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Dynasties of Thyatis

by James Mishler

Hmm. Requesting TYs info on his Four Families of Thyatis got me to thinking of the work up I did of the Dynasties of Thyatis (I don't recall if I ever posted this; I don't *think* I ever did before). Anyway, here's the stuff I worked up...

The Early Dynasties

I Tatriokanitas
(AC 0 - 157)
Years AC Emperor
0 - 20 Zendrolion I, the Great
20 - 70 Valentia I, the Justicar (wife)
70 - 91 Lucinius I, the Grey-Cloak (son)
91 - 115 Zendrolion II, the Warrior (son)
115 - 136 Lucinius II, the Great (son)
136 - 138 Valentinian I, the Cursed (son; deposed)
138 - 153 Vanyadoria I, the Warrior-Queen (sister)
153 - 157 Valentius I, the Mad (son; deposed)

Von Stregger
(AC 157 - 255)
Years AC Emperor
157 - 176 Karolus I, the Great
176 - 189 Liutprand I, the Bard (son)
189 - 231 Wulfgang I, the Terrible (son)
231 - 238 Karolus II, the Destroyer (brother)
238 - 255 Liutprand II, the Black (son; father of Brunhilda the Enchantress)

Cursed 13 Emperors
(AKA the Spellbound Emperors)
(AC 255 - 267)
(All references are in relation to Brunhilda the Enchantress)
Years AC Emperor
255 Liutprand III, the Mad (brother)
255 - 256 Wulfgang II, the Pale (brother)
256 - 258 Adolphus I, the Canny (1st husband)
258 Heinrich I, the Short (2nd husband)
258 - 259 Hattian I, the Orator (3rd husband)
259 - 260 Karolus III, the Least (oldest son)
260 - 263 Liutprand IV, the Pirate (4th husband)
263 - 265 Eirikos I, the Merry (stepson)
265 - 266 Ludwig I, the Black (5th husband)
266 Karolus IV, the Bellicose (middle son )
266 Adolphus II, the Fool (6th husband)
266 - 267 Attar I, the Almost Great (7th husband)
267 Karolinus I, the Little Emperor (youngest son; deposed)

II Tatriokanitas
(AC 267 - 352)
Years AC Emperor
267 - 276 Alexian I, the Great
276 - 328 Alexian II, the Dragonheart (son)
328 - 332 Zendrolion III, the Architect (son)
332 - 352 Alexius I, the Wizard (brother; deposed)
352 - 370 Michaelus I, the Wizardbane (usurper)

The Middle Dynasties
I Kerendans
(AKA Dynasty of the Equestridaes)
(AC 370 - 475)
Years AC Emperor
370 - 386 Tiberion I, the Great
386 - 399 Trevonian I, the Artisan (son)
399 - 415 Alexian III, the Sage (son)
415 - 425 Trevonian II, the Red (brother)
425 - 443 Zendrolion IV, the Horse-Lord (son)
443 - 462 Trevonian III, the Dreamer (son)
462 - 471 Trevonian IV, the Jolly (son)
471 - 475 Lucinius III, the Drunkard (brother; deposed)

The Pentarchate
(AKA the Alphatian Interregnum)
(AC 475 - 489)
Years AC Emperor
475 - 478 Poladorius I, the Mage (usurper)
478 - 479 Vazandrius I, the Invoker (usurper)
479 - 481 Ambrosius I, the Alchemist (usurper)
481 - 485 Alexius II, the Necromancer (usurper)
485 - 489 Magnus I, the Archmage (usurper)

II Kerendans
(AKA Dynasty of the Theostridaes and Aquastridaes)
(AC 489 - 576)
Years AC Emperor
489 - 510 Tiberion II, the Magebane
510 - 528 Terentia I, the Blade of Vanya (daughter)
528 - 540 Terentia II, the Grey Dame (daughter)
540 - 544 Zendrolion V, the Inquisitor (brother; deposed)
544 - 548 Tarantius I, the Kind (usurper; brother of Terentia I)
548 - 556 Tiberion III, the Sailor (son of Terentia II)
556 - 561 Terentian I, the Merchant-Prince (son)
561 - 564 Alexian IV, the Traladaran (son)
564 - 576 Tiberion IV, the Pirate (son; deposed)

Kantridae
(AC 576 - 642)
(all the Kantridae Emperors were declared by the Thyatian Home Legions and the Retebius Air Fleet; none were related by blood)
Years AC Emperor
576 - 585 Kantrius I, the Quiet
585 - 598 Alexian V, the Builder
598 - 611 Flavius I, the Everyman
611 - 623 Kantrius II, the Merchant
623 - 631 Flavius II, the Soldier
631 - 642 Kantrius III, the Dullard (deposed)

The Later Dynasties

Oesterpolitian
(AKA The Eastern Emperors or The Redstone Dynasty)
(AC 642 - 786)
(The Eastern Legions put an end to the quiet Kantridae Dynasty in 642 AC; the Oesterpolitian Dynasty was known for its bellicose emperors, unusual antics and wild parties. Few emperors were succeeded by sons, though a few were able to establish "mini- dynasties")
Years AC Emperor
642 - 662 Asterian I, the Great
662 - 675 Darinius I, the Myrmidon
675 - 679 Zendrolion VI, the Veiled ("son"; actually, daughter; deposed when ruse discovered)
679 - 687 Maximius I, the Gladiator
687 - 701 Asterian II, the Penitent
701 - 713 Tiberion V, the Privateer
713 - 721 Alexian VI, the Golden
721 - 732 Zendrolion VII, the Hunter (son)
732 - 740 Maxentius I, the General
740 - 755 Darinius II, the Daring (son)
755 - 769 Maxentius II, the Rake (son; deposed)
769 - 771 Maximius II, the Butcher
771 - 782 Asterian III, the Obese (son)
782 - 786 Zendrolion VIII, the Small Prince (son; deposed)
786 - 794 Berthold I, the Black Prince (usurper; deposed)

III Tatriokanitas
(AKA Dynasty of the Gabrionites or The Ancient Dynasty Restored)
(AC 794 - 960)
Years AC Emperor
794 - 812 Gabrionus I, the Great
812 - 823 Zendrolion IX, the Republican (son)
823 - 835 Terentia III, the Healer (daughter)
835 - 846 Gabrionus II, the Peacemaker (brother)
846 - 851 Lucinius IV, the Magefriend (son of Terentia III)
851 - 861 Lucinius V, the Conjurer (son)
861 - 872 Zendrolion X, the Strategist (brother)
872 - 890 Gabrionus III, the Unforgiving (son)
890 - 913 Gabrionus IV, the Conqueror (son)
913 - 960 Gabrionus V, the Erudite (brother; slain by Alphatians)

Torion
(AKA the Northern Emperors)
(AC 960 to Present)
Years AC Emperor
960 - 1012 Thincol I, the Gladiator
1012 + Eusebius I (son)

There are also numerous regional usurpers as well as oppositional Dynasties; the main concern for being considered among the Canonical Emperors was the control of the Bureaucracy as well as the control of the City of Thyatis itself; all Dynasties save the Oesterpolitian had the City of Thyatis as the capital of the Empire (during the Redstone Dynasty the capital was, of course, at Redstone). There have also been a number of secessions over the years (the Hattian Kingdom being the most notorious), as well as several defections and trades of territories (mostly on the IOD, of course). It must be noted that Mad Creeg, leader of the Ierendian Rebellion and founder for the Matrobgle Dynasty was actually an exiled member of House Aquastridaes of the II Kerendans Dynasty, so the entire line could be said to have been a "cadet branch" of the Imperial Dynasties of Thyatis...