Golden Empire of Yi Ti
The Golden Empire of Yi Ti is a realm located in Further East of Essos. It is the successor to the nigh-mythic Great Empire of the Dawn, which, according to legend, fell during the Long Night. It is ruled by a God-Emperor, who is worshipped as divine, though in the present day the God-Emperor has little actual power beyond the limits of the capital city. Since its origins to the present, eleven dynasties have ruled over the Empire.[1]
Capital
Throughout the centuries, the capital Golden Empire has constantly moved as dynasties rose and fell. The grey, indigo and pearl-white emperors ruled from Yin, on the shores of the Jade Sea, whereas the scarlet emperors raised the now fallen city of Si Qo the Glorious in the heart of the jungle; meanwhile, the purple emperors chose Tiqui, whilst the maroon emperors kept court at Jinqi, to better guard their borders against reavers from the Shadow Lands.
The current capital is Yin, where the seventeenth azure emperor Bu Gai keeps his court. Yet, a sorcerer lord who claims to be the sixty-ninth yellow emperor claims the throne from his seat at the city of Carcosa on the Hidden Sea, beyond the limits of the Empire. And more recently, a general named Pol Qo has named himself first of the orange emperors, with the city called Trader Town as his capital.[2]
Borders
- North: The Plains of the Jogos Nhai.
- Northeast: The Bleeding Sea and the Five Forts, which separate the Empire from the Land of the Shrykes.
- East: The Mountains of the Morn
- Southeast: The Shadow Lands
- South: The Jade Sea
- West: The Bone Mountains and the Great Sand Sea
References and Notes
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Yi Ti.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Yi Ti.