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<div>{{Ayreon-Kalirion}} <br />
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'''Abigail Jayna Noor Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine''' (born in Eliria, 1662) is the second child of [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Prince Zahir al Din]] and his wife [[Li Naomiai]], and is thus [[Order of Succession|currently third-in-line to the Shirerithian throne]]. She is a cousin of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and a grandchild of [[Kaiseress Noor]] and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel]].<br />
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She has a five-year-older brother, [[David Raion|David]], born in 1658. <br />
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On 22.VIII.1664, according to [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|Nat-Hum]] sources, Abigail was elected "Princess ''in'' Elwynn" by the [[Ayreonist Independence Party|Ayreonist]]-dominated rump congress in Eliria. Due to the non-functioning of the Senate, she could not be elected Princess ''of'' Elwynn. At the same meeting, the congress elected [[Karmen Joonai]] conducator.<br />
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== Titles ==<br />
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Her current style is ''Her Imperial Highness Lady Abigail, Princess of Shireroth''<br />
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1662–''present'': [[Prince of Shireroth|Princess of Shireroth]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1664–1671: Princess in Elwynn<br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|1= 1. David Raion<br />
|2= 2. [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Prince Zahir al Din]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Li Naomiai]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Eremias Buvonzake<br />
|7= 7. Marmar Naomiai<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Kaiser Ayreon II]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. Karen Buvonzake<br />
|13= 13. Lea Kizonai<br />
|14= 14. Reqar Mikenion<br />
|15= 15. Naomi Shamilion<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Mareq Buvonzake<br />
|25= 25. Marmar Litel<br />
|26= 26. Kizor Ivrahimion<br />
|27= 27. Kote Qarqa<br />
|28= 28. Miken Baq<br />
|29= 29. Borel Boftarion<br />
|30= 30. Rai Shamilion<br />
|31= 31. Katarina Fens<br />
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<div>{{Ayreon-Kalirion}} <br />
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'''Abigail Jayna Noor Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine''' (born in Eliria, 1662) is the second child of [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Prince Zahir al Din]] and his wife [[Li Naomiai]], and is thus [[Order of Succession|currently third-in-line to the Shirerithian throne]]. She is a cousin of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and a grandchild of [[Kaiseress Noor]] and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel]].<br />
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She has a five-year-older brother, [[David Raion|David]], born in 1658. <br />
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On 22.VIII.1664, according to [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|Nat-Hum]] sources, Abigail was elected "Princess ''in'' Elwynn" by the [[Ayreonist Independence Party|Ayreonist]]-dominated rump congress in Eliria. Due to the non-functioning of the Senate, she could not be elected Princess ''of'' Elwynn. At the same meeting, the congress elected [[Karmen Joonai]] conducator.<br />
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== Titles ==<br />
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Her current style is ''Her Imperial Highness Lady Abigail, Princess of Shireroth''<br />
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1662–''present'': [[Prince of Shireroth|Princess of Elwynn]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1664–1671: Princess in Elwynn<br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|1= 1. David Raion<br />
|2= 2. [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Prince Zahir al Din]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Li Naomiai]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Eremias Buvonzake<br />
|7= 7. Marmar Naomiai<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Kaiser Ayreon II]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. Karen Buvonzake<br />
|13= 13. Lea Kizonai<br />
|14= 14. Reqar Mikenion<br />
|15= 15. Naomi Shamilion<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Mareq Buvonzake<br />
|25= 25. Marmar Litel<br />
|26= 26. Kizor Ivrahimion<br />
|27= 27. Kote Qarqa<br />
|28= 28. Miken Baq<br />
|29= 29. Borel Boftarion<br />
|30= 30. Rai Shamilion<br />
|31= 31. Katarina Fens<br />
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Salome Ylva Octavia<br />
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|gender = Female<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Golden Blonde<br />
|eyecolor = Green<br />
|skincolor = {{wiki|Fitzpatrick_Scale|III}}<br />
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|father = [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|mother = [[Octavius#Isidora_Octavius-Teleni|Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]<br />
|birthdate = 17.VII.1665<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
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'''Salome''' (''Salome Ylva Octavia Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'', born b. 17.VII.1665 in [[Raynor's Keep]]) is the current [[List of Kaisers|kaiseress]] of Shireroth since the [[Kalirion Fracture]] of 1671. Daughter of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and his concubine [[Octavius|Isidora (IV) of Octavius-Teleni]], she became kaiseress at the age of 6 after her father was murdered. Due to her young age, a regent governs in her place until she comes of age.<br />
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== Titles ==<br />
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1665–1671: [[Emir of Sathrati|Imperial Princess of Shireroth]], [[Emira of Sathrati|Emira of Sathrati]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1671–''present'': Kaiseress of Shireroth, Queen of Normark, Rani of Tas Neema, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Princess of Hurmu, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, 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, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad,<br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|1= 1. Salome<br />
|2= 2. [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|3= 3. Isidora IV Octavius-Teleni<br />
|4= 4. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|6= 6. [[Kaiser Aiomide]]<br />
|7= 7. Alexandra Maris Telenia<br /><small>(supplemented from Nuli Ri, Sabrai Paxaa, et al.)</small><br />
|8= 8. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel of Natopia]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|10= 10. Nilu Sólason<br />
|11= 11. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|12= 12. Azarja Kalirion-Alnavion<br />
|13= 13. Zoe Octavia<br /><small>née Alexandra Zoe Telenia</small><br />
|14= 14. Alexander Cyril Telenius<br />
|15= 15. Stella Pallena<br />
|16= 16. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I of Natopia]]<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Fatima al-Osman<br />
|20= 20. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|21= 21. Sól Míudottar<br />
|22= 22. Magne Djupvik<br />
|23= 23. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|26= 26. Alexander Nereo Telenius<br />
|27= 27. Eugenia Octavia<br />
|28= 28. Alexander Phaen Telenius<br />
|29= 29. Dorthe Aeria<br />
|30= 30. Maurice Pallenus<br />
|31= 31. Ulna Patris<br />
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[[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]][[Category:Shireroth]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Kaisers&diff=38813List of Kaisers2019-12-25T22:28:09Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>The following is a list of [[Kaiser]]s of [[Shireroth]] in chronologial order, from the legendary beginnings of Shireroth until the present; the calendar used is the [[AN]] reckoning. Each reigning Kaiser or ruling Steward is listed with their accession date, date of birth, date of death and blood line. Periods in which the Landsraad ruled the Imperial Republic directly are marked as "'''Landsraad'''".<br />
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Many of the Kaisers in this list are [[Fictional History|legendary]]; Shireroth's modern founding was in 1443 (the beginning of the [[Third Era]]). Foreign recognition of the [[Kaisership]] occurred later, in approximately 1462, with Erik Mortis becoming [[Kaiser Metzler I]]. The accurate record keeping in the Imperial Household began with [[Kaiser Gaelen II|Gaelen II]] in 1465, and all accession dates after that are taken to be authentic.<br />
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Legitimacy has always rested upon descent from Kaiser Raynor I. After seventeen centuries, much of Western and Central Benacia, as well as a fair smattering of [[Babkhi]] and [[Kildari]] can claim this boon. Nonetheless the frequently rotating succession remained within the clutches of a dozen or so noble houses who jealously guarded their notoriously intermarried bloodlines. In spite of the the vigilance of the Imperial Republic's noble oligarchs there have been several "sanglorian" Kaisers in the modern era, alongside a half dozen inhuman Kaisers (whether [[Liches|revenants]] or [[Safir|aliens]]). As the Third Era wore on, things became progressively stranger, until a measure of sanity was restored by the confirmation of the dynastic succession in the hands of the [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion]], itself being however troubled by some of its [[House of Ettlingar Freyu|dynastic]] [[House of Osman|associations]]. <br />
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''For a list of Anti-Kaisers, click [[Anti-Kaiser|here]].''<br />
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==Historical overview==<br />
Empire of Khaz Modan: -1211bN &ndash; -0bN<br/><br />
First Era: circa 0 AN &ndash; circa 880 AN<br/><br />
Second Era: 878 &ndash; 1442<br/><br />
Third Era: 1442 &ndash; ''Present''<br />
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Debate continues as to whether the establishment of a new period of dynastic rule constitutes a fourth era. In the past, using a [[SSHIT|discredited historiography]] and [[ASC|calendar]], as many as seven eras were postulated. However, following the [[Auspicious Occasion]], a more rational approach to historical research has taken hold and the process of investigating and verifying the reigns of the Kaisers of the early era, and indeed the nature of their rule, is ongoing.<br />
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Since the foundation of the Imperial Republic in AN 79, the average reign of a kaiser has lasted for 11 years, with 25 years in the first era, 22 years in the second era, and 2.5 years in the third era (as of 1663).<br />
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The three longest-reigning kaisers have been [[Kaiser Raynor I|Raynor I]] (79–169, 90 years), [[Kaiser John II|John II]] (1375–1441, 66 years), and [[Kaiser Raynor IV|Raynor IV]] (660–720, 60 years). Since the foundation of the modern Shireroth and the beginning of the third era (1443), the three longest-reigning kaisers have been the current [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] (reigning since 1650, as of 1670, 20 years), [[Kaiser Gaelen I]] (1449–1461, 12 years), and [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora]] Minor (1595–1602, 7 years).<br />
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== First Era ==<br />
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! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
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| 1||[[Image:Raynor I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor I]] || Raynor Me'Jiliad || [[Brookshire]], 44AN || 79&ndash;169 AN || 169 AN || Summoned his three children before taking <br> his life at old age by euthanasia, <br> announced that Brrapa would succeed him || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||Considered to be mythical by most modern historians.<br />
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| 2||[[Image:Brrapa I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa I]] || Brrapa Metzler Me’Jiliad || Shirekeep, 102 AN || 169&ndash;207 || 207 || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
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| 3||[[Image:Erik I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Erik I]] || || || 207&ndash;226 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[Image:Raynor II.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor II]] || || || 226&ndash;266 || || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
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| 5||[[Image:Brrapa II.png]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa II]] || || || 266&ndash;277 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]|| Fasted to the point of death in an attempt to place a curse upon [[Kaiser Nicholas I|the rebellious chieftain who usurped his throne]].<br />
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| 6||[[Image:Nicholas I.png]] || [[Kaiser Nicholas I]] || || || 277&ndash;298 || || || [[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
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| 7|| || [[Kaiser Paul I]] || || || 298&ndash;316 || || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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| 8|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor III]]|| || || 316&ndash;338|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
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|9|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus I]]|| || || 338&ndash;360|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
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|10|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus II]]|| || || 360&ndash;370|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
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|11|| ||[[Kaiser James I]]|| || || 370&ndash;395|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
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|12|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus III]]|| || || 395&ndash;396|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
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|13|| ||[[Kaiser James II]]|| || || 396&ndash;398|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
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|14|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy I]]|| || || 398&ndash;429|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|15|| ||[[Kaiser Leto I]]|| || || 429&ndash;464|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|16|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa I]]|| || || 464&ndash;471|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|17|| ||[[Kaiser Paul II]]|| || || 471&ndash;514|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|18|| ||[[Kaiser Francis I]]|| || || 503&ndash;568|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
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|19|| ||[[Kaiser Matthew I]]|| || || 514&ndash;515|| || || [[Line of Everstone|Everstone]]||<br />
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|20|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin I]]|| || || 515&ndash;589|| || || [[Line of Machiavelli|Machiavelli]]||The Line of Machiavelli was established when the King of [[Machiavellia]], a neighbour and ally of Shireroth, married into the [[Line of Raynor]] and installed himself in [[Shirekeep]] thus earning acclamation as Kaiser. <br />
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|21|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel I]]|| || || 568&ndash;625|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
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|22|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy II]]|| || || 589&ndash;629|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|23|| ||[[Kaiser Paul III]]|| || || 625&ndash;660|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|24|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa III]]|| || || 629&ndash;720|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|25|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IV]]|| || || 660&ndash;745|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
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|26|| ||[[Kaiser Paul IV]]|| || || 720&ndash;754|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|27|| ||[[Kaiser James III]]|| || || 745&ndash;788|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
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|28|| ||[[Kaiser Leto II]]|| || || 754&ndash;790|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|29|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor I]]|| || || 788&ndash;860|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|30|| ||[[Kaiser Jason I]]|| || || 790&ndash;848|| || || [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
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|31|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa IV]]|| || || 848&ndash;865|| || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
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== Second Era ==<br />
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<small>''The second era was dominated by warring states, who somewhat tenuously laid claim upon the bloodlines of the Kaisers of the preceding era, who vied for dominion over the course of the Red Elwynn between [[Shirekeep]] and [[Musica]]. An increasing reliance upon necromancy and daemons on the part of the houses as they struggled for paramountcy saw the society of the duchies of [[Brookshire]] and [[Goldshire]] progressively undermined until, after the diabolical pact of Kaiser John, those who remained were unable to maintain the sovereignty of eastern Benacia in the face of foreign colonists.''</small> <br />
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! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
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| 32 || || [[Kaiser Edward I]]|||||| 860&ndash;927|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
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|33||||[[Kaiser James IV]]|||||| 865&ndash;906|||||| Haiken||<br />
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|34|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor V]]|||||| 906&ndash;972|||||| Raynor||<br />
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|35|| ||[[Kaiser Jason II]]|||||| 927&ndash;950|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|36|| ||[[Kaiser Loki I]]|||||| 950&ndash;1011|||||| Grifos||<br />
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|37|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin II]]|||||| 972&ndash;1047|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
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|38|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa III]]|||||| 1011&ndash;1033|||||| Metzler||<br />
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|39|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa II]]|||||| 1033&ndash;1105|||||| Ballard||<br />
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|40|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor II]]|||||| 1047&ndash;1102|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
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|41|| ||[[Kaiser Jason III]]|||||| 1102&ndash;1154|||||| Steffki||<br />
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|42|| ||[[Kaiser Paul V]]|||||| 1105&ndash;1144|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
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|43|| ||[[Kaiser Francis II]]|||||| 1144&ndash;1186|||||| Fenrir||<br />
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|44|| ||[[Kaiser Edward II]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1154|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
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|45|| ||[[Kaiser James V]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1187|||||| Haiken||<br />
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|46|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VI]]|||||| 1186&ndash;1239|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|47|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas II]]|||||| 1187&ndash;1224|||||| Grifos||<br />
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|48|| ||[[Kaiser Jason IV]]|||||| 1224&ndash;1279|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|49|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VII]]|||||| 1239&ndash;1269|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|50|| ||[[Kaiser Iago I]]|||||| 1269&ndash;1321|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|51|| ||[[Kaiser Iago II]]|||||| 1279&ndash;1324|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|52|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas III]]|||||| 1321&ndash;1357|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|53|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VIII]]|||||| 1324&ndash;1337|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|54|| ||[[Kaiser John I]]|||||| 1337&ndash;1357|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|55|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IX]]|||||| 1357&ndash;1375|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|56|| ||[[Kaiser John II]]|||||| 1375&ndash;1441|||||| Metzler||Torn apart by the Shirekeep Mob.<br />
|-<br />
|57|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel II]]|||||| 1441&ndash;1443|||||| Fenrir||Defeated and executed by John II. Reputedly fed to a daemon in the Pit of Mur built beneath Raynor's Keep.<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Third Era ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regnal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline/House<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 58||||[[Kaiser Erik II]]||||||1443–1445||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Provisional Government, then annexed by Audentior (VII.1444)<br />Direct Democracy Riots<br /></small><br />
|-<br />
| 59||||[[Kaiser Brrapa V]]||||||1445–1448||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Secession from Audentior (1446) followed immediately by annexation by the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]] in the same year.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 60||||[[Kaiser Trantor III]]||||||1448–1449||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 61||||[[Kaiser Gaelen I]]||||||1449–1461||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Broke away from Jasonia (1451)<br />Amity Crisis (1451&ndash;1452)<br />Submission of Elwynn (1452)<br />Ruled by [[Commonwealth of Benacia]] (1455&ndash;1458)<br />[[Paramount War]] (1456)<br />[[Hegemony of Alexandros]] (1458&ndash;1466, part of Tymaria after 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 62||||[[Kaiser Brrapa VI]]||||||1461–1462||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Ruled by [[The United Republic of Tymaria]] (est 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 63||||[[Kaiser Metzler I]]||||||1462–1465||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Governed from Yardistan.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 64||||[[Kaiser Gaelen II]]||||||1465–1466||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 65||||[[Kaiser Ari 0]]||||||1466||Dissolved in aqua regia||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||Wore a dolphin skin and bathed in human blood<br />Well regarded in Babkha.<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Fax Celestis]]||||1466||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]|| Localised Civil War with Yardistan.<br />
|-<br />
| 66||||[[Kaiser Mors I]]||||||1466–1468||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>De facto independence from Tymaria (1466)<br />[[Philip Locke]] set a fire amongst the papers of the government record office. Infamy and historical blind-spot ensues. (1467) </small><br />
|-<br />
| 67||||[[Kaiser Ikol I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 68||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 69||||[[Kaiser Los I]]||Kian Raynor (birth name) <br> Kalir Sethan <br> Kal'ri Sethanion||||1468–1469||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 70||||[[Kaiseress Viviantia I]]||||||1469–1470||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>Formal secession from Tymaria</small><br />
|-<br />
| 71||||[[Kaiser Mors II]]||||||1470–1472||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>By this point in the dissolution of Tymaria, the states of [[Hyperborea]], [[Yardistan]], [[Jaris]], and [[Akerbjorn]] have fallen under Shirerithian rule.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 72||||[[Kaiser Mog I]]||||||1472–1473||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Foolishly attempted to cede [[Amity]] and [[Mirioth]].<br />[[Letifer's Revolt]]<br />
|-<br />
| 73||||[[Kaiser Letifer I]]||||||1473–1475||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1475||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Steward Nikkolo I|Nikkolo]]||||1475–1477||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||1st [[Oustfest]]<br />
|-<br />
| 74||||[[Kaiser Raynor X]]||||||1477–1482||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>[[Battle of Cimmeria]] (1477)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 75||[[Image:KA1.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Aurefiction]]||Aurefiction Auraumbre||[[Utasia]], 1462||1482–1483||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1483 <br> suicide by snake bite||Banned several bloodlines from succession||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] (XV.1482)<br />
|-<br />
| 76||||[[Kaiser Meskan I]]||Meskan Harvey Steffki||||1483–1484||||Succeeded by wife||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 77||[[Image:KJI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Jadie]]||Jadie Doran||[[Delvenus]], 1457||1484–1486||[[Kralizec]], 1567||Succeeded by new husband||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 78||||[[Kaiser Mors III]]||Erik Mortis III||||1486–1489||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| [[Elfinshi War]] (1488&ndash;1489)<br />
|-<br />
| 79||||[[Kaiser Wylþeow I]]||||||1489–1493||||||[[Line of Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1493||||||||[[War of the Wylthean Succession]]<br />
|-<br />
| 80||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa II]]||||||1493||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 81||||[[Kaiser Los II]]||||||1493–1496||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 82||||[[Kaiser Raynor XI]]||||||1496–1499||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 83||||[[Kaiser Mors IV]]||||||1499–1502||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 84||||[[Kaiser Ari i]]||||||1502–1504||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly’Technomaezj]]||[[Grand Commonwealth]] est. 1503<br />Cold War against [[Babkha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 85||[[File:Kaiseralejian.jpg|75x104px]]||[[Kaiser Alejian I]]||||||1504–1507||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 86||||[[Kaiser Los III]]||||||1507–1508||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[Jaris War]] (1507&ndash;1508)<br /> [[War of Vengeance]] (1508&ndash;1624)<br />
|-<br />
| 87||[[File:Yarad.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Yarad I]]||||||1508–1510||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[New Feudalism]]<br />
|-<br />
| 88||[[Image:KSI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa I]]||||||1510–1512||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 89||||[[Kaiser Letifer II]]||||||1512–1514||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 90||||[[Kaiser Alejian II]]||||||1514–1518||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 91||||[[Kaiser Meskan II]]||||||1518–1519||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 92||||[[Kaiseress Carol I]]||Karol Umm Hipad <br> Carol, Hypatia's Mom||||1519–1524||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 93||||[[Kaiseress Hypatia I]]||Hypatia Agnesia||||1524–1528||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 94||||[[Kaiser Letifer III]]||||||1528–1533||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] reaffirmed (1532)<br />
|-<br />
| 95||||[[Kaiser Mahamantot I]]||||||1533||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]|| Mahamantot's Coup.<br />
|-<br />
| 96||||[[Kaiser Mors V]]||||||1533–1537||Killed by a band of escaped mental patients.||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||[[Great Consolidation]] (XIII.1533)<br />[[Babkhano-Lokiist Strife]] (1537&ndash;1544) begins.<br />
|-<br />
| 97||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Antikaiser Loki II]]|| Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1537||?||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Antikaiser, included for reasons of tradition<br />
|-<br />
| 98||[[File:Kaiser Hasan.jpg|75x70px]]||[[Kaiser Hasan I]]||Hesam Jahandar||||1537–1541||Ardashirshahr, 1541||Assassinated by Ardashir||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<small>[[War of Jeremy's Nose]] (1539&ndash;1542)<br />Ceded Shireroth to Babkha</small><br />
|-<br />
| 99||[[File:Rashidayreon.jpg|75x122px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon I]]||Rashid Arsalani Kalirion||Shahzamin (Babkha), 1450||1541–1544||Raynor's Keep, 1544 <br> (assisted suicide)||<small>Bad guilt over the Babkhan cession <br> caused him to name his opponent <br> Jacobus to the kaisership before killing himself</small>||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<small>[[Kai Aphmyarkaiph]] (1542&ndash;1543)<br />Babkhano-Lokiist Strife ends.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Oroigawa Koreyasu]]||||1544||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 100||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki III]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1544–1547||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 101||||[[Kaiser Reynardine I]]||||||1547–1548||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 102||||[[Kaiser Agni I]]||||||1548–1551||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 103||||[[Kaiser Erasmas I]]||||||1551–1552||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 104||||[[Kaiseress Anandja I]]||||||1552–1555||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 105||||[[Kaiser Gaelen III]]||||||1555–1557||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 106||[[Image:Aurangzeb Portrait.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]||Ardashir Piroz Aurangzeb al-Osmani-Steffki||[[Eliria]], 1542||1557–1559||[[Tasneemia]], 1609||||[[Line of Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 107||||[[Kaiser Leto III]]||||||1559–1561||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||1st Flag Controversy.<br />
|-<br />
| 108||||[[Kaiser Malarbor I]]||||||1561–1562||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]] <br><small>(Doubtful, spurious)</small>||First daemon overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 109||||[[Kaiser Mors VI]]||||||1562–1564||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Destruction of the ancient Duchies.<br />[[House System]] introduced (1562)<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Princedaniel.jpg|75x116px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Daniel Kalirion|Daniel Lla'i Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Nidaros (Stormark), 1542||1564||[[Andelarion House]] ([[Cape Farewell]]), 1586||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 110||||[[Kaiseress Anandja II]]||||||1564–1565||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 111||||[[Kaiser Ikol II]]||||||1565–1566||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 112||||[[Kaiser B'caw I]]||||||1566–1567||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>[[Great Fire of Shirekeep]] (1567)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 113||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl I]]||||||1567–1570||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>[[Elwynn]] declares independence & House System ends (1567)<br />[[Landsraad]] open to all citizens for 1st time.<br />Restoration of duchies.<br/>Duchy of [[Raynoria]] briefly established in the former lands of Brookshire (1567).</small><br />
|-<br />
