God-on-Earth

"In the far east...the Lion of Night, who fathered the world's first emperor on the Maiden-Made-of-Light, and whose wrath nearly ended the world."

- Jaqen H'ghar

The God-on-Earth was the legendary first emperor of Yi Ti. According to myth, he was the son of the two major deities in Yi Ti's religion], the [[Lion of Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.

In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, "God-on-Earth" was the legendary first emperor of the Great Empire of the Dawn - the first empire of Yi Ti back during the Dawn Age, before the Long Night more than 8,000 years ago. The Golden Empire itself is semi-mythical and it is unconfirmed if it truly existed, being filled with emperors who allegedly lived for thousands of years and warred with gods.

According to the legends told in Yi Ti, God-On-Earth was the only begotten son of their religion's two primary deities, the Lion of Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light. He allegedly lived for ten thousand years, and traveled about his domains in a palanquin carved from a single pearl and carried by a hundred queens, his wives. At the end of his reign, God-on-Earth ascended to the heavens to join his forbearers.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the Pearl Emperor, who allegedly lived for one thousand years. All subsequent rulers of the Great Empire of the Dawn were God-on-Earth's descendants. Eventually, the seventh ruler (known as the Opal Emperor) was succeeded by his daughter, known as the Amethyst Empress - however she was usurped and murdered by her own younger brother, an evil necromancer known as the Bloodstone Emperor. The Maiden-Made-of-Light turned her back on humanity in shame over this betrayal, and the Lion of Night came forth in his wrath to scourge humanity by plunging the world into darkness - which is how the legends of Yi Ti explain why the Long Night happened. The Great Empire of the Dawn (if it ever really existed) collapsed, and Yi Ti had to rebuild its civilization. Yi Ti's current civilization, "the Golden Empire of Yi Ti", was founded a few generations after the Long Night (still nearly 8,000 years ago, the oldest continuous civilization in the world).