Crisis of the Twentieth Century, began when the Jian dynasty broke away.
Huang Wu
衁吳 		Zhuyue 1944–Zhuyue 1945TJH 1yr
During his reign the Zhao dynasty, the other breakaway Crisis of the Twentieth Century, broke away.
Huang Duanjian
衁短劍 		Zhuyue 1945–1997TJH 52yrs
The last huangdi part of the power struggle within the imperial family known as the Six Years and Ten Emperors. Stability within the imperial family was restored with his coronation and he reigned until the Jian and Zhao dynasties were reconquered.
Huang Liang
衁亮 		Yingjie
影傑 		Huangdi Lucao
昏綠草皇帝 		Zuihou
最後 		[…]–2289TJH […]–2289TJH

Jian dynasty

A human-ruled breakaway dynasty of the Crisis of the Twentieth Century
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Tang […]
瑭[…] 		n/a 1941–[…]TJH
Tang […]
瑭[…] 		n/a […]–[…]TJH
Tang […]
瑭[…] 		n/a n/a […]–1997TJH

Zhao dynasty

A vampire-ruled breakaway dynasty of the Crisis of the Twentieth Century
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Yan Tang
眼糖 		Manyan
滿眼 		n/a n/a 1838–1991TJH 153yrs 1944–1991TJH 47yrs
The sole ruler of the breakaway Zhao dynasty.

He was a well-accomplished but unacknowledged general of the Hun dynasty. Declared independence of the land he was given to govern as both revenge and to grab some much-craved glory for himself.

Fought against the Hun dynasty to maintain his self-declared empire until he was slain in battle. His slayer was Wangzi Tao of Souchuan (藪川逃王子/Souchuan Tao Wangzi), a wangzi (prince) of the Hun dynasty, personal name Huang Chuang (衁窗); styled Jingzi (鏡子). Wangzi Tao was glorified in history as the slayer of a rouge general, but was demonized by Yan Tang's followers.

Kai dynasty

The Kai dynasty was the first dynasty of the Medieval Imperial Era.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Unity Period
Tai Moshui
泰墨水 		Dafang
大方 		Huangdi Wan
愷玩皇帝 		Bianjian
變建 		2288–[…]TJH
Huangdi Songhan
愷嵩涵皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH
Tai Bing
泰兵 		Bangshou
幫手 		Huangdi Ju
愷句皇帝 		[…]–2590TJH
Mentally stunted, he was dominated by regents for the entirety of his reign.

Throughout his tenure, there was constant internecine fighting between regents, imperial wangzi (his siblings, uncles, cousins), and his wife Huanghou Mihan Keyi (米晗可以皇後) for the right to control him (and therefore the imperial administration), causing great suffering for the people and greatly undermining the stability of the Kai regime, culminating in a conflict known as the War of the Twelve Princes (2154–2167AFZ/2575–2588TJH).

Most historians believe and agree that Mihan Keyi provoked the wars between the twelve wangzi in a vain, foolish, and ill-fated attempt to establish supreme hegemony over the realm from behind the throne, or perhaps even usurp the throne herself.

Tai Yan
泰眼 		Huakong
花控 		Huangdi Yong
愷永皇帝 		2590–[…]TJH
Youngest brother of Huangdi Ju. Vastly more intelligent than his predecessor, he attempted to exercise some central authority to initiate reforms to restore the empire, but the regent and de facto winner of the War of the Twelve Princes, Tai Zize, kept him from exercising any real power.
Twenty Kingdoms Period
Huangdi who ruled the Kai dynasty during the Twenty Kingdoms period, a time when, in the aftermath of the War of the Twelve Princes, political order of what was then western and northern Tianchao splintered into a series of short-lived sovereign states while the Kai dynasty, whose power continued to wane, continued to rule most of central and eastern Zanghuan.
Huangdi Dang
愷黨皇帝 		[…]–2734TJH

Pretenders

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
War of the Twelve Princes
Pretenders who declared themselves Huangdi amidst the War of the Twelve Princes during the reign of Huangdi Ju.
Tai Han
泰喊 		Gongtai
攻台 		n/a n/a […]–[…]TJH
Nanzhou Yuji Wangzi (南粥預計王子/Prince Yuji of Nanzhou). Uncle of Huangdi Ju. Executed for treason.
Tai Song
泰送 		Jiatang
加糖 		n/a n/a […]–[…]TJH
Jiongxiao Tinan Wangzi (囧校題難王子/Prince Tinan of Jiongxiao). First cousin, once removed of Huangdi Ju. Commited suicide following final defeat.

Twenty Kingdoms

Western, Central & Northern Dynasties

Western dynasties

Sai

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2736–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2816TJH

Northern Sai

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2816–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2872TJH

Southern Sai

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2815–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2900TJH

Rao

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2872–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2911TJH

Chao

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2911–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2930TJH

Fang

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2900–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2935TJH

Central dynasties

Central Tan

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2734–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2790TJH

Western Tan

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2790–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2912TJH

Eastern Tan

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2790–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2920TJH

Ling

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2920–2927TJH 7yrs
2927–2930TJH 3yrs

Kang

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2912–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2938TJH

Northern dynasties

Three of the Northern Dynasties were rule by ethnically Tukhii/Shengwai families. By this time the Tukhii had only been partially Jitized, and so they used both Jiti and Tukhii names for their kingdoms, the former for diplomatic purposes with Jiti kingdoms.

