Kaiser Ayreon IV
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| Kaiser Ayreon IV |
| Full Name: Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine |
| Alias Prince Vidar |
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| Physical Description |
| Gender: Male |
| Species: Human |
| Race: Babkhi, Hurmu, Norse |
| Hair Color and Style: Light brown hair |
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| Skin Color: White |
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| Biographical Information |
| Father: Adam Anushiruwan |
| Mother: Liv Djupvik |
| Date of Birth: 1645 |
| Place of Birth: Raynor's Keep |
| Date of Death: |
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| Current Residence(s): Raynor's Keep |
| Nationality at Birth: Shirerithian |
| Current Allegiance(s): Line of Ayreon-Kalirion |
| Occupation: Kaiser |
Kaiser Ayreon IV (born Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine at Raynor's Keep, 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current Kaiser of Shireroth (since 1650, ASC 6546). He is the son of Adam and Liv, and the grandson of Kaiseress Noor. Until his fifteenth birthday, Kaiser Ayreon IV's government is exercised by the Steward, a position currently (since 1651) held by his mother, Liv Dravot.
Contents
Biography
Family background
His father was Prince Adam. He never met his father, not even once. He was separated from his mother, Liv, and stepfather Daniel Dravot, in 1649, after reports surfaced that the mother was unloving to him and treated him with disdain (understandable given his conception was from rape) and made a ward of the Imperial Republic. His mother has visitation rights to her son, though she has not exercised them once since the separation. During his time with his mother and stepfather, the family spoke Normark Norse. He learnt Hurmu Norse from his maternal grandparents, Arviður (b. 1535) and Sól Míudottar (b. 1543), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, Noor.
Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his paternal uncles, Aldin (b. 1630) and Vilhjalm (b. 1635), and aunt, Esther (b. 1638), and his maternal uncles Valdemar (b. 1609), Thorleiv (b. 1611), and Oden (b. 1613). He has no cousins on the paternal side, but four the maternal side: Patrik (b. 1643, son of Valdemar), Roderik (b. 1641, son of Thorleiv), and Gunnar and Yrsa (b. 1639 and 1641 respectively, son and daughter of Oden).
Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third Hurmu, one fourth Norse and one fifth Babkhi. The rest is accounted by Tapferite, Brookshirian, Elw, Storish and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers (Ayreon, Aurangzeb, Ayreon II, Noor), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, Rashid, Osman), and two Natopian emperors (Nathan, Nathaniel), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).
He belongs to the houses of Ayreon-Kalirion, Osman and Waffel-Paine, and to the imperial bloodlines of Ayreon-Kalirion and Steffki.
Childhood
After the marriage alliance between the Khanum Liv and the Steward, Daniyal Dravot, Adam's infant son was transferred to Shirekeep and confinement in the Steward's Tower under the care of a governess not overly given to sentimentality.
The Steward's System was a set of rules designed by Daniyal Dravot and his wife concerning the upbringing of the child of Adam Ayreon-Kalirion, who had been borne by Liv against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.
The System had been aimed at encouraging the child to incline habitually towards notions of obedience, duty and service, in contrast to the arrogance and entitlement which had thoroughly corrupted the infant's father.
The infant, would be constantly supervised in the presence of his Governess, Yara Rose of Erudition, and to be kept isolated from other children. The Steward and the Khanum strictly monitored and recorded every action the toddler made and entirely controlled who was allowed access to the boy in the Steward's Tower.
His only other companion, aside from her Governess, was the young Azardokht al-Osman, a hostage of the Steward kept in order to ensure the good behaviour of the House of Osman which ruled the southern isles by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.
Future plans for the infant's early education revolved around a strict daily schedule. Morning lessons would begin at 08.30 and continue until 11.30. Lessons would then resume at 14.00 and continue until 19.00.
The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the Agnesia-Alalehzamin System the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.
The Khanum's strictest instruction was that under no circumstances was the child to have any contact with his father, nor to learn anything of Adam except for his crimes and the depth of his depravity.
At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an Imperial Regiment and then sent off to manage a farm in Ran to learn responsibility, which tends to be overlooked when educating Kalirions. This, however, was not to be. Following the flight of the Steward, Sikander Dravot along with his wife the Khanum of Cabbagefall - pursued by a curse laid by the shade of Tokaray al-Osman bound with the Sword of Vengeance presently presumed lost in Balgurd - the boy fell under the influence of his grandmother's courtiers who encouraged him to resent and chafe against the bonds of the necessary discipline with which he had been raised. It now seems certain that Vidar, who has become Kaiser by virtue of the dynastic succession, will follow in the same damaged, self-harming and neurotic footsteps of his ancestors.