| 114||||[[Kaiser Fish XII]]||||||1570–1572||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 115||||[[Kaiser Magni I]]||||||1572–1574||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 116||||[[Kaiser Gaelen IV]]||||||1574–1577||||||[[Line of Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 117||||[[Kaiser Cedris I]]||Giles Melang||Unknown||1577||||On the eve of the Landsraad voting <br> him out of office, he resigned||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Carl Jackson, Steward.jpg|75x50px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Carl Jackson]]||[[Novi Nigrad]], 1539||1577||Novi Nigrad, 1612 (heart failure)||||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| 118||[[File:Rei I.png|75x78px]]||[[Kaiserin Rei I]]||Aþame Issela Mari Vāstra||Miše (Firneramnen), 1529||1577–1579||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Reynardine II|the Steward]]||[[House of Miłarna|Miłarna]]|| First alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 119||||[[Kaiser Reynardine II]]||||||1579–1584||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 120||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki IV]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1584–1587||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 121||||[[Kaiser Hasan II]]||Jacob Kalir||c. 1560||1587–1588||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 122||[[File:Ayreon2.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon II]]||Elijah Danielion Ayreon-Dariolin of Waffel-Paine||[[Huyenkula]], 1571||1588–1589||Walstadt, 1598 <br> crucified by [[Sisera]]||Abdication, <br> defection to Free Elwynn||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 123||||[[Kaiser Wythe I]]||Jonathan Nelson Wythe II||||1589–1591||||||[[Line of Wythe|Wythe]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 124||[[File:Yardistanislaus.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Yardistanislaus I]]||Yardistanislaus "Stan" Benkern||Mar Sara, 1499||1591–1593||Mar Sara, 1604||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 125||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl II]]||Erik Ometeotl Mortis||1568||1593–1594||Shirekeep, 1610 (suicide)||Abdicated||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Gave the throne to his fiercest critic<br />
|-<br />
| 126||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]||Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim||||1594–1595||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>First regnant corpse.<br>Instigator of the unravelling of Imperial sovereignty and the rise of the Imperial States.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 127||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]||Marie Dolores von Rossheim||||1595–1602||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]|| <small>Second regnant corpse.<br> [[Cabbage Crisis|The Green Mortality]] begins.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Shyriath Bukolos]]||||1602||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Spent tenure as hostage of [[Balarak Alaion]].<br />
|-<br />
| 128||||[[Kaiser Aiomide]]||Aiomide Oqtavion||Eliria, 1553||1602–1608||Shirekeep, 1608 <br> ||||[[Line of Octavius|Octavius]]||<small>Embraced undeath, passed through [[Balgurd]], returned to the corporeal world with knowledge of the doom of man. Ascended being. Venerated by minor cults.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 129||[[File:Semisa II.png|75x83px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa II]]||Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1308||1608|||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Trantor IV|the Anarch of Yardistan]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Second alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 130||[[File:Trantor IV.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Trantor IV]]||Spencer Jackson||Musica, 1554||1608–1609||Venira (Safirian Micras), 1618 (assisted suicide)||Ragequit the throne||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1609–1610||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 131||[[File:Ryabinportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mo'll I]]||Ryabin Merkayastreb||||1610–1613||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<small>Enjoyed the popularity that only victims of assassination can lay claim to, in spite of surviving.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 132||[[File:MorsIVportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Kaiser Mors IV Nerrolar]]<br><small>'''The Returned'''</small>||||||1613–1615||||||[[Line of Morts|Mortis]]||<small>Third regnant corpse.<br>Second reign.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Stellusportrait.png|75px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Stellus Yastreb]]||||1615||||||Sanglorian||<small>Reputedly murdered by the daemonic tree [[Malarbor]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1615||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 133||||[[Kaiser Sehml]]||Ludwig Drakire <br>Luix Rakira (Elw)||Lindström, 1560||1615–1617||Demonsfall, 1617||||[[Line of Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 134||[[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]]||[[Kaiser Redquill]]||Ryker Everstone||[[Suthergold|Goldendown]], 1589|||1617–1620||||Abdicated||[[Line of Redquill|Redquill]]||<small>[[Kildare]] declares independence, becomes Jingdaoese vassal state. Beginning of the [[Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| 135||[[File:Kasanrajon.jpg|75x97px]]||[[Kaiseress Isa IV]] Cassandrae||Elsa Kasanrajon (Elw) <br> Elsa Kassandredottar||[[Cape Farewell]], 1470||1620||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1620||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 136||[[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon III]]||Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion||Hurmu, 1603||1620–1623||Light, 1629 <br> (murdered)||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Budget and law reform<br />
|-<br />
| 137||[[File:JacobD.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Verion I]]||Jacob Darylion-Verion||Azshara (Illumination), 1590||1623–1624||Shirekeep, 1632||||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Established [[S.W.O.R.D.]] and looted the Imperial Treasury to finance it<br />
|-<br />
| 138||[[File:Daniel III.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Daniel III]]||Daniel||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1584||1624–1629||||Abdicated in accordance with [[Imperial Decree 744]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Third alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 139||||[[Kaiseress Kizzy]]||Kizzy Drakland||Demonsfall, 1597||1626–1629||died 1639, returned 1650||||[[Line of Drak|Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 140||[[image:Painting Jacobus Loki.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Raynor XII]]||Raynor Jacobus Loki||||1629–1634||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 141||[[Image:Brrapa VII.jpg|75x114px]]||[[Kaiser Brrapa VII]]||Kaltor Win'Eth||||1634–1635||1535||[[River War]]||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 142||[[Image:KH.png|75x98px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar]]||[[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||Port Nevermore ([[Kildare]]), 1588||1635–1639||||Abdicated in favour of son Audun Joel||Sanglorian||[[Wars of the Dark Orchid]] begin (1635). <br />
|-<br />
| 143||[[Image:KHR.png|75x139px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill]]||[[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Haraldsborg (Stormark), 1616||1639–1642||Eliria, 1651||Abdicated||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] (''illegitimate'')||<br />
|-<br />
| 144||[[Image:Dominus Tarjeisson.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Dominus]]||Thorgils Tarjeisson||Slevik ([[Normark]]), 1593||1642–1644||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1644||[[Oustfest Massacre]]||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Known as "Limp-Foot", reign ended due to conspiracy of nobles<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1644||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 145||[[File:KN.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Noor]]||Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal <br> Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion <br> ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin <br> Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu <br> Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine||[[Ardashirshahr]], 1604||1644–1650||[[Ura'Bos]], 1650||Murdered by her son [[Adam Anushiruwan|Adam]]||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Wars of the Dark Orchid end (1644).<br />[[Benacian Reconquest]] begins (1649).<br />
|-<br />
| 146||[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]||Vidar Salim Livarson <br> Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed <br> al-Osman bin Sathrati <br> of Waffel-Paine||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1645||1650–1671||Raynor's Keep, 1671||Murdered during the Kalirion Fracture||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
|147|| ||[[Kaiseress Salome]]|| Salome Ylva Octavia || 17.VII.1665 || 1671– || || || [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]|| Regency<br />
|-<br />
|}</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Regent&diff=38791Regent2019-07-27T20:22:27Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>The '''Regent of the Imperial Republic''' performs the tasks of the Kaiser when the Kaiser is unable to do so, for reasons of absence, youth, health, or similar. Before 1653, the office was inherent in the Steward of the Imperial Republic, but after 1653, the [[Steward]] and Regent split.<br />
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The title was established in 1607 by [[Kaiser Aiomide]] but fell out of use after his death in 1608. Restored in 1653.<br />
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When the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] acts as Regent, it does so under the title '''Regent in Commission'''.<br />
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! Number !! Portrait !! Name !! Born !! Tenure !! Died !! Bloodline/House !! Kaiser !! Comment<br />
|-<br />
! 1<br />
| [[File:MiraOA.png|75px]]|| [[Line of Octavius|Mira I of Octavius-Aryani]] || c. 1605 || 1607–1608 || 1644 || [[Line of Octavius|Octavius]] I|| [[Kaiser Aiomide|Aiomide]] || <br />
|-<br />
! –<br />
| [[File:Shieldofhonour.png|75px]]||colspan="2"| ''Merged with [[Steward]]'' || 1608–1654 || colspan="2"| || Various || <br />
|-<br />
! –<br />
| [[File:IAC.png|75px]]|| colspan="2"| [[Imperial Advisory Council]] <br> Regent in Commission || 1653–1654 ||colspan="2"| || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
! 2<br />
| [[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]] || [[Ryker Everstone]] || 1589 || 1654–1656 || || [[Line of Redquill|Redquill]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
! 3<br />
| [[File:Poshaldric.jpg|75px]] || [[Hartmut Aldric]] || Zolt, 1613 || 1656–1661 || || ? || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
! 4<br />
| [[image:Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion.png|75px]] || [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Daniyal ibn Daniyal]] || [[Barrowlands|Western Angularis]], 1636 || 1663 || || [[Ayreon-Kalirion]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || Kaiser secluded in Monastery<br />
|-<br />
! 5<br />
| [[File:Semisa_II.png|75px]] || [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] || Aňira (Firneramnen), 1380 || 1663 || || [[House of Ašura|Ašura]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || Kaiser secluded in Monastery <br> Oversaw the [[Safirian Exodus]]<br />
|-<br />
! 6<br />
| || [[Li Naomiai|Li Naomiai Avon-El Ayreon-Kalirion]] || Michaelion, 1627 || 1671–1674 || || [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] || [[Kaiseress Salome|Salome]] || Kalirion Fracture<br />
|-<br />
! 7<br />
| [[File:MiraOA.png|75px]]|| [[Line of Octavius|Mira III of Octavius-Aryani]] || Unknown || 1674–''present'' || || [[Line of Octavius|Octavius]] I|| [[Kaiseress Salome|Salome]] || <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Government]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Regent&diff=38790Regent2019-07-27T20:22:06Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>The '''Regent of the Imperial Republic''' performs the tasks of the Kaiser when the Kaiser is unable to do so, for reasons of absence, youth, health, or similar. Before 1653, the office was inherent in the Steward of the Imperial Republic, but after 1653, the [[Steward]] and Regent split.<br />
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The title was established in 1607 by [[Kaiser Aiomide]] but fell out of use after his death in 1608. Restored in 1653.<br />
<br />
When the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] acts as Regent, it does so under the title '''Regent in Commission'''.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Number !! Portrait !! Name !! Born !! Tenure !! Died !! Bloodline/House !! Kaiser !! Comment<br />
|-<br />
! 1<br />
| [[File:MiraOA.png|75px]]|| [[Line of Octavius|Mira I of Octavius-Aryani]] || c. 1605 || 1607–1608 || 1644 || [[Line of Octavius|Octavius]] I|| [[Kaiser Aiomide|Aiomide]] || <br />
|-<br />
! –<br />
| [[File:Shieldofhonour.png|75px]]||colspan="2"| ''Merged with [[Steward]]'' || 1608–1654 || colspan="2"| || Various || <br />
|-<br />
! –<br />
| [[File:IAC.png|75px]]|| colspan="2"| [[Imperial Advisory Council]] <br> Regent in Commission || 1653–1654 ||colspan="2"| || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
! 2<br />
| [[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]] || [[Ryker Everstone]] || 1589 || 1654–1656 || || [[Line of Redquill|Redquill]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
! 3<br />
| [[File:Poshaldric.jpg|75px]] || [[Hartmut Aldric]] || Zolt, 1613 || 1656–1661 || || ? || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
! 4<br />
| [[image:Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion.png|75px]] || [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Daniyal ibn Daniyal]] || [[Barrowlands|Western Angularis]], 1636 || 1663 || || [[Ayreon-Kalirion]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || Kaiser secluded in Monastery<br />
|-<br />
! 5<br />
| [[File:Semisa_II.png|75px]] || [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] || Aňira (Firneramnen), 1380 || 1663 || || [[House of Ašura|Ašura]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || Kaiser secluded in Monastery <br> Oversaw the [[Safirian Exodus]]<br />
|-<br />
! 6<br />
| || [[Li Naomiai|Li Naomiai Avon-El Ayreon-Kalirion]] || Michaelion, 1627 || 1671–1674 || || [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] || [[Kaiseress Salome|Salome]] || Kalirion Fracture<br />
|-<br />
! 1<br />
| [[File:MiraOA.png|75px]]|| [[Line of Octavius|Mira III of Octavius-Aryani]] || Unknown || 1674–''present'' || || [[Line of Octavius|Octavius]] I|| [[Kaiseress Salome|Salome]] || <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Government]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Jaap_van_Pijpervale&diff=38788Jaap van Pijpervale2019-07-17T15:05:05Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Jakob Pieter van Pijpervale<br />
|aka = Jaap van Pijpervale<br />
|image = Jaap.png<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Batavian<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other = –<br />
|father = Pieter van Pijpervale<br />
|mother = Daniëlle Groenen<br />
|birthdate = 1643<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Kaiser]]<br />
|occupation = Adept page<br />
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'''Jaap van Pijpervale''' is a former adept page of Batavian ethnicity from the [[Dirâsat-an-Nûr]], and a servant of the [[Imperial Household]]. [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] noticed Jaap's beauty, height and frame in 1663, and had Jaap therefore become his catamite, which Jaap has been ever since until the Kaiser's death in 1671. It appears that he was in some way involved in the Kaiser's assassination and has been detained since.</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Zy-Rodun&diff=38785Zy-Rodun2019-06-28T08:06:54Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* List of Seneschals */</p>
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<div>{{Imperial Dominion<br />
|image_flag = Flag_Zy-Rodun.png<br />
|coat of arms = Arms Zy-Rodun2.png<br />
|motto = ''Zełe au ka rinei āvāvi''<br/><small>(Classical Āirumāli, translation unknown)</small><br />
|subdivision = Zy-Rodun<br />
|status = [[Subdivision#Imperial Dominions|Imperial Dominion]]<br />
|capital = [[Zy-Rodun Town]]<br />
|largecity = [[Zy-Rodun Town]]<br />
|population = 536,546<br />
|title = Marquess<br />
|government = Absolute monarchy<br />
|leader = [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|language = [[Roduna language|Roduna]]<br>[[Præta Sxiróþes|Præta]]<br>[[Yardistani language|Yardistani]]<br>[[Istvanistani language|Istvanistani]]<br>[[Elw language|Elw]]<br>[[Babkhi language|Babkhi]]<br>[[Āirumāli language|Āirumāli]]<br />
|religion = Zurvanism<br>[[Ilathnarari]]<br>[[Cedrism]]<br>[[Boomism]]<br>[[Elven Naturalism]]<br>[[Thanidoranism]]<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Zy-Rodun''', also known as '''Chel Modan''', is an island in the Gulf of Khaz, and an [[Subdivision#Imperial Dominions|Imperial Dominion]] of Shireroth covering it, which is held by Kaiser Ayreon IV (in his personal capacity). The capital of the dominion is [[Zy-Rodun (City)|Zy-Rodun Town]]. The population is 536,546 (as of 1656) of which 1,607 are citizens. The rest are denizens ([[Census 1656]]).<br />
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==Introduction==<br />
Prior to the second government of Seneschal Altea Lomax, the use of machinery and electricity on the island was restricted to nobles. Farming was hard, and many people died prematurely due to worn out bodies. The feudalism on the island restricted the movement of people, and the movement of technology.<br />
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Manor lords were usually allowed electricity, but electricity itself was scarce. The island banned petroleum and other fossil fuels, and there are no general streams on the island to generate electricity and the two small rivers on the island are nearly inaccessible. The roofs of the manors are therefore often clad in solar panels. It is not often enough for the household, as storms and heavy winds reduce the sunlight.<br />
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As such, life on the island is hard, but not so very hard for the manor lords and their families. The manor people have not only the freedom to leave the island, but also the means. Yet, they stay, and fight for their class. For societal control and harmony, they support the electricity restrictions, as long as they are given certain exceptions that serfs could only dream of.<br />
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The island is known for having the largest proportion of safir of any subdivision of Shireroth.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
The island of Zy-Rodun is geographically one of the [[So-Sara|So-Saran islands]]. It is surrounded by clear sparkling azure waters teeming with coral nurseries which are ideal for snorkeling and scuba diving. Most of the island's coastline is rocky and cliffy, except for the shoreline to the north-west which is sandy. Around the island, tides differ on average 5 metres between ebb and flow. Safe anchorage is only to be found at a few sites on the island's coast.<br />
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Zy-Rodun is rocky and hilly as well as lush and tropical. There is a marked lack of any larger swaths of flat land, except for its stunning north-western white-sand beach. <br />
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==Economy==<br />
The island's economy is presently completely based on agriculture, and services and industry associated with agriculture, with some tourism opening.<br />
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When [[Noah of Elwynn|Noah]] of Ettlingar Freyu was seneschal, his government announced a series of rigorous economic, legal and social reforms, with, among others, included the electrification of Zy-Rodun - with power provided by offshore wind farms situated in Zy-Rodun's Exclusive Economic Zone - and the abolition of several restrictions of serfs, to turn Zy-Rodun into a trade centre. However, the nobility of the island objected loudly to the reform package, and made the situation so difficult for Noah that he was unable to carry out any government on the island, and he left the nobility to carry on as usual. When he, following the Auspicious Occasion in 1651, was replaced by his predecessor, Altea Lomax, a local noblewoman from the island, managed to convince the nobility to accept a new reform package, which included:<br />
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[''list'']<br />
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The reform took place under a ten-year period. In 1653, all loyal subjects (called “serfs” in Zy-Rodun) were freed from their indentured service and given the option to leave the island or contract employment with their former masters. In turn, the nobility received extensive tax breaks, while normal employment carried income taxes. That way, the revenue for the authorities remained the same, while the situation for both nobles and former serfs ameliorated.<br />
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The island receives some revenue from the MoMA training base on the inland of the island, through the occasional trips by soldiers to town.<br />
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==History==<br />
Historically associated with the [[So-Sara|So-Saran Islands]], Zy-Rodun was a noted trading centre until its decline in the mid-15th century. Largely left to deal with its own affairs, the island feudalism evolved under its own circumstances. This lead to a harsh feudal order that remains on the island. Serfs constitute around half of the population and their movement is severely restricted.<br />
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Following the dissolution of [[Yardistan]] as an [[Subdivision#Imperial States|Imperial State]] under [[Kaiser Redquill]], informal promises had been made to the ruling family there that they would be reimbursed for their loss of power and territory. In 1620, [[Kaiseress Isa IV Cassandrae]] created out of the island an [[Subdivision#Imperial Dominions|Imperial Dominion]] called the Marquessate and Dominion of Zy-Rodun, and gave it as fief to the [[Shireroth|Shirerithian]] heir of the [[Safir|safir]] [[House of Ašura]], Prince [[Daniel Ashura|Daniel]]. Daniel, as Marquess, began codifying the already existing structures of the island, and adapted them to the new rule, with a Constitution (still in force). Disputes between Daniel and the [[Imperial Government]] led to Daniel's emigration. Legal advice to the [[The Kaiser|Kaisership]] was then given that despite Daniel's loss of residency and repudiation of his citizenship in [[Shireroth]], the island fief would still be vested in him.<br />
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In 1631, negotiations between the [[Emir of Sathrati|Emirate of Sathrati]] and the [[Imperial Republic]] led to a breakthrough. Instead of seeing the kaisership in Shireroth as pretenders to the [[Golden Mango Throne]], from now on would the Emirate of Sathrati see it as the rightful ruler of Shireroth. In the agreement, the Emirate promised to return to Shireroth the [[Sword of Vengeance]] which had been in the Emirate's possession since its formation in 1541. The [[The Kaiser|Kaiser]] promised in return to reimburse the Emirate for the loss of its most important possession, and in so doing, Zy-Rodun was offered the Emirate for it to hold in perpetuity.<br />
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The island has, since the 1630's, served as the main processing and basic training center for new conscripts into the [[Imperial Army]]. During the rule of Noah, these unfortunate souls, mostly captured in [[Goldshire]], [[Mishalan]] (until its occupation by Elwynn in 1650) and [[Shirekeep]], were brought down the river Elwynn, chained in batches, aboard open barges before being transferred onto chartered cargo vessels off-shore from [[Musica]]. The conscripts that survived the voyage from Musica were thrown ashore at the first high-tide and those who manage to successfully wade through the notorious surf and rip-tides were inducted formally into the Imperial Army register and begin the punishing process of indoctrination, physical and mental hardening and training. Since 1651, the island’s army camp was upgraded to more humane standards, and the more rigorous training occurred in other parts of the Imperial Republic.<br />
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==Governance==<br />
Although a personal fief of Kaiser Ayreon IV as Marquess, Zy-Rodun is governed by a corporation sole entitled ''Corporation of the Marquess of Zy-Rodun'' . The corporation possesses, within the confines of being an [[Subdivision#Imperial Dominions|Imperial Dominion]] the [[Imperial Republic]] of [[Shireroth]], the ultimate power of governance over the island.<br />
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In the event that the Marquess of Zy-Rodun is not in residence, the ultimate power of governance over Zy-Rodun lies with a corporation sole entitled Corporation of the Seneschal of the march. The occupant of the aforesaid corporation sole is appointed by the Marquess.<br />
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The island used to be feudal in a classic Shirerithian sense, but since the reforms of the early 1650s, there is discussion on how to reform the constitutional make-up. <br />
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Below the Marquess there are the Township Lords. The Township Lords in their turn hold power over the Lords of Manor, who in their turn hold power over serfs. The Lords of Manor own their land, and all persons living there must obey the commands of the Lords of Manor. The Township Lord owns the decisions on intra-manor trade and exchange, and any contract between manors must receive the appropriate township lord's (or lords') approval.<br />
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Workers are legally free, but may not reside in any other land than their employer’s, without that employer’s consent and the consent of the appropriate lords. Workers pay their rent (for being allowed to live on the land) through work and the fruits of their labour, with a basic salary too, and may not leave their land without consent from the appropriate lordships. In 1663, community servitude and loyal subjecthood was reintroduced by Seneschal Sarxan Rhelâx who took advantage of the [[Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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Each lord sits as judge for offences under the law. The lord judges only the persons below him. The serf is judged by the manor lord, the manor lord by the township lord, the township lord by the Marquess.<br />
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=== List of Marquesses ===<br />
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*1620–1631: [[Daniel Ašura|HIH The Prince Daniel]]<br />
*1632–1632: [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
*1632–1650: [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor bint Daniyal]]<br />
*1650–''pres.'': [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
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=== List of Seneschals ===<br />
*1620–1624: Maia Elyx<br />
*1624–1629: Karel Lavian<br />
*1629–1634: Ydor Rhai<br />
*1634–1636: Mushkor Mantix<br />
*1636–1646: [[Altea Lomax]]<br />
*1646–1651: [[King Noah of Elwynn]]<br />
*1651–1663: Altea Lomax (second term)<br />
*1663–1664: [[Jalal Jahanbani]]<br />
*1664–1669: Rhêni Chakam<br />
*1669–''pres.'': Zulamith Megadaezj<br />
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== Zy-Rodun in Imperial law ==<br />
*[[Imperial Decree 686]]: The Recognition of the D and R Bill<br />
*[[Imperial Decree 692]]: Zy-Rodun<br />
*[[Imperial Decree 716]]: Assent to Constitution of Zy-Rodun<br />
*[[Imperial Decree 770]]: (Emirate of Sathrati to hold Zy-Rodun)<br />
*[[Imperial Decree 776]]: Concerning antiques and titles<br />
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[[Category:Imperial Dominion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kila_Megadaezj&diff=38784Kila Megadaezj2019-06-28T08:04:37Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>Lady '''Kila Mathilde Megadaezj''' (born '''Tårbæk-Lla'i''' in [[Azarea]] in 1550, died 1652) was a Shirerithian aristocrat and businesswoman. She was the daughter of Princess [[Gunvør of Humlebæk]] and her second husband [[Ngahi Lla'i]]. She had a half brother, [[Daniel Kalirion]], and two step brothers [[Rashid Karyandzadeh]] and [[Cashmaiel Andelarion]]. Among her cousins were [[Lady Esther]] and [[Elijah Ayreon]].<br />
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Studied architecture at [[People's_Academy_of_Elwynn#Alalehzamin_and_Utasia|Riverside College]] in [[Islus]] (1570-1576). Prior to her retirement, she specialised in industrial architecture.<br />
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Married 1580 with fellow architect Azbadon Megadaezj, of [[Zolt]], [[Goldshire]]. Formed with her husband the firm ''Megadaezj & Megadaezj''. <br />
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She has three children with Azbadon, and three grandchildren:<br />
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*''Lord'' Yashtar Azbadon Olav Megadaezj (b. 1583), m. 1610 with Emilia Terravia (of Amarr).<br />
** ''Lady'' Talra Esmeralda Kelde Megadaezj (1615–1638) m. 1635 with Ashraf Jahanbani (1610–1656)<br />
*** ''Agha'' [[Jalal Jahanbani]] (b. 1636)<br />
** ''Lady'' Fjedra Catarina Mathilde Megadaezj (b. 1618)<br />
*''Lady'' Nodadar Freja Kila Megadaezj (b. 1585), m. 1615 Robert Emanuel de la Gardie.<br />
** Jean Emanuel Ngahi de la Gardie (b. 1620).<br />
* ''Lord'' Eldes Oden Megadaezj (b. 1590), m. 1626 <br />
** ''Lord'' Zulamith Thor Megadaezj (b. 1628) m. 1660 Lady Salami Zakresyn Kyl<br />
*** ''Lord'' Enare Topelius Kil (b. 1662)<br />
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[[category:Non-POV Characters]][[Category:Elwynn]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Jalal_Jahanbani&diff=38774Jalal Jahanbani2019-05-26T12:29:11Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>'''Jalal Jahanbani''' (b. 1640), known 1664–1672 as '''Jalal Esposito''', was born into a rich aristocratic family of lawyers and architects, Jahanbani’s life was marked with his mother’s, Talra Megadaezj, early death in 1648. His father, Ashraf, was hard upon the young Jalal, forcing him to study more and more, and brought early him to university in [[Ardashirshahr]], where he graduated with a mid-grade degree with law in 1657. Meeting [[Lady Dragonmoor]] during his studies, the two began an affair, and she officially designated him her personal secretary and lawyer. Their relationship continued until her death in 1661, whereupon the Jahanbani took up employment as head of the lawyers of the Dragonmoor Foundation. He also inherited half of Dragonmoor's human chattel estate. In 1662, he left the Foundation and became personal secretary to the Kaiser. It had been noted that the Kaiser had found a liking in Jahanbani and enquired of his suitability for employment in the Imperial Court. <br />
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In 1663, Jalal was appointed [[Minister of the Exterior]]. During his ministry, he oversaw the Batavian negotiations and the full occupation of Benacia by Benacian states. In mid 1664, however, he announced as Minister that he would restore relations with Stormark, that the Auspicious Occasion was unlawful and that reparations ought to be made to the former king [[Noah Hallbjörnsson|Noah]]. He was immediately arrested and removed from the nobility with caste shame (hence the surname Esposito). A subsequent investigation showed that Jalal had offered his sexual services to the Kaiser, and discussed matters of [[Froyalan]], [[Stormark]] and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]] with the Kaiser. Jalal was subsequently arrested by the [[Shirekeep City Guard]] after leaving the Landsraad. Prefect [[Titus Morvayne]] published an explanatory memorandum connecting Jalal with a Vanic insurgent organisation, the [[Organised Crime in Shireroth#Shirekeep|Vanic Web]].<br />
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Jalal Esposito is currently (as of XIV.1664) undergoing treatment in [[Raikoth]] so that his soul may be restored to harmony. Released on the orders of the UDF on 20.XIII.1672 with his surname Jahanbani restored.<br />
