Imperial Decree #434: Duchy of Goldenbrook

[Kaiser Leto III]

Imperial Decree #434: Duchy of Goldenbrook

By the power invested in me by the Gods,
1. I hereby approve the merger between the Duchy of Goldshire and Brookshire. From now on, they form the Duchy of Goldenbrook.

2. The Duke of the new Duchy is Aryetzur of Goldshire. His Steward, the Marquess of Shirekeep, is Erik Mortis of Brookshire.

3. No changes to the borders of the baronies and counties will be made during this merger.

Signed by my Nifty hand at Raynor's Keep,
on 3837 ASC
Leto III Ozymandias

[Erik Mortis]

And we don't even get to choose our own name or Duke... Nice ignoring everyone again.

[Kaiser Leto III]

And we don't even get to choose our own name or Duke... Nice ignoring everyone again.

But I was told that you had reached an agreement.

[Erik Mortis]

Guess I was misinformed about the Duchy of Musica.

[Kaiser Leto III]

Guess I was misinformed about the Duchy of Musica.

I thought that would happen later, after (or: if) an agreement was reached with the Yardistani? But if you want the name already, no problem. Tell me and I change it.
And it's the the locals their right to overthrow their Duke (you're Marquess / Steward, so you're in the position for a coup) and replace him.

[Erik Mortis]

nevermind. Things are uncoordinated right now... I'll work this out later.

[Kaiser Leto III]

Meh. You people don't know what you want: one time you want the Kaiser decreeing everything, but the other time, when he does so, you aren't happy either. Curse you, CURSE YOU ALL!

[Erik Mortis]

Pay more attention? Decree the right things? Decree the thing you should, and leave the things you shouldn't.

[Kaiser Leto III]

Pay more attention? Decree the right things? Decree the thing you should, and leave the things you shouldn't.

1. You're on semi-LOA. That means that you wouldn't even get the position of Marquess if it wasn't for Malliki who rather saw you on the Ducal Throne then serving under Aryetzur. BUT Malliki left, so I had no real reason anymore to listen to him. But I did in the form of a compromise: you as Marquess / Steward and appointing the only person who really was interested in the job.

2. Your people came up with Goldenbrook. I don't even like the name and would prefer to see it changed to Musica.

3. Like I told you: rebel against your Duke if you want so. I let you free.

4. If an arrangement is reached with Yardistan about the city of Musica, I will gladly recognise the land moves.

[Erik Mortis]

Last I knew the plan I had been talking with others about was for Musica under myself. (and ignore the LOA thing.. it never really happened).

Anyhoo, like I said.. I'll figure this out later.

[AryezturMejorkhor]

Oi Erik, lets work together. I plan on managing things for a bit and then you can be Duke. For now, due to the citizenship levels and lack of anything happening, the merger was a good idea. We don't have Musica yet so we can hardly name the Duchy after that place. Goldenbrook isn't a bad name anyhow. Given the situation, I won't be running Goldenbrook like I ran Goldshire with numerous cultural changes and the like. I'll leave those issues up to you. I do think we need to reduce the number of Baronies in the combined Duchy though.

[Erik Mortis]

My issue is mostly that it seems our two sides hadn't come up with a concrete plan when this was decreed. We still have negotiations with Yardistan underway, and has the Duke of Brookshire even fully signed off on this end result? This shouldn't have been decreed till we came to the court and said: "Here is the plan. Here's the name, here's the duke. Make it so!". Now I'm left confused cause I was told one thing, now it's decreed differently. I'm a bit confused and maybe a bit displeased.

[Erik Mortis]

The Duke and I have more or less sorted things out on our end.

[Malliki Tosha]

I did not agree to this. Once again with the fuck-up.

[Erik Mortis]

Indeed. But we can salvage it...

[Malliki Tosha]

I am willing to discuss anything, but not with Aryeztur as duke. That is an absolute objection from my side.

[Erik Mortis]

Then talk with me.

[Malliki Tosha]

Sure, what do you want to do?

[Erik Mortis]

For now. Mellow out. As Steward I'll make a decree telling anyone NOT from the duchy to get out and let us handle this. Bring things before the Great Kehl and we can discuss our issues there.

[Malliki Tosha]

Goodies.