Emperor

Biodata

Authority and position

The Emperor holds the highest position in the Dahe Settlement beneath the Firmament. Questioning him is treated as a grave offense, and many Great He people display intense loyalty to him 29 46.

• He is a Level 4 challenger, ranked twentieth on the Firmament’s Hero Ranking 47.
• He commands military forces with naval, land and air units 48.
• He issued an edict promising recognition as a Great He hero to anyone who designed an aircraft carrier in a dungeon 21.
• His listed dungeon works are Greater East Co-Prosperity!, World of Military Power and Golden Crow Fusang 49.

History

Battle of the Imperial Sea

The Emperor rebuked Itō Hidetaka after Battle of the Imperial Sea, a dungeon developed with Great He technological support, was repeatedly cleared and cost Itō substantial points. He warned his leaders to watch Lin Ye, the Level 0 challenger who had helped clear it, but accepted Itō’s assessment that Lin Ye’s planned ten-thousand-person dungeon was unlikely to succeed 8 9.

Raging Waves

After Itō’s first failed attempt on Raging Waves, the Emperor criticized him for damaging the clan’s reputation. The Emperor had Lin Ye investigated and sent envoys in hopes of recruiting him, while warning Itō not to act rashly 25 26.

Itō proposed sending twenty thousand Level 2 or higher Great He elites to bypass Pearl Harbor and attack Eagle Sauce Country directly. Although interested in the potential technology, the Emperor rejected the plan as too risky and doubted that Itō had the standing to command the elites. Instead, he pressed Itō to pursue the dungeon’s economic overtaking mission and offered personnel with management experience 26 27.

The second attempt ended with 19,930 eliminations and Itō’s demotion to Level 1. The Emperor summoned him, denied ordering his reckless conduct and turned the meeting toward another assault 41 46.

Million-person expedition

With Raging Waves expanded to a million challengers, the Emperor announced that he would personally lead the next attempt. He intended to restore the clan’s standing, acquire the dungeon’s technology and seek more territory for Dahe Settlement. He appointed Itō as an adviser and ordered points transferred from settlement reserves to restore him to Level 2 47.

The Dahe Raging Waves Expeditionary Army drew widespread attention. The settlement warned outsiders not to join, and crowds rallied in support of the Emperor 48.

Upon entering the dungeon, the Emperor appeared in the imperial palace in Edo with Itō beside him. The Firmament appointed him commander-in-chief and explained that the other challengers had been assigned to twenty military bases across Eastern Ocean Island, from which he could direct them 50.

Appearance and equipment

• The Emperor wears a yellow robe at his residence 46.
• Before the expedition, he wore battle robes and carried a long samurai sword, which he used to slice through bamboo 50.

Personality

The Emperor is protective of Great He’s standing and ambitious for its supremacy. He initially guarded his elites against a risky assault, but later saw the million-person capacity of Raging Waves as an opportunity to obtain technology and expand Dahe Settlement’s territory 26 47.

He can be severe with subordinates: he rebuked Itō repeatedly, threatened him after the failed economic mission and denied responsibility for Itō’s conduct. Nevertheless, he retained Itō as an adviser for the next assault because of his firsthand experience 25 46 47.

Relationships

• Itō Hidetaka — Great He dungeon designer whom the Emperor rebuked after repeated failures, sent on the economic mission and later appointed as an expedition adviser 8 27 47.
• Minamoto no Yorimitsu — The Great He Shogun and a Level 4 challenger; he brought Itō before the Emperor and joined the expedition 46 47 49.
• Iga Ryūji — Leader of the Ninja Corps and one of the Great He elites accompanying the Emperor 8 47.
• Lin Ye — Great Xia designer of Raging Waves. The Emperor first investigated and sought to recruit him, then led an assault on his dungeon 26 47.