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He is a third cousin, once removed, with [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]. <br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:People]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Order_of_Succession&diff=38758Order of Succession2019-05-15T07:21:38Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Current order */</p>
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<div>The '''Order of Succession''' to the Shirerithian throne is determined by the [[Charter]] and Decrees made under the Charter.<br />
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== Current order ==<br />
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#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, eldest brother of the Kaiseress, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, younger sister of the Kaiseress, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Rubin Leonid Orientalis]] (b. 1671, youngest brother of the Kaiseress, born posthumously to Kaiser Ayreon IV)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, the Kaiseress's grandfather's twin brother)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
== Previous orders ==<br />
<br />
=== 1671 ===<br />
<br />
''Following the death of Kaiser Ayreon IV and the accession of Kaiseress Salome''<br />
<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, eldest brother of the Kaiseress, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, younger sister of the Kaiseress, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, the Kaiseress's grandfather's twin brother)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
=== 1667–1671===<br />
<br />
''In 1667, Kaiser Ayreon IV had twins, pushing Aldin, David and Abigail down in the order of succession.''<br />
<br />
#[[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] (b. 1665, Ayreon's eldest daughter)<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, Ayreon's second child, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, Ayreon's third child, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 1665–1667 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1665, Kaiser Ayreon IV had a daughter, Salome, with his concubine Isidora.<br />
<br />
#[[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] (b. 1665, Ayreon's eldest daughter)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
=== 1661–1665 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1661, Aldin had a daughter, [[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]]:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 1657–1661 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1657, Aldin had a son, David Raion:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
Would the Kaiser have any legitimate children, they would rank higher than Aldin and David Raion.<br />
<br />
===1656–1657===<br />
''In 1656, the marriage between [[Noah]] and [[Noor]] had been annulled, causing the children of that "union" to be illegitimate and ineligible for succession:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
<br />
===1653–1656===<br />
''In 1653, Vilhjalm changed his name to [[Villy Esposito|Villy]] and contracted a loyal subjecthood, thus inelligible to succession'':<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
===1650–1653===<br />
''After the accession of Vidar Ayreon as [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Vilhjalm of Amokolia]] (b. 1635)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
===1648–1650===<br />
#[[Vidar Ayreon]] (b. 1645)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Vilhelm of Amokolia]] (b. 1635)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
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[[Category:Government]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Order_of_Succession&diff=38757Order of Succession2019-05-15T07:20:22Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Previous orders */</p>
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<div>The '''Order of Succession''' to the Shirerithian throne is determined by the [[Charter]] and Decrees made under the Charter.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Current order ==<br />
<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, eldest brother of the Kaiseress, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, younger sister of the Kaiseress, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, the Kaiseress's grandfather's twin brother)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Previous orders ==<br />
<br />
=== 1671 ===<br />
<br />
''Following the death of Kaiser Ayreon IV and the accession of Kaiseress Salome''<br />
<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, eldest brother of the Kaiseress, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, younger sister of the Kaiseress, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, the Kaiseress's grandfather's twin brother)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
=== 1667–1671===<br />
<br />
''In 1667, Kaiser Ayreon IV had twins, pushing Aldin, David and Abigail down in the order of succession.''<br />
<br />
#[[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] (b. 1665, Ayreon's eldest daughter)<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, Ayreon's second child, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, Ayreon's third child, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 1665–1667 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1665, Kaiser Ayreon IV had a daughter, Salome, with his concubine Isidora.<br />
<br />
#[[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] (b. 1665, Ayreon's eldest daughter)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
=== 1661–1665 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1661, Aldin had a daughter, [[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]]:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 1657–1661 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1657, Aldin had a son, David Raion:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
Would the Kaiser have any legitimate children, they would rank higher than Aldin and David Raion.<br />
<br />
===1656–1657===<br />
''In 1656, the marriage between [[Noah]] and [[Noor]] had been annulled, causing the children of that "union" to be illegitimate and ineligible for succession:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
<br />
===1653–1656===<br />
''In 1653, Vilhjalm changed his name to [[Villy Esposito|Villy]] and contracted a loyal subjecthood, thus inelligible to succession'':<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
===1650–1653===<br />
''After the accession of Vidar Ayreon as [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Vilhjalm of Amokolia]] (b. 1635)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
===1648–1650===<br />
#[[Vidar Ayreon]] (b. 1645)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Vilhelm of Amokolia]] (b. 1635)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Government]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Newmap1672.png&diff=38756File:Newmap1672.png2019-05-14T18:36:43Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div></div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Verionist_flag.png&diff=38755File:Verionist flag.png2019-05-14T11:01:16Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div></div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Elw-sgld_proposal.png&diff=38752File:Elw-sgld proposal.png2019-05-12T09:34:48Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div></div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Order_of_Succession&diff=38745Order of Succession2019-05-11T10:11:27Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>The '''Order of Succession''' to the Shirerithian throne is determined by the [[Charter]] and Decrees made under the Charter.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Current order ==<br />
<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, eldest brother of the Kaiseress, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, younger sister of the Kaiseress, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, the Kaiseress's grandfather's twin brother)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Previous orders ==<br />
<br />
=== 1667–1671===<br />
<br />
''In 1667, Kaiser Ayreon IV had twins, pushing Aldin, David and Abigail down in the order of succession. In 1671, Kaiser Ayreon IV died, leaving the throne to Salome Ylva Octavia.<br />
<br />
#[[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] (b. 1665, Ayreon's eldest daughter)<br />
#[[Kir Azariah Vidar]] (b. 1667, Ayreon's second child, Kian's twin)<br />
#[[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] (b. 1667, Ayreon's third child, Kir's twin)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 1665–1667 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1665, Kaiser Ayreon IV had a daughter, Salome, with his concubine Isidora.<br />
<br />
#[[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] (b. 1665, Ayreon's eldest daughter)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
=== 1661–1665 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1661, Aldin had a daughter, [[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]]:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
#[[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Abigail Jayna Noor]] (b. 1661)<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 1657–1661 ===<br />
<br />
''In 1657, Aldin had a son, David Raion:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[David Raion]] (b. 1657, Aldin's only son)<br />
Would the Kaiser have any legitimate children, they would rank higher than Aldin and David Raion.<br />
<br />
===1656–1657===<br />
''In 1656, the marriage between [[Noah]] and [[Noor]] had been annulled, causing the children of that "union" to be illegitimate and ineligible for succession:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
<br />
===1653–1656===<br />
''In 1653, Vilhjalm changed his name to [[Villy Esposito|Villy]] and contracted a loyal subjecthood, thus inelligible to succession'':<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
===1650–1653===<br />
''After the accession of Vidar Ayreon as [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]:''<br />
<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Vilhjalm of Amokolia]] (b. 1635)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
===1648–1650===<br />
#[[Vidar Ayreon]] (b. 1645)<br />
#[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630, Noor's eldest living son)<br />
#[[Vilhelm of Amokolia]] (b. 1635)<br />
#[[Esther of Anglia]] (b. 1638)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Government]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Kaisers&diff=38714List of Kaisers2019-05-05T08:41:33Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Fourth era */</p>
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<div>The following is a list of [[Kaiser]]s of [[Shireroth]] in chronologial order, from the legendary beginnings of Shireroth until the present; the calendar used is the [[AN]] reckoning. Each reigning Kaiser or ruling Steward is listed with their accession date, date of birth, date of death and blood line. Periods in which the Landsraad ruled the Imperial Republic directly are marked as "'''Landsraad'''".<br />
<br />
Many of the Kaisers in this list are [[Fictional History|legendary]]; Shireroth's modern founding was in 1443 (the beginning of the [[Third Era]]). Foreign recognition of the [[Kaisership]] occurred later, in approximately 1462, with Erik Mortis becoming [[Kaiser Metzler I]]. The accurate record keeping in the Imperial Household began with [[Kaiser Gaelen II|Gaelen II]] in 1465, and all accession dates after that are taken to be authentic.<br />
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Legitimacy has always rested upon descent from Kaiser Raynor I. After seventeen centuries, much of Western and Central Benacia, as well as a fair smattering of [[Babkhi]] and [[Kildari]] can claim this boon. Nonetheless the frequently rotating succession remained within the clutches of a dozen or so noble houses who jealously guarded their notoriously intermarried bloodlines. In spite of the the vigilance of the Imperial Republic's noble oligarchs there have been several "sanglorian" Kaisers in the modern era, alongside a half dozen inhuman Kaisers (whether [[Liches|revenants]] or [[Safir|aliens]]). As the Third Era wore on, things became progressively stranger, until a measure of sanity was restored by the confirmation of the dynastic succession in the hands of the [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion]], itself being however troubled by some of its [[House of Ettlingar Freyu|dynastic]] [[House of Osman|associations]]. <br />
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''For a list of Anti-Kaisers, click [[Anti-Kaiser|here]].''<br />
<br />
==Historical overview==<br />
Empire of Khaz Modan: -1211bN &ndash; -0bN<br/><br />
First Era: circa 0 AN &ndash; circa 880 AN<br/><br />
Second Era: 878 &ndash; 1442<br/><br />
Third Era: 1442 &ndash; ''Present''<br />
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Debate continues as to whether the establishment of a new period of dynastic rule constitutes a fourth era. In the past, using a [[SSHIT|discredited historiography]] and [[ASC|calendar]], as many as seven eras were postulated. However, following the [[Auspicious Occasion]], a more rational approach to historical research has taken hold and the process of investigating and verifying the reigns of the Kaisers of the early era, and indeed the nature of their rule, is ongoing.<br />
<br />
Since the foundation of the Imperial Republic in AN 79, the average reign of a kaiser has lasted for 11 years, with 25 years in the first era, 22 years in the second era, and 2.5 years in the third era (as of 1663).<br />
<br />
The three longest-reigning kaisers have been [[Kaiser Raynor I|Raynor I]] (79–169, 90 years), [[Kaiser John II|John II]] (1375–1441, 66 years), and [[Kaiser Raynor IV|Raynor IV]] (660–720, 60 years). Since the foundation of the modern Shireroth and the beginning of the third era (1443), the three longest-reigning kaisers have been the current [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] (reigning since 1650, as of 1670, 20 years), [[Kaiser Gaelen I]] (1449–1461, 12 years), and [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora]] Minor (1595–1602, 7 years).<br />
<br />
== First Era ==<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 1||[[Image:Raynor I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor I]] || Raynor Me'Jiliad || [[Brookshire]], 44AN || 79&ndash;169 AN || 169 AN || Summoned his three children before taking <br> his life at old age by euthanasia, <br> announced that Brrapa would succeed him || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||Considered to be mythical by most modern historians.<br />
|-<br />
| 2||[[Image:Brrapa I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa I]] || Brrapa Metzler Me’Jiliad || Shirekeep, 102 AN || 169&ndash;207 || 207 || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 3||[[Image:Erik I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Erik I]] || || || 207&ndash;226 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[Image:Raynor II.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor II]] || || || 226&ndash;266 || || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Image:Brrapa II.png]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa II]] || || || 266&ndash;277 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]|| Fasted to the point of death in an attempt to place a curse upon [[Kaiser Nicholas I|the rebellious chieftain who usurped his throne]].<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Image:Nicholas I.png]] || [[Kaiser Nicholas I]] || || || 277&ndash;298 || || || [[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 7|| || [[Kaiser Paul I]] || || || 298&ndash;316 || || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 8|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor III]]|| || || 316&ndash;338|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|9|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus I]]|| || || 338&ndash;360|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|10|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus II]]|| || || 360&ndash;370|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|11|| ||[[Kaiser James I]]|| || || 370&ndash;395|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|12|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus III]]|| || || 395&ndash;396|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|13|| ||[[Kaiser James II]]|| || || 396&ndash;398|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|14|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy I]]|| || || 398&ndash;429|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|15|| ||[[Kaiser Leto I]]|| || || 429&ndash;464|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|16|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa I]]|| || || 464&ndash;471|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|17|| ||[[Kaiser Paul II]]|| || || 471&ndash;514|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|18|| ||[[Kaiser Francis I]]|| || || 503&ndash;568|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
|-<br />
|19|| ||[[Kaiser Matthew I]]|| || || 514&ndash;515|| || || [[Line of Everstone|Everstone]]||<br />
|-<br />
|20|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin I]]|| || || 515&ndash;589|| || || [[Line of Machiavelli|Machiavelli]]||The Line of Machiavelli was established when the King of [[Machiavellia]], a neighbour and ally of Shireroth, married into the [[Line of Raynor]] and installed himself in [[Shirekeep]] thus earning acclamation as Kaiser. <br />
|-<br />
|21|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel I]]|| || || 568&ndash;625|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
|-<br />
|22|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy II]]|| || || 589&ndash;629|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|23|| ||[[Kaiser Paul III]]|| || || 625&ndash;660|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|24|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa III]]|| || || 629&ndash;720|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|25|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IV]]|| || || 660&ndash;745|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|26|| ||[[Kaiser Paul IV]]|| || || 720&ndash;754|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|27|| ||[[Kaiser James III]]|| || || 745&ndash;788|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|28|| ||[[Kaiser Leto II]]|| || || 754&ndash;790|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|29|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor I]]|| || || 788&ndash;860|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|30|| ||[[Kaiser Jason I]]|| || || 790&ndash;848|| || || [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
|31|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa IV]]|| || || 848&ndash;865|| || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Second Era ==<br />
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<small>''The second era was dominated by warring states, who somewhat tenuously laid claim upon the bloodlines of the Kaisers of the preceding era, who vied for dominion over the course of the Red Elwynn between [[Shirekeep]] and [[Musica]]. An increasing reliance upon necromancy and daemons on the part of the houses as they struggled for paramountcy saw the society of the duchies of [[Brookshire]] and [[Goldshire]] progressively undermined until, after the diabolical pact of Kaiser John, those who remained were unable to maintain the sovereignty of eastern Benacia in the face of foreign colonists.''</small> <br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || || [[Kaiser Edward I]]|||||| 860&ndash;927|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|33||||[[Kaiser James IV]]|||||| 865&ndash;906|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|34|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor V]]|||||| 906&ndash;972|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|35|| ||[[Kaiser Jason II]]|||||| 927&ndash;950|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|36|| ||[[Kaiser Loki I]]|||||| 950&ndash;1011|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|37|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin II]]|||||| 972&ndash;1047|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|38|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa III]]|||||| 1011&ndash;1033|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|39|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa II]]|||||| 1033&ndash;1105|||||| Ballard||<br />
|-<br />
|40|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor II]]|||||| 1047&ndash;1102|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|41|| ||[[Kaiser Jason III]]|||||| 1102&ndash;1154|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|42|| ||[[Kaiser Paul V]]|||||| 1105&ndash;1144|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|43|| ||[[Kaiser Francis II]]|||||| 1144&ndash;1186|||||| Fenrir||<br />
|-<br />
|44|| ||[[Kaiser Edward II]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1154|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|45|| ||[[Kaiser James V]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1187|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|46|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VI]]|||||| 1186&ndash;1239|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|47|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas II]]|||||| 1187&ndash;1224|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|48|| ||[[Kaiser Jason IV]]|||||| 1224&ndash;1279|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|49|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VII]]|||||| 1239&ndash;1269|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|50|| ||[[Kaiser Iago I]]|||||| 1269&ndash;1321|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|51|| ||[[Kaiser Iago II]]|||||| 1279&ndash;1324|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|52|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas III]]|||||| 1321&ndash;1357|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|53|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VIII]]|||||| 1324&ndash;1337|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|54|| ||[[Kaiser John I]]|||||| 1337&ndash;1357|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|55|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IX]]|||||| 1357&ndash;1375|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|56|| ||[[Kaiser John II]]|||||| 1375&ndash;1441|||||| Metzler||Torn apart by the Shirekeep Mob.<br />
|-<br />
|57|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel II]]|||||| 1441&ndash;1443|||||| Fenrir||Defeated and executed by John II. Reputedly fed to a daemon in the Pit of Mur built beneath Raynor's Keep.<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Third Era ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regnal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline/House<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 58||||[[Kaiser Erik II]]||||||1443–1445||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Provisional Government, then annexed by Audentior (VII.1444)<br />Direct Democracy Riots<br /></small><br />
|-<br />
| 59||||[[Kaiser Brrapa V]]||||||1445–1448||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Secession from Audentior (1446) followed immediately by annexation by the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]] in the same year.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 60||||[[Kaiser Trantor III]]||||||1448–1449||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 61||||[[Kaiser Gaelen I]]||||||1449–1461||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Broke away from Jasonia (1451)<br />Amity Crisis (1451&ndash;1452)<br />Submission of Elwynn (1452)<br />Ruled by [[Commonwealth of Benacia]] (1455&ndash;1458)<br />[[Paramount War]] (1456)<br />[[Hegemony of Alexandros]] (1458&ndash;1466, part of Tymaria after 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 62||||[[Kaiser Brrapa VI]]||||||1461–1462||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Ruled by [[The United Republic of Tymaria]] (est 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 63||||[[Kaiser Metzler I]]||||||1462–1465||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Governed from Yardistan.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 64||||[[Kaiser Gaelen II]]||||||1465–1466||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 65||||[[Kaiser Ari 0]]||||||1466||Dissolved in aqua regia||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||Wore a dolphin skin and bathed in human blood<br />Well regarded in Babkha.<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Fax Celestis]]||||1466||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]|| Localised Civil War with Yardistan.<br />
|-<br />
| 66||||[[Kaiser Mors I]]||||||1466–1468||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>De facto independence from Tymaria (1466)<br />[[Philip Locke]] set a fire amongst the papers of the government record office. Infamy and historical blind-spot ensues. (1467) </small><br />
|-<br />
| 67||||[[Kaiser Ikol I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 68||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 69||||[[Kaiser Los I]]||Kian Raynor (birth name) <br> Kalir Sethan <br> Kal'ri Sethanion||||1468–1469||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 70||||[[Kaiseress Viviantia I]]||||||1469–1470||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>Formal secession from Tymaria</small><br />
|-<br />
| 71||||[[Kaiser Mors II]]||||||1470–1472||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>By this point in the dissolution of Tymaria, the states of [[Hyperborea]], [[Yardistan]], [[Jaris]], and [[Akerbjorn]] have fallen under Shirerithian rule.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 72||||[[Kaiser Mog I]]||||||1472–1473||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Foolishly attempted to cede [[Amity]] and [[Mirioth]].<br />[[Letifer's Revolt]]<br />
|-<br />
| 73||||[[Kaiser Letifer I]]||||||1473–1475||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1475||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Steward Nikkolo I|Nikkolo]]||||1475–1477||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||1st [[Oustfest]]<br />
|-<br />
| 74||||[[Kaiser Raynor X]]||||||1477–1482||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>[[Battle of Cimmeria]] (1477)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 75||[[Image:KA1.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Aurefiction]]||Aurefiction Auraumbre||[[Utasia]], 1462||1482–1483||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1483 <br> suicide by snake bite||Banned several bloodlines from succession||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] (XV.1482)<br />
|-<br />
| 76||||[[Kaiser Meskan I]]||Meskan Harvey Steffki||||1483–1484||||Succeeded by wife||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 77||[[Image:KJI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Jadie]]||Jadie Doran||[[Delvenus]], 1457||1484–1486||[[Kralizec]], 1567||Succeeded by new husband||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 78||||[[Kaiser Mors III]]||Erik Mortis III||||1486–1489||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| [[Elfinshi War]] (1488&ndash;1489)<br />
|-<br />
| 79||||[[Kaiser Wylþeow I]]||||||1489–1493||||||[[Line of Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1493||||||||[[War of the Wylthean Succession]]<br />
|-<br />
| 80||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa II]]||||||1493||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 81||||[[Kaiser Los II]]||||||1493–1496||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 82||||[[Kaiser Raynor XI]]||||||1496–1499||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 83||||[[Kaiser Mors IV]]||||||1499–1502||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 84||||[[Kaiser Ari i]]||||||1502–1504||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly’Technomaezj]]||[[Grand Commonwealth]] est. 1503<br />Cold War against [[Babkha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 85||[[File:Kaiseralejian.jpg|75x104px]]||[[Kaiser Alejian I]]||||||1504–1507||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 86||||[[Kaiser Los III]]||||||1507–1508||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[Jaris War]] (1507&ndash;1508)<br /> [[War of Vengeance]] (1508&ndash;1624)<br />
|-<br />
| 87||[[File:Yarad.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Yarad I]]||||||1508–1510||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[New Feudalism]]<br />
|-<br />
| 88||[[Image:KSI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa I]]||||||1510–1512||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 89||||[[Kaiser Letifer II]]||||||1512–1514||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 90||||[[Kaiser Alejian II]]||||||1514–1518||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 91||||[[Kaiser Meskan II]]||||||1518–1519||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 92||||[[Kaiseress Carol I]]||Karol Umm Hipad <br> Carol, Hypatia's Mom||||1519–1524||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 93||||[[Kaiseress Hypatia I]]||Hypatia Agnesia||||1524–1528||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 94||||[[Kaiser Letifer III]]||||||1528–1533||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] reaffirmed (1532)<br />
|-<br />
| 95||||[[Kaiser Mahamantot I]]||||||1533||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]|| Mahamantot's Coup.<br />
|-<br />
| 96||||[[Kaiser Mors V]]||||||1533–1537||Killed by a band of escaped mental patients.||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||[[Great Consolidation]] (XIII.1533)<br />[[Babkhano-Lokiist Strife]] (1537&ndash;1544) begins.<br />
|-<br />
| 97||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Antikaiser Loki II]]|| Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1537||?||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Antikaiser, included for reasons of tradition<br />
|-<br />
| 98||[[File:Kaiser Hasan.jpg|75x70px]]||[[Kaiser Hasan I]]||Hesam Jahandar||||1537–1541||Ardashirshahr, 1541||Assassinated by Ardashir||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<small>[[War of Jeremy's Nose]] (1539&ndash;1542)<br />Ceded Shireroth to Babkha</small><br />
|-<br />
| 99||[[File:Rashidayreon.jpg|75x122px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon I]]||Rashid Arsalani Kalirion||Shahzamin (Babkha), 1450||1541–1544||Raynor's Keep, 1544 <br> (assisted suicide)||<small>Bad guilt over the Babkhan cession <br> caused him to name his opponent <br> Jacobus to the kaisership before killing himself</small>||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<small>[[Kai Aphmyarkaiph]] (1542&ndash;1543)<br />Babkhano-Lokiist Strife ends.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Oroigawa Koreyasu]]||||1544||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 100||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki III]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1544–1547||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 101||||[[Kaiser Reynardine I]]||||||1547–1548||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 102||||[[Kaiser Agni I]]||||||1548–1551||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 103||||[[Kaiser Erasmas I]]||||||1551–1552||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 104||||[[Kaiseress Anandja I]]||||||1552–1555||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 105||||[[Kaiser Gaelen III]]||||||1555–1557||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 106||[[Image:Aurangzeb Portrait.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]||Ardashir Piroz Aurangzeb al-Osmani-Steffki||[[Eliria]], 1542||1557–1559||[[Tasneemia]], 1609||||[[Line of Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 107||||[[Kaiser Leto III]]||||||1559–1561||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||1st Flag Controversy.<br />
|-<br />
