Catherine Black

Catherine Black
Catherine Casandra Black [May 4th, 1799 - August 26th, 1874] born to Otto Black and Yvonne Doyle, commonly known as Empress Catherine Black or Catherine the Great towards the latter half of her reign was the Empress of Bearstin from February 28th, 1822 until her death on August 26th, 1874. Her fifty two year reign is one of the longest of the Black Dynasty and among the top five longest in the history of the Bearstinian Monarchy.

Catherine was a strong, independent ruler who kept a very small council of advisers and focused mostly on her duties as Empress and not on showcasing her power and entertaining the nobility. She enacted strong reforms that brought Bearstin to the forefront of military power, and encouraged the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution having invested in many large companies herself. As a result of her rule and the changes brought about, Bearstin became a large industrial power and an up and coming star on the international stage. Her most famous act as Empress was to ban the institution of Slavery in Bearstin. This earned her the nickname of The Chainbreaker.