The Bagratuniad:
Kings:
A complete list of Georgian Kings, to help give people something of an overview into Georgian affairs since the beginning. This is an extended version of the first King list, so if you just want to read the very newest material, jump down to
Hovhannes I.
Bagrat IV (Bagratuni)
1027-1077
Non-Prophetei
Deeds: Ended a pernicious state of civil war (most of his life pre-game start was actually spent in exile), launched a successful series of Crusades, establishing Abghazia as a regional power. Almost saw his realm destroyed by the Cumans.
Character: A decent man, one of the finest, and most energetic, war-kings in Georgian history so far.
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Kvirike IV (Bagratuni)
1077-1122
Deeds: Established Propheteocracy, crushed Cumans, established Abghazia as a diplomatic power, discovered the Yngling and Chinese time agents.
Character: The biggest prick to sit on the throne of Georgia so far, he stole the credit for his uncle Bagrat's deeds, executed his first wife, murdered his second, kept numerous mistresses, all of whom were terrified of him, even Anja, the psychotic she-bitch from the future.
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Evstati I (Bagratuni)
1122-1153
Deeds: Liberated Jerusalem, destroyed the Seljuk Turks, established alliances with the Yngling and Chinese time agents (or perhaps more correctly, alliances with the institutions these time warriors created). Became a Russian vassal, rebelled, became first universally recognised King of Georgia, established Georgia as a great power. Crushed the rebellion of his nephew, Adarnase.
Character: A good man, and a wise king.
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Adarnase III (Bagratuni)
1153-1194
Deeds: Rebelled against his uncle, was crushed, succeeded him anyway. Became filthy rich, established the Roman Commonwealth. As the leader of the League of the Tapestry, broke the Western aggression against Russia. Got assassinated.
Character: A modest man, and a just ruler, the first Propheteocrat to be beatified.
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Demna I (Bagratuni)
1194-1198
Deeds: Saw out his uncle Adarnase's schemes, got assassinated.
Character: He could have been a second Evstati - Demna showed much promise before his reign was cut tragically short.
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Vasilii I (Rurikovich)
1198-1200
Non-Prophetei
Deeds: Fomented revolution against the Propheteocracy, assassinated Adarnase III and Demna I, caused a massive revolt when he tried to impose the Vasilian heresy on Georgia. Executed in Moscow.
Character: A shy and kindly sort, Vasilii's strong ideals and heretical beliefs turned him into the most dangerous enemy the Propheteocracy would face in a dozen generations. Close examination of the man reveals a portrait of someone with the potential to be a hero-king, who just took a wrong turn somewhere...
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Giorgi II (Bagratuni)
1200-1200
Deeds: Had a long and distinguished political career before he became Propheteocrat (a leader of the Blood party, and first Georgian representative to serve at Mesembria). Brought Vasilii to justice. Got assassinated.
Character: Hawkish and honest.
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Afsin I (Seljuk)
1200-1202
Deeds: First non-Bagratuni Propheteocrat. Kept Georgia stable even in the midst of economic collapse. Gave away much of the royal estates to buy the loyalty of the Pilegeshim. Exiled most of the royal court of Adarnase III for cowardice and replaced them with members of his family. Re-established the Seljuk Empire, or simply re-named the Georgian one, depending on ones' perspective. Died of old age.
Character: Long-time friend of Adarnase III, and an ambitious Seljuk partisan, Afsin both fought to preserve the legacy of his dead friend, and re-mould that legacy into the Seljuk image, leading to a somewhat contradictory impression. .
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Alexios I (Diogenes)
1202-1219
Deeds: Wasted eighty thousand gold talents on the botched war with Arabia. Got himself adopted into the Bagratuni family in an attempt to achieve a stable succession of power. Failed miserably, when his chosen successor died in battle, leaving the worm-eaten Giorgi III to succeed him. Survived an assassination attempt, only to die of his wounds a week later.
Character: Initially crippled by excessive ambition, Alexios was able to recognise his mistakes after the Arabian war, and repair much of the damage he and his immediate predecessors had inflicted on the country.
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Giorgi III (Bagratuni)
1219-1259
Deeds: Killed an assassin with his bare hands, ran the economy into ruin, fixed it again, repealed the ban of Afsin, leading to the Return of the Exiles (officially the end of the Assassin Wars). Brought the Pilegeshim back under control, reformed Seljuk law along Breton lines. Crushed the rebellious Deputies in the first and second Worm Wars, crushed the Mongols, winning one of the greatest battles of all Georgian history against them at the Bitter Lakes (in the province of Maverannahr). Died of old age.
Character: Sickly and quite mad for much of his childhood, Giorgi would become known as the "Worm King" for his habit of holding conversations with his intestinal worm. Recovered to become an able king. A Russophobe, only the able diplomacy of the Novgorodian Tsars and his greater hostility toward the HRE kept relations as warm as the were. Initially strongly pro-Western in bias, the Cypriot crisis would permanently sour him against the Holy Roman Empire, though he would maintain strong links with Brittany and Norway until his death. A military genius, the finest war-king in Georgian history to date. Was a loving and loyal husband. Famous for his macabre sense of humour. The second Propheteocrat to be beatified, the cult of Saint Giorgi would eventually eclipse even that of St. Agsartan.