| 108||||[[Kaiser Malarbor I]]||||||1561–1562||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]] <br><small>(Doubtful, spurious)</small>||First daemon overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 109||||[[Kaiser Mors VI]]||||||1562–1564||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Destruction of the ancient Duchies.<br />[[House System]] introduced (1562)<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Princedaniel.jpg|75x116px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Daniel Kalirion|Daniel Lla'i Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Nidaros (Stormark), 1542||1564||[[Andelarion House]] ([[Cape Farewell]]), 1586||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 110||||[[Kaiseress Anandja II]]||||||1564–1565||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 111||||[[Kaiser Ikol II]]||||||1565–1566||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 112||||[[Kaiser B'caw I]]||||||1566–1567||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>[[Great Fire of Shirekeep]] (1567)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 113||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl I]]||||||1567–1570||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>[[Elwynn]] declares independence & House System ends (1567)<br />[[Landsraad]] open to all citizens for 1st time.<br />Restoration of duchies.<br/>Duchy of [[Raynoria]] briefly established in the former lands of Brookshire (1567).</small><br />
|-<br />
| 114||||[[Kaiser Fish XII]]||||||1570–1572||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 115||||[[Kaiser Magni I]]||||||1572–1574||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 116||||[[Kaiser Gaelen IV]]||||||1574–1577||||||[[Line of Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 117||||[[Kaiser Cedris I]]||Giles Melang||Unknown||1577||||On the eve of the Landsraad voting <br> him out of office, he resigned||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Carl Jackson, Steward.jpg|75x50px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Carl Jackson]]||[[Novi Nigrad]], 1539||1577||Novi Nigrad, 1612 (heart failure)||||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| 118||[[File:Rei I.png|75x78px]]||[[Kaiserin Rei I]]||Aþame Issela Mari Vāstra||Miše (Firneramnen), 1529||1577–1579||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Reynardine II|the Steward]]||[[House of Miłarna|Miłarna]]|| First alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 119||||[[Kaiser Reynardine II]]||||||1579–1584||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 120||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki IV]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1584–1587||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 121||||[[Kaiser Hasan II]]||Jacob Kalir||c. 1560||1587–1588||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 122||[[File:Ayreon2.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon II]]||Elijah Danielion Ayreon-Dariolin of Waffel-Paine||[[Huyenkula]], 1571||1588–1589||Walstadt, 1598 <br> crucified by [[Sisera]]||Abdication, <br> defection to Free Elwynn||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 123||||[[Kaiser Wythe I]]||Jonathan Nelson Wythe II||||1589–1591||||||[[Line of Wythe|Wythe]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 124||[[File:Yardistanislaus.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Yardistanislaus I]]||Yardistanislaus "Stan" Benkern||Mar Sara, 1499||1591–1593||Mar Sara, 1604||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 125||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl II]]||Erik Ometeotl Mortis||1568||1593–1594||Shirekeep, 1610 (suicide)||Abdicated||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Gave the throne to his fiercest critic<br />
|-<br />
| 126||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]||Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim||||1594–1595||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>First regnant corpse.<br>Instigator of the unravelling of Imperial sovereignty and the rise of the Imperial States.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 127||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]||Marie Dolores von Rossheim||||1595–1602||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]|| <small>Second regnant corpse.<br> [[Cabbage Crisis|The Green Mortality]] begins.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Shyriath Bukolos]]||||1602||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Spent tenure as hostage of [[Balarak Alaion]].<br />
|-<br />
| 128||||[[Kaiser Aiomide]]||Aiomide Oqtavion||Eliria, 1553||1602–1608||Shirekeep, 1608 <br> ||||[[Line of Octavius|Octavius]]||<small>Embraced undeath, passed through [[Balgurd]], returned to the corporeal world with knowledge of the doom of man. Ascended being. Venerated by minor cults.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 129||[[File:Semisa II.png|75x83px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa II]]||Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1308||1608|||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Trantor IV|the Anarch of Yardistan]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Second alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 130||[[File:Trantor IV.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Trantor IV]]||Spencer Jackson||Musica, 1554||1608–1609||Venira (Safirian Micras), 1618 (assisted suicide)||Ragequit the throne||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1609–1610||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 131||[[File:Ryabinportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mo'll I]]||Ryabin Merkayastreb||||1610–1613||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<small>Enjoyed the popularity that only victims of assassination can lay claim to, in spite of surviving.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 132||[[File:MorsIVportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Kaiser Mors IV Nerrolar]]<br><small>'''The Returned'''</small>||||||1613–1615||||||[[Line of Morts|Mortis]]||<small>Third regnant corpse.<br>Second reign.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Stellusportrait.png|75px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Stellus Yastreb]]||||1615||||||Sanglorian||<small>Reputedly murdered by the daemonic tree [[Malarbor]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1615||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 133||||[[Kaiser Sehml]]||Ludwig Drakire <br>Luix Rakira (Elw)||Lindström, 1560||1615–1617||Demonsfall, 1617||||[[Line of Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 134||[[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]]||[[Kaiser Redquill]]||Ryker Everstone||[[Suthergold|Goldendown]], 1589|||1617–1620||||Abdicated||[[Line of Redquill|Redquill]]||<small>[[Kildare]] declares independence, becomes Jingdaoese vassal state. Beginning of the [[Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| 135||[[File:Kasanrajon.jpg|75x97px]]||[[Kaiseress Isa IV]] Cassandrae||Elsa Kasanrajon (Elw) <br> Elsa Kassandredottar||[[Cape Farewell]], 1470||1620||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1620||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 136||[[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon III]]||Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion||Hurmu, 1603||1620–1623||Light, 1629 <br> (murdered)||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Budget and law reform<br />
|-<br />
| 137||[[File:JacobD.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Verion I]]||Jacob Darylion-Verion||Azshara (Illumination), 1590||1623–1624||Shirekeep, 1632||||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Established [[S.W.O.R.D.]] and looted the Imperial Treasury to finance it<br />
|-<br />
| 138||[[File:Daniel III.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Daniel III]]||Daniel||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1584||1624–1629||||Abdicated in accordance with [[Imperial Decree 744]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Third alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 139||||[[Kaiseress Kizzy]]||Kizzy Drakland||Demonsfall, 1597||1626–1629||died 1639, returned 1650||||[[Line of Drak|Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 140||[[image:Painting Jacobus Loki.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Raynor XII]]||Raynor Jacobus Loki||||1629–1634||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 141||[[Image:Brrapa VII.jpg|75x114px]]||[[Kaiser Brrapa VII]]||Kaltor Win'Eth||||1634–1635||1535||[[River War]]||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 142||[[Image:KH.png|75x98px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar]]||[[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||Port Nevermore ([[Kildare]]), 1588||1635–1639||||Abdicated in favour of son Audun Joel||Sanglorian||[[Wars of the Dark Orchid]] begin (1635). <br />
|-<br />
| 143||[[Image:KHR.png|75x139px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill]]||[[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Haraldsborg (Stormark), 1616||1639–1642||Eliria, 1651||Abdicated||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] (''illegitimate'')||<br />
|-<br />
| 144||[[Image:Dominus Tarjeisson.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Dominus]]||Thorgils Tarjeisson||Slevik ([[Normark]]), 1593||1642–1644||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1644||[[Oustfest Massacre]]||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Known as "Limp-Foot", reign ended due to conspiracy of nobles<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1644||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 145||[[File:KN.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Noor]]||Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal <br> Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion <br> ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin <br> Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu <br> Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine||[[Ardashirshahr]], 1604||1644–1650||[[Ura'Bos]], 1650||Murdered by her son [[Adam Anushiruwan|Adam]]||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Wars of the Dark Orchid end (1644).<br />[[Benacian Reconquest]] begins (1649).<br />
|-<br />
| 146||[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]||Vidar Salim Livarson <br> Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed <br> al-Osman bin Sathrati <br> of Waffel-Paine||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1645||1650–1671||Raynor's Keep, 1671||Murdered during the Kalirion Fracture||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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=== Fourth era ===<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
|147|| ||[[Kaiseress Salome]]|| Salome Ylva Octavia || 17.VII.1665 || 1671– || || || [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]|| Regency<br />
|-<br />
|}</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Kaisers&diff=38713List of Kaisers2019-05-05T08:41:15Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>The following is a list of [[Kaiser]]s of [[Shireroth]] in chronologial order, from the legendary beginnings of Shireroth until the present; the calendar used is the [[AN]] reckoning. Each reigning Kaiser or ruling Steward is listed with their accession date, date of birth, date of death and blood line. Periods in which the Landsraad ruled the Imperial Republic directly are marked as "'''Landsraad'''".<br />
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Many of the Kaisers in this list are [[Fictional History|legendary]]; Shireroth's modern founding was in 1443 (the beginning of the [[Third Era]]). Foreign recognition of the [[Kaisership]] occurred later, in approximately 1462, with Erik Mortis becoming [[Kaiser Metzler I]]. The accurate record keeping in the Imperial Household began with [[Kaiser Gaelen II|Gaelen II]] in 1465, and all accession dates after that are taken to be authentic.<br />
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Legitimacy has always rested upon descent from Kaiser Raynor I. After seventeen centuries, much of Western and Central Benacia, as well as a fair smattering of [[Babkhi]] and [[Kildari]] can claim this boon. Nonetheless the frequently rotating succession remained within the clutches of a dozen or so noble houses who jealously guarded their notoriously intermarried bloodlines. In spite of the the vigilance of the Imperial Republic's noble oligarchs there have been several "sanglorian" Kaisers in the modern era, alongside a half dozen inhuman Kaisers (whether [[Liches|revenants]] or [[Safir|aliens]]). As the Third Era wore on, things became progressively stranger, until a measure of sanity was restored by the confirmation of the dynastic succession in the hands of the [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion]], itself being however troubled by some of its [[House of Ettlingar Freyu|dynastic]] [[House of Osman|associations]]. <br />
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''For a list of Anti-Kaisers, click [[Anti-Kaiser|here]].''<br />
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==Historical overview==<br />
Empire of Khaz Modan: -1211bN &ndash; -0bN<br/><br />
First Era: circa 0 AN &ndash; circa 880 AN<br/><br />
Second Era: 878 &ndash; 1442<br/><br />
Third Era: 1442 &ndash; ''Present''<br />
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Debate continues as to whether the establishment of a new period of dynastic rule constitutes a fourth era. In the past, using a [[SSHIT|discredited historiography]] and [[ASC|calendar]], as many as seven eras were postulated. However, following the [[Auspicious Occasion]], a more rational approach to historical research has taken hold and the process of investigating and verifying the reigns of the Kaisers of the early era, and indeed the nature of their rule, is ongoing.<br />
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Since the foundation of the Imperial Republic in AN 79, the average reign of a kaiser has lasted for 11 years, with 25 years in the first era, 22 years in the second era, and 2.5 years in the third era (as of 1663).<br />
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The three longest-reigning kaisers have been [[Kaiser Raynor I|Raynor I]] (79–169, 90 years), [[Kaiser John II|John II]] (1375–1441, 66 years), and [[Kaiser Raynor IV|Raynor IV]] (660–720, 60 years). Since the foundation of the modern Shireroth and the beginning of the third era (1443), the three longest-reigning kaisers have been the current [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] (reigning since 1650, as of 1670, 20 years), [[Kaiser Gaelen I]] (1449–1461, 12 years), and [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora]] Minor (1595–1602, 7 years).<br />
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== First Era ==<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 1||[[Image:Raynor I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor I]] || Raynor Me'Jiliad || [[Brookshire]], 44AN || 79&ndash;169 AN || 169 AN || Summoned his three children before taking <br> his life at old age by euthanasia, <br> announced that Brrapa would succeed him || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||Considered to be mythical by most modern historians.<br />
|-<br />
| 2||[[Image:Brrapa I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa I]] || Brrapa Metzler Me’Jiliad || Shirekeep, 102 AN || 169&ndash;207 || 207 || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 3||[[Image:Erik I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Erik I]] || || || 207&ndash;226 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[Image:Raynor II.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor II]] || || || 226&ndash;266 || || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Image:Brrapa II.png]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa II]] || || || 266&ndash;277 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]|| Fasted to the point of death in an attempt to place a curse upon [[Kaiser Nicholas I|the rebellious chieftain who usurped his throne]].<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Image:Nicholas I.png]] || [[Kaiser Nicholas I]] || || || 277&ndash;298 || || || [[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 7|| || [[Kaiser Paul I]] || || || 298&ndash;316 || || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 8|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor III]]|| || || 316&ndash;338|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|9|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus I]]|| || || 338&ndash;360|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|10|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus II]]|| || || 360&ndash;370|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|11|| ||[[Kaiser James I]]|| || || 370&ndash;395|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|12|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus III]]|| || || 395&ndash;396|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|13|| ||[[Kaiser James II]]|| || || 396&ndash;398|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|14|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy I]]|| || || 398&ndash;429|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|15|| ||[[Kaiser Leto I]]|| || || 429&ndash;464|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|16|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa I]]|| || || 464&ndash;471|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|17|| ||[[Kaiser Paul II]]|| || || 471&ndash;514|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|18|| ||[[Kaiser Francis I]]|| || || 503&ndash;568|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
|-<br />
|19|| ||[[Kaiser Matthew I]]|| || || 514&ndash;515|| || || [[Line of Everstone|Everstone]]||<br />
|-<br />
|20|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin I]]|| || || 515&ndash;589|| || || [[Line of Machiavelli|Machiavelli]]||The Line of Machiavelli was established when the King of [[Machiavellia]], a neighbour and ally of Shireroth, married into the [[Line of Raynor]] and installed himself in [[Shirekeep]] thus earning acclamation as Kaiser. <br />
|-<br />
|21|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel I]]|| || || 568&ndash;625|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
|-<br />
|22|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy II]]|| || || 589&ndash;629|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|23|| ||[[Kaiser Paul III]]|| || || 625&ndash;660|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|24|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa III]]|| || || 629&ndash;720|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|25|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IV]]|| || || 660&ndash;745|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|26|| ||[[Kaiser Paul IV]]|| || || 720&ndash;754|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|27|| ||[[Kaiser James III]]|| || || 745&ndash;788|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|28|| ||[[Kaiser Leto II]]|| || || 754&ndash;790|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|29|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor I]]|| || || 788&ndash;860|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|30|| ||[[Kaiser Jason I]]|| || || 790&ndash;848|| || || [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
|31|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa IV]]|| || || 848&ndash;865|| || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Second Era ==<br />
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<small>''The second era was dominated by warring states, who somewhat tenuously laid claim upon the bloodlines of the Kaisers of the preceding era, who vied for dominion over the course of the Red Elwynn between [[Shirekeep]] and [[Musica]]. An increasing reliance upon necromancy and daemons on the part of the houses as they struggled for paramountcy saw the society of the duchies of [[Brookshire]] and [[Goldshire]] progressively undermined until, after the diabolical pact of Kaiser John, those who remained were unable to maintain the sovereignty of eastern Benacia in the face of foreign colonists.''</small> <br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || || [[Kaiser Edward I]]|||||| 860&ndash;927|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|33||||[[Kaiser James IV]]|||||| 865&ndash;906|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|34|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor V]]|||||| 906&ndash;972|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|35|| ||[[Kaiser Jason II]]|||||| 927&ndash;950|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|36|| ||[[Kaiser Loki I]]|||||| 950&ndash;1011|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|37|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin II]]|||||| 972&ndash;1047|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|38|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa III]]|||||| 1011&ndash;1033|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|39|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa II]]|||||| 1033&ndash;1105|||||| Ballard||<br />
|-<br />
|40|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor II]]|||||| 1047&ndash;1102|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|41|| ||[[Kaiser Jason III]]|||||| 1102&ndash;1154|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|42|| ||[[Kaiser Paul V]]|||||| 1105&ndash;1144|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|43|| ||[[Kaiser Francis II]]|||||| 1144&ndash;1186|||||| Fenrir||<br />
|-<br />
|44|| ||[[Kaiser Edward II]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1154|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|45|| ||[[Kaiser James V]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1187|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|46|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VI]]|||||| 1186&ndash;1239|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|47|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas II]]|||||| 1187&ndash;1224|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|48|| ||[[Kaiser Jason IV]]|||||| 1224&ndash;1279|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|49|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VII]]|||||| 1239&ndash;1269|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|50|| ||[[Kaiser Iago I]]|||||| 1269&ndash;1321|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|51|| ||[[Kaiser Iago II]]|||||| 1279&ndash;1324|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|52|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas III]]|||||| 1321&ndash;1357|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|53|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VIII]]|||||| 1324&ndash;1337|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|54|| ||[[Kaiser John I]]|||||| 1337&ndash;1357|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|55|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IX]]|||||| 1357&ndash;1375|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|56|| ||[[Kaiser John II]]|||||| 1375&ndash;1441|||||| Metzler||Torn apart by the Shirekeep Mob.<br />
|-<br />
|57|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel II]]|||||| 1441&ndash;1443|||||| Fenrir||Defeated and executed by John II. Reputedly fed to a daemon in the Pit of Mur built beneath Raynor's Keep.<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Third Era ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regnal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline/House<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 58||||[[Kaiser Erik II]]||||||1443–1445||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Provisional Government, then annexed by Audentior (VII.1444)<br />Direct Democracy Riots<br /></small><br />
|-<br />
| 59||||[[Kaiser Brrapa V]]||||||1445–1448||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Secession from Audentior (1446) followed immediately by annexation by the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]] in the same year.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 60||||[[Kaiser Trantor III]]||||||1448–1449||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 61||||[[Kaiser Gaelen I]]||||||1449–1461||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Broke away from Jasonia (1451)<br />Amity Crisis (1451&ndash;1452)<br />Submission of Elwynn (1452)<br />Ruled by [[Commonwealth of Benacia]] (1455&ndash;1458)<br />[[Paramount War]] (1456)<br />[[Hegemony of Alexandros]] (1458&ndash;1466, part of Tymaria after 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 62||||[[Kaiser Brrapa VI]]||||||1461–1462||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Ruled by [[The United Republic of Tymaria]] (est 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 63||||[[Kaiser Metzler I]]||||||1462–1465||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Governed from Yardistan.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 64||||[[Kaiser Gaelen II]]||||||1465–1466||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 65||||[[Kaiser Ari 0]]||||||1466||Dissolved in aqua regia||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||Wore a dolphin skin and bathed in human blood<br />Well regarded in Babkha.<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Fax Celestis]]||||1466||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]|| Localised Civil War with Yardistan.<br />
|-<br />
| 66||||[[Kaiser Mors I]]||||||1466–1468||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>De facto independence from Tymaria (1466)<br />[[Philip Locke]] set a fire amongst the papers of the government record office. Infamy and historical blind-spot ensues. (1467) </small><br />
|-<br />
| 67||||[[Kaiser Ikol I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 68||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 69||||[[Kaiser Los I]]||Kian Raynor (birth name) <br> Kalir Sethan <br> Kal'ri Sethanion||||1468–1469||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 70||||[[Kaiseress Viviantia I]]||||||1469–1470||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>Formal secession from Tymaria</small><br />
|-<br />
| 71||||[[Kaiser Mors II]]||||||1470–1472||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>By this point in the dissolution of Tymaria, the states of [[Hyperborea]], [[Yardistan]], [[Jaris]], and [[Akerbjorn]] have fallen under Shirerithian rule.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 72||||[[Kaiser Mog I]]||||||1472–1473||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Foolishly attempted to cede [[Amity]] and [[Mirioth]].<br />[[Letifer's Revolt]]<br />
|-<br />
| 73||||[[Kaiser Letifer I]]||||||1473–1475||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1475||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Steward Nikkolo I|Nikkolo]]||||1475–1477||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||1st [[Oustfest]]<br />
|-<br />
| 74||||[[Kaiser Raynor X]]||||||1477–1482||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>[[Battle of Cimmeria]] (1477)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 75||[[Image:KA1.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Aurefiction]]||Aurefiction Auraumbre||[[Utasia]], 1462||1482–1483||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1483 <br> suicide by snake bite||Banned several bloodlines from succession||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] (XV.1482)<br />
|-<br />
| 76||||[[Kaiser Meskan I]]||Meskan Harvey Steffki||||1483–1484||||Succeeded by wife||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 77||[[Image:KJI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Jadie]]||Jadie Doran||[[Delvenus]], 1457||1484–1486||[[Kralizec]], 1567||Succeeded by new husband||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 78||||[[Kaiser Mors III]]||Erik Mortis III||||1486–1489||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| [[Elfinshi War]] (1488&ndash;1489)<br />
|-<br />
| 79||||[[Kaiser Wylþeow I]]||||||1489–1493||||||[[Line of Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1493||||||||[[War of the Wylthean Succession]]<br />
|-<br />
| 80||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa II]]||||||1493||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 81||||[[Kaiser Los II]]||||||1493–1496||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 82||||[[Kaiser Raynor XI]]||||||1496–1499||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 83||||[[Kaiser Mors IV]]||||||1499–1502||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 84||||[[Kaiser Ari i]]||||||1502–1504||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly’Technomaezj]]||[[Grand Commonwealth]] est. 1503<br />Cold War against [[Babkha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 85||[[File:Kaiseralejian.jpg|75x104px]]||[[Kaiser Alejian I]]||||||1504–1507||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 86||||[[Kaiser Los III]]||||||1507–1508||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[Jaris War]] (1507&ndash;1508)<br /> [[War of Vengeance]] (1508&ndash;1624)<br />
|-<br />
| 87||[[File:Yarad.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Yarad I]]||||||1508–1510||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[New Feudalism]]<br />
|-<br />
| 88||[[Image:KSI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa I]]||||||1510–1512||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 89||||[[Kaiser Letifer II]]||||||1512–1514||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 90||||[[Kaiser Alejian II]]||||||1514–1518||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 91||||[[Kaiser Meskan II]]||||||1518–1519||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 92||||[[Kaiseress Carol I]]||Karol Umm Hipad <br> Carol, Hypatia's Mom||||1519–1524||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 93||||[[Kaiseress Hypatia I]]||Hypatia Agnesia||||1524–1528||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 94||||[[Kaiser Letifer III]]||||||1528–1533||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] reaffirmed (1532)<br />
|-<br />
| 95||||[[Kaiser Mahamantot I]]||||||1533||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]|| Mahamantot's Coup.<br />
|-<br />
| 96||||[[Kaiser Mors V]]||||||1533–1537||Killed by a band of escaped mental patients.||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||[[Great Consolidation]] (XIII.1533)<br />[[Babkhano-Lokiist Strife]] (1537&ndash;1544) begins.<br />
|-<br />
| 97||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Antikaiser Loki II]]|| Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1537||?||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Antikaiser, included for reasons of tradition<br />
|-<br />
| 98||[[File:Kaiser Hasan.jpg|75x70px]]||[[Kaiser Hasan I]]||Hesam Jahandar||||1537–1541||Ardashirshahr, 1541||Assassinated by Ardashir||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<small>[[War of Jeremy's Nose]] (1539&ndash;1542)<br />Ceded Shireroth to Babkha</small><br />
|-<br />
| 99||[[File:Rashidayreon.jpg|75x122px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon I]]||Rashid Arsalani Kalirion||Shahzamin (Babkha), 1450||1541–1544||Raynor's Keep, 1544 <br> (assisted suicide)||<small>Bad guilt over the Babkhan cession <br> caused him to name his opponent <br> Jacobus to the kaisership before killing himself</small>||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<small>[[Kai Aphmyarkaiph]] (1542&ndash;1543)<br />Babkhano-Lokiist Strife ends.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Oroigawa Koreyasu]]||||1544||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 100||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki III]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1544–1547||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 101||||[[Kaiser Reynardine I]]||||||1547–1548||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 102||||[[Kaiser Agni I]]||||||1548–1551||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 103||||[[Kaiser Erasmas I]]||||||1551–1552||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 104||||[[Kaiseress Anandja I]]||||||1552–1555||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 105||||[[Kaiser Gaelen III]]||||||1555–1557||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 106||[[Image:Aurangzeb Portrait.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]||Ardashir Piroz Aurangzeb al-Osmani-Steffki||[[Eliria]], 1542||1557–1559||[[Tasneemia]], 1609||||[[Line of Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 107||||[[Kaiser Leto III]]||||||1559–1561||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||1st Flag Controversy.<br />
|-<br />
| 108||||[[Kaiser Malarbor I]]||||||1561–1562||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]] <br><small>(Doubtful, spurious)</small>||First daemon overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 109||||[[Kaiser Mors VI]]||||||1562–1564||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Destruction of the ancient Duchies.<br />[[House System]] introduced (1562)<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Princedaniel.jpg|75x116px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Daniel Kalirion|Daniel Lla'i Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Nidaros (Stormark), 1542||1564||[[Andelarion House]] ([[Cape Farewell]]), 1586||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 110||||[[Kaiseress Anandja II]]||||||1564–1565||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 111||||[[Kaiser Ikol II]]||||||1565–1566||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 112||||[[Kaiser B'caw I]]||||||1566–1567||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>[[Great Fire of Shirekeep]] (1567)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 113||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl I]]||||||1567–1570||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>[[Elwynn]] declares independence & House System ends (1567)<br />[[Landsraad]] open to all citizens for 1st time.<br />Restoration of duchies.<br/>Duchy of [[Raynoria]] briefly established in the former lands of Brookshire (1567).</small><br />