Yutian/Boroo

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2735–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2809TJH

Xiatian/Zuny

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2809–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2905TJH

Jiu

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2809–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH
[…]–2864TJH

Dan

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2864–2868TJH 4yrs
2868–2894TJH 26yrs
2894–2900TJH 6yrs
2900–2904TJH 4yrs

Qingwa/Malkhii

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
2905–2920TJH 15yrs
2920–2940TJH 10yrs

Zan dynasty

The first unity period dynasty since the Kai dynsty and the ruling family was the first non-Yinghui ethnic group to rule a unified Tianchao, the Tonglu in this case.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Yang Soutu
杨藪土 		Xianqu
先驅 		Huangdi Zhaoze
簪沼澤皇帝 		Kaijian
凱建 		2875–2952TJH 57yrs 2940–2950TJH 10yrs
Brought order back to Tianchao through the reunification of the empire out of the dark age of the Western, Central & Northern Dynasties. Abdicated after ten years so that his eldest son could rule and sought to spend the rest of his life in retirement.

Huangdi Zhaoze died of poisoning by Hunagdi Qipian at the same time as as Huangdi Jinglao did.

Yang Wangxiao
杨旺销 		Bangshou
幫手 		Huangdi Jinglao
簪敬老皇帝 		2918–2952 34yrs 2950–2952TJH 2yrs
Eldest son of Huangdi Zhaoze, whom abdicated so he could rule. Died of poisoning by his own brother, along with his father, after only two years on the throne.
Yang Danyao
杨弹药 		Yajun
亞軍 		Huangdi Qipian
簪欺騙皇帝 		2919–2973 44yrs 2952–2973TJH 21yrs
Younger brother of Huangdi Jinglao, coming to power by usurpation after poisoning his brother and father. An utterly corrupt, selfish and tyrannical ruler, the policies of his two-decade reign led to financial ruin and began the downfall of the Zan dynasty. Midway through his reign he was faced rebellion and civil war to remove him from power, but the conflicts ended up deadlocked through the rest of his reign through to the end of the dynasty under his successor.

Died of a plague that swept through the empire and claimed the lives of half a million people near the end of his reign, an event seen by sages of the time and historians as harsh divine retribution.

Yang Wajiao
杨挖教 		Jianbing
尖兵 		Huangdi Caoze
簪草澤皇帝 		Zuihou
最後 		2951–2986TJH 35yrs 2973–2986TJH 13yrs
Son of Huangdi Jinglao, and the last ruler of the Zan dynasty. He spent the entirety of his uncle's reign in hiding, only coming out again to take the throne following Huangdi Qipian's death.

When he took the throne, his empire attempted to recover, both financially and culturally, from the tyrannical reign of his uncle and the plague near the end of the latter's reign, but did not have the chance to properly do so. The Zan dynasty remained locked in civil war, with warlords and several imperial relatives vying for the throne since the final days of Huangdi Qipian, and his ascension did nothing to convince them to lay down their arms.

His reign saw the conquest of Tianchao by the Qiu dynasty of the Xiyi people, for which it was unprepared but still managed to resist for ten years despite ongoing civil war.

Claimants

Individuals who claimed the imperial title while fighting the civil war to remove Huangdi Qipian from power or simply take it for themselves. Many of these claimants endured for long after the extinction of the Zan dynasty until their final submission at the hands of the Qiu dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
[…]–[…]TJH

Qiu dynasty

The imperial family of the Qiu dynasty originated from the island of the same name and was of the Xiyi (爬蟲) people, and was the second non-Yinghui ethnic group to rule a unified Tianchao. Before this period, the island of Qiu was not yet under the sovereignty of Tianchao.

Rulers of this dynasty used the self-made title Julongdi (巨龍帝/Dragon Emperor). Chijingni Linpian, the final ruler of the dynasty, changed the title to Longshendi (龍神帝/Dragon God Emperor) during his reign as a reflection of his vanity in attempt to make himself seemingly a god, but was given the title Chirudi (恥辱帝/Disgraced Emperor) as part of his posthumous name upon his overthrow.

Additionally, while the dwarven invention of black powder had been available for various actions across Marlakcor for centuries, the Qiu dynasty was the first time in Tianzu history it had been utilized as a weapon of war.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Chijingni Ci
齒鯨鲵刺 		Huoyan
火焰 		Julongdi Pachong
虯爬蟲巨龍帝 		Dazu
大祖 		2925–2984TJH 59yrs 2976–2984TJH 8yrs
The founder of the Qiu dynasty.

The same year he established his dynasty, seeing an opportunity to establish glory for himself and his people, and revitalize the empire his way, he orchestrated the Xiyi invasion of Zanghuan, known as the Yinghui–Xiyi War, to replace the faltering Zan dynasty, plagued by instability and civil war since the mid-reign of Huangdi Qipian.

Regretfully, even with victory in sight, he did not live to see his ambitions realized.

Chijingni Ji
齒鯨鲵棘 		Zanzhu
贊助 		Julongdi Jiayin
虯甲胤巨龍帝 		Kaijian
凱建 		2944–3014TJH 70yrs 2984–3014TJH 30yrs
Eldest son of Julongdi Pachong, the second huangdi of the Qiu dynasty and the first to rule over the entirety of Tianchao following the final conquest of the Zan dynasty and the submission of the warlords tearing the empire apart since the reign of Huangdi Qipian, ten years after the Qiu dynasty's founding, fulfilling the ambitions of his late-father.

