Atula of Mohal, Eadien Empress

Atula of Mohal (28 September 837-15 August 864), is the Eadien empress consort from 856 until her death in 864 as the first wife of Minsi II, Eadien Emperor during the early Hafra dynasty. She is the daughter of Mehtamen, Duke of Mohal, and mother of the next monarch of the Eadien empire, Reramonsi II.

Early life
Born in the Palace of Balrova, Sinattha, Duchy of Mohal, she is one of 6 children of Mehtamen, Duke of Mohal, and his wife Princess Kurwana of Hsindra. She enjoyed a good fame as she was widely acknowledged beautiful from the young age, with her features of smart and erudite.

Atula was raised by her aunt, Princess Theona of Hsindra, Queen of Sayamati, in the royal court of Sayamati since 2, as she was designated to marry Queen Theona's son, Prince Isacca of Sayamati (future King Isacca I), which was the reason of she growing up with Isacca then producing good relationship. Although Isacca was deeply in love with charming Atula, Atula had no willing to become his bride. Isacca had written many love poems to please Atula, while Atula never showed her feeling about them, neither accepting, nor refusing.

Empress of Eadien
In 856, Queen Theona urged Atula to marry Isacca. At that time, Sumanée of Eadien, the empress dowager, was also looking for the bride for the young emperor Minsi II. Mehtamen asked who Atula wanted to marry. Atula chose Minsi II without hesitation, because she could become the empress, rather than the queen which was lower than the former. So on 29 February of that year, 18-year-old Atula married 20-year-old Minsi II and became empress of Eadien. On 9 May, she was crowned in Togan Temple in Yanimen. The one who was going to marry Minsi II was Anne, Atula's sister, and now she was married to Isacca.

At the beginning of entering the palace of Eadien, Atula was welcomed. The nobles cheered for having such a beautiful and learned empress. However, soon after, people found that Atula was very arrogant and sharp. Although she married Minsi II for the title of empress, she despised Minsi II as an illegitimate child, thought she was married down and asked for privileges. Minsi II and her were not on good terms. Minsi II was gentle, mostly silent, and the empress was ambitious, often for her own profit, so the two rarely shared common interests. Atula did not care that Minsi II was unfaithful to her, nor did she care that his mistress, Kedhuri Para, was in power at court, because she did not threaten her interests or position. Atula took bribes and sold official positions. She judged that a person was not considered from the aspects of character, but who gave her the most benefits, and she favored that one. Therefore, there were some dignitaries and their family members in her court, which was different from other empresses.

Atula and Sumanée hit it off surprisingly well, with no apparent conflicts of interest despite being both ambitious and at times even sharing power. Atula's reputation was no better than that of the infamous Kedhuri Para, and many had accused her of being a traitor, though some have countered that she was simply a hedonist. She did do good for her country. In 861, she authorized her brother Henther V, Duke of Mohal to manage Rapurabira in Eadien, which was her territory as the empress. When Minsi II knew about it, he immediately stopped it, but Atula still secretly sent part of the tax revenue of Rapurabira to Mohal. When she learned that Chandra que Maïdara, the emperor's favorite courtier, had informed against the incident, she hated him and promoted his death sentence in 863. At that time, the courtier said: "the emperor signed the death order of Maïdara in tears, but the empress was so happy that began to dance.".

Death
Four years after her marriage, Atula gave birth to her first child, a boy, on 16 February 860. The Empress Dowager named the child Reramonsi in memory of Minsi II's father, Reramonsi I. Five days after her birth, Reramonsi was declared the heir to the throne. One year later, on 13 November she gave birth to her second child, Anne, Princess of Eadien, who lived to be eight years old and died of smallpox on 19 January 870. On 12 August 864, Atula gave birth to her last child, a daughter, and was named Atula to commemorate her. Three days later, Atula died. The cause of death may be postpartum hemorrhage. Princess Atula did not live long, who died on 30 March 865, when she was less than one year old.

Atula's funeral was held in September of that year, and she was buried in Yanimen. Before that, her coffin was parked in the Silver Lake Garden. After her death, Emperor Minsi II married Puspa of Whininte, and Empress Puspa took the responsibility of raising Prince Reramonsi, who was later Reramonsi II.