|-<br />
| 114||||[[Kaiser Fish XII]]||||||1570–1572||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 115||||[[Kaiser Magni I]]||||||1572–1574||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 116||||[[Kaiser Gaelen IV]]||||||1574–1577||||||[[Line of Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 117||||[[Kaiser Cedris I]]||Giles Melang||Unknown||1577||||On the eve of the Landsraad voting <br> him out of office, he resigned||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Carl Jackson, Steward.jpg|75x50px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Carl Jackson]]||[[Novi Nigrad]], 1539||1577||Novi Nigrad, 1612 (heart failure)||||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| 118||[[File:Rei I.png|75x78px]]||[[Kaiserin Rei I]]||Aþame Issela Mari Vāstra||Miše (Firneramnen), 1529||1577–1579||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Reynardine II|the Steward]]||[[House of Miłarna|Miłarna]]|| First alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 119||||[[Kaiser Reynardine II]]||||||1579–1584||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 120||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki IV]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1584–1587||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 121||||[[Kaiser Hasan II]]||Jacob Kalir||c. 1560||1587–1588||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 122||[[File:Ayreon2.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon II]]||Elijah Danielion Ayreon-Dariolin of Waffel-Paine||[[Huyenkula]], 1571||1588–1589||Walstadt, 1598 <br> crucified by [[Sisera]]||Abdication, <br> defection to Free Elwynn||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 123||||[[Kaiser Wythe I]]||Jonathan Nelson Wythe II||||1589–1591||||||[[Line of Wythe|Wythe]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 124||[[File:Yardistanislaus.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Yardistanislaus I]]||Yardistanislaus "Stan" Benkern||Mar Sara, 1499||1591–1593||Mar Sara, 1604||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 125||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl II]]||Erik Ometeotl Mortis||1568||1593–1594||Shirekeep, 1610 (suicide)||Abdicated||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Gave the throne to his fiercest critic<br />
|-<br />
| 126||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]||Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim||||1594–1595||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>First regnant corpse.<br>Instigator of the unravelling of Imperial sovereignty and the rise of the Imperial States.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 127||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]||Marie Dolores von Rossheim||||1595–1602||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]|| <small>Second regnant corpse.<br> [[Cabbage Crisis|The Green Mortality]] begins.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Shyriath Bukolos]]||||1602||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Spent tenure as hostage of [[Balarak Alaion]].<br />
|-<br />
| 128||||[[Kaiser Aiomide]]||Aiomide Oqtavion||Eliria, 1553||1602–1608||Shirekeep, 1608 <br> ||||[[Line of Octavius|Octavius]]||<small>Embraced undeath, passed through [[Balgurd]], returned to the corporeal world with knowledge of the doom of man. Ascended being. Venerated by minor cults.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 129||[[File:Semisa II.png|75x83px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa II]]||Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1308||1608|||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Trantor IV|the Anarch of Yardistan]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Second alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 130||[[File:Trantor IV.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Trantor IV]]||Spencer Jackson||Musica, 1554||1608–1609||Venira (Safirian Micras), 1618 (assisted suicide)||Ragequit the throne||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1609–1610||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 131||[[File:Ryabinportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mo'll I]]||Ryabin Merkayastreb||||1610–1613||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<small>Enjoyed the popularity that only victims of assassination can lay claim to, in spite of surviving.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 132||[[File:MorsIVportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Kaiser Mors IV Nerrolar]]<br><small>'''The Returned'''</small>||||||1613–1615||||||[[Line of Morts|Mortis]]||<small>Third regnant corpse.<br>Second reign.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Stellusportrait.png|75px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Stellus Yastreb]]||||1615||||||Sanglorian||<small>Reputedly murdered by the daemonic tree [[Malarbor]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1615||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 133||||[[Kaiser Sehml]]||Ludwig Drakire <br>Luix Rakira (Elw)||Lindström, 1560||1615–1617||Demonsfall, 1617||||[[Line of Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 134||[[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]]||[[Kaiser Redquill]]||Ryker Everstone||[[Suthergold|Goldendown]], 1589|||1617–1620||||Abdicated||[[Line of Redquill|Redquill]]||<small>[[Kildare]] declares independence, becomes Jingdaoese vassal state. Beginning of the [[Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| 135||[[File:Kasanrajon.jpg|75x97px]]||[[Kaiseress Isa IV]] Cassandrae||Elsa Kasanrajon (Elw) <br> Elsa Kassandredottar||[[Cape Farewell]], 1470||1620||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1620||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 136||[[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon III]]||Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion||Hurmu, 1603||1620–1623||Light, 1629 <br> (murdered)||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Budget and law reform<br />
|-<br />
| 137||[[File:JacobD.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Verion I]]||Jacob Darylion-Verion||Azshara (Illumination), 1590||1623–1624||Shirekeep, 1632||||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Established [[S.W.O.R.D.]] and looted the Imperial Treasury to finance it<br />
|-<br />
| 138||[[File:Daniel III.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Daniel III]]||Daniel||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1584||1624–1629||||Abdicated in accordance with [[Imperial Decree 744]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Third alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 139||||[[Kaiseress Kizzy]]||Kizzy Drakland||Demonsfall, 1597||1626–1629||died 1639, returned 1650||||[[Line of Drak|Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 140||[[image:Painting Jacobus Loki.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Raynor XII]]||Raynor Jacobus Loki||||1629–1634||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 141||[[Image:Brrapa VII.jpg|75x114px]]||[[Kaiser Brrapa VII]]||Kaltor Win'Eth||||1634–1635||1535||[[River War]]||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 142||[[Image:KH.png|75x98px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar]]||[[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||Port Nevermore ([[Kildare]]), 1588||1635–1639||||Abdicated in favour of son Audun Joel||Sanglorian||[[Wars of the Dark Orchid]] begin (1635). <br />
|-<br />
| 143||[[Image:KHR.png|75x139px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill]]||[[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Haraldsborg (Stormark), 1616||1639–1642||Eliria, 1651||Abdicated||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] (''illegitimate'')||<br />
|-<br />
| 144||[[Image:Dominus Tarjeisson.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Dominus]]||Thorgils Tarjeisson||Slevik ([[Normark]]), 1593||1642–1644||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1644||[[Oustfest Massacre]]||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Known as "Limp-Foot", reign ended due to conspiracy of nobles<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1644||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 145||[[File:KN.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Noor]]||Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal <br> Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion <br> ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin <br> Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu <br> Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine||[[Ardashirshahr]], 1604||1644–1650||[[Ura'Bos]], 1650||Murdered by her son [[Adam Anushiruwan|Adam]]||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Wars of the Dark Orchid end (1644).<br />[[Benacian Reconquest]] begins (1649).<br />
|-<br />
| 146||[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]||Vidar Salim Livarson <br> Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed <br> al-Osman bin Sathrati <br> of Waffel-Paine||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1645||1650–1671||Raynor's Keep, 1671||Murdered during the Kalirion Fracture||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Fourth era ===<br />
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! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
|147|| ||[[Kaiseress Salome]]|| Salome Ylva Octavia || 17.VII.1665 || 1671|| || || [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]|| Regency<br />
|-<br />
|}</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Kaisers&diff=38712List of Kaisers2019-05-05T08:39:11Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Third Era */</p>
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<div>The following is a list of [[Kaiser]]s of [[Shireroth]] in chronologial order, from the legendary beginnings of Shireroth until the present; the calendar used is the [[AN]] reckoning. Each reigning Kaiser or ruling Steward is listed with their accession date, date of birth, date of death and blood line. Periods in which the Landsraad ruled the Imperial Republic directly are marked as "'''Landsraad'''".<br />
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Many of the Kaisers in this list are [[Fictional History|legendary]]; Shireroth's modern founding was in 1443 (the beginning of the [[Third Era]]). Foreign recognition of the [[Kaisership]] occurred later, in approximately 1462, with Erik Mortis becoming [[Kaiser Metzler I]]. The accurate record keeping in the Imperial Household began with [[Kaiser Gaelen II|Gaelen II]] in 1465, and all accession dates after that are taken to be authentic.<br />
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Legitimacy has always rested upon descent from Kaiser Raynor I. After seventeen centuries, much of Western and Central Benacia, as well as a fair smattering of [[Babkhi]] and [[Kildari]] can claim this boon. Nonetheless the frequently rotating succession remained within the clutches of a dozen or so noble houses who jealously guarded their notoriously intermarried bloodlines. In spite of the the vigilance of the Imperial Republic's noble oligarchs there have been several "sanglorian" Kaisers in the modern era, alongside a half dozen inhuman Kaisers (whether [[Liches|revenants]] or [[Safir|aliens]]). As the Third Era wore on, things became progressively stranger, until a measure of sanity was restored by the confirmation of the dynastic succession in the hands of the [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion]], itself being however troubled by some of its [[House of Ettlingar Freyu|dynastic]] [[House of Osman|associations]]. <br />
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''For a list of Anti-Kaisers, click [[Anti-Kaiser|here]].''<br />
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==Historical overview==<br />
Empire of Khaz Modan: -1211bN &ndash; -0bN<br/><br />
First Era: circa 0 AN &ndash; circa 880 AN<br/><br />
Second Era: 878 &ndash; 1442<br/><br />
Third Era: 1442 &ndash; ''Present''<br />
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Debate continues as to whether the establishment of a new period of dynastic rule constitutes a fourth era. In the past, using a [[SSHIT|discredited historiography]] and [[ASC|calendar]], as many as seven eras were postulated. However, following the [[Auspicious Occasion]], a more rational approach to historical research has taken hold and the process of investigating and verifying the reigns of the Kaisers of the early era, and indeed the nature of their rule, is ongoing.<br />
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Since the foundation of the Imperial Republic in AN 79, the average reign of a kaiser has lasted for 11 years, with 25 years in the first era, 22 years in the second era, and 2.5 years in the third era (as of 1663).<br />
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The three longest-reigning kaisers have been [[Kaiser Raynor I|Raynor I]] (79–169, 90 years), [[Kaiser John II|John II]] (1375–1441, 66 years), and [[Kaiser Raynor IV|Raynor IV]] (660–720, 60 years). Since the foundation of the modern Shireroth and the beginning of the third era (1443), the three longest-reigning kaisers have been the current [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] (reigning since 1650, as of 1670, 20 years), [[Kaiser Gaelen I]] (1449–1461, 12 years), and [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora]] Minor (1595–1602, 7 years).<br />
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== First Era ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 1||[[Image:Raynor I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor I]] || Raynor Me'Jiliad || [[Brookshire]], 44AN || 79&ndash;169 AN || 169 AN || Summoned his three children before taking <br> his life at old age by euthanasia, <br> announced that Brrapa would succeed him || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||Considered to be mythical by most modern historians.<br />
|-<br />
| 2||[[Image:Brrapa I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa I]] || Brrapa Metzler Me’Jiliad || Shirekeep, 102 AN || 169&ndash;207 || 207 || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 3||[[Image:Erik I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Erik I]] || || || 207&ndash;226 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[Image:Raynor II.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor II]] || || || 226&ndash;266 || || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Image:Brrapa II.png]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa II]] || || || 266&ndash;277 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]|| Fasted to the point of death in an attempt to place a curse upon [[Kaiser Nicholas I|the rebellious chieftain who usurped his throne]].<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Image:Nicholas I.png]] || [[Kaiser Nicholas I]] || || || 277&ndash;298 || || || [[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 7|| || [[Kaiser Paul I]] || || || 298&ndash;316 || || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 8|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor III]]|| || || 316&ndash;338|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|9|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus I]]|| || || 338&ndash;360|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|10|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus II]]|| || || 360&ndash;370|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|11|| ||[[Kaiser James I]]|| || || 370&ndash;395|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|12|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus III]]|| || || 395&ndash;396|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|13|| ||[[Kaiser James II]]|| || || 396&ndash;398|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|14|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy I]]|| || || 398&ndash;429|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|15|| ||[[Kaiser Leto I]]|| || || 429&ndash;464|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|16|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa I]]|| || || 464&ndash;471|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|17|| ||[[Kaiser Paul II]]|| || || 471&ndash;514|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|18|| ||[[Kaiser Francis I]]|| || || 503&ndash;568|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
|-<br />
|19|| ||[[Kaiser Matthew I]]|| || || 514&ndash;515|| || || [[Line of Everstone|Everstone]]||<br />
|-<br />
|20|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin I]]|| || || 515&ndash;589|| || || [[Line of Machiavelli|Machiavelli]]||The Line of Machiavelli was established when the King of [[Machiavellia]], a neighbour and ally of Shireroth, married into the [[Line of Raynor]] and installed himself in [[Shirekeep]] thus earning acclamation as Kaiser. <br />
|-<br />
|21|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel I]]|| || || 568&ndash;625|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
|-<br />
|22|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy II]]|| || || 589&ndash;629|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|23|| ||[[Kaiser Paul III]]|| || || 625&ndash;660|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|24|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa III]]|| || || 629&ndash;720|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
|-<br />
|25|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IV]]|| || || 660&ndash;745|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|26|| ||[[Kaiser Paul IV]]|| || || 720&ndash;754|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|27|| ||[[Kaiser James III]]|| || || 745&ndash;788|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|28|| ||[[Kaiser Leto II]]|| || || 754&ndash;790|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|29|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor I]]|| || || 788&ndash;860|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
|30|| ||[[Kaiser Jason I]]|| || || 790&ndash;848|| || || [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
|31|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa IV]]|| || || 848&ndash;865|| || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
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|}<br />
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== Second Era ==<br />
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<small>''The second era was dominated by warring states, who somewhat tenuously laid claim upon the bloodlines of the Kaisers of the preceding era, who vied for dominion over the course of the Red Elwynn between [[Shirekeep]] and [[Musica]]. An increasing reliance upon necromancy and daemons on the part of the houses as they struggled for paramountcy saw the society of the duchies of [[Brookshire]] and [[Goldshire]] progressively undermined until, after the diabolical pact of Kaiser John, those who remained were unable to maintain the sovereignty of eastern Benacia in the face of foreign colonists.''</small> <br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || || [[Kaiser Edward I]]|||||| 860&ndash;927|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|33||||[[Kaiser James IV]]|||||| 865&ndash;906|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|34|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor V]]|||||| 906&ndash;972|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|35|| ||[[Kaiser Jason II]]|||||| 927&ndash;950|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|36|| ||[[Kaiser Loki I]]|||||| 950&ndash;1011|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|37|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin II]]|||||| 972&ndash;1047|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|38|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa III]]|||||| 1011&ndash;1033|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|39|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa II]]|||||| 1033&ndash;1105|||||| Ballard||<br />
|-<br />
|40|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor II]]|||||| 1047&ndash;1102|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|41|| ||[[Kaiser Jason III]]|||||| 1102&ndash;1154|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|42|| ||[[Kaiser Paul V]]|||||| 1105&ndash;1144|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|43|| ||[[Kaiser Francis II]]|||||| 1144&ndash;1186|||||| Fenrir||<br />
|-<br />
|44|| ||[[Kaiser Edward II]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1154|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|45|| ||[[Kaiser James V]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1187|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|46|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VI]]|||||| 1186&ndash;1239|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|47|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas II]]|||||| 1187&ndash;1224|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|48|| ||[[Kaiser Jason IV]]|||||| 1224&ndash;1279|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|49|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VII]]|||||| 1239&ndash;1269|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|50|| ||[[Kaiser Iago I]]|||||| 1269&ndash;1321|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|51|| ||[[Kaiser Iago II]]|||||| 1279&ndash;1324|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|52|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas III]]|||||| 1321&ndash;1357|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|53|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VIII]]|||||| 1324&ndash;1337|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|54|| ||[[Kaiser John I]]|||||| 1337&ndash;1357|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|55|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IX]]|||||| 1357&ndash;1375|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|56|| ||[[Kaiser John II]]|||||| 1375&ndash;1441|||||| Metzler||Torn apart by the Shirekeep Mob.<br />
|-<br />
|57|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel II]]|||||| 1441&ndash;1443|||||| Fenrir||Defeated and executed by John II. Reputedly fed to a daemon in the Pit of Mur built beneath Raynor's Keep.<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Third Era ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regnal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline/House<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 58||||[[Kaiser Erik II]]||||||1443–1445||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Provisional Government, then annexed by Audentior (VII.1444)<br />Direct Democracy Riots<br /></small><br />
|-<br />
| 59||||[[Kaiser Brrapa V]]||||||1445–1448||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Secession from Audentior (1446) followed immediately by annexation by the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]] in the same year.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 60||||[[Kaiser Trantor III]]||||||1448–1449||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 61||||[[Kaiser Gaelen I]]||||||1449–1461||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Broke away from Jasonia (1451)<br />Amity Crisis (1451&ndash;1452)<br />Submission of Elwynn (1452)<br />Ruled by [[Commonwealth of Benacia]] (1455&ndash;1458)<br />[[Paramount War]] (1456)<br />[[Hegemony of Alexandros]] (1458&ndash;1466, part of Tymaria after 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 62||||[[Kaiser Brrapa VI]]||||||1461–1462||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Ruled by [[The United Republic of Tymaria]] (est 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 63||||[[Kaiser Metzler I]]||||||1462–1465||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Governed from Yardistan.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 64||||[[Kaiser Gaelen II]]||||||1465–1466||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 65||||[[Kaiser Ari 0]]||||||1466||Dissolved in aqua regia||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||Wore a dolphin skin and bathed in human blood<br />Well regarded in Babkha.<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Fax Celestis]]||||1466||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]|| Localised Civil War with Yardistan.<br />
|-<br />
| 66||||[[Kaiser Mors I]]||||||1466–1468||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>De facto independence from Tymaria (1466)<br />[[Philip Locke]] set a fire amongst the papers of the government record office. Infamy and historical blind-spot ensues. (1467) </small><br />
|-<br />
| 67||||[[Kaiser Ikol I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 68||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 69||||[[Kaiser Los I]]||Kian Raynor (birth name) <br> Kalir Sethan <br> Kal'ri Sethanion||||1468–1469||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 70||||[[Kaiseress Viviantia I]]||||||1469–1470||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>Formal secession from Tymaria</small><br />
|-<br />
| 71||||[[Kaiser Mors II]]||||||1470–1472||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>By this point in the dissolution of Tymaria, the states of [[Hyperborea]], [[Yardistan]], [[Jaris]], and [[Akerbjorn]] have fallen under Shirerithian rule.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 72||||[[Kaiser Mog I]]||||||1472–1473||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Foolishly attempted to cede [[Amity]] and [[Mirioth]].<br />[[Letifer's Revolt]]<br />
|-<br />
| 73||||[[Kaiser Letifer I]]||||||1473–1475||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1475||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Steward Nikkolo I|Nikkolo]]||||1475–1477||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||1st [[Oustfest]]<br />
|-<br />
| 74||||[[Kaiser Raynor X]]||||||1477–1482||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>[[Battle of Cimmeria]] (1477)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 75||[[Image:KA1.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Aurefiction]]||Aurefiction Auraumbre||[[Utasia]], 1462||1482–1483||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1483 <br> suicide by snake bite||Banned several bloodlines from succession||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] (XV.1482)<br />
|-<br />
| 76||||[[Kaiser Meskan I]]||Meskan Harvey Steffki||||1483–1484||||Succeeded by wife||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 77||[[Image:KJI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Jadie]]||Jadie Doran||[[Delvenus]], 1457||1484–1486||[[Kralizec]], 1567||Succeeded by new husband||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 78||||[[Kaiser Mors III]]||Erik Mortis III||||1486–1489||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| [[Elfinshi War]] (1488&ndash;1489)<br />
|-<br />
| 79||||[[Kaiser Wylþeow I]]||||||1489–1493||||||[[Line of Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1493||||||||[[War of the Wylthean Succession]]<br />
|-<br />
| 80||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa II]]||||||1493||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 81||||[[Kaiser Los II]]||||||1493–1496||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 82||||[[Kaiser Raynor XI]]||||||1496–1499||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 83||||[[Kaiser Mors IV]]||||||1499–1502||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 84||||[[Kaiser Ari i]]||||||1502–1504||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly’Technomaezj]]||[[Grand Commonwealth]] est. 1503<br />Cold War against [[Babkha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 85||[[File:Kaiseralejian.jpg|75x104px]]||[[Kaiser Alejian I]]||||||1504–1507||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 86||||[[Kaiser Los III]]||||||1507–1508||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[Jaris War]] (1507&ndash;1508)<br /> [[War of Vengeance]] (1508&ndash;1624)<br />
|-<br />
| 87||[[File:Yarad.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Yarad I]]||||||1508–1510||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[New Feudalism]]<br />
|-<br />
| 88||[[Image:KSI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa I]]||||||1510–1512||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 89||||[[Kaiser Letifer II]]||||||1512–1514||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 90||||[[Kaiser Alejian II]]||||||1514–1518||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 91||||[[Kaiser Meskan II]]||||||1518–1519||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 92||||[[Kaiseress Carol I]]||Karol Umm Hipad <br> Carol, Hypatia's Mom||||1519–1524||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 93||||[[Kaiseress Hypatia I]]||Hypatia Agnesia||||1524–1528||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 94||||[[Kaiser Letifer III]]||||||1528–1533||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] reaffirmed (1532)<br />
|-<br />
| 95||||[[Kaiser Mahamantot I]]||||||1533||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]|| Mahamantot's Coup.<br />
|-<br />
| 96||||[[Kaiser Mors V]]||||||1533–1537||Killed by a band of escaped mental patients.||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||[[Great Consolidation]] (XIII.1533)<br />[[Babkhano-Lokiist Strife]] (1537&ndash;1544) begins.<br />
|-<br />
| 97||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Antikaiser Loki II]]|| Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1537||?||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Antikaiser, included for reasons of tradition<br />
|-<br />
| 98||[[File:Kaiser Hasan.jpg|75x70px]]||[[Kaiser Hasan I]]||Hesam Jahandar||||1537–1541||Ardashirshahr, 1541||Assassinated by Ardashir||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<small>[[War of Jeremy's Nose]] (1539&ndash;1542)<br />Ceded Shireroth to Babkha</small><br />
|-<br />
| 99||[[File:Rashidayreon.jpg|75x122px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon I]]||Rashid Arsalani Kalirion||Shahzamin (Babkha), 1450||1541–1544||Raynor's Keep, 1544 <br> (assisted suicide)||<small>Bad guilt over the Babkhan cession <br> caused him to name his opponent <br> Jacobus to the kaisership before killing himself</small>||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<small>[[Kai Aphmyarkaiph]] (1542&ndash;1543)<br />Babkhano-Lokiist Strife ends.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Oroigawa Koreyasu]]||||1544||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 100||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki III]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1544–1547||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 101||||[[Kaiser Reynardine I]]||||||1547–1548||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 102||||[[Kaiser Agni I]]||||||1548–1551||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 103||||[[Kaiser Erasmas I]]||||||1551–1552||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 104||||[[Kaiseress Anandja I]]||||||1552–1555||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 105||||[[Kaiser Gaelen III]]||||||1555–1557||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 106||[[Image:Aurangzeb Portrait.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]||Ardashir Piroz Aurangzeb al-Osmani-Steffki||[[Eliria]], 1542||1557–1559||[[Tasneemia]], 1609||||[[Line of Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 107||||[[Kaiser Leto III]]||||||1559–1561||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||1st Flag Controversy.<br />
|-<br />
| 108||||[[Kaiser Malarbor I]]||||||1561–1562||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]] <br><small>(Doubtful, spurious)</small>||First daemon overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 109||||[[Kaiser Mors VI]]||||||1562–1564||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Destruction of the ancient Duchies.<br />[[House System]] introduced (1562)<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Princedaniel.jpg|75x116px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Daniel Kalirion|Daniel Lla'i Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Nidaros (Stormark), 1542||1564||[[Andelarion House]] ([[Cape Farewell]]), 1586||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 110||||[[Kaiseress Anandja II]]||||||1564–1565||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 111||||[[Kaiser Ikol II]]||||||1565–1566||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 112||||[[Kaiser B'caw I]]||||||1566–1567||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>[[Great Fire of Shirekeep]] (1567)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 113||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl I]]||||||1567–1570||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>[[Elwynn]] declares independence & House System ends (1567)<br />[[Landsraad]] open to all citizens for 1st time.<br />Restoration of duchies.<br/>Duchy of [[Raynoria]] briefly established in the former lands of Brookshire (1567).</small><br />