Though not the dynasty's actual founder, he was giving a temple name that implied he was as he was the first huangdi of the Qiu dynasty to rule the entirety of Tianchao

Chijingni Rong
齒鯨鲵蠑 		Yulong
羽龍 		Julongdi Mangshe
虯蟒蛇巨龍帝 		2997–3084TJH 87yrs 3014–3084TJH 70yrs
Grandson of Julongdi Jiayin. One of the longest-ruling huangdi in history.
Chijingni Bihu
齒鯨鲵壁虎 		Konglong
恐龍 		Taishang Julongdi Qiancheng
虯虔誠太上巨龍帝 		3066–3125TJH 59yrs 3084–3099TJH 15yrs
Youngest son of Julongdi Mangshe. Later abdicated for heath reasons in favor of his son, Julongdi Jinglu.
Chijingni Chilong
齒鯨鲵齒龍 		Congjing
叢精 		Julongdi Jinglu
虯晶顱巨龍帝 		3084–3130TJH 46yrs 3099–3130TJH 31yrs
Eldest son of Taishang Julongdi Qiancheng. He was later violently overthrown and executed by his own son, the infamous Chirudi Fengkuang Guaiwu.
Chijingni Linpian
齒鯨鲵鱗片 		Sheguai
蛇怪 		Chirudi Fengkuang Guaiwu
虯瘋狂怪物恥辱帝 		Huaipi
壞辟 		3109–3165TJH 56yrs 3130–3165TJH 35yrs
Son of Julongdi Jinglu. He came to power by violently overthrowing his own father. Historians speculate that he also had a hand in the death of his own grandfather, Taishang Haungdi Qiancheng, a few years prior so that he couldn't interfere, but this has never been proven.

Chirudi Fengkuang Guaiwu, was a monstrous tyrannical ruler so cruel and evil that his name still lives infamy. He used the title Longshendi (龍神帝/Dragon God Emperor) during his reign as a reflection of his vanity in attempt to make himself seemingly a god, but was given the title Chirudi (恥辱帝/Disgraced Emperor) as part of his posthumous name upon his overthrow.

Throughout his reign he committed numerous atrocities, including: raising taxes despite a famine, massacring entire populations of several towns and villages who failed to pay just for sport, executing random people for amusement, forcing kinsmen to fight to the death, kidnapping hundreds of random women for his harem to fuel is lust, and many more besides.

So infamous is he that during and since his reign his name became became to viewed as synonymous with evil, to the point that people fear to even speak his name, a fear that persists into present day.

He was finally overthrown and his dynasty replaced after a year-long civil war known to history as Muren's Rebellion (木人謀反). Captured alive when the capital fell, he was denied a proper execution and burial. He was instead cursed and buried alive in a tomb that was more of a prison, the location of which was purposely scratched from history to prevent anyone from finding him.

Jiti mage texts call his curse the Xie'e Juexing (邪惡覺醒/Evil Awakening). It's described as the worst of all curses. Should he be awakened he would take his revenge by destroying all of Tianxia; which, in modern terms, would include all of Qirsyllviar, not just Marlakcor.

Jia dynasty

The first Yinghui-ruled unity dynasty since the Kai dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Pang Yu
胖与 		Muren
木人 		Huangdi Zui
嘉醉皇帝 		Jiuxing
救星 		3134–3181TJH 47yrs 3164–3181TJH 17yrs
The founder of the Jia dynasty after overthrowing the last tyrannical ruler of the Xiyi Qiu dynasty following a year-long civil war, an even remembered as Muren's Rebellion, restoring Yinghui rule to Tianchao for the first time in almost two centuries.

Generally regarded as the sole true huangdi of the Jia dynasty.

While lauded as a hero for ending the tyrannical rule of Chirudi Fengkuang Guaiwu and the Qiu dynasty, he was well known for his drunken temperament and general lack of interest in actually ruling the empire. Because of this, he is also widely regarded as an inefficient ruler whose policies, or lack thereof, destabilized the regime and the empire, setting the stage for civil war following his death. His inactive rulership also caused the government to descend into corruption and saw the formation of various factions, either supporting one of his brothers to succeed him or for someone else to replace the dynasty.

He died suddenly during the seventeenth year of his reign. His cause of death is unknown, but historians have long suspected that he was somehow assassinated, perhaps by his own hunaghou.

Claimants

Huangdi Zui is generally regarded as the only true huangdi of the Jia dynasty. The reign and conflict of his assumed son and brothers, part of the wider War of the Seven Emperors, is considered by most historians as an interregnum between his death and the founding of the Gun dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Pang Wu
胖吴 		Jujue
拒絕 		Huangdi Hunwai
嘉婚外皇帝 		n/a 3166–3189TJH 23yrs 3181–3189TJH 8yrs
Huangdi Zui's direct successor, but was an illegitimate bastard whom was not born him. Huangdi Zui's huanghou, known to history as Jin Ting (尽挺), deceived him into thinking he was. The common belief among historians is that he was born of an affair between Jin Ting and her childhood friend from before her marriage.

He was fifteen years old at the time of Huangdi Zui's death. Though he was given a posthumous name, historians traditionally don't count him among the official list of huangdi.

He was known as a selfish tyrant, though not nearly as bad as his presumed father's predecessor.

Killed along with many of his nearest relatives in a palace coup initiated by Song De, the founder of the Gun dynasty.