Kaisership
Steward's rule
Upon his unexpected ascension to the Kaisership at such an early age, the Imperial Steward Kyle Kilynn took measures to secure the child kaiser and provide for his education until his majority. In recognition of the close relationship between Prince Kyle and the Kaiser's uncle, Pentheros Aldin, the agreement was that the Pentheros would be responsible for the Kaiser's religious education according to the theology of the Dozan Bovic Church. Few provisions were made for the Kaiser's legal, social and formal education, which resulted in the Kaiser quickly becoming spoiled and overenergetic (due to a high sugar intake). In 1651, Steward Kyle Kilynn appointed Soraya Octavius-Parini to the position of Chamberlain of the Imperial Household in an effort to discipline the child-kaiser.
The Kaiser was from 1647 without contact with his mother until her appointment as Steward in 1651, and Ayreon is believed to have compensated that loss of motherly affection with affection from other women, particularly Princess Kizzy Drakland and Countess Mira Octavius-Aryani. He is now fond of his Chmberlain, Soraya. The relationship between the Kaiser and his mother remains cold.
When the Steward exiled the House of Ettlingar Freyu from Shireroth in 1651, the Kaiser was blissfully unaware of the reasons for the exile and of the consequences of the exile, though unfortunately his step-uncle Ayreon-Kalirion was killed in the crossfire. The Kaiser had always had a good relationship with his step-uncle, and indeed, Audun Joel was regarded as one of the few members of the House of Ettlingar Freyu who had not been infested with a demonic entity (the other one was Prince Vilhjalm who succeeded his father Noah as King of Elwynn). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a former kaiser, Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving.
As the Prætor, Fjorleif, was exiled, too, it was incumbent upon the Landsraad at this time to hold an election for prætor. The Kaiser, upon hearing that it was the kaiser's duties to conduct the election, was overjoyed and went, against all advice, to the Palace of Zirandorthel where the nobled had assembled. In an embarassing display of presiding, Vidar forced all nobles to go various sides of the Landsraad floor (depending on which candidate they supported for prætor). In the end, he counted the nobles on each side and found that one side had more. He had, however, by this time forgotten which side supported which candidate and he solemnly declared the wrong candidate elected. After a while, the Kaiser understood his error and the duly elected winner King Ryker Everstone took the Prætor's chair and hat, though seemed a bit sluggish in doing so.
After the prætorial incident, the Kaiser was sent to a small farm in Monty Crisco to learn discipline, patience and agriculture, and so that his education would continue in peace and quiet.
In the year 1653 IAC travels to the Montrano Estate to celebrate the Kaiser's eighth birthday, during which time an argument erupted over how to deal with the Froyalaners now that they've been sequestered into the FNR. Following a tour of the farm and an impromptu demonstration of the use of a burdizzo, a throwaway remark by Michael Verion during a further argument on the subject of the Froyalanish question inspired Liv to consider mass castration as a solution. Although an unlikely subject over which a mother might attempt to bond with her son she nonetheless encouraged him to work overnight on a proclamation, the resulting draft was praised by the IAC and accepted with few alterations.
In mid 1653, Ayreon IV received with enthusiasm the news that his second cousin (of same age as himself) Nathan II had ascended the Natopian throne as emperor. Plans were immediately made for the Kaiser to visit his cousin and his own holdings in Natopia.
The Imperial Advisory Council, growing more concerned that the Kaiser may not be all too willing to conform with the prevailing IAC ideology following the Auspicious Occasion, met to draft a new Charter that would restrict the powers of the Kaiser somewhat in favour of a regularly elected Steward. In the middle of 1653, the Landsraad debated the proposal, adopted it, and after three states (Elwynn, Goldshire and Kezan) had assented, the Kaiser was flown to Shirekeep to promulgate the new Charter. The new Charter also separated the post of Steward from that of Regent.