|-<br />
| 114||||[[Kaiser Fish XII]]||||||1570–1572||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 115||||[[Kaiser Magni I]]||||||1572–1574||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 116||||[[Kaiser Gaelen IV]]||||||1574–1577||||||[[Line of Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 117||||[[Kaiser Cedris I]]||Giles Melang||Unknown||1577||||On the eve of the Landsraad voting <br> him out of office, he resigned||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Carl Jackson, Steward.jpg|75x50px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Carl Jackson]]||[[Novi Nigrad]], 1539||1577||Novi Nigrad, 1612 (heart failure)||||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| 118||[[File:Rei I.png|75x78px]]||[[Kaiserin Rei I]]||Aþame Issela Mari Vāstra||Miše (Firneramnen), 1529||1577–1579||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Reynardine II|the Steward]]||[[House of Miłarna|Miłarna]]|| First alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 119||||[[Kaiser Reynardine II]]||||||1579–1584||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 120||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki IV]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1584–1587||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 121||||[[Kaiser Hasan II]]||Jacob Kalir||c. 1560||1587–1588||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 122||[[File:Ayreon2.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon II]]||Elijah Danielion Ayreon-Dariolin of Waffel-Paine||[[Huyenkula]], 1571||1588–1589||Walstadt, 1598 <br> crucified by [[Sisera]]||Abdication, <br> defection to Free Elwynn||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 123||||[[Kaiser Wythe I]]||Jonathan Nelson Wythe II||||1589–1591||||||[[Line of Wythe|Wythe]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 124||[[File:Yardistanislaus.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Yardistanislaus I]]||Yardistanislaus "Stan" Benkern||Mar Sara, 1499||1591–1593||Mar Sara, 1604||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 125||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl II]]||Erik Ometeotl Mortis||1568||1593–1594||Shirekeep, 1610 (suicide)||Abdicated||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Gave the throne to his fiercest critic<br />
|-<br />
| 126||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]||Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim||||1594–1595||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>First regnant corpse.<br>Instigator of the unravelling of Imperial sovereignty and the rise of the Imperial States.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 127||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]||Marie Dolores von Rossheim||||1595–1602||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]|| <small>Second regnant corpse.<br> [[Cabbage Crisis|The Green Mortality]] begins.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Shyriath Bukolos]]||||1602||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Spent tenure as hostage of [[Balarak Alaion]].<br />
|-<br />
| 128||||[[Kaiser Aiomide]]||Aiomide Oqtavion||Eliria, 1553||1602–1608||Shirekeep, 1608 <br> ||||[[Line of Octavius|Octavius]]||<small>Embraced undeath, passed through [[Balgurd]], returned to the corporeal world with knowledge of the doom of man. Ascended being. Venerated by minor cults.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 129||[[File:Semisa II.png|75x83px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa II]]||Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1308||1608|||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Trantor IV|the Anarch of Yardistan]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Second alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 130||[[File:Trantor IV.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Trantor IV]]||Spencer Jackson||Musica, 1554||1608–1609||Venira (Safirian Micras), 1618 (assisted suicide)||Ragequit the throne||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1609–1610||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 131||[[File:Ryabinportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mo'll I]]||Ryabin Merkayastreb||||1610–1613||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<small>Enjoyed the popularity that only victims of assassination can lay claim to, in spite of surviving.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 132||[[File:MorsIVportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Kaiser Mors IV Nerrolar]]<br><small>'''The Returned'''</small>||||||1613–1615||||||[[Line of Morts|Mortis]]||<small>Third regnant corpse.<br>Second reign.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Stellusportrait.png|75px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Stellus Yastreb]]||||1615||||||Sanglorian||<small>Reputedly murdered by the daemonic tree [[Malarbor]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1615||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 133||||[[Kaiser Sehml]]||Ludwig Drakire <br>Luix Rakira (Elw)||Lindström, 1560||1615–1617||Demonsfall, 1617||||[[Line of Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 134||[[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]]||[[Kaiser Redquill]]||Ryker Everstone||[[Suthergold|Goldendown]], 1589|||1617–1620||||Abdicated||[[Line of Redquill|Redquill]]||<small>[[Kildare]] declares independence, becomes Jingdaoese vassal state. Beginning of the [[Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| 135||[[File:Kasanrajon.jpg|75x97px]]||[[Kaiseress Isa IV]] Cassandrae||Elsa Kasanrajon (Elw) <br> Elsa Kassandredottar||[[Cape Farewell]], 1470||1620||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1620||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 136||[[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon III]]||Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion||Hurmu, 1603||1620–1623||Light, 1629 <br> (murdered)||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Budget and law reform<br />
|-<br />
| 137||[[File:JacobD.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Verion I]]||Jacob Darylion-Verion||Azshara (Illumination), 1590||1623–1624||Shirekeep, 1632||||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Established [[S.W.O.R.D.]] and looted the Imperial Treasury to finance it<br />
|-<br />
| 138||[[File:Daniel III.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Daniel III]]||Daniel||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1584||1624–1629||||Abdicated in accordance with [[Imperial Decree 744]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Third alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 139||||[[Kaiseress Kizzy]]||Kizzy Drakland||Demonsfall, 1597||1626–1629||died 1639, returned 1650||||[[Line of Drak|Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 140||[[image:Painting Jacobus Loki.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Raynor XII]]||Raynor Jacobus Loki||||1629–1634||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 141||[[Image:Brrapa VII.jpg|75x114px]]||[[Kaiser Brrapa VII]]||Kaltor Win'Eth||||1634–1635||1535||[[River War]]||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 142||[[Image:KH.png|75x98px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar]]||[[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||Port Nevermore ([[Kildare]]), 1588||1635–1639||||Abdicated in favour of son Audun Joel||Sanglorian||[[Wars of the Dark Orchid]] begin (1635). <br />
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| 143||[[Image:KHR.png|75x139px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill]]||[[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Haraldsborg (Stormark), 1616||1639–1642||Eliria, 1651||Abdicated||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] (''illegitimate'')||<br />
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| 144||[[Image:Dominus Tarjeisson.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Dominus]]||Thorgils Tarjeisson||Slevik ([[Normark]]), 1593||1642–1644||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1644||[[Oustfest Massacre]]||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Known as "Limp-Foot", reign ended due to conspiracy of nobles<br />
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| 145||[[File:KN.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Noor]]||Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal <br> Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion <br> ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin <br> Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu <br> Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine||[[Ardashirshahr]], 1604||1644–1650||[[Ura'Bos]], 1650||Murdered by her son [[Adam Anushiruwan|Adam]]||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Wars of the Dark Orchid end (1644).<br />[[Benacian Reconquest]] begins (1649).<br />
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| 146||[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]||Vidar Salim Livarson <br> Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed <br> al-Osman bin Sathrati <br> of Waffel-Paine||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1645||1650–1671||Raynor's Keep, 1671||Murdered during the Kalirion Fracture||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
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|fullname = Salome Ylva Octavia<br />
|aka = <br />
|image = <br />
|gender = Female<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Golden Blonde<br />
|eyecolor = Green<br />
|skincolor = {{wiki|Fitzpatrick_Scale|III}}<br />
|other = <br />
|father = [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|mother = [[Octavius#Isidora_Octavius-Teleni|Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]<br />
|birthdate = 17.VII.1665<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = <br />
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'''Salome''' (''Salome Ylva Octavia Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'', born b. 17.VII.1665 in [[Raynor's Keep]]) is the current [[List of Kaisers|kaiseress]] of Shireroth since the [[Kalirion Fracture]] of 1671. Daughter of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and his concubine [[Octavius|Isidora (IV) of Octavius-Teleni]], she became kaiseress at the age of 6 after her father was murdered. Due to her young age, a regent governs in her place until she comes of age.<br />
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== Titles ==<br />
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1665–1671: [[Emir of Sathrati|Imperial Princess of Shireroth]], [[Emira of Sathrati|Emira of Sathrati]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1671–''present'': Kaiseress of Shireroth, Queen of Normark, Rani of Tas Neema, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Princess of Hurmu, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, 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, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad,<br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|2= 2. [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|3= 3. Isidora IV Octavius-Teleni<br />
|4= 4. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|6= 6. [[Kaiser Aiomide]]<br />
|7= 7. Alexandra Maris Telenia<br /><small>(supplemented from Nuli Ri, Sabrai Paxaa, et al.)</small><br />
|8= 8. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel of Natopia]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|10= 10. Nilu Sólason<br />
|11= 11. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|12= 12. Azarja Kalirion-Alnavion<br />
|13= 13. Zoe Octavia<br /><small>née Alexandra Zoe Telenia</small><br />
|14= 14. Alexander Cyril Telenius<br />
|15= 15. Stella Pallena<br />
|16= 16. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I of Natopia]]<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Fatima al-Osman<br />
|20= 20. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|21= 21. Sól Míudottar<br />
|22= 22. Magne Djupvik<br />
|23= 23. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|26= 26. Alexander Nereo Telenius<br />
|27= 27. Eugenia Octavia<br />
|28= 28. Alexander Phaen Telenius<br />
|29= 29. Dorthe Aeria<br />
|30= 30. Maurice Pallenus<br />
|31= 31. Ulna Patris<br />
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|fullname = Salome Ylva Octavia<br />
|aka = <br />
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|gender = Female<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Golden Blonde<br />
|eyecolor = Green<br />
|skincolor = {{wiki|Fitzpatrick_Scale|III}}<br />
|other = <br />
|father = [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|mother = [[Octavius#Isidora_Octavius-Teleni|Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]<br />
|birthdate = 17.VII.1665<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
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'''Salome''' (''Salome Ylva Octavia Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'', born b. 17.VII.1665 in [[Raynor's Keep]]) is the current [[List of Kaisers|kaiseress]] of Shireroth since the [[Kalirion Fracture]] of 1671. Daughter of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and his concubine [[Octavius|Isidora (IV) of Octavius-Teleni]], she became kaiseress at the age of 6 after her father was murdered. Due to her young age, a regent governs in her place until she comes of age.<br />
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== Titles ==<br />
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{{Ayreon-Kalirion}}<br />
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1665–1671: [[Emir of Sathrati|Imperial Princess of Shireroth]], [[Emira of Sathrati|Emira of Sathrati]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1671–''present'': Kaiseress of Shireroth, Queen of Normark, Rani of Tas Neema, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Princess of Hurmu, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, 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, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad, <br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|14= 14. Alexander Cyril Telenius<br />
|15= 15. Stella Pallena<br />
|16= 16. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I of Natopia]]<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Fatima al-Osman<br />
|20= 20. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|21= 21. Sól Míudottar<br />
|22= 22. Magne Djupvik<br />
|23= 23. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|26= 26. Alexander Nereo Telenius<br />
|27= 27. Eugenia Octavia<br />
|28= 28. Alexander Phaen Telenius<br />
|29= 29. Dorthe Aeria<br />
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|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645; died (murdered) at [[Raynor's Keep]], 12.VIII.1671) was the [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650 until his death in 1671, and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He was the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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He married Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]] in 1670 after a prolonged struggle with the Imperial Advisory Council on the matter.<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
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The [[Coronation of Kaiser Ayreon IV]] took place on 01.IX.1661. It was a day-long event beginning with private religious ceremonies in the early morning, followed by the prostration of the members of the [[Folksraad]] and [[Adelsraad]] in the [[Palace of Zirandorthel]], with processions between the Palace and the [[Keep]]. The main event, however, took place in the Keep, televised to the whole world. Among the foreign guests were Queen Elizabeth of Caputia and Emperor [[Nathan II]] of Natopia.<br />
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The festivities were not to last for long, as the Kaiser had to deal with the looming civil war in Elwynn. Ayreon invited all parties to a meeting in the Keep, hoping that his new position as reigning kaiser would inspire respect and obedience so that peace could be settled.<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=== Marriage ===<br />
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* Proposals still<br />
* Jaap<br />
* IAC finally gives in (prenups)<br />
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=== International matters ===<br />
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* Hoenn blockade<br />
* Stripping Path<br />
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=== A bill of rights ===<br />
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=== Marriage ===<br />
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=== Kalirion Fracture and Death ===<br />
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=== Legacy ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–1671<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–1671<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
<br />
==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
<br />
== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
<br />
{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
<br />
= Titles =<br />
<br />
== Current ==<br />
<br />
1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
<br />
1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
<br />
1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
<br />
1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
<br />
1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
<br />
1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
<br />
1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
<br />
1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
<br />
1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
<br />
1645–1671: 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
<br />
1648–1671: Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
<br />
1649–1671: Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
<br />
1650–1671: Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
<br />
1658–1671: Duke of New Aquitane<br />
<br />
1659–1671: King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
<br />
1660–1671: Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
<br />
1666–1671: Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Storish titles ==<br />
<br />
Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
<br />
These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
<br />
= Ancestry =<br />
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|1= 1. Vidar Salim Livarson<br />
|2= 2. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Elijah Ayreon]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|13= 13. Sól Míudottir<br />
|14= 14. Magne Djupvik<br />
|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
|29= 29. Hanne Djupvik<br />
|30= 30. Bjørnstjerne Havefoss<br />
|31= 31. Åse Byrum<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiseress_Salome&diff=38707Kaiseress Salome2019-05-05T08:35:47Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Ancestry */</p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Salome Ylva Octavia<br />
|aka = <br />
|image = <br />
|gender = Female<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Golden Blonde<br />
|eyecolor = Green<br />
|skincolor = {{wiki|Fitzpatrick_Scale|III}}<br />
|other = <br />
|father = [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|mother = [[Octavius#Isidora_Octavius-Teleni|Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]<br />
|birthdate = 17.VII.1665<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = <br />
|}}<br />
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'''Salome''' (''Salome Ylva Octavia Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'', born b. 17.VII.1665 in [[Raynor's Keep]]) is the current [[List of Kaisers|kaiseress]] of Shireroth since the [[Kalirion Fracture]] of 1671. Daughter of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and his concubine [[Octavius|Isidora (IV) of Octavius-Teleni]], she became kaiseress at the age of 6 after her father was murdered. Due to her young age, a regent governs in her place until she comes of age.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Titles ==<br />
<br />
{{Ayreon-Kalirion}}<br />
<br />
1665–1671: [[Emir of Sathrati|Imperial Princess of Shireroth]], [[Emira of Sathrati|Emira of Sathrati]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
<br />
1671–''present'': Kaiseress of Shireroth, Queen of Normark, Rani of Tas Neema, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Princess of Hurmu, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, 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, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad, <br />
<br />
<br />
== Ancestry ==<br />
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|1= 1. Salome<br />
|2= 2. [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|3= 3. Isidora IV Octavius-Teleni<br />
|4= 4. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|6= 6. [[Kaiser Aiomide]]<br />
|7= 7. Alexandra Maris Telenia<br /><small>(supplemented from Nuli Ri, Sabrai Paxaa, et al.)</small><br />
|8= 8. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Emperor Nathaniel of Natopia]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|10= 10. Nilu Sólason<br />
|11= 11. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|12= 12. Azarja Kalirion-Alnavion<br />
|13= 13. Zoe Octavia<br /><small>née Alexandra Zoe Telenia</small><br />
|14= 14. Alexander Cyril Telenius<br />
|15= 15. Stella Pallena<br />
|16= 16. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I of Natopia]]<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Fatima al-Osman<br />
|20= 20. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|21= 21. Sól Míudottar<br />
|22= 22. Magne Djupvik<br />
|23= 23. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|26= 26. Alexander Nereo Telenius<br />
|27= 27. Eugenia Octavia<br />
|28= 28. Alexander Phaen Telenius<br />
|29= 29. Dorthe Aeria<br />
|30= 30. Maurice Pallenus<br />
|31= 31. Ulna Patris<br />
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[[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiseress_Salome&diff=38706Kaiseress Salome2019-05-05T08:35:32Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Salome Ylva Octavia<br />
|aka = <br />
|image = <br />
|gender = Female<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Golden Blonde<br />
|eyecolor = Green<br />
|skincolor = {{wiki|Fitzpatrick_Scale|III}}<br />
|other = <br />
|father = [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]<br />
|mother = [[Octavius#Isidora_Octavius-Teleni|Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]<br />
|birthdate = 17.VII.1665<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
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'''Salome''' (''Salome Ylva Octavia Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'', born b. 17.VII.1665 in [[Raynor's Keep]]) is the current [[List of Kaisers|kaiseress]] of Shireroth since the [[Kalirion Fracture]] of 1671. Daughter of [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] and his concubine [[Octavius|Isidora (IV) of Octavius-Teleni]], she became kaiseress at the age of 6 after her father was murdered. Due to her young age, a regent governs in her place until she comes of age.<br />
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1665–1671: [[Emir of Sathrati|Imperial Princess of Shireroth]], [[Emira of Sathrati|Emira of Sathrati]], Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1671–''present'': Kaiseress of Shireroth, Queen of Normark, Rani of Tas Neema, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Princess of Hurmu, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, 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, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad, <br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|5= 5. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
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|7= 7. Alexandra Maris Telenia<br /><small>(supplemented from Nuli Ri, Sabrai Paxaa, et al.)</small><br />
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|9= 9. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|10= 10. Nilu Sólason<br />
|11= 11. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|12= 12. Azarja Kalirion-Alnavion<br />
|13= 13. Zoe Octavia<br /><small>née Alexandra Zoe Telenia</small><br />
|14= 14. Alexander Cyril Telenius<br />
|15= 15. Stella Pallena<br />
|16= 16. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine|Emperor Nathan I of Natopia]]<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Fatima al-Osman<br />
|20= 20. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|21= 21. Sól Míudottar<br />
|22= 22. Magne Djupvik<br />
|23= 23. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|26= 26. Alexander Nereo Telenius<br />
|27= 27. Eugenia Octavia<br />
|28= 28. Alexander Phaen Telenius<br />
|29= 29. Dorthe Aeria<br />
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[[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38705Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-05-05T08:18:24Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
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|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645; died (murdered) at [[Raynor's Keep]], 12.VIII.1671) was the [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650 until his death in 1671, and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He was the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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He married Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]] in 1670 after a prolonged struggle with the Imperial Advisory Council on the matter.<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
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The [[Coronation of Kaiser Ayreon IV]] took place on 01.IX.1661. It was a day-long event beginning with private religious ceremonies in the early morning, followed by the prostration of the members of the [[Folksraad]] and [[Adelsraad]] in the [[Palace of Zirandorthel]], with processions between the Palace and the [[Keep]]. The main event, however, took place in the Keep, televised to the whole world. Among the foreign guests were Queen Elizabeth of Caputia and Emperor [[Nathan II]] of Natopia.<br />
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The festivities were not to last for long, as the Kaiser had to deal with the looming civil war in Elwynn. Ayreon invited all parties to a meeting in the Keep, hoping that his new position as reigning kaiser would inspire respect and obedience so that peace could be settled.<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
<br />
Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
<br />
At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
<br />
While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
<br />
Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
<br />
Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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<br />
=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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<br />
=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
<br />
For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
<br />
Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
<br />
=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
<br />
The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
<br />
Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
<br />
Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
<br />
On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
<br />
The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
<br />
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<br />
=== Nathan matters ===<br />
<br />
When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
<br />
The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Microvision War ===<br />
<br />
On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
<br />
To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
<br />
=== Marriage ===<br />
<br />
* Proposals still<br />
* Jaap<br />
* IAC finally gives in (prenups)<br />
<br />
=== International matters ===<br />
<br />
* Hoenn blockade<br />
* Stripping Path<br />
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=== A bill of rights ===<br />
<br />
=== Marriage ===<br />
<br />
=== Kalirion Fracture and Death ===<br />
<br />
=== Legacy ===<br />
<br />
=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–1671<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–1671<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–1671<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–1671<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
<br />
1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
<br />
1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
<br />
1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
<br />
1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
<br />
1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
<br />
1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
<br />
1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
<br />
1645–1671: 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
<br />
1648–1671: Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
<br />
1649–1671: Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
<br />
1650–1671: Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–1671: Duke of New Aquitane<br />
<br />
1659–1671: King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
<br />
1660–1671: Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
<br />
1666–1671: Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
<br />
Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|2= 2. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Elijah Ayreon]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|13= 13. Sól Míudottir<br />
|14= 14. Magne Djupvik<br />
|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
|29= 29. Hanne Djupvik<br />
|30= 30. Bjørnstjerne Havefoss<br />
|31= 31. Åse Byrum<br />
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Jakob Pieter van Pijpervale<br />
|aka = Jaap van Pijpervale<br />
|image = Jaap.png<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Batavian<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other = –<br />
|father = Pieter van Pijpervale<br />
|mother = Daniëlle Groenen<br />
|birthdate = 1643<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Kaiser]]<br />
|occupation = Adept page<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Jaap van Pijpervale''' is an adept page of Batavian ethnicity from the [[Dirâsat-an-Nûr]], and a servant of the [[Imperial Household]]. [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] noticed Jaap's beauty, height and frame in 1663, and had Jaap therefore become his catamite, which Jaap has been ever since.</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=High_Nobles_of_Shireroth&diff=38696High Nobles of Shireroth2019-04-14T15:18:49Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Rank !! Title !! Holder !! Established !! <br />
|-<br />
| 1.00 || [[Kaiser|Kaiser of Shireroth]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] || 79 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1.50 || [Imperial Consort] || [[Nathan II]] || * || Dignity of emperor in his own right<br />
|-<br />
| 2.01 || [[Emir of Sathrati|Imperial Princess of Shireroth]] <br> [[Emir of Sathrati|Emira of Sathrati]] || [[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] || 1662 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.07 || [[Prince of Shireroth]] || Ari Kaukainen || 1504 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.08 || [[Prince of Shireroth]] || [[Ryker Everstone]] || 1620 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.09 || ''[[Prince of Shireroth]]'' || ''[[Kaiser Daniel III|Daniel Ašura]]'' || 1626 || Honorary since 1663 <br> renounced citizenship<br />
|-<br />