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Hovhannes I (Bagratuni)
1259-1294
Deeds: Killed two assassins with his bare hands, ran the economy into ruin, fixed it again, won the Second Worm War (a civil war he had inherited from his father, Giorgi III). Died of old age.
Character: The biggest womaniser since Kvirike. Very fond of hunting. Mellowed greatly in his old age, becoming a loyal and loving husband to his third wife, Laura von Zähringen.
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Teimuraz I (Bagratuni)
1294-1295
Deeds: Won a hotly contested election for the Propheteocracy, but not without alienating the powerful Prince Gurgen of Armenia, resulting in the "Fool's War", one of the worst civil wars in Georgian history, and one of the most violent Bagratuni-versus-Bagratuni wars in history. Teimuraz died while relieving the siege of Baghdad. The enmity of the Princes of Armenia and their Ka'usiya allies in Khorasan would not die with him however, and both dynasties would become major players in almost every one of the many civil wars between the Fool's War and the Vernacular Revolution.
Character: A romantic zealot with too much pride, too little restraint, but not enough courage to inspire others from the front, Teimuraz's early death was a stroke of luck for Georgia.
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Erets I (Bagratuni)
1295-1332
Deeds: Coming to the throne as a mere boy Erets was thrown into the maelstrom of the Fool's War when it was in full swing, but quickly proved equal to the task, crushing all the enemies of the Court at Baghdad, but he was unable to crush them completely. Unpopular with most courtiers, Erets was forced to found the first waged bureaucracy in Georgia to maintain the smooth function of the country. Despite all the challenges, Erets managed to husband Georgia to heights of prosperity unseen in even Adarnase's day. Died of old age.
Character: A mediocre general, Erets preferred to lead from the comfort of his study, but unlike his father, he had no pretensions of being any more than he was. Erets is often called "the Pilegeshim's Propheteocrat", such was his mastery of "soft power", from choosing the right words, to choosing the right assassins (both the diplomatic service and the spy network were traditionally the purview of the Pilegeshim).
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David IV (Bagratuni)
1332-1347
Deeds: Despite the increasing unwieldiness of the Propheteocracy, rising court corruption and continuing vassal unrest, David managed to push Georgia to new heights of prosperity. Under David, the last remnants of the Assassin order would be destroyed in Georgia, but some, having already escaped to Norway, returned bringing the black death with them. The last years of David's reign would be spent in dealing with the plague and the problem of how to contain the Dovremen. Died of old age.
Character: Probably the most brilliant of the Propheteocrats, David was nonetheless a modest man. As the bastard son of Erets I, David's childhood was a constant struggle to prove his worthiness, a habit that continued during his adulthood. David would become the third and final Propheteocrat to be beatified.
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Kakhi I (Bagratuni)
1347-1383
Deeds: The last Propheteocrat, Kakhi's achievements are ambiguous and open to interpretation. Most agree that he (1) made a deal with the devil that ultimately destroyed him (though whether that devil was the Vernacularists or the Deputate is not agreed), and that he (2) was very good at surviving. Kakhi would survive many near-fatal battle wounds, minor illnesses, a bout of the plague, a long struggle with madness, near continuous civil war and an anti-climatic Breton invasion. However, in the course of ensuring his political survival, he made himself overdependent on the Vernacularist faction, leaving the Propheteocracy wide open when the Vernacular revolution in 1380 literally ripped most of the country from the Propheteocrat's grasp. He nonetheless managed to fight the revolutionaries to a standstill, repeatedly driving the superior Vernacularist forces back from his Kurdish and Turkish strongholds, by 1383 he had forced Utudai to a truce. He did not live to enjoy it however, as dissatisfaction among the remaining deputies of Georgia exploded into the Little Assassin War, during which Kakhi, and most of his immediate family, were slain.
Character: One of the most hated figures in European history, Kakhi was a man of mediocre talents and iron determination. He replaced the elegant diplomacy of his father and grandfather with blatant cronyism, and ruthlessly destroyed even those who were only mildly inconvenient to the Propheteocracy, unless they were too strong, and thus crony material. The character of the man himself is shrouded in mystery, and most sources regarding him are enemy propaganda, and thus quite biased. However, there is good evidence for the fact that Kakhi did, indeed, sire at least 16 bastard children, more than even the famously womanising Kvirike IV.
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Utudai I (Bagratuni)
Prince Of Arabia Desertia (successor to Inancha) 1363-1383
High Speaker of United Georgia 1383-
Deeds: Utudai led the Vernacular revolution against Kakhi, however, as a result of the Little Assassin War of 1383, when Kakhi died, he was the closest blood relative still alive who could present a convincing claim to the Council of Deputies. Thus, rather ironically given the ferocity of the revolutionary war, the Vernacularists ultimately gained control of Georgia by peaceful means. Utudai's reign would be spent implementing the Vernacularist agenda. Significantly, Utudai discontinued the usage of the titles "Propheteocrat", "Propheteocracy" and "Prophetes", marking the end of the high middle ages in Georgia, and the beginning of the renaissance.
Character: Utudai was a capable man, characterised by his burning obsession with establishing the just society imagined by the Vernacularist visionaries.
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