Choesun V of Dankuk

Emperor Choesun V (b. 7 July 4242, d. 29 November 4309, r. 4289-4309) was the 18th King of the Kyo and the first monarch of the Great Dranian Empire of the 43rd Century. Aligned with Prime Minister Rosi Kwon, the House of Ryeo was restored as the royal house of Dankuk, replacing the Dranian Federation established by President Alfredo de la Cruz following his democratic reforms that toppled the preceding totalitarian regime.

Both the Federation and the succeeding Dranian Empire were immediately faced by significant threats from the National Conservative Party (NCP), a party organized around the emerging monarchical claims made by the Hwangje Family. Upon winning the presidency, NCP's Hong Seon Ki launched a military assault on Beonyeongsalm Palace in an attempt to arrest Emperor Choesun V and other members of the Imperial Household. Most of the Imperial Household had already escaped, leaving behind only a small garrison of Imperial Guard and the emperor's father, Prince Seojun, who insisted on directly standing up to Hong's forces. The garrison would be killed and Prince Seojun would die sitting upon the throne. In the days following this assault, the Imperial Household would be extracted from the mountains of Myeoggi by agents of the Indralan Ministry of State Security. President Hong, declaring himself god-emperor, would violently target supporters of the House of Ryeo and de la Cruz's Federalist Party.

As the turn of the century approached, Hong's power began to crumble and the Imperial Household returned to Dankuk in the late 4290s. However, while the threat of the Hong Presidency had been eliminated, the Hwangje Family became increasingly belligerent in asserting its claims to the monarchy and, running its matriarch as the NCP presidential candidate, used political office to undermine the Imperial Household. This eventually escalated into violence, with the Hwangje Government targeting the House of Ryeo for imprisonment. The NCP controlled legislature officially removed Emperor Choesun V as monarch on 30 July 4309 and also removed its recognition of Indrala as a legitimate nation, angered by their support for the Ryeo.

Again the Imperial Household went into hiding and the Indralan government made preparations for another rescue of the family. Facing tighter security and a government on high alert, this extraction took many months before it was successful. While the Imperial Household was in hiding during the winter of 4309-10, Choesun V died due to health complications following an untreated heart attack that occurred earlier in their hiding. The rest of the Imperial Household would relocate to Indrala in what would eventually become a permanent relocation.