August II
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| - | '''August II''' (Japanese: '''アウグスト2世''') was the 14th kaiser of the [[Galactic Empire]]. He reigned from Imperial Year 247 to Imperial Year 253. He was named "The Bloodletter." | + | '''August II''' (Japanese: '''アウグスト2世''') was the 14th kaiser of the [[Galactic Empire]]. He took the throne at the age of 27 and reigned from Imperial Year 247 to Imperial Year 253. He was named "The Bloodletter." |
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| - | He was in poor physical health and morbidly obese already at the time of taking the throne due to a life of excessive alcohol, indulgence in fine food, debauched pleasures of the flesh, gout, and use of opiates for pain relief from gout. He was likened to "half-melted lard" and was forced to use a wheelchair to move around due to his skeleton and muscles being unable to support his great weight. | + | He was in poor physical health and morbidly obese already at the time of taking the throne due to a life of excessive alcohol, indulgence in fine food, debauched pleasures of the flesh, gout, and use of opiates for pain relief from gout. He was likened to "half-melted lard" and was forced to use a wheelchair to move around due to his skeleton and muscles being unable to support his great weight. His father had been repulsed by his state but he was the eldest son, his mental faculties appeared to be intact, and his 3 younger brothers were not clearly superior in their talent and behaviour so his father did not strip him of his title of Crown Prince. At the time of his enthronement, there were no particular positive or negative opinions from the court. |
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| + | His first decree was to move all of his late father's concubines to his inner palace to form his own harem. According to prescribed tradition, the concubines of the deceased former kaiser were to have been given a large sum of money and released from the harem. Therefore this decree shocked his ministers and angered his mother, the empress dowager Irene. | ||
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| + | He was betrayed and killed in Imperial Year 253 at the age of 33. Commoners, nobles, relatives, even his brothers and his mother became the targets of his bloodletting. It's said that all of the cabinet ministers were executed a mere week after his enthronement. The number of people he slaughtered is said to be between 60 million and 20 million. After he was defeated by a punitive force sent by his cousin, Marquis [[Rinderhof]], he was killed by a subordinate. | ||
Of all of the [[Goldenbaum Dynasty]] Kaisers, he had the worst reputation. ([[Encyclopaedia Die Legende der Sternhelden]]) | Of all of the [[Goldenbaum Dynasty]] Kaisers, he had the worst reputation. ([[Encyclopaedia Die Legende der Sternhelden]]) | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 5 October 2013
August II (Japanese: アウグスト2世) was the 14th kaiser of the Galactic Empire. He took the throne at the age of 27 and reigned from Imperial Year 247 to Imperial Year 253. He was named "The Bloodletter."
He was in poor physical health and morbidly obese already at the time of taking the throne due to a life of excessive alcohol, indulgence in fine food, debauched pleasures of the flesh, gout, and use of opiates for pain relief from gout. He was likened to "half-melted lard" and was forced to use a wheelchair to move around due to his skeleton and muscles being unable to support his great weight. His father had been repulsed by his state but he was the eldest son, his mental faculties appeared to be intact, and his 3 younger brothers were not clearly superior in their talent and behaviour so his father did not strip him of his title of Crown Prince. At the time of his enthronement, there were no particular positive or negative opinions from the court.
His first decree was to move all of his late father's concubines to his inner palace to form his own harem. According to prescribed tradition, the concubines of the deceased former kaiser were to have been given a large sum of money and released from the harem. Therefore this decree shocked his ministers and angered his mother, the empress dowager Irene.
He was betrayed and killed in Imperial Year 253 at the age of 33. Commoners, nobles, relatives, even his brothers and his mother became the targets of his bloodletting. It's said that all of the cabinet ministers were executed a mere week after his enthronement. The number of people he slaughtered is said to be between 60 million and 20 million. After he was defeated by a punitive force sent by his cousin, Marquis Rinderhof, he was killed by a subordinate.
Of all of the Goldenbaum Dynasty Kaisers, he had the worst reputation. (Encyclopaedia Die Legende der Sternhelden)
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