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Overview
Niohuru-Nara Jinglian was the Tiansheng Emperor of the Great Ri, though she was enthroned after the loss of Ba Sing Se and is thus considered by historians to have ruled the Northern Ri. Coming to power after a brief interregnum following the assassination of the last Ri Emperor to rule in Ba Sing Se and be widely recognized as Earth Monarch, her father Turusi, she led a protracted war of resistance against the disintegration of the dynasty that was not ultimately successful. Initially commanding the support of much of the Northern and Western Earth Kingdom, the vassals of the Northern Ri gradually defected to the new Hao-Ting dynasty or were defeated on the battlefield. Jinglian managed to hold on to defensible Yonggan settlements in the mountains for the entirety of her long reign, long after any hope of retaking the capital was lost.
Early Life
Jinglian was born in 654 BG to Niohuru-Nara Turusi, then the 25-year-old Imperial Crown Prince, during the reign of her notorious grandfather Niohuru-Nara Kuazha. Her mother was Gan Fenfen (乾芬芬), a Ganjinese noblewoman with some Yonggan blood; Fenfen was selected as Turusi's paramount wife partly because she was a particularly strong earthbender, and indeed eventually attained the Emery Degree in the Ganjinese school. It was thought that her family's spiritual qualities would revivify the dynasty's earthbending, which the Imperial Succession Council was concerned had faltered somewhat in Turusi.
With multiple older siblings including brothers, it was thought that the chances of Jinglian ascending the throne were nil. Although she received a good classical education, little thought was given to preparing her to rule. When she was 12 years old, she was sent away from the capital to live with her mother's family in Ganjingguo, ostensibly to learn Earthbending from her mother's own teacher. She did well in her studies, though she did not have the same talent as her accomplished mother.
In 640, Jinglian's grandfather the Huowang Emperor was slain by nomadic vassals for desecrating the Imperial Hunt of that year. Her father ascended the throne as Taigai Emperor and shortly recalled his teenager daughter to the capital.
== Marriage ==
Enjoying the social scene of the Upper Ring as an Imperial Princess, she began to be courted by the young Prince of Wa, Yulu-Nara Asan (660-595), scion of the third-most prestigious families of the Yonggan conquest elite, after the Niohuru and Aisin. They were married in 636.
Ascension to the Throne
Later Life and Death