Regency
Government
| Role | Holder | Tenure |
| Regent | Imperial Advisory Council (held in commission) | 1653– |
| Steward | Prince Kyle Kilynn | 1650–1651 |
| Lady Liv Dravot | 1651– | |
| Minister of the Interior | Count Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh | 1650–1651 |
| Viscount Myn | 1651–1653 | |
| Lord Michael Verion | 1653– | |
| Minister of the Exterior | Prince Hallbjörn Haraldsson | 1650–1651 |
| Prince Kyle Kilynn | 1651–1653 | |
| Count Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh | 1653– | |
| Minister of Military Affairs | Princess Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir | 1650–1651 |
| ESB-Jörmungandr Group (held in commission) | 1651– | |
| Imperial Inquisitor | Lord Heath Belledin | 1650– |
| Prefect of Shirekeep | Lady Mira Octavius-Aryani, Count Palatine of Kezan | 1650– |
| Chamberlain of the Household | Pentheros Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion | 1650–1651 |
| Soraya Octavius-Parini | 1651– | |
| Landsraad Liaison and Adviser | Princess Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir | 1651–1651 |
| Court Historian and Notary of Raynor's Keep | Lady Layla Verion | 1651– |
| Scientific Advisor and Mostly High Imperial Bag-Carrier | King Ryker Everstone, King of Goldshire | 1651– |
Imperial Proclamations
- Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead (issued by the Kaiser himself)
- Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire (KK)
- Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward (LD)
- Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel (also known as My uncle is dead)
- Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood (also known as the Edict of Montrano)
Imperial Decrees
Kaiser Ayreon IV has issued the following Imperial Decrees, through his stewards:
Steward Kyle Kilynn
- 936: Mourn the Kaiseress
- 937: Deportation of Pretender
- 938: Imperial Ministers and Advisory Council
- 939: Lichkeep Cession
- 940: Principality of Mishalan (vetoed by the Landsraad)
- 941: Imperial Governor of Lichbrook
- 942: Lomax Restored
- 943: Imperial Duchy of Brookshire
- 944: Amendments to Decree 914
- 945: Conditional Repeal of Decree 922
- 946: Expanded Lichbrook
- 947: Helena Chevalier
- 948: Æsileif Haraldsdóttir
- 949: The Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan
- 950: Minister of Military Affairs
- 951: The Voltrue Rebellion
- 952: Chamberlain of the Household
- 953: MiniInt and Seneschal
- 954: City Charter of Shirekeep
- 955: Successor and Resignation
Steward Liv Dravot
- 956: Rearmament of Constancia
- 957: Mishalan
- 958: Imperial Ministers and Advisory Council
- 959: The Shirewiki
- 960: Caverden and Overdolor
- 961: Shirekeep's Penal Facilities
- 962: Matters pertaining to the Kaiser
- 963: 2nd Amendment to Charter
Acting Steward Lord Myn
Acting Acting Steward King Ryker
- 967: Mapmania
Acting Steward Lord Myn
- 968: Census Sanctions and Mapmania Legitimization
Steward Liv Dravot
- 969: The Harald Entity
- 970: The King of Elwynn & His Council
- 971: Territorial Settlement of Elwynn
- 972: Revocation of Various Treaties
- 973: Governance in the West
- 974: Minding Our Language
- 975: Benacian Data Network
- 976: Lywall and Overseas
- 977: Renunciation of Titles and Claims
- 978: Imperial Minister for the Exterior
- 979: Imperial Minister for the Interior
The Kaiser himself
- 980: Imperial Charter for the Governance of Shireroth
Titles
1645–present: Prince of Elwynn, Duke of Cheshunt, Count of Upper Macon, Count of Andiopolis, Prince of Natopia, Lord Triumphant in All Four Quarters, Knight of the Black Hole, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lord in Jorvik, Baron of Port Mills (Natopia), Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings
1645–1653: Llængjarl of Elwynn, Count of Northshire, Count of Arietta, Count of the Lady Esther Isles
1648–present: Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (Natopia)
1648–1650: Prince of Shireroth.
1649–present: Khan of Caer Lum'ruush.
1650–1650: King of Goldshire.
1650–1653: Kaiser in Kildare, Emperor of Kildare, Prince of Hvalafell (Stormark), Wielder of the Sword of Vengeance (thereafter in abeyance)
1650–present: Kaiser of Shireroth, King of the Elian Lands, Emir of Sathrati, Marquess of Zy-Rodun, Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of Brookshire, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the Dragon, Griffin, Phoenix, and Chimera, Sovereign of the Golden Mango Throne, Count of Dracoheim (all in Shireroth), Duke of Istvanistan, Count of Istvan, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad (Natopia)
Ancestry
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| Preceded by: Kaiseress Noor |
Emir of Sathrati 1650–Present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
| Preceded by: Noor |
King of Goldshire 1650–1650 |
Succeeded by: Ryker Everstone |
| Preceded by: Kaiseress Noor |
Succession of the Shirerithian Kaisership 1650–present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
