Atrisian Emperor

The Atrisian Emperor, also known as the Emperor of Atrisia, was the title of the ruler of the Atrisian Empire of the Human-inhabited Core Worlds planet Atrisia. The first holder of the title standardized the writing system used in the Atrisian Empire, and the following emperors carried out bloody conquests. The Atrisian Emperors of the Kitel Phard Dynasty attempted to unite their homeworld, and the dynasty culminated with the reign of Uueg Tching, the fifty-fourth Atrisian Emperor. Tching expanded the Atrisian Empire's control—either direct or indirect—over the entirety of Atrisia, thereby also establishing the use of the Atrisian script planetwide. Renowned for his successful tyrannical rule, Tching authored the Sayings, a combination of parables, analogies, and instructions concerning political manipulation, grand strategy, internal rule, and conquest. The document was meant to serve as a guide for Tching's successor emperors and marked a significant change in Atrisian politics.

Following Tching's rule, which took place at least three millennia prior to 11 ABY, several Atrisian Emperors were part of the Tching Dynasty, including Oeana Tching and Eoaq the Expansive. The latter enacted many reforms to the bureaucracy of the Atrisian Empire, although his simplification of the Atrisian script proved to be among the few lasting ones. Around 1489 BBY, the ruling Atrisian Emperor had the Sayings printed in a small run for the Atrisian nobility in order to further his own prestige. The Atrisian Parliament wrested power from the Atrisian throne by 539 BBY; however, its general-public release of the Sayings only served to further cement the enduring reputation and legacy of the Atrisian Emperors that outlived the existence of the Galactic Republic, with Atrisia itself sometimes being referred to as Kitel Phard after that ancient dynasty.

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