Pang Gou
胖够 		Wenxian
文獻 		Huangdi Shi
嘉獅皇帝 		n/a 3130–3189TJH 59yrs 3181–3189TJH 8yrs
Huangdi Zui's eldest older brother. Declared himself huangdi within weeks of Pang Wu. Died in the Battle of Yongting against the army of Pang Long, almost simultaneously as Song De overthrew Pang Wu and established the Gun dynasty.
Pang Mingce
胖命策 		Weilian
威廉 		Huangdi Hu
嘉虎皇帝 		n/a 3132–3186TJH 54yrs 3181–3186TJH 5yrs
Huangdi Zui's second eldest older brother. Declared himself huangdi within weeks of Pang Wu. Assassinated by agents of Pang Wu.
Pang Long
胖隆 		Yadang
亞當 		Huangdi Xiong
嘉熊皇帝 		n/a 3137–3191TJH 54yrs 3181–3191TJH 10yrs
Huangdi Zui's younger brother. Declared himself huangdi within weeks of Huangdi Hunwai. Died in the Battle of Rongke against the armies of the breakaway San dynasty.

The last of the self-declared huangdi of the Jia dynasty to die. The Gun dynasty had been founded two years prior, and, with most of the imperial Pang clan dead or scattered, his death officially ended the Jia dynasty, though the War of the Seven Emperors would rage for another five years.

Though a pretender, he was the last of the imperial Pang clan to hold the title, albeit illegally, historians and scholars count him among the official list huangdi as the final ruler of the Jia dynasty for conclusionary reasons.

Pian dynasty

A centaur-ruled dynasty and one of the breakaway states of the wider War of the Seven Emperors.
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Sui Han
虽韩 		Dianzhui
點綴 		n/a n/a 3154–3190TJH 36yrs 3181–3188TJH 7yrs
Sole huangdi of the breakaway Pian dynasty.

Wang of Pian under the Jia dynasty before seceding, his kingdom was conquered by Pang Gou. Sui Han was personally executed by Pang Gou for his rebellion.

Nian dynasty

A vampire-ruled dynasty and one of the breakaway states of the wider War of the Seven Emperors.
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Ren Jizhi
稔機智 		Pianzi
騙子 		n/a n/a 3150–3329TJH 179yrs 3181–3192TJH 11yrs
Sole huangdi of the breakaway Nian dynasty.

Wang of Nian under the Qiu and Jia dynasties before seceding, for reasons unknown to all but himself, Ren Jizhi mostly managed to stay out of the fighting between the other six huangdi, save for some serious border disputes with the other two breakaway kingdoms and the Pang clan claimants.

Four years after the establishment of the Gun dynasty, with the Gun army beginning to encroach upon his lands following the fall of Pang Long in battle against the San dynasty, Ren Jizhi challenged Song De to a "duel of kings" and lost. Per the terms of the duel, in which his kingdom would retain independence if he had won, he willingly abdicated, ending his dynasty, was stripped of his titles, and lived out the rest of his days in retirement.

San dynasty

One of the breakaway states of the wider War of the Seven Emperors.
Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Na Bin
拿斌 		Jingzhi
精製 		n/a n/a 3135–3191TJH 56yrs 3181–3191TJH 10yrs
First huangdi of the breakaway San dynasty. Wang of San under the Jia dynasty, he was a sworn brother Huangdi Zui and a loyal general of during the latter's rebellion to overthrow Chirudi Fengkuang Guaiwu and the Qiu dynasty.

He learned the truth about Pang Wu's parentage by accident in the last days of Huangdi Zui's reign, but the latter died before he could tell him.

Unable to stop Pang Wu from coming to power, and realizing that Huangdi Zui's brothers were going to contend for the throne themselves, Na Bin fled the capital and declared independence, with the eventual aim of conquering Tianchao once the four false huangdi of the Pang clan had killed each other off.

Died of illness the same day his armies defeated Pang Long, widely considered the beginning of the end for his self-proclaimed dynasty.

Na Ao
拿澳 		Haiwan
海灣 		n/a n/a 3144–3196TJH 52yrs 3191–3196TJH 5yrs
Youngest brother of Na Bin, and the second and last huangdi of the breakaway San dynasty. He took over after the death of his brother, as the latter's son and heir died in battle just days before Na Bin died, and Na Ao's elder brothers all died of varying circumstances over the previous decade.

Under his reign, his kingdom was the last resisting faction to fall the the Gun dynasty after a series of substantial defeats, and Na Ao himself committed suicide when he realized all hope was lost.

Gun dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Song De
松德 		Qinqing
親情 		Huangdi Chunzhen
磙純真皇帝 		Yongzu
永祖 		3144–3211TJH 67yrs 3189–3211TJH 22yrs
Founder of the Gun dynasty. Wang of Gun during the Qiu and Jia dynasties, he is lauded as a hero for bringing order back to Tianchao by replacing the collapsing Jia dynasty during the War of the Seven Emperors. He initially feigned alliegence to the illegitimate Pang Wu for the early stages of the war before he came to power. His reign began when he instigated a palace coup, killing Pang Wu and many of the tyrannical bastard's nearest relatives.

Ended the war with the reconquest of the breakaway San dynasty.

Song Mao
松毛 		Yingjun
英俊 		Huangdi Tanpan
磙談判皇帝 		n/a 3250–3304TJH 54yrs 3272–3284TJH 32yrs
The last huangdi of the Gun dynasty, his reign saw the end of patriarchal rule to the matriarchal Qin dynasty for over six-and-a-half centuries.

When the capital fell at the end of the Cixing War, he committed suicide once he had heard Qin forces had breached the palace defenses rather than be executed or forced to abdicate.

Out of respect for his resolve, Huangdi Cuilu, the founder of the Qin dynasty, decreed he be given a posthumous name, but not a temple name.

Qin dynasty

Unique among the rest of the dynasties.

While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, in both unity and division periods, the Qin dynasty was the only unity period dynasty ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally. Rulers of the Qin dynasty used the title Niangdi (娘帝), and all children of the the niangdi took their mother's surname as well.