| 2.10 || [[Prince of Shireroth]] || [[Kaiser Raynor XII|Raynor Jacobus Loki]] || 1633 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.11 || [[Prince of Shireroth]] || [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]] || 1648 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.12 || [[Prince of Shireroth]] || [[David Raion|Lord David]] || 1657 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.13 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || [[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion|Lady Abigail]] || 1662 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.14 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || [[Salome|Salome Ylva Octavia]] || 1665 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.15 || [[Prince of Shireroth]] || [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] || 1667 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.16 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]] || 1667 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.17 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || Nathan III Waffel-Paine] || 1671 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.18 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || Vadoma Rowena Waffel-Paine || 1671 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.19 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || Leonora Noor Waffel-Paine || 1671 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.20 || [[Princess of Shireroth]] || John Hilding || 1671 || <br />
|-<br />
| 2.21 || Prophet of [[Cedrism]] || [[Brrapa Lu'Eraro]] || 1465 || princely rank (service)<br />
|-<br />
| 3.01 || [[Brookshire|Duke of Brookshire]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] || 1451 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3.02 || [[Rulers of Goldshire|Duchess of Goldshire]] || [[Semisa Caprici]] || 1451 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3.03 || Dutchess of Kildare || [[Aurelia Myksos]] || 1451 || <br />
|-<br />
| 3.04 || [[Modan|Duke of Modan and Malarboria]] || [[Nathan II|Nathan Aharsi]] || 1668<br />
|-<br />
| 3.05 || [[Demonsfall|Duke of Demonsfall]] || Nathan III || 1670<br />
|-<br />
| 4.00 || [[Marquess of Shirekeep]] || ''Vacant'' || 1557 || created by Duke of Brookshire for Steward of Brookshire, <br> transferred by Kaiser to Steward, fallen out of use<br />
|-<br />
| 4.01 || Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]] || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]|| 1620 || <br />
|-<br />
| 4.02 || Marquess of Sentratera || [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]] || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 4.03 || Marchioness of Sentratera || [[Li Naomiai]] || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.01 || Count Palatine of Kezan || [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]] || 1606 || chosen from and by House Octavius <br> highest rank among the counts<br />
|-<br />
| 5.02 || Count of [[Yardistan]] || [[Lamar Anschutz]] || 1451 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.03 || King-Count of [[Hawshire-Dura]] || William Payne || 1559 || comital rank<br />
|-<br />
| 5.04 || Steward-Count of Hawshire || William Grant || 1592 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.05 || Count of Furniture || Ari Kaukainen || 1594 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.06 || Count Bukolos || ''Extinct 1648'' || 1622 || Last held by [[Shyriath Bukolos]]<br />
|-<br />
| 5.07 || Count Brassica || [[Xantus Albedevich Zmeysyn Yastreb]]|| 1643 ||Estates [[Imperial Decree 836|sequestered]] by the Imperial Crown until Count Brassica tenders formal submission. Likely to be a very long wait.<br />
|-<br />
| 5.08 || Count of Kaltor || Kaiser Ayreon IV || 1645 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.09 || Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination || [[Eki Verion]]|| 1651 || Title originally created by [[King Noah]] in Elwynn <br> ''Imperialized'' in 1668<br />
|-<br />
| 5.10 || Countess of Shirekeep || Mira (III) Octavius-Aryani || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.11 || Countess of Erudition || Isabella Simrani-Kalirion || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.12 || Count of Machinaria || [[Tinker Sprocket]] || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 5.13 || Count of FIeldburg || Stephen Lewis || 1669<br />
|-<br />
| 5.14 || Countess of Elsenar || Regina Lewis || 1669<br />
|-<br />
| 5.15 || Count Pasdaran || [[Mahmood Sadri]] || 1670<br />
|-<br />
| 5.16 || Countess of Iserdia || Vadoma Rowena || 1671<br />
|-<br />
| 6.00 || Viscount Verion || ''Extinct'' || 1622 || Life peerage, <br> last held by [[Kaiser Verion I|Jacob Verion]] <br />
|-<br />
| 6.00 || Viscount Redquill || [[Ryker Everstone]] || 1639 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.02 || Viscount Myn || Tanilo Nakita Nur Pinito || 1645 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.03 || Viscount Kern || Benjamin Kern || 1649 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.04 || Viscount Vigeland || Marcus Myksos || 1654 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.05 || Viscountess Dragonmoor || ''Extinct'' || 1655 || Last held by [[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6.06 || Viscount Sprocket of Machinaria || [[Tinker Sprocket]] || 1659 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.07 || Viscountess Montrano || [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]] || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.08 || Viscount Belledin || ''Suppressed 1663'' || 1661 || Last held by [[Heath Belledin]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6.09 || Viscount Verion of Cherokee || [[Michael Verion]] || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.10 || Viscount of Saint Zor || [[Titus Morvayne]] || 1664 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.11 || Viscountess Cherokee || [[Karmen Joonai]] || 1664 || Suppressed 1665-1669.<br />
|-<br />
| 6.12 || Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran || [[Mahmood Sadri]] || 1665 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6.13 || Viscount of [[Thracistan]] || [[Alperen Mithat Gazi]] || 1670 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 6.14 || Viscountess Frieden || Leonora Noor Waffel-Paine || 1671 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 6.15 || Viscount Glenfiddich || John Hilding Waffel-Paine || 1671 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 7.00 || Lord in Shirekeep || [[Jeremy Archer]] || 1646 || <br />
|-<br />
| 7.01 || Lady in Shirekeep || Evgeniya Sotnikova || 1666<br />
|-<br />
| 7.02 || Lady in Shirekeep || Leila Mehraban || 1669<br />
|-<br />
| 8.01 || Baron Froyalan || ''Suppressed'' || 1621 || Last held by [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu]]<br />
|-<br />
| 8.02 || Baron Mirkdale || ''Presumed extinct'' || 1621 || Last held by [[Lord Erion]]<br />
|-<br />
| 8.03 || Baron San Juan || Francis Joseph Carillo || 1646 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.04 || Baron Blakeslee of Barrowfield || George Blakeslee || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.05 || Baron Skuryov of Highbloom || P. N. Skuryov || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.06 || Baron Mondo of Lichport || Mondo Etzeterra || 1661 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.07 || Baron Belledin || [[Heath Belledin]] || 1663 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.08 || Baroness Tarkyr || [[Altea Lomax]] || 1663 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.09 || Baron of Inner Benacia || Pśymyde Tyiim Teźśecaq°yhemće || 1667 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.10 || Baroness Milharna || [[Kaiseress Rei I|Áþamé Issèla Mari Vāstra]] || 1670 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.11 || Baroness Kessei || [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar]] || 1670 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.12 || Baron Nerrolar || [[Kaiser Mors IV|Mors Nerrolar]] || 1670 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.13 || Baron Ashura of Zy-Rodun || [[Kaiser Daniel III|Ašúra Ilāþriái Danīel Maìaqa]] || 1670 || <br />
|-<br />
| 8.14 || Baroness Drakland || [[Kaiseress Kizzy I|Kizzy Drakland]] || 1670 || <br />
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|-<br />
| 9.01 || ''Untitled Nobles'' || || ||</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Elwynnese_Popular_Front&diff=38694Elwynnese Popular Front2019-04-13T08:54:38Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>[[File:FPEflag.png|thumb|260px|right|EPF party flag]]The '''Elwynnese Popular Front''' ([[Elw language|Elw]]: Front Popuulaaryy Elluenuueqyy) is an [[Elwynn|Elwynnese]] nationalist political party founded following the collapse of the Elwynnese republic and the subsequent disintegration of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth. Uniting Ayreonists, Socialists and Verionists, the party is considered a broad platform with the aim of restructuring Elwynn as a strong, unified and independent nation-state.<br />
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The [[Elianist People's Party]] in Elwynn decided to merge with the Elwynnese Popular Front in a schism that divided the EPP in the Adelsraad and Folksraad.<br />
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[[Category:Elwynn]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Elwynnese_Popular_Front&diff=38693Elwynnese Popular Front2019-04-13T08:54:29Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>[[File:FPEflag.png|thumb|260px|right|EPF party flag]]The '''Elwynnese Popular Front''' ([[Elw language|Elw]]: Front Popuulaaryy Elluenuueqyy) is an [[Elwynn|Elwynnese]] nationalist political party founded following the collapse of the Elwynnese republic and the subsequent disintegration of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth. Uniting Ayreonists, Socialists and Verionists, the party is considered a broad platform with the aim of restructuring Elwynn as a strong, unified and independent nation-state.<br />
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The Elianist People's Party in Elwynn decided to merge with the Elwynnese Popular Front in a schism that divided the EPP in the Adelsraad and Folksraad.<br />
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[[Category:Elwynn]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38684Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-04-01T13:11:34Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Coronation */</p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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He married Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]] in 1670 after a prolonged struggle with the Imperial Advisory Council on the matter.<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
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The [[Coronation of Kaiser Ayreon IV]] took place on 01.IX.1661. It was a day-long event beginning with private religious ceremonies in the early morning, followed by the prostration of the members of the [[Folksraad]] and [[Adelsraad]] in the [[Palace of Zirandorthel]], with processions between the Palace and the [[Keep]]. The main event, however, took place in the Keep, televised to the whole world. Among the foreign guests were Queen Elizabeth of Caputia and Emperor [[Nathan II]] of Natopia.<br />
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The festivities were not to last for long, as the Kaiser had to deal with the looming civil war in Elwynn. Ayreon invited all parties to a meeting in the Keep, hoping that his new position as reigning kaiser would inspire respect and obedience so that peace could be settled.<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=== Marriage ===<br />
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* Proposals still<br />
* Jaap<br />
* IAC finally gives in (prenups)<br />
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=== International matters ===<br />
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* Hoenn blockade<br />
* Stripping Path<br />
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=== A bill of rights ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|2= 2. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Elijah Ayreon]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|13= 13. Sól Míudottir<br />
|14= 14. Magne Djupvik<br />
|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
|29= 29. Hanne Djupvik<br />
|30= 30. Bjørnstjerne Havefoss<br />
|31= 31. Åse Byrum<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Raynor%27s_Keep&diff=38683Raynor's Keep2019-04-01T13:09:52Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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[[File:Raynor Keep exterior.png|thumb|left|Raynor's Keep.]]<br />
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'''Raynor's Keep''', sometimes known as '''The Keep''', stands in the center of the city, surrounded by a stone wall. Most of the city's historical attractions are here, as well as the center of the Shirerithian government. There are only three gates into the Keep (one to the east, one to the west, and one to the south); these close at 11 PM and open each morning at 10 AM or when the guards wake up, whichever is later. Foreigners who have a Certificate of Non-Evilness will need to show it to the guards before entering the Keep.<br />
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Built by [[Kaiser Raynor I]] as his capital and fortress, it now serves as the Kaiser's palace, administrative center, and reception hall. It connects to the [[Triple Towers]] by a series of battlements, which are currently used as government offices and storerooms.<br />
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The building and some surrounding houses and offices form the Raynor's Keep district.<br />
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=History=<br />
The fortification known as Raynor's Keep has endured for the entire span of Shirerithian history. Before [[Malarbor]], before the moose, before the Mango Throne, Raynor's Keep existed. In that time, the form of Raynor's Keep has evolved; Raynor's Keep of today would be unrecognizable to Kaiser [[Raynor I]]. Even so, at its core lies the original fortification, to which later generations have added. This is the story of a structure as old as Shireroth itself, as told by the ever-credible tour guide, whose tale is told during the periods of peace and prosperity, when the imperial government has allowed schoolchildren and tourists inside its ancient gates.<br />
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==First Era==<br />
===The Keep's History during the First Era===<br />
[[File:Keep side view with forebuilding (1).png|Side View with Forebuilding during the First Era|thumb]]<br />
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According to tradition, Kaiser Raynor I ordered the construction of the keep that now bears his name. Located at the confluence of the [[Elwynn (River)#The Blue Elwynn|Blue Elwynn]] and the [[Elwynn (River)#The White Elwynn|White Elwynn]], the Kaiser could equally respond to the needs of [[Brookshire]] and [[Goldshire]], the two halves of his new realm. He named it the Shire Keep, and it would serve as fortification against the northern tribes, the primary kaiserial residence, and seat of the government.<br />
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To build the Shire Keep, Raynor I needed engineers to design it, carpenters and stone masons to construct it, smiths, glaziers, and plumbers to furnish it, financiers to help pay for it, and laborers to provide the necessary muscle power. All of them were in need of food and shelter, as well as the luxuries of living in the shadow of a ruler. Once the central bureaucracy was established, it also needed a place so that it may serve the Kaiser. Thus, the capital was born. Roads were cut through the forests to integrate the Shire Keep and its two shires together for efficient governence, and now that the confluence of the Elwynn was under the Keep's command, it became safe for trade to cross through the interior of the continent, using the new roads as well as the many tributaries of the River Elwynn.<br />
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Villages sprung up around the periphery of the Shire Keep, supplying it with the food and material resources it needed to grow and thrive, and over time, as the city grew, villagers and merchants had more and more business with the city around the Shire Keep and not the Keep itself. Thus, the name "Shire Keep" or, increasingly, "Shirekeep", came to be applied to the city that surrounded the Keep rather than the Keep itself.<br />
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During this early era of Shirerithian history, many Kaisers operated for extended periods of time in the field, accomplishing the feats that have become the stuff of Shirerithian lore. Some Kaisers of the First Era were only present in the Keep for a single state function, the coronation. In their absence, a Constable of the Keep would be appointed for the management and maintenance of the Keep. The position included a number of profitable benefits and courtiers competed over the title whenever it became available. Once the frontier was pushed further northwestward and additional fortifications established in that direction, the military function of the Keep decreased, and Constables of the Keep skirted their original job purchase, allowing the Keep to deteriorate over time.<br />
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During the rule of the Line of Alexander, the outer villages were incorporated into the City of [[Shirekeep]]. By this point, a string of Constables of the Keep had fleeced so much funds for so long that the Keep had fallen to a severe state of disrepair. Leaking roofs allowed the wooden elements to rot away, and eventually collapsed in themselves. Less reputable businessmen in need of good stone would make even less reputable laborers to go steal stones from the Keep. The forecastle, which bore the entrance walkway, was deconstructed in this way. Instead of residing at this deteriorating structure, Kaiser Marcus I established a new palace, located in the space between the Old City and the newly-incorporated [[Northshire]]. This land consisted of water-logged wetland, farms, and grazeland. Few trees remained from the land's original, heavily-forested state.<br />
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This new palace, located on the eastern edge of this land, would eventually be demolished, but its site would eventually serve as the location of the modern Landsraad Building. This period of time also established the precedent of decentralizing the offices of the central government throughout different sections of the City of Shirekeep. The Keep lay quiet and cold.<br />
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===The Keep's Design during the First Era===<br />
Raynor established his Shire Keep at the confluence of the Blue Elwynn and the White Elwynn. Cliffs of varying height follow the riverside, and at the point of the confluence, this rises up to a commanding hilltop. Here, the Keep was constructed, with a chemise wall that followed the contour of the hilltop. Small, wooden buildings occupied some of the space in the bailey of the Keep.<br />
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The Keep, not including its corner towers, bore a 36-meter by 36-meter square footprint, and rose to a height of 35 meters. It had three stories above the ground floor, which was used as a cellar. A supporting wall cut through the center of the Keep, from ground level to the battlement, dividing each story into two chambers. The first story contained the Entrance Hall, and space for the living and working of servants and the Keep's garrison. The second story contained the Banquet Hall and the Throne Room, where the Kaiser could preside over ceremonies, grant audiences, and bestow honors. The third story contained the Council Chamber, where the Kaiser met with officials of state, and Bedchambers. Above that, the Keep became solely military in function. A gallery was cut into the wall, with arrow slits facing outward in each direction. At the top of the Keep was the battlement, where a short wall afforded some protection to defenders, and the corner towers, at a higher elevation, served as fighting platforms.<br />
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The sole entrance to the Keep was on the first story. From here, a drawbridge could be lowered, connecting to an elevated walkway which extended through a forebuilding built in front of the Keep. Should an attacking force breach the chemise wall surrounding the Keep, they would need to swing around and approach this walkway under fire. At the forebuilding, a portcullis and a barred door prevented entry. Should this be breached, the drawbridge would be raised, forming a solid wooden barrier, behind which stood another portcullis and another barred door. Should an intruder somehow breach this and enter the Keep itself, the corner staircase nearest the entrance door does not open on the first story, forcing any intruder to cross the first story in order to make progress up the Keep.<br />
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On the outfacing sides of each corner tower were mounted large sculpture faces of despair, each taller than a full-grown man. Their symbolic significance has been lost to history, but appear to have ichthytic features. Each one contained a built-in series of tubes and chords, which funnelled wind and generated dissonant harmonic chords and amplified outward by the trumpet shape of the gaping mouth.<br />
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==Second Era==<br />
===The Keep's History during the Second Era===<br />
[[File:Plan of the Keep (2).png|thumb|The Keep during the Second Era.|left]]<br />
As the traditional account continues, we arrive at the reign of Kaiser Leto I, who is credited with rejuvenating Shireroth and thus marks the beginning of the Second Era. Under his reign, the old Keep, now long-abandoned, was rebuilt to serve as the imperial residence once more. In recognition of the one who built its first incarnation, it was officially named "Raynor's Keep". Leto's Keep, however, expanded far beyond the original stronghold. The old chemise wall, a short, stout wall that acts as a fighting platform and prevents siege engines from reaching the Keep, was replaced with a proper curtain wall. This new curtain wall, made of a dark grey stone of excellent quality, had five towers placed at its corners, and was built to accommodate a number of subsidiary structures to support the needs of the Keep in its function as royal residence, seat of government, and military fortification.<br />
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Considering the extent of all of this construction, it is doubtful that Kaiser Leto I lived to witness the completion of his Keep. The record does not bear attribute what was constructed during whose reign. Nothing remains of the subsidiary structures housed inside, as they were not protected by the First Incantation, and have long since been demolished to make space during the Third Era.<br />
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Once Raynor's Keep was restored to an inhabitable condition, Kaiser Leto I abandoned the Palace of the Alexanders. Instead, he gave that palace over to the Nobility of the Realm, so that they would have a place to meet and discuss issues of national importance. The Landsraad continues to meet in a building constructed on that same site to this day.<br />
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While the same stone was used in the restoration of the Keep as was used to construct the new curtain wall, Kaiser Leto I chose to have the Keep whitewashed, so that it would stand out against the rest of the fortress, gleaming from its hilltop. The whitewash had been maintained during his successors right up until the First Incantation was applied, preserving it in its gleaming white state for over two thousand years.<br />
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====The First Incantation====<br />
One of the reasons why Raynor's Keep has survived in such a pristine state is because of two incidents of magical application to preserve it, called the First and Second Incantations.<br />
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The First Incantation was ordered by Kaiser Edwin I. These incantations were laid upon the primary defensive structures of Raynor's Keep: the Keep itself as well as its curtain wall and towers. While the exact nature of the First Incantation is unknown, it is assumed to be of the same nature as the Second Incantation: it increased the hardness of the stone beyond that of perfect diamond and made especially resistant to projectiles.<br />
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A side effect of the First Incantation is that it preserved Raynor's Keep in a pristine condition for approximately 2400 years, requiring no maintenance until the incantation began to subside during the early Third Era. The First Incantation also prevented changes to be made to these structures, as no tool existed that was powerful enough to reshape its stones.<br />
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===The Keep's Design during the Second Era===<br />
The original Keep of Raynor I, heavily damaged by neglect during the latter half of the First Age, was used as a foundation to construct a new Keep. The walls were thickened and embellished with decorative buttresses. New corner towers were added, three round and one square. The Keep itself was whitewashed, allowing it to stand out sharply against the rest of the fortress, which had a charcoal appearance.<br />
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New floors and ceilings were constructed at roughly the same heights as before. The roof was made of a dull red slate, which was in abundant quantity in Shirekeep until modern construction methods decreased demand during the middle Third Era.<br />
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The Kaisers of the Second Era had a different sentiment towards living spaces than the First Era, and so the functions of chambers changed. Additionally, because part of the garrison was moved out of the Keep to a barracks, there was more space for courtly functions and comfortable living for the Kaiser and their family. The new corner towers also added available spaces. As before, a supporting cross wall divided each story into two chambers, which could be further subdivided into separate rooms.<br />
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The Basement Level remained in use as a cellar, though the southwest corner tower was used as a prison cell, complete with oubliette.<br />
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The First Story held the Entrance Hall in the larger chamber, and the smaller chamber was divided between a Kitchen and a Pantry. Corner towers afforded living and working spaces for servants.<br />
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The Second Story held the Great Hall in the larger chamber, complete with a raised dais for the Kaiser's Throne and governing council to receive subjects. The smaller chamber was used for regular meetings of the governing council or preparing food adjacent to the Great Hall during feasts. Corner towers afforded living and working spaces for servants, except for the southwest tower, which became known for its splendid public lavatory.<br />
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The Third Story held the Solar in the larger chamber (which proved difficult to keep warm in the winter), and the smaller chamber contained the wardrobe and bedchamber. The northwest tower contained a private study for the Kaiser, while the northeast tower contained a bower for the Kaiser's consort. The southwest and southeast towers contained bedchambers for the family.<br />
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A Gallery along the inside of the wall above the third story, providing storage and temporary accommodations for archers, as well as arrow slits for their use during battle. The corner towers acted as armories.<br />
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Atop the battlement, archers could make use of arrow slits in the merlons to fire upon attackers without exposing themselves to fire. Each corner tower was a story above the main battlement, and each corner tower possessed a spiral staircase that extended upward yet another story to act as a watch position.<br />
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====Outer Defenses====<br />
The Keep had been sited at the high point of the hill, with sheer slopes on its northern and eastern faces to act as a natural barrier. As such, when Leto I ordered the construction of a curtain wall, it did not fully-enclose the Keep, but rather the immediate terrain to its south, which was further flattened out to ease internal movement. Outside the curtain wall, the hill slopes down more gently from there to the north and east, and more sharply to the south and west.<br />
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In addition, a bastion was added against the southern side of the Keep. It housed a drawbridge and an elevated fighting platform, should the curtain wall be breached. The packed earth was made level with the entrance doorway to the Keep.<br />
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The Main Gatehouse possessed an inner gate and an outer gate, surrounded by four towers and a courtyard in the center. Should the outer gate be breached, attackers would need to enter the courtyard before attacking the inner gate, harassed by plunging fire from all sides. It also limited attackers' abilities to make use of siege engines to force entry into the Bailey.<br />
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The southwest corner tower was built differently from the other towers of the curtain wall, a large rectangular tower with a circular forebuilding. This structure served multiple functions. The lower levels acted as a Postern Gatehouse, leading down a rough pathway to the River Elwynn below, where the Kaiser and his men could beach ships for transport into and out of Raynor's Keep. The upper levels of the tower served as the residence of the Steward during the Second and early Third Ages.<br />
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====Inside the Bailey====<br />
The center of the Bailey provided open space to perform ceremonies, engage in military drills, and move between structures. Along the inside of the curtain wall, timbered and half-timbered buildings were constructed, housing subsidiary functions that served the needs of the Keep as an imperial residence, seat of government, and military fortress.<br />
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In the northeastern corner sat the Barracks. The military garrison at Raynor's Keep grew beyond the capacity of the first story of the Keep to permanently house them. It had its own dining hall, and included the northeast corner tower.<br />
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Along the eastern wall sat the forge and a series of workshops.<br />
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In the southeastern corner, built into the corner tower, was the Mint and Imperial Treasury.<br />
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Along the southern wall sat the stables, kennel, and hawk mews.<br />
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In the southwestern corner sat the Postern Gatehouse, which served as the residence of the Steward during the Second and early Third Ages.<br />
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Along the western wall sat a dovecote, granary, hog pen, and laundry. It is said that Kaiser Brrapa IV of Metzler declared swine to be a filthy animal unfit for noble consumption (preferring a diet of fresh game and fowl), and had the hog pen converted for coprophagic disposal of human and animal waste. The latrines in the southwest corner of the Keep became preferred due to its proximity to the hog pen for easy transportation.<br />
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In the northwestern corner, vegetables were grown. For a time, the open space west of the Keep was used for shambles.<br />
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===Third Era===<br />
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====History of Raynor's Keep in the Third Era====<br />
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==Current Status==<br />
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===Structures within Raynor's Keep===<br />
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====Imperial Apartments====<br />
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The Imperial Apartments began as the ''Outer Harem'', constructed by [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]] in order to accommodate concubines of lesser rank. Mostly unused (other than for storage) until the [[Cabbage Crisis]], when it became a barracks for elements of the [[Apollonian Guard]] stationed at the Keep.<br />
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Reconstructed as a luxury residence during the reign of [[Kaiser Aiomide]] to provide housing for the [[Imperial Decree 636|candidates to produce successors]] for the new [[Line of Octavius]]. Thereafter, it has been used variously to house visiting dignitaries and heads of state, relatives and paramours of the reigning kaiser, and so forth. It has also been renovated and expanded under [[Kaiser Mo'll]], [[Kaiser Ayreon III]], and [[Kaiseress Noor]].<br />
