In this way, she continued her life and rule. In a secret ritual, Himiko actually transferred her soul, not her power, into the young woman, destroying the priestess' soul and permanently taking over her body. At a time of her choosing, Himiko would conduct a ceremony which would transfer her power to the priestess, making her the new Sun Queen. This was considered an unparalleled honor among the people. The priestess, who was given the title of Daughter of the Sun, would be trained in languages, warfare, and all of the other necessary skills of a monarch. As she grew elderly, she would choose one of her priestesses as her successor. The secret behind her apparent immortality was a dark and sinister ritual. However, Himiko was actually the only monarch to ever rule Yamatai, and her lifespan actually lasted hundreds of years. Her life ostensibly spanned 72 years, from c.170 AD to c.248 AD. Her subjects were not unhappy under her rule, agricultural production was consistently high, and thus no one went hungry, her taxes were reasonable, and her Stormguard fiercely protected the nation from any foreign threats. She was worshiped by some of her subjects of the island. She was believed to be able to communicate with the spirit world and to control the elements. No men attended to her, except for the general of the Stormguard. She surrounded herself with a cadre of priestesses, known as the Priestesses of the Sun. She is described as the beautiful, yet inscrutable, enigmatic, ruthless Sun Queen who ruled Yamatai thousands of years ago with the support of her Stormguard.
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