Dragon Emperor

The Dragon Emperor is the ruler of the empire of Cathay, the largest nation in the world. He rules over a vast empire of many different peoples and cultures and his subjects number untold millions ^[1a][1b].

Overview

His full title is Celestial Dragon Emperor^[1a][1b]; another of his titles seems to be Monkey King^[2]. The Dragon Emperor is supposedly immortal ^[1a]. Some believe that he is an actual dragon in the form of a man ^[1b].

Known Emperors

• Emperor Xen Houng^[4] ruled around - 2748 IC^[3], shortly before the creation of the Great Maw.
• An unnamed Dragon Emperor unified the land of Cathay into a single empire in - 1800 IC^[5]. He ordered the construction of the Great Bastion, a gigantic fortified wall, to protect his new empire against the marauding tribes of the Hung.
• Emperor Wu, of the Wu dynasty, was crowned in 1676 IC^[*]. In 1690 he sent a large fleet to invade and conquer the Southlands^[6a][6b]. The invasion ended in utter failure. It was probably this same Emperor Wu who met a large Tilean expedition in 1699 ^[7]. In the end he hired its members to protect the western borders of his empire against the Hobgoblin hordes.

See also

• Emperor
• King of Bretonnia
• Tzar
• Phoenix King
• High King
• King of Khemri

Notes

*Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen (5th Edition)^[6a] reports that the Cathayan invasion of the Southlands was launched in 1690 IC, the fourteenth year of Emperor Wu's reign.

Sources

• 1: Warhammer Rulebook (7th Edition)
  • 1a: pg. 153
  • 1b: pg. 202
• 2: Red Thirst (Short Story)
• 3: Warhammer Armies: Ogre Kingdoms (8th Edition), pg. 22
• 4: Warhammer Armies: Ogre Kingdoms (6th Edition), pg. 8
• 5: Warhammer Armies: Warriors of Chaos (7th Edition), pg. 38
• 6: Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen (5th Edition)
  • 6a: pg. 14
  • 6b: pgs. 15-17
• 7: Warhammer Armies: Dogs of War (4th Edition), pgs. 85, 92, 93