Goburin Emperor
| Preceded by: Yuandi Emperor |
Head of State of Jingdao 5489 –5719 |
Succeeded by Haigui Emperor |
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| Position | Monarch of Erlgau |
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The Goburin Emperor, also known as Erlkönig is a retired Heavenly Light and monarch of the Erlgau. He was born as Simon II and the first heir to Hirohito, the Jinken Emperor. He became a captain in the Jingdaoese expeditionary submarine fleet, and used his submarine to gather personal riches which he stored in Leng. He was indifferent to commands that were given him from his admiral and at one time simply decided to turn his radio off and became a privateer. He was assumed dead by the Admiralty and when his father died the Feixing Emperor ascended to the throne. The Feixing Emperor died while giving birth to the Yuandi Emperor, who died only a few years later and only to prevent the line of the Erasmii from being permanently extinguished did he assume the imperial throne.
[ reasons for abandoning the old territory ]
As the emperor retreated under the ice shelves of Leng, together with the rest of the nuclear submarine fleet the unthinkable happened. Accidents with the reactor caused the crew to be exposed to extreme levels of radiation and also the freezing cold. Experimental medicine kept them alive but at a terrible cost. The emperor who had been a tall and handsome man lost over half his height, the same thing happened to his crew. Recognising that Leng was no suitable location for the Jingdaoese civilisation to thrive he moved his fleet and his stash to caves in the three small islands north of Gong in Shirerithian Apollonia, which are named Erlgau. His younger sister, the Haigu Emperor who had assumed that her brother had died under the ice had assumed the throne for herself. When she found out that her brother was still alive and where he was hiding, she formed an alliance with him and with Barend Barentsz, the Shirerithian minister of military affairs to bring all of Shirerithian Apollonia under the control of the Great Jing. The Goburin Emperor kept his half of the bargain, supplying the empire with fine parts for the Obedience Machine that human hands could not produce. With the Jing dynasty secure, he saw no reason to appear in public however and continued to live in the caves of Erglau where he and his crews continued to gather gold and precious stones. The Goburin Emperor still receives a considerable sum from the Imperial Palace each year to cover his expenses and his, outdated, nuclear submarine fleet is still maintained by the Tianchao Haijun.
Business
The Goburin Emperor is a shrewd and ruthless businessman who was the founder of Gong Shipyards. The company built corvettes and patrol boats for the Jingdaoese and Alriggian government using old blueprints of the South Batavian navy and corvée labour, achieving high margins. In 1679 the Goburin Emperor sold his company to Sokoku Industries, he was paid in cash and in stocks. The deal was celebrated with large quantities of fine spirits from the Erlkönigs cellars which were said not to give hangovers. Sokoku Industries' board of directors did however experience a hangover, they learned that in their delirium they had given half of Sokoku's shares to the Erlkönig in return for a shawl that had been worn by a former Heavenly Light, which turned out to be the Goburin Emperor himself.