Enduring for over six-and-a-half centuries, it is longest imperial dynasty in the history of Tianchao, and is also famous for being the longest period of female-preference primogeniture in Tianzu history.

While women had achieved high military and political status many thousands of times under previous dynasties, they were difficult to attain and required great merit before they were even considered for those statuses. Under the Qin dynasty, women's rights and status were elevated to equal of that of men, given them equal opportunity, which saw the rise of many influential characters of both sexes throughout the dynasty's tenure.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Yuan Lan
媛藍 		Ganqing
感情 		Niangdi Cuilu
親翠綠娘帝 		Zuangli
壯麗 		3276–3339TJH 63yrs 3277–3319TJH 42yrs
The founder of the Qin dynasty.

Her parents were named Sheng Jin (繩筋) and Yuan Lin (媛琳). Yuan Lan's mother, Yuan Lin, was born a commoner woman from a well off merchant family. A bad investment on her father's part led to debts and her being sold into slavery to pay them off. Not long after, Yuan Lin met Sheng Jin, who became her constant companion until he died. Yuan Lan, the future ruler of Tianchao, was born some time after, and they decided that she would have her mother's surname rather than her father's. Born a slave, Yuan Lan endured harsh conditions under the tyrannical slave system of the Gun dynasty. Her father died as a result of these conditions when she was just eight years old.

When she was a teenager, Yuan Lan started to speak out against slavery and the oppression of women under patriarchal traditions. Even though she endured harsh punishments for speaking out, including whippings and stripping her nude in public, she kept her head high and never let herself be silenced.

Influential and charismatic, she accumulated some sympathetic listeners, both freemen and fellow slaves, and even some sympathetic nobles, who turned into devoted followers; among them was Tian Airen (甜愛人); styled Fengmi (蜂蜜), a young noblegirl who was her oldest friend and sworn sister, and lover.

When she was twenty-one, Yuan Lan's mother was arrested and imprisoned in an attempt to shut her down, but that was the final straw for her. With support from Tian Airen's family, led a slave revolt in Dongtan (東灘), the imperial capital of the time. Her uprising was repulsed from the city, but word of her cause spread far and wide and attracted followers from all corners of the empire, women and men, until they had grown into an army many-thousands-strong within just a few weeks.

A slave no more, at the behest of her most loyal retainers – who believed that the sudden growth and support of her rebellion meant that the Gun dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and had been granted to her – Yuan Lan declared a new dynasty, naming her dynasty "Qin (親)," and coined the title Niangdi (娘帝). Her declaration was met with applause from her entire army and retinue. Her cause then waged war against the Gun dynasty, a conflict known to history as the Cixing War (雌性戰爭) (3277–3284TJH/2856–2863AFZ). The final conquest of the capital seven years later saw the deposition of Huangdi Tanpan and the end of the Gun dynasty. Huangdi Tanpan committed suicide once he had heard Qin forces had breached the palace defenses rather than be executed or forced to abdicate.

Once firmly in power, Yuan Lan freed her mother, who was surprised to learn her daughter was now the ruler of the empire, and outlawed slavery – a policy that endured until the inauguration of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – and ushered in a golden age that lasted until the end of the dynasty. She also revitalized the empire with various welfare projects that improved the lives of people of all races and social classes; and for these reasons she is firmly acknowledged as one of the greatest rulers in Tianzu history.

Yuan Ying
媛硬 		Yonghai
勇孩 		Niangdi Hongbao
親紅寶娘帝 		3304–3353TJH 49yrs 3319–3333TJH 14yrs
Second child and eldest daughter of Niangdi Cuilu. Before she was born, most assumed that her elder brother, Yuan Ping (媛评), Niangdi Cuilu's eldest child, would be her mother's heir, but Niangdi Cuilu shocked the nation when she decreed that successors of the Qin dynasty would only be women.

Niangdi Hongbao came into the throne at the age of twenty five upon the death of her mother.

Under her reign, the current capital, Tangzhai, was founded. But the new imperial palace would not be occupied or completed until the reign of her successor, Niangdi Baolan.

Yuan Ren
媛仁 		Bingyin
丙胤 		Niangdi Baolan
親寶藍娘帝 		3336–3398TJH 62yrs 3333–3366TJH 33yrs
Third daughter and child of Niangdi Hongbao, she superseded her elder sisters to the throne when they declared their intentions forgo any right to the throne in favor of personal pursuits.

Came into the throne at the age of seventeen upon the death of her mother.

The imperial palace of Tangzhai, the new imperial capital founded during her mother's reign, was completed a few years after she ascended the throne. Thus Niangdi Baolan was the first ruler of Tianchao to occupy the modern capital.

She later abdicated in favor of her chosen heir and spent the remainder of her life in quiet retirement.

Yuan Qing
媛青 		Mikai
蜜凯 		Niangdi Lingxing
親菱形娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH 3366–[…]TJH
Yuan Jin
媛勁 		Rexin
熱心 		Niangdi Huangjing
親黃晶娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Yuan Chanjuan
媛嬋娟 		Wanqiang
頑強 		Niangdi Jinyu
親金玉娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Yuan Qiqi
媛氣器 		Zhongshi
忠實 		Niangdi Kuihua
親葵花娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Yuan Jing
媛靜 		Niangdi Shanhu
親珊瑚娘帝
Yuan Luoji
媛邏輯 		Niangdi Chuju
親嘛龛娘帝
Yuan Jiang
媛將 		Yunying
熨英 		Niangdi Ci
親慈娘帝
Eldest daughter of Niangdi Chuju.

