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The arms of the House Imperial

Full Imperial Titulary


Elect of the Elohim

His Sublime Imperial Majesty

Image of Holy Pelegon

Blood of Great Deshen

Lord of the Mountains and the Fields

Protector of the Marble Road

Son of Starfall

Shahanshah

Namanshah

Padishah

Pharaoh



Incumbent

Shahanshah


ܗܐܨܢܐܗܐܨ


ጽሃሃንሻህ


StyleHis Sublime Imperial Majesty
First Holder

Pelegon I

Current Holder

Zottyah IV

Heir Apparent

Pelegon

Residence

Imperial Palace, Arcanopolis

Appointer

Hereditary; absolute primogeniture

  • Shahanshahs may choose an alternative heir, but this has never happened


The Shahanshah (lit: "King of Kings"), also called the Namanshah (lit: "Great King"), the Padishah (lit: "Master King"), the Shah or Great Shah, the Shahanshah-Emperor, or the Pelegonic Emperor or Emperor, is the hereditary ruler of Pelegon. The title is Celestial for "King of Kings" and is rarely translated to its Common equivalent of "Emperor" due to its religious significance.

The Shahanshah is seen as a semi-divine figure within Pelegon. Pelegon I himself is seen as the national patron deity of the Empire, while his descendants are subsequently seen as possessing godsblood, a belief strengthened by the visual marks left on the dynasty by Odion: purple eyes and pale hair. Through Pelegon I’s marriage to Tutankh’deshen III, the dynasty is also descended from Abuleth his father Deshen, and his father Beld. This divinity sourced from both the patrilineal and matrilineal sides leads many within the Empire to almost worship the Shahanshahs themselves.  





List of Shahanshahs

NumberImageNameEpithetReign
1

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Pelegon I

The Prophet

The Falcon

The God-Touched

The Conquerer

1 - 34
2

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Oderion I

The Learned

The Missing

34 - 48
3

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Abulon I

The Afflicted48 - 50
4

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Pelgos I

The Jolly

The Patron

The Drunken

50 - 77
5

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Oderion II

The Mad

The Cruel

77 - 89
6

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Oderion III

The Boy89 - 90
7

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Vidorion I

The Peacemaker

The Good

The Wise

The Peaceful

The Old

The Diplomat

90 - 139
8

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Zottyah I

The Benefactor

The Builder

139 - 156
9

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Sirdas I

The Ironfisted

The Warrior

156 - 180
10

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Pelegon II

The Cruel

The Tyrant

180 - 187
11

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Pelegon III

The Little Pelegon

The Little Monster

187 - 190
12

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Zottyah II

The Kinslayer190 - 194
13

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Pelegon IV

The Newborn

The Murdered

The Thirty-Day King

194 - 194
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Pelegon V (first reign)
194 - 194
14

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Abulon II

The Priest King

The Sage King

The Peacemaker

194 - 202
15

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Pelegon V (second reign)


202 - 209
16

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Odis I

The Opulent

The Splendid

209 - 230
17

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Zottyah III

The Blue230 - 241
18

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Deshna I

The Daring241 - 243
19

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Odios I

The Cautious

The Old

243 - 249
20

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Adrastus I

The Great

The Wise

The Learned

The Scholar

The Author

The Philosopher

The Loremaster Shah

249 - 261
21

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Pelegon VI

The Glorious

The Warrior

261 - 295
22

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Sethon I

The Just295 - 324
23

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Abba I

The False324 - 337
24

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Adrastus II

The Good

The Greater

The Beloved

The Just

The Peaceful

The Wise

The Righteous

337 - 393
25

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Adrastus III

The Lesser383 - 400
26

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Unknown

The Defiant

The Unlikely

The Leper

The Accursed

400 - 405


* as Pelegon V's first reign lasted for little more than a week, his first reign is generally not counted when counting Emperors.