Daysikya

Daysikya, known as Empress Daysikya or Dramu Drikmatsba in some circles, namely Suzhya, was the ?th Emperor of Gemurtrak and the first female ruler of Gemurtrak, reigning from 1522 until her death in 1548. The last living child of the Kazha imperial family following a freak fire in the imperial palace, Daysikya and her mother, the former Empress Miki, became the centerpiece of attention for a confused and worried empire hoping for Miki, who was pregnant at the time, to bear a male heir. Upon the birth of Daysikya, a girl, the former empire collapsed as centuries long power struggles finally turned violent and a scramble for the empire ensued.

Daysikya would remain out of imperial attention until the 1510’s whereupon she was used as a claim of legitimacy by Yazeku of Yorgemkerr, the head of the Merchant Republic Coalition who demanded her marriage to claim himself Emperor. An unpopular decision in the eyes of both Psabriki nobles and independent military generals, Daysikya made use of her connections to both parties and personally usurped the claim for herself under divine right during Yazeku’s coronation and slew him, joining with her supporters to dismantle the coalition and begin her assertion of power to restore the empire of Gemurtrak, an act she would complete partially by 1542, restoring the full borders of the Western empire but fail to restore control over the Eastern side of the former empire. She would die in 1548 at the battle of [conflict], one of the final battles of the Inheritance War where her army would subsequently win after rallying behind her son and future emperor Maguste III. A legendary strategist, warrior, and diplomat, Daysikya is often hailed as one of the greatest monarchs of Gemurtrak history and used popularly within feminist circles in Gemurtrak to represent the potential and capabilities of women within positions of power. Her story has been retold in various mediums across the centuries such as poems, books, television series and films as well as plays.