During her reign, her twin brother, Yuan Huan, attempted to overthrow her in a coup. They were close, nigh inseparable, in their childhood, but grew apart as Yuan Jiang was being groomed to take the throne.

While she was briefly deposed, her loyalists proved greater than Yuan Huan's support and she was and she was restored. Yuan Huan eventually came back with an army to retake the capital and the throne by force, but Niangdi Ci and her government managed to escape. She then, with great reluctance, waged a civil war against her brother to retake the throne.

After five years, she eventually defeated her brother and retook the capital, but, out of love and against the advice of her court, spared his life, merely throwing him in prison for the rest of his natural life. She became his only regular visitor for the remainder of their days. Her mercy, combined with her general gentle nature, earned her her posthumous name.

Yuan Chiqi
媛池器 		Niangdi Shuo
親爍娘帝
Yuan Pingmen
媛瓶們 		Niangdi Taijian
親鈦劍娘帝
Yuan Li
媛李 		Niangdi Taoshu
親桃樹娘帝
Yuan Lin
媛琳 		Niangdi Qingfu
親情夫娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Yuan Ruyi
媛如意 		Shuangkou
塽口 		Niangdi Weikou
親胃口娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Yuan Lian
媛戀 		Tangmi
糖迷 		Niangdi Xiangliao
親香料娘帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Yuan Milin
媛密林 		Huaji
滑稽 		Niangdi Chuai
親踹娘帝 		Zuihou
最後 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–3939TJH

Claimants & Usurpers

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Yuan Huan
媛煥 		Cancao
燦草 		n/a n/a […]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH 5yrs
Twin brother of Niangdi Ci (Yuan Jiang). They were close, nigh inseparable, in their childhood, but grew apart as Yuan Jiang was being groomed to take the throne.

Six years into the reign of his sister, he attempted to orchestrate a coup to become hunagdi. While he briefly deposed his sister and proclaimed himself huangdi, his coup failed when the loyalists of Niangdi Ci proved too many. But he amassed a great support from many opponents of the women-ruled dynasty. His following turned into an army that retook the capital, expelling the loyalist government. Niangdi Ci managed to escaped and his followers waged a five-year civil war to hold the throne.

Yuan Huan was defeated but not executed. He remained in prison the rest of his life, visited solely by Niangdi Ci until their final days.

Mei dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Luo Hao
蓏豪 		Dangao
蛋糕 		Huangdi Ganju
梅柑橘皇帝 		Xinzu
新祖 		[…]–[…]TJH 3939–[…]TJH
He was an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchan through his father, Luo Yao (蓏要).

The Gong of Mei and the last Chengxiang under the Qin dynasty, he came to power when "convinced/tricked" Niangdi Chuai, the last Niangdi of the Qin dynasty, to abdicate in his favor. A conservative traditionalist, Huangdi Ganju became huangdi purposely to end the women-ruled Qin dynasty and reinstate male-preference primogeniture for the first time in centuries.

However, his dynasty did not begin peacefully, as the Sisters of the Yellow Dragon – a women-only Jiti military order founded during the Western, Central & Northern Dynasties period that had served as the personal army of the Niangdi since the founding of the Qin dynasty – rebelled and began the forty-year Yellow Dragon Rebellion (黃龍叛亂/Huanglong Panluan), a civil war so devastating that it destabilized the Mei dynasty to a point it couldn't recover.

it is for these reasons that he is remembered infamously.

Huangdi Mangguo
梅芒果皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Huangdi Xingshu
梅杏樹皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Huangdi Fengli
梅鳳梨皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–[…]TJH
Huangdi Yangguo
梅蘋果皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH […]–4020TJH

Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms

Seven Dynasties

Yin dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple

Twelve Kingdoms

Hang

Hang Kingdom, along with Sang Kingdom, was never recovered by Tianchao and continued on independently for a time. Eventually, it collapsed into several states that eventually became Dongnan Baquan Banglian (Dongbalian).

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple

Sang

Hang Kingdom, along with Sang Kingdom, was never recovered by Tianchao and continued on independently for a time. Eventually, it collapsed into several states that eventually became Dongnan Baquan Banglian (Dongbalian).

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple

Zhang Chi

Founded by alleged descendants of the Chi dynasty, a dynasty/chiefdom of the Semi-Legendary Era.

Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple

Lin dynasty

A Arslan-ruled conquest dynasty, established in the wake of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period, and the first non-Jiti dynasty to rule Tianchao. The first three rulers of the Lin dynasty were also rulers of the Gergazard Khaganate, as Lin was founded as a division of the Khaganate (sort of like dual monarchy: two separate states ruled by a single ruler). The first six rulers of the Gergazard Khaganate were never huangdi in their lifetime, but were posthumously declared so following the foundation of the Lin dynasty.

A coup by a rival clan forced the Altanzul clan out of power in Gergazar, resulting in the complete separation of the Lin dynasty from Khaganate.

