Editing Yi Ti (section)

===Great Empire of the Dawn===
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According to scribes of [[Yin]], all the lands between the [[Jade Sea]] and the [[Shivering Sea]], the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Grey Waste]] were part of the [[Great Empire of the Dawn]] and fell under the control of the [[God-on-Earth]], the only son of the [[Lion of Night]] and the [[Maiden-Made-of-Light]]. He is said to have had a hundred wives and to have reigned for ten thousand years, before ascending into the stars to join his forebears. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the [[Pearl Emperor]], who ruled for a thousand years. He was followed by the [[Jade Emperor]], the [[Tourmaline Emperor]], the [[Onyx Emperor]], the [[Topaz Emperor]], and the [[Opal Emperor]], who all reigned for centuries. Each successive ruler had a shorter reign and faced rising problems, as mankind grew greedy and corrupt.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

The Opal Emperor was succeeded by his daughter, the [[Amethyst Empress]]. Her younger brother slew her and usurped the throne, and event which is remembered as the Blood Betrayal. He proclaimed himself the [[Bloodstone Emperor]] and began a reign of terror, practicing dark magical arts and necromancy. He cast down the true gods to worship a black stone which had fallen from the sky. According to the annals of the east, the Blood Betrayal is attributed as the cause of the [[Long Night]], as it caused the Maiden-Made-of-Light to despair and turn her face away from mankind, while the Lion of Night sent the generation-long winter to punish mankind. In the chaos that followed, the Great Empire of the Dawn collapsed.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

According to [[Colloquo Votar]], as recounted in his ''[[Jade Compendium]]'', a legend from Yi Ti claims that disaster during the Long Night was only averted by "the deeds of a woman with a monkey's tail".{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Long Night}}

The [[maester]]s of the [[Citadel]] in [[Oldtown]] doubt that the Great Empire of the Dawn ever truly existed, but most do agree that Yi Ti's culture is very ancient, and a few believe that they were contemporary with the [[Fisher Queens]] on the western side of the Bone Mountains.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}