Emperor Vilna IV

About
Emperor Vilna IV, (aka. Imperatorius Vilna IV) or also known as Vilna the Fourth, was the last emperor of the Bistonian Empire until the year 1673. The same year, Emperor Vilna IV had hired Vespucci Amberto to discover and survey the lands of modern-day Crimsonia, in which Vilna IV beheaded Vespucci Amberto out of disgust after his return. During the battle in modern-day Crimsonia, he was beheaded by Crimson nomads, and during his funeral, the Bistonian Empire was invaded.

History
Emperor Vilna IV was born in 1638, in the New Vilna Imperial City, the capital of the Bistonian Empire. Although not much was known about his name or early life history, except that he was born in the Bistonian royal family, and in Vespucci Amberto's journals, Emperor Vilna IV had already learned several languages by the age of 14. He eventually took the throne after his fathers death at the age of 21, and he would be called Emperor Vilna the Fourth, or Vilna IV.

Events of 1673
Prior to the events of 1673, rumors spread that a land northwest of the Bistonian Empire had been found, and there were rumors that it had contained gold and valuable resources, and during that time, Emperor Vilna IV had become an important figure within the Bistonian Empire, as the empire had gradually expanded in size, although he was criticized for continuing the 800 year isolation policy.

In the year of 1673, Emperor Vilna IV invited Vespucci Amberto to the New Vilna Imperial City to discuss his plans about surveying the land. Vespucci Amberto was a man who had been doing expeditions across the continent for 40 years, earning him the reputation across the continent. Vespucci Amberto had wrote about Vilna IV as a strong man, but he had an awful side, in which Vespucci Amberto claimed that he was an egocentric man, he was also impressed by Vilna IV's knowledge of every language. Eventually, Vilna IV rejected Vespucci Amberto into an expedition, but after Vilna IV gained his trust, he accepted Vespucci Amberto into the expedition, and provided him a ship which was constructed specially for him. He had given a task to Vespucci aswell, to bribe the people living in the land known as Crimsons into joining and pleading allegiance to the Bistonian Empire, and serve as their great potential soldiers.

Execution of Vespucci Amberto
After Vespucci Amberto completed his expedition, he arrived to the palace of Emperor Vilna IV. After Vespucci Amberto arrived to the emperors palace, Vilna IV was completely disappointed and lunged at Vespucci Amberto, after witnessing that he wanted to show weapons, including skulls to him. Vilna IV proceeded to call him uncivilized and barbaric, and after attempts were made by Vespucci to convince Vilna IV that the Crimsons were peaceful and didn't live a nomadic lifestyle, Emperor Vilna IV then ordered his guards to arrest Vespucci Amberto and his groups, with the majority of them cursing at the emperor, further angering Vilna IV.

After Vespucci Amberto was detained by Emperor Vilna IV, he was confined in a cell below the palace in New Vilna Imperial City. During his time in the cell he refused to write papers which intended to be an apology towards Emperor Vilna IV, after several refusals and appeals made by Vespucci, his death sentence arrived. Vespucci was then escorted to Emperor Vilna IV's palace, where Emperor Vilna then lifted his sword and proceeded to decapitate him after Vespucci Amberto allegedly said his death will curse the land for centuries. His headless body was then dragged to the stairs of Emperor Vilna IV and was removed as ordered by the emperor. Vespucci's crew were thrown off the mountains near New Vilna Imperial City and killed instantly in the process. Some of them fled before they could eventually be captured by Emperor Vilna IV after realizing Vespucci's intentions to convince the emperor.

Battle and death
In the days after his death, Emperor Vilna IV ordered Vespucci's vessel to be dismantled, and valuable items including journals were recovered, afterwards, when Emperor Vilna was examining the contents of the ship, he discovered a map intended to cross northeast of the homeland of the Crimsons, including Vespucci's journal. After it was examined, Emperor Vilna IV demanded the deployment of 30 of his ships, including his impressive fleet to prepare for the war against the Crimsons and its alleged king, with Emperor Vilna IV joining the battle against them, in an attempt to relinquish his reputation.

Emperor Vilna IV arrived at the approximate location weeks later, with soldiers and more weapons. As the Crimsons approached them out of curiosity, Emperor Vilna IV then proceeded to lift Vespucci's head out of his bag and dropping it on the ground, which had angered those who approached the Bistonian fleet. The Crimsons then began running deep into the forests to alert the king, and Bistonian troops proceeded to do the same, as a result, Crimson nomads then ambushed dozens of them and had them killed, then the horde killed most of Emperor Vilna IV's soldiers and they were forced to retreat. As they retreated to the coast, they then found out that most of their fleet had been destroyed except for a few. When they were in the process of leaving, Emperor Vilna IV decided not to board the ship until it was completely ready, and as a result he was hit by an arrow in the chest. He then succumbed to his injuries instantly and died. As Bistonian soldiers began killing a few Crimson warriors who attempted to climb the ship, they retreated, and once it was clear, Emperor Vilna IV's corpse was found decapitated, and his head was later on spotted a distance away. It was then retrieved, and brought along to New Vilna Imperial City.

Burial
After the remnants of the Bistonian fleet returned to the New Vilna Imperial City, crowds then gathered infront of the harbour, where Emperor Vilna IV's corpse was escorted out of the vessel, wrapped in cloth. After locals discovered that Emperor Vilna IV had been killed during battle, the Bistonian Empire was left with no heir to the throne, and the empire began fracturing slowly. During the preparation of the funeral, Emperor Vilna IV's body and head were attached, and placed inside a golden class casket. However, during the funeral, the Bistonian Empire was in full alert, as hordes of a hundred Crimson ships entered the city and scorched it, which would be later on known as the curse of Vespucci Amberto.

After the sacking of the New Vilna Imperial City, it was unknown where Emperor Vilna IV was buried. In the aftermath of the sacking, the place where the emperors funeral was hosted began catching fire, and it was destroyed later on. After the fire had been cleared, Emperor Vilna IV's casket was missing, including his corpse. Rumors began spreading that the Crimson horde had decided to carry his casket out of the place and dump him in the waters, but it was simply not true, as there were also rumors that he was buried deep in the forests of Northern Bistonia.