Upon separation from Gergazar, the ruling family made efforts at Jitization for ease of rule, but retained most of their traditional ways.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Khan Posthumous Temple
Gergazar
Altanzul Selemchin
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮᠡᠴᠢᠨ 		Erkhemseg Khan
ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠮᠰᠦᠭ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Guojia de Chuangshi Renhe Tuanjie zhe
國家的創始人和團結者皇帝 		Yongzu
永祖 		n/a
Unifier and First Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate. Posthumously honored as Huangdi in 4080TJH.
Altanzul […]
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ […] 		Huangdi de Dong Huhe Luoxue
凍湖和落雪的皇帝 		n/a
Second Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate. Posthumously honored as Huangdi in 4080TJH.
Altanzul […]
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ […] 		n/a
Third Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate. Posthumously honored as Huangdi in 4080TJH.
Altanzul […]
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ […] 		n/a
Fourth Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate. Posthumously honored as Huangdi in 4080TJH.
Altanzul […]
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ […] 		Huangdi Chusheng de Taiyang
初升的太陽皇帝 		n/a
Fifth Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate. Posthumously honored as Huangdi in 4080TJH.
Altanzul Deglem Juram
阿坦祖爾德格倫朱拉姆
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠳᠢᠭᠯᠢᠮ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠮ 		Zaluu Khan
ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Zhengfuzhe Guowang
征服者國王皇帝 		Kaijian
凱建 		4017–4054TJH 37yrs 4039–4054TJH 15yrs n/a
Sixth Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate. Posthumously honored as Huangdi in 4080TJH.

Though not the founder of the Lin dynasty, he was given a temple name to imply he was as he laid the foundation for the conquest of Tianchao.

During his lifetime, even before his reign, he set his sights on conquering Tianchao (known as Tenger (ᠲᠩᠷᠢ) to the Arslan), torn asunder by the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period since the fall of the Mei dynasty. As soon as he became Khagan, he took advantage of the ongoing conflicts to invade what was then acknowledged as the borders of Tianchao and secured much of the Pianpilu (called Delkhiin (ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ) by the Arslan), but he did not live do see his ambitions fulfilled. His reign and conquests were cut short when he was slain by an assassin on the eve of his planned invasion of Zanghuan (called Zangkhuan (ᠵᠠᠩ ᠢᠬᠤ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ) by the Arslan).

Gergazar & Lin Dynasty
Altanzul Ayalguu
阿坦祖爾阿亞爾古
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ 		Ayalguu Khan
ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Diqi Zuichu
第七最初皇帝 		Zuangli
壯麗

Nait Khan
ᠨᠠᠢ ᠳᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ

4037–4111TJH 74yrs 4054–4111TJH
(as Khagan)

4076–4111TJH
(as Huangdi)

57yrs

35yrs

Eldest son of Zaluu Khan, seventh Khagan of the Gergazard Khaganate and founder of the Lin dynasty.

Coming to the throne at the age of seventeen, he intended to take over where his father left off and invade Zanghuan, but securing his place as the rightful khagan to succeed his father, in competition with his brothers, proved to be a daunting endeavor that took him two decades to achieve.

With his place secure, he finally launched the invasion of Zhingyuan in 4074. Within two years he conquered two splinter kingdoms the imperial capital of the last of the Seven Dynasties. With the capital under control he proclaimed the establishment of the Lin dynasty as a division of the Khaganate, declared himself hunagdi of Tianchao and claimed the Mandate of Heaven. He made plans conquer the rest of Tianchao, but a need to rest the army and rebuild the infrastructure of his conquered lands forced him to pause his campaign for several years.

By the end of the first decade of Ayalguu Khan's reign as huangdi, the entirety of Zanghuan was secured – save for the Hang and Sang kingdoms, whose successor states would later go on to form Dongbalian.

Ayalguu Khan intended to invade and conquer Haoyudai, but by the time Zanghuan was secured he and his armies were militarily exhausted and required many more years to rebuild, along with the infrastructure of his newly conquered territories. He died with the ambition of his father still unfulfilled.

Altanzul Jargaltai
阿坦祖爾賈爾加泰
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ 		Jargaltai Khan
ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Shui Wanchengle Renwu
誰完成了任務皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH 4111–4153TJH 42yrs
Son of Ayalguu Khan, second ruler of the Lin dynasty and eighth Khagan of Gergazar.

During his reign he set out to conquer Tianzu splinter kingdoms in Haoyudai for the the Lin dynasty, finishing the job Ayalguu Khan started. By the twenty year mark of his reign, the entirety of what was then Tianchao in Haoyudai was secured, ending the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period.

Altanzul Khundet
阿坦祖爾昆德
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ 		Khundet Khan
ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Yu Zhongshen Jiemeng
與眾神結盟皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH 4153–4173TJH 20yrs
Third ruler of the Lin dynasty, and ninth and last Khagan from Altanzul clan.

He was the first huangdi of the Lin dynasty to actually rule it from a place in Zanghuan, choosing the newly-founded Tovguren (ᠲᠥᠪᠭᠦᠷᠡᠨ), now known as Waiyang (外央), as his capital.

Khundet Khan died during the Siege of Fanxing against the forces of the Zhiji Rebellion (雉雞暴動), which his forces eventually defeated, without naming an heir. His sudden death resulted in a succession dispute that saw the Altanzul clan being ousted from their position position as Khagan of Gergazar, and the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five separate states.

Lin dynasty independent
Altanzul Baatar
阿坦祖爾巴塔爾
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ 		Baatar Khan
ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Tashui Chongxin Huo de Kongzhi Quan
他誰重新獲得控制權皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH 4173–4210TJH 37yrs
Khundet Khan's third son, fourth ruler of the Lin dynasty, and the first to be independent of the Gergazard Khaganate.

Because Khundet Khan died without naming an heir, a succession dispute erupted between Baatar Khan, his brothers and rival clans.

In the end, within a year after Khundet Khan's death, the Khaganate fragmented into five states: Gergazar fell under the reign of the Tsetsgiin (ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ ᠦᠨ) clan under Tuimer Khan (ᠲᠦᠢᠮᠡᠷᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ); Baatar Khan won succession of the Lin dynasty as undisputed huangdi; the northern sector became the Shengwai-ruled Shuang (霜) dynasty; the territories in Haoyudai became the Unghwa-ruled Gwan (관/棺) dynasty; the Island of Qiu broke away into the Xiyi-ruled Pan (磐) dynasty.

