Divine Emperor

The common translation of the Ursumar word Bēlillūtu, the title of the Divine Emperors, considered the representation of the Alwatian gods on earth and therefore a divine figure in his own right. This is considered to be the highest title any Ursumar dynasty or city can obtain, for to hold this title theologially represents dominance of one's city's deity over all others. Such is the power of this title, that upon a powerful Divine Emperor usurping an old one, even the old emperor's most loyal servants will often immediately support the new lord. In addition, no Bēlillūtu (save one dynasty) has ever been from a non-"deified city", composed of the group Bēlqūaš, Ashēryk, Urgūn, Ez, Enkūn, Trūnth, Bāblus, Sarfun, Drēz, and Edil before the latter's destruction. In fact, the only dynasty of Bēlillūtu not to be from one of these cities was instead that of the Krunadites, who like their god Krunador had a historically itinerant capital and therefore no city at all. The many Krunadite towns are therefore also technically in the running, but their lack of population and economic prowess, as well as their decentralized nature means a second Divinity of Krunadu is very unlikely. Instead, any dynasty wishing to be enshrined as the Bēlillūtu must first obtain the governance of one of these cities and its corresponding province (in practice an Iššin title, though technically even a non-hereditary governorship indicates divine favor and thus "qualifies" one to take the throne).

As one many notice, the title of Bēlillūtu does not necessarily mean that a Divine Emperor is safe from all manner of rebellions- as long as any one leader can make the claim that his reign is failing, it can be reasonably assumed that his patron deity may have lost the Divine Throne. The failure of such rebellions therefore means his patron deity did not lose the throne, but a victorious rebellion must mean the leader of the rebel's patron deity has gained the Divine Throne. With droughts, disease, and defeat in war all being seen as signs of the loss of divine favor for the Bēlillūtu, it is easy for rebellions to pop up and build steam quickly. Taking the Divine Throne is a great risk, but any city or dynasty which assumes a dominant role over the rest will inevitably bede facto Bēlillūtu by defaulty and therefore a target for any conqueror seeking to make a name for themself.