Before the emperor, Arthur Valiente (the Valiant), died on the battlefields of Lingayen, he passed his crown to his relatively obscure cousin, Pauline Maria dela Ramos. However, in the imperial capital of Manila, the regent, Duke Axel Aguinaldo, gathered powerful supporters to secure the Bamboo Pearl Throne for himself, even as his cruelty and apathy knew no bounds.

Will the Empire of the Pearl of the Orient see a tyrant rule over her lands, or is it the dawn of a new, and untested, emperor's reign?