Baatar Khan and his successors continued to rule the Lin dynasty independently.

Altanzul […]
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ […] 		Huangdi Leiming Ban de Mapihe Mingzhi de Long
雷鳴般的馬匹和明智的龍皇帝
Altanzul Kunziin
阿坦祖爾昆濟寧
ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠺᠥᠩᠽᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ 		Kunziin Khan
ᠺᠥᠩᠽᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 		Huangdi Yanjiuyuan
研究員皇帝 		Zuihou
最後

Etssiin Khan
ᠡᠴᠦᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ

[…]–4430TJH […]–4430TJH
Final ruler of the Lin dynasty.

Well known as a scholar and a pacifist, his reluctance to take armed action against rebels, preferring to find peaceful solutions, led him to be ousted from his throne by the Ang dynasty.

Gwan dynasty

An Unghwa-ruled splinter dynasty, centered in Haoyudai, that broke away with the fragmentation of the Gergazard Khaganate a year following the death of Khundet Khan, within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. Eventually reconquered by the Lin dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
[…]–[…]TJH 4174–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4395TJH

Pan dynasty

A Xiyi-ruled splinter dynasty centered in Qiu island, the Xiyi homeland, that broke away with the fragmentation of the Gergazard Khaganate a year following the death of Khundet Khan, within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. Eventually reconquered by the Lin dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
[…]–[…]TJH 4174–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4283TJH

Shuang dynasty

A Shengwai-ruled splinter dynasty, centered in the Bianjing region of Pianpilu, that seceded into independence with the fragmentation the Gergazard Khaganate following the death of Khundet Khan, within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar.

Unlike the Gwan and Pan dynasties, which endured for many decades but were eventually reconquered by the Lin dynasty, the Shuang dynasty endured for the better part of five centuries, contemporaneously with the Lin, Ang, Ting, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with both Tianchao and Gergazar until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
[…]–[…]TJH 4174–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4642TJH

Ang dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Qiao Kuaili
俏快樂 		Lingsheng
鈴聲 		Huangdi Zhanshi
盎戰時皇帝 		Jiuxing
救星 		[…]–[…]TJH 4428–[…]TJH
Founder of the Ang dynasty, Huangdi Zhanshi is a mixed figure in Tianchao history. He's lauded as a liberator by those who disdained foreign rule over their country and restored Yinghui rule, but denounced as a usurper who took overthrew and killed a peaceful monarch by others.

The same year he toppled Kunziin Khan, he was forced to deal with the invasion of the Yamato Empire to the west, preventing him from restoring to Tianchao the way he envisioned.

Qiao Ci
俏刺
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4523TJH

Ting dynasty

The second ethnic Xiyi-ruled dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
[…]–[…]TJH 4509–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4576TJH

Lei dynasty

The only dwarf-ruled dynasty in the history of Tianchao, and the last non-human unity dynasty to rule Tianchao.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Kuangshi Shujing
礦石水晶 		Jiecheng
結成 		Huangdi Geng
雷耿皇帝 		[…]–[…]TJH 4576–[…]TJH
Founder of the Lei dynasty.

Descendant of powerful mining magnates, he was the Wang of Lei, and governor of Leizhou (雷州), during the Ting dynasty.

While dwarves had served in many powerful positions for thousands of years, he the first dwarf to rule the empire.

Kuangshi Can
礦石燦 		Tiejiang
鐵匠 		Huangdi Cheng
雷誠皇帝
Son of Huangdi Geng and the second ruler of the Lei dynasty. His first act was to move the imperial administration back to Tangzhai for the first time since the collapse of the Mei dynasty.
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4902TJH

Nao dynasty

A faun-ruled rebel dynasty during the Lei dynasty.

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
[…]–[…]TJH 4776–[…]TJH
[…]–[…]TJH […]–4802TJH

Dongji

A Shengwai-ruled breakaway dynasty. It was reconquered by the Cui dynasty as it took over from the collapsing Lei dynasty.

Cui dynasty

Names Lifetime Reign Era Names
Personal Courtesy Posthumous Temple
Sun Liu
笋留 		Makan
嘛龛 		Huangdi Shiwu
翠飾物皇帝 		Xinjian
新建 		4867–4933TJH
4446–4512AFZ 		66yrs 4903–4933TJH 30yrs
Sun Mulan
笋木蘭 		Bamei
八美 		Huangdi Qiji
翠奇蹟皇帝 		Zhepi
哲辟 		4903–4961TJH
4482–4540AFZ 		60yrs 4933–4958TJH 25yrs
Daughter of Huangdi Shiwu, and the last female ruler of Tianchao. She later abdicated in favor of her third son and chosen successor, Sun Zhuan.
Sun Xuan
笋炫 		Shuocan
箾摻 		n/a n/a 4933TJH–still living
4512AFZ–still living 		n/a 4958TJH–Incum n/a
Son of Huangdi Qiji, and the current ruler of Tianchao.

Notes & Trivia

  • The lifetime and reign years use the Luan calendar years. There is a 421-year difference between the Luan calendar and the Solramese calendar. I.e. 0TJH = 421BFZ.
  • The Jiti characters of the posthumous names of rulers, if applicable, are the name of the dynasty, the name, and their title, in that order.
  • For huangdi whose reigns ended before they died, this is an indicator that they abdicated or were somehow deposed without being executed.
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