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It is located in the Outer Keep, built against the west-northwestern face of the hill upon which the Inner Keep sits.<br />
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====Treasury of Fish====<br />
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The '''Treasury of Fish''' is a repository for numerous items of historical importance to Shireroth. It is located in the Outer Keep, near the Blue Elwynn sea wall.<br />
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The treasury was founded by [[Kaiser Fish XII]] as the ''Treasury of Fish XII'', but the regnal number was stolen from the sign during the chaos at the end of the reign of [[Kaiser Ayreon II]]. Following the [[Cabbage Crisis]], it officially received its modern name.<br />
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'''Current Contents:'''<br />
* [[:File:TheKeep_1_face.png|Ichthytic Face from First Era Keep]]<br />
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* Extensive coin collection, preserved in acrylic glass<br />
* [[:File:Banner Brrapa VII.png|The Personal Banner]] of [[Kaiser Brrapa VII]]<br />
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*[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=694&t=10347 History of the Keep], by [[Kaiser Aiomide]].<br />
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
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|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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He married Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]] in 1670 after a prolonged struggle with the Imperial Advisory Council on the matter.<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
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The [[Coronation of Kaiser Ayreon IV]] took place on 01.IX.1661. It was a day-long event beginning with private religious ceremonies in the early morning, followed by the prostration of the members of the [[Folksraad]] and [[Adelsraad]] in the [[Palace of Zirandorthel]], with processions between the Palace and the [[Keep]]. The main event, however, took place in the Keep, televised to the whole world. Among the foreign guests were Queen Elizabeth of Caputia and Emperor [[Nathan II]] of Natopia.<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=== Marriage ===<br />
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* Proposals still<br />
* Jaap<br />
* IAC finally gives in (prenups)<br />
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=== International matters ===<br />
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* Hoenn blockade<br />
* Stripping Path<br />
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=== A bill of rights ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
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{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Elijah Ayreon]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
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|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
|29= 29. Hanne Djupvik<br />
|30= 30. Bjørnstjerne Havefoss<br />
|31= 31. Åse Byrum<br />
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<div>[[File:Shieldofhonour.png | thumb | The Steward's Shield of Honour.]]<br />
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The '''Steward of the Imperial Republic''' is the head of the executive. Elected by the Landsraad and thereafter appointed by the Kaiser, the Steward runs the government for a term of three years. He or she appoints ministers and other persons under law. The Steward also has power of decree over a wide range of topics for the imperial dominions and for matters of imperial competency. The current Steward is [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]].<br />
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Prior to the enactment of the [[Carta Ayreonica]] in 1653, the Steward governed Shireroth whenever the Kaiser was unable to. In 1653, the post of [[Regent]] was split off from Steward, and the Steward consolidated permanent government power. '''Ruling Stewards''' occurred between reigns of kaisers for various reasons. For example, upon the forced abdication of [[Kaiser Cedris I]] (with the designated heir unable to take on the kaisership), Steward [[Carl Jackson]] of [[Novi Nigrad]] governed until the House of Ashura (which had been tasked with finding the next Kaiser) had presented [[Kaiserin Rei I]] to the nobility of Shireroth.<br />
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At the [[Coronation of Hasan I]], The [[Prophet]] presented to the then Steward Jacobus Loki a "Shield made of dark Silver, with the white-gold inlay of a mighty fruit bearing tree, with black pearls hanging from the branches". The Prophet named this the Shield of the Steward, the [[Shield of Honor]].<br />
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The title Steward has existed also in many Shirerithian jurisdictions as a caretaker government title.<br />
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== List of recent Stewards ==<br />
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See also the [[List of Stewards]].<br />
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Before 1653, the position of Steward was not by all kaisers considered a permanent position. Some kaisers appointed stewards only for specific events, other kaisers always had a stand-in steward and tasked him or her with certain business. <br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Tenure<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | House or bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Kaiser<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| || [[Fax Celestis]] || || 1466 || || || [[Kaiser Ari 0|Ari 0]] <br> [[Landsraad]] || ruling steward in the absence of a kaiser<br />
|-<br />
| || [[Steward Nikkolo|Nikkolo]] || || 1475–1477 || || || [[Landsraad]] || ruling steward in the absence of a kaiser<br />
|-<br />
| || [[Ari Rahikkala]] || || 1483–1484 || || || [[Aurefiction]] <br> [[Kaiser Meskan I|Meskan I]] || as Kantzler<br />
|-<br />
| || [[Kaiser Mors III|Erik Mortis III]] || || 1484–1486 || || || [[Kaiseress Jadie|Jadie]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Kaiseress Jadie|Jadie Doran]] || || 1486–1493 || || || [[Kaiser Mors III|Mors]] <br> [[Kaiser Wylþeow|Wylþeow]] <br> [[Landsraad]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || Gregory of Amity || || 1493–1497 || || || [[Kaiser Los II|Los II]] <br> [[Kaiser Raynor XI|Raynor XI]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Shyriath Bukolos]] || || 1497–1502 || || || [[Kaiser Raynor XI|Raynor XI]] <br> [[Kaiser Mors IV|Mors IV]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Scott of Alexander]] || || 1502–1504 || || || [[Kaiser Ari i|Ari i]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Shyriath Bukolos]] || || 1504–1507 || || || [[Kaiser Alejian I|Alejian I]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || Fax Celestis || || 1507–1512 || || || [[Kaiser Los III|Los III]] <br> [[Kaiser Yarad I|Yarad]] <br> [[Kaiseress Semisa I|Semisa I]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Nick Foghorn Leghorn]] || || 1512–1513 || || || [[Kaiser Letifer II|Letifer II]] || <br />
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| || Gregory of Amity || || 1513–1514 || || || [[Kaiser Letifer II|Letifer II]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Meskan II|William Meskan]] || || 1515–1516 || || || [[Kaiser Alejian II|Alejian II]] || <br />
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| || [[Malarbor]] || || 1516–1518 || || || [[Kaiser Alejian II|Alejian II]]|| <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Baldwin Plantagenet Julii]] || || 1518–1519 || || || [[Kaiser Alejian II|Alejian II]] || <br />
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| || Gregory of Amity || || 1520–1524 || || || [[Kaiseress Carol I|Carol]] || <br />
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| || [[Jacobus Loki]] || || 1535–1542 || || || [[Kaiser Mors V|Mors V]] <br> [[Kaiser Hasan I|Hasan I]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Harald of Froyalan]] || || 1542 || || || [[Kaiser Hasan I|Hasan I]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiseress Carol I|Carol of Lumina's Light]] || || 1542 || || || [[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon I]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Ardashir Moqtada Osmani]] || || 1542–1543 || || || [[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon I]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Reynardine I|Oroigawa Koreyasu]] || || 1543–1547 || || || [[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon I]] <br> [[Kaiser Loki III|Loki III]] || <br />
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| || [[Ari Rahikkala]] || || 1547–1548 || || || [[Kaiser Reynardine I|Reynardine I]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Reynardine I|Oroigawa Koreyasu]] || || 1548–1551 || || || [[Kaiser Agni I|Agni I]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Leo Dine]] || || 1551–1552 || || || [[Kaiser Erasmas|Erasmas]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Jacobus Loki]] || || 1552–1553 || || || [[Kaiseress Anandja I|Anandja I]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Leo Dine]] || || 1552–1554 || || || [[Kaiseress Anandja I|Anandja I]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Ardashir Moqtada Osmani]] || || 1554–1557 || || || [[Kaiseress Anandja I|Anandja I]] <br> [[Kaiser Gaelen III|Gaelen III]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Malliki Tosha]] || || 1557 || || || [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]] || <br />
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| || [[Leo Dine]] || || 1557–1560 || || || [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]] <br> [[Kaiser Leto III|Leto III]] || <br />
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| || [[Malliki Tosha]] || || 1560–1561 || || || [[Kaiser Leto III|Leto III]] || <br />
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| || Ryan of Yardistan || || 1561 || || || [[Kaiser Leto III|Leto III]] || <br />
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| || Erik Mortis || || 1561–1562 || || || [[Kaiser Malarbor I|Malarbor I]] || <br />
|-<br />
| || [[Daniel Kalirion]] || || 1562–1564 || || || [[Kaiser Mors VI|Mors VI]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Fish XII|Falkner van der Sluijs]] || || 1566–1570 || || || [[Kaiseress Anandja II|Anandja II]] <br> [[Kaiser Ikol II|Ikol II]] <br> [[Kaiser B'Caw I|B'Caw]] <br> [[Kaiser Ometeotl I|Ometeotl I]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Cedris I|Giles Melang]] || || 1574–1577 || || || [[Kaiser Gaelen IV|Gaelen IV]] || <br />
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| || [[Carl Jackson]] || || 1577 || || || [[Kaiser Cedris I|Cedris]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Reynardine II|Oroigawa Kitsune]] || || 1577–1579 || || || [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei]] || <br />
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| || [[Jacobus Loki]] || || 1582–1584 || || || [[Kaiser Reynardine II|Reynardine II]] || <br />
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| || [[Kozhi Rraahan]] || || 1584–1585 || || || [[Jacobus Loki|Loki IV]] || <br />
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| || [[Carl Jackson]] || || 1585–1587 || || || [[Jacobus Loki|Loki IV]] || <br />
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| || [[Vilhelm Benkern]] || || 1587–1588 || || || [[Kaiser Hasan II|Hasan II]] || <br />
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| || [[Conglacio Swefhert]] || || 1588–1589 || || || [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]] || <br />
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| || [[Kaiser Wythe|Johnathan Nelson Wythe II]] || || 1589 || || || [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]] || <br />
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| || [[Ari Rahikkala]] || || 1590–1591 || || || [[Kaiser Wythe|Wythe]] || <br />
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| || [[Vilhelm Benkern]] || || 1591 || || || [[Kaiser Wythe|Wythe]] || <br />
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| || [[Shyriath Bukolos]] || || 1602–1606 || || || [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor|Mira Raynora Mnr]] <br> [[Kaiser Aiomide|Aiomide]] || <br />
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| || [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] || || 1606–1608 || || || [[Kaiser Aiomide|Aiomide]] || as [[Regent]]<br />
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| || [[Choygal Kamala]] || || 1608–1610 || || || [[Kaiser Trantor IV|Trantor IV]] <br> Landsraad || <br />
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| || [[Shyriath Bukolos]] || || 1610–1613 || || || [[Kaiser Mo'll|Mo'll]] || <br />
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| [[FIle:Mo'llportrait.jpg|75x121px]]||[[Ryabin Merkayastreb]] |||| 1613–1614||1614||||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Mors IV]]||Died in office.<br />
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| [[File:Stellusportrait.png|75px]]||[[Stellus Yastreb]] |||| 1614–1615||c. 1622||||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Mors IV]]||Ruling steward after abdication<br />
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| [[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]]||[[Ryker Everstone]] ||1589|| 1615–1617||–||[[Line of Redquill|Redquill]]||[[Kaiser Sehml|Sehml]]||Succeeded to throne <br> as [[Kaiser Redquill|Redquill]]<br />
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| ||[[Mira Raynora Minor]]|| || 1617–1620|| || ||[[Kaiser Redquill|Redquill]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Aasmund.jpg|75px]]||[[Aasmund Vigeland]]|| || 1620|| || ||[[Kaiseress Isa IV|Isa IV]]||Executed by Isa IV.<br />
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| [[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion]]|| || 1620|| || ||[[Kaiseress Isa IV|Isa IV]]||Succeeded to throne <br> as [[Kaiser Ayreon III|Ayreon III]]<br />
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| [[File:JacobD.jpg|75px]]||[[Jacob Darylion-Verion]]|| || 1620–1623|| || ||[[Kaiser Ayreon III|Ayreon III]]||Succeeded to throne <br> as [[Kaiser Verion I|Verion I]]<br />
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| [[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Hurmu, 1603|| 1623–1624||Light, 1629 ||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||[[Kaiser Verion I|Verion I]] ||<br />
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| ||[[Kizzy Drakland]]||Demonsfall, 1597 || 1624–1626||died 1639, <br> returned 1650 ||[[Line of Drak|Drak]] ||[[Kaiser Daniel III|Daniel III]] ||Succeeded to throne <br> as [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy]]<br />
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| ||[[Vilhelm Benkern]]|| || 1626–1631?|| || ||[[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy]] <br> [[Kaiser Raynor XII|Raynor XII]]||<br />
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| ||[[Mira Raynora Minor]]|| || 1631–1634|| || ||[[Kaiser Raynor XII|Raynor XII]] ||<br />
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| ||''Vacant''|| || 1634–1636|| || ||[[Kaiser Brrapa VII|Brrapa VII]] <br> [[Kaiser Hjalmar|Hjalmar]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Altea Lomax.jpg|75px]] || [[Altea Lomax]] || [[Tarkyr]], 1607 || 1636–1639 || || || [[Kaiser Hjalmar|Hjalmar]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Yumi.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Yumi Zotrasdóttir]]||unknown|| 1639–1642||–||Kviteseid||[[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|Hjalmar Redquill]]||<br />
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| [[Image:KH.png|75x98px]]||[[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||[[Port Nevermore]], 1588|| 1642–1644|| || [[House of Ettlingar Freyu|Ettlingar Freyu]] ||[[Kaiser Dominus|Dominus]] ||<br />
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| [[Image:Adam.jpeg|75x100px]]||[[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]||[[Ardashirshahr]], 1630|| 1644–1645||[[Ura'Bos]], 1650|| [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br>[[Waffel-Paine]]||[[Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki|Aurangzeb II]]* <br>[[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]] ||Jailed by [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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| [[Image:Dravot III.png|75x110px]]||[[Daniyal Dravot]]||[[Normark]], 1559|| 1645–1647||Modan-Lach, 1657|| ||[[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Altea Lomax.jpg|75px]] || [[Altea Lomax]] || [[Tarkyr]], 1607 || 1647 || || || [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Isabella.jpg|75px]]||[[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]]||[[Ribat al-Eluinshahr]], 1603|| 1647–1648|| [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||[[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Kylekilynn.png|75px]]||[[Kyle Kilynn]]||[[Demonsfall]], 1617 || 1648–1651||[[Demonsfall]], 1656|| [[Line of Drak|Drak]]<br>[[Waffel-Paine]] ||[[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]<br>[[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||<br />
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| [[File:Liv Dravot II.png|75x74px]]||[[Liv Dravot]]||[[Shirekeep]], 1615|| 1651–1654|| || ||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] ||<br />
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| [[File:Waldemar Zinkgraven.png|75x75px]]||[[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||[[Dietsland]], 1590|| 1654–1657|| ||Zinkgraven||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||[[1654 Steward election|Elected]].<br />
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| [[File:MiraOA.png|75px]]||[[Mira II Octavius-Aryani]]||c. 1617|| 1657–1663|| Shirekeep, 1663 || [[Octavius]] ||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || [[1657 Steward election|Elected, 1657]] <br> [[1660 Steward election|Reelected 1660]] <br> Died in office<br />
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| [[File:Poshaldric.jpg|75px]] || [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Acting'') || Zolt, 1613 || 11.I.1663–21.IV.1663 || || ? || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || Acting Steward following <br> the death of Mira II Octavius-Aryani<br />
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| [[File:Poshaldric.jpg|75px]] || [[Hartmut Aldric]] || Zolt, 1613 || 21.IV.1663–12.VIII.1667 || || 12.VIII.1667 || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || [[1663 Steward election|Elected, 1663]] <br> [[1666 Steward election|Reelected, 1666]].<br />
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| [[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]] || [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'') || 1589 || 12.VIII.1667–21.XI.1667 || ? || || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || [Acting steward following <br> the death of Hartmut Aldric<br />
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| [[Image:SorayaOP.png|75x121px]] || [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II of Octavius-Parini]] || 1617 || 21.XI.1667– || ? || || [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]] || [[1667 Steward election|Elected, 1667]] <br> [[1670 Steward election|Elected, 1670]]<br />
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* Antikaiser, the stewardship was nonetheless legitimized ex post facto by [[Imperial Decree 849]].<br />
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[[Category:Government]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Kaisers&diff=38631List of Kaisers2019-03-22T15:10:09Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Historical overview */</p>
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<div>The following is a list of [[Kaiser]]s of [[Shireroth]] in chronologial order, from the legendary beginnings of Shireroth until the present; the calendar used is the [[AN]] reckoning. Each reigning Kaiser or ruling Steward is listed with their accession date, date of birth, date of death and blood line. Periods in which the Landsraad ruled the Imperial Republic directly are marked as "'''Landsraad'''".<br />
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Many of the Kaisers in this list are [[Fictional History|legendary]]; Shireroth's modern founding was in 1443 (the beginning of the [[Third Era]]). Foreign recognition of the [[Kaisership]] occurred later, in approximately 1462, with Erik Mortis becoming [[Kaiser Metzler I]]. The accurate record keeping in the Imperial Household began with [[Kaiser Gaelen II|Gaelen II]] in 1465, and all accession dates after that are taken to be authentic.<br />
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Legitimacy has always rested upon descent from Kaiser Raynor I. After seventeen centuries, much of Western and Central Benacia, as well as a fair smattering of [[Babkhi]] and [[Kildari]] can claim this boon. Nonetheless the frequently rotating succession remained within the clutches of a dozen or so noble houses who jealously guarded their notoriously intermarried bloodlines. In spite of the the vigilance of the Imperial Republic's noble oligarchs there have been several "sanglorian" Kaisers in the modern era, alongside a half dozen inhuman Kaisers (whether [[Liches|revenants]] or [[Safir|aliens]]). As the Third Era wore on, things became progressively stranger, until a measure of sanity was restored by the confirmation of the dynastic succession in the hands of the [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion]], itself being however troubled by some of its [[House of Ettlingar Freyu|dynastic]] [[House of Osman|associations]]. <br />
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''For a list of Anti-Kaisers, click [[Anti-Kaiser|here]].''<br />
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==Historical overview==<br />
Empire of Khaz Modan: -1211bN &ndash; -0bN<br/><br />
First Era: circa 0 AN &ndash; circa 880 AN<br/><br />
Second Era: 878 &ndash; 1442<br/><br />
Third Era: 1442 &ndash; ''Present''<br />
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Debate continues as to whether the establishment of a new period of dynastic rule constitutes a fourth era. In the past, using a [[SSHIT|discredited historiography]] and [[ASC|calendar]], as many as seven eras were postulated. However, following the [[Auspicious Occasion]], a more rational approach to historical research has taken hold and the process of investigating and verifying the reigns of the Kaisers of the early era, and indeed the nature of their rule, is ongoing.<br />
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Since the foundation of the Imperial Republic in AN 79, the average reign of a kaiser has lasted for 11 years, with 25 years in the first era, 22 years in the second era, and 2.5 years in the third era (as of 1663).<br />
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The three longest-reigning kaisers have been [[Kaiser Raynor I|Raynor I]] (79–169, 90 years), [[Kaiser John II|John II]] (1375–1441, 66 years), and [[Kaiser Raynor IV|Raynor IV]] (660–720, 60 years). Since the foundation of the modern Shireroth and the beginning of the third era (1443), the three longest-reigning kaisers have been the current [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]] (reigning since 1650, as of 1670, 20 years), [[Kaiser Gaelen I]] (1449–1461, 12 years), and [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora]] Minor (1595–1602, 7 years).<br />
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== First Era ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 1||[[Image:Raynor I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor I]] || Raynor Me'Jiliad || [[Brookshire]], 44AN || 79&ndash;169 AN || 169 AN || Summoned his three children before taking <br> his life at old age by euthanasia, <br> announced that Brrapa would succeed him || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||Considered to be mythical by most modern historians.<br />
|-<br />
| 2||[[Image:Brrapa I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa I]] || Brrapa Metzler Me’Jiliad || Shirekeep, 102 AN || 169&ndash;207 || 207 || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 3||[[Image:Erik I.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Erik I]] || || || 207&ndash;226 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 4||[[Image:Raynor II.png|75x100px]] || [[Kaiser Raynor II]] || || || 226&ndash;266 || || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 5||[[Image:Brrapa II.png]] || [[Kaiser Brrapa II]] || || || 266&ndash;277 || || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]|| Fasted to the point of death in an attempt to place a curse upon [[Kaiser Nicholas I|the rebellious chieftain who usurped his throne]].<br />
|-<br />
| 6||[[Image:Nicholas I.png]] || [[Kaiser Nicholas I]] || || || 277&ndash;298 || || || [[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 7|| || [[Kaiser Paul I]] || || || 298&ndash;316 || || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 8|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor III]]|| || || 316&ndash;338|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
|9|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus I]]|| || || 338&ndash;360|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
|-<br />
|10|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus II]]|| || || 360&ndash;370|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
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|11|| ||[[Kaiser James I]]|| || || 370&ndash;395|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
|12|| ||[[Kaiser Marcus III]]|| || || 395&ndash;396|| || || [[Line of Alexander|Alexander]]||<br />
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|13|| ||[[Kaiser James II]]|| || || 396&ndash;398|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
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|14|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy I]]|| || || 398&ndash;429|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|15|| ||[[Kaiser Leto I]]|| || || 429&ndash;464|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|16|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa I]]|| || || 464&ndash;471|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|17|| ||[[Kaiser Paul II]]|| || || 471&ndash;514|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|18|| ||[[Kaiser Francis I]]|| || || 503&ndash;568|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
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|19|| ||[[Kaiser Matthew I]]|| || || 514&ndash;515|| || || [[Line of Everstone|Everstone]]||<br />
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|20|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin I]]|| || || 515&ndash;589|| || || [[Line of Machiavelli|Machiavelli]]||The Line of Machiavelli was established when the King of [[Machiavellia]], a neighbour and ally of Shireroth, married into the [[Line of Raynor]] and installed himself in [[Shirekeep]] thus earning acclamation as Kaiser. <br />
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|21|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel I]]|| || || 568&ndash;625|| || || [[Line of Fenrir|Fenrir]]||<br />
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|22|| ||[[Kaiser Timothy II]]|| || || 589&ndash;629|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|23|| ||[[Kaiser Paul III]]|| || || 625&ndash;660|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|24|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa III]]|| || || 629&ndash;720|| || || [[Line of Ballard|Ballard]]||<br />
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|25|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IV]]|| || || 660&ndash;745|| || || [[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
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|26|| ||[[Kaiser Paul IV]]|| || || 720&ndash;754|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|27|| ||[[Kaiser James III]]|| || || 745&ndash;788|| || || [[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
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|28|| ||[[Kaiser Leto II]]|| || || 754&ndash;790|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|29|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor I]]|| || || 788&ndash;860|| || || [[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
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|30|| ||[[Kaiser Jason I]]|| || || 790&ndash;848|| || || [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
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|31|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa IV]]|| || || 848&ndash;865|| || || [[Line of Metzler|Metzler]]||<br />
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|}<br />
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== Second Era ==<br />
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<small>''The second era was dominated by warring states, who somewhat tenuously laid claim upon the bloodlines of the Kaisers of the preceding era, who vied for dominion over the course of the Red Elwynn between [[Shirekeep]] and [[Musica]]. An increasing reliance upon necromancy and daemons on the part of the houses as they struggled for paramountcy saw the society of the duchies of [[Brookshire]] and [[Goldshire]] progressively undermined until, after the diabolical pact of Kaiser John, those who remained were unable to maintain the sovereignty of eastern Benacia in the face of foreign colonists.''</small> <br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || || [[Kaiser Edward I]]|||||| 860&ndash;927|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|33||||[[Kaiser James IV]]|||||| 865&ndash;906|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|34|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor V]]|||||| 906&ndash;972|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|35|| ||[[Kaiser Jason II]]|||||| 927&ndash;950|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|36|| ||[[Kaiser Loki I]]|||||| 950&ndash;1011|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|37|| ||[[Kaiser Edwin II]]|||||| 972&ndash;1047|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|38|| ||[[Kaiser Brrapa III]]|||||| 1011&ndash;1033|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|39|| ||[[Kaiseress Isa II]]|||||| 1033&ndash;1105|||||| Ballard||<br />
|-<br />
|40|| ||[[Kaiser Trantor II]]|||||| 1047&ndash;1102|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|41|| ||[[Kaiser Jason III]]|||||| 1102&ndash;1154|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|42|| ||[[Kaiser Paul V]]|||||| 1105&ndash;1144|||||| Ly'Technomaezj||<br />
|-<br />
|43|| ||[[Kaiser Francis II]]|||||| 1144&ndash;1186|||||| Fenrir||<br />
|-<br />
|44|| ||[[Kaiser Edward II]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1154|||||| Machiavelli||<br />
|-<br />
|45|| ||[[Kaiser James V]]|||||| 1154&ndash;1187|||||| Haiken||<br />
|-<br />
|46|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VI]]|||||| 1186&ndash;1239|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|47|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas II]]|||||| 1187&ndash;1224|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|48|| ||[[Kaiser Jason IV]]|||||| 1224&ndash;1279|||||| Steffki||<br />
|-<br />
|49|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VII]]|||||| 1239&ndash;1269|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|50|| ||[[Kaiser Iago I]]|||||| 1269&ndash;1321|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|51|| ||[[Kaiser Iago II]]|||||| 1279&ndash;1324|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|52|| ||[[Kaiser Nicholas III]]|||||| 1321&ndash;1357|||||| Grifos||<br />
|-<br />
|53|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor VIII]]|||||| 1324&ndash;1337|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|54|| ||[[Kaiser John I]]|||||| 1337&ndash;1357|||||| Metzler||<br />
|-<br />
|55|| ||[[Kaiser Raynor IX]]|||||| 1357&ndash;1375|||||| Raynor||<br />
|-<br />
|56|| ||[[Kaiser John II]]|||||| 1375&ndash;1441|||||| Metzler||Torn apart by the Shirekeep Mob.<br />
|-<br />
|57|| ||[[Kaiser Daniel II]]|||||| 1441&ndash;1443|||||| Fenrir||Defeated and executed by John II. Reputedly fed to a daemon in the Pit of Mur built beneath Raynor's Keep.<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Third Era ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | No.<br />
! scope="col" | Portrait<br />
! scope="col" | Regnal name<br />
! scope="col" | Personal name<br />
! scope="col" | Birth<br />
! scope="col" | Reign<br />
! scope="col" | Death<br />
! scope="col" | Succession<br />
! scope="col" | Bloodline/House<br />
! scope="col" | Note<br />
|-<br />
| 58||||[[Kaiser Erik II]]||||||1443–1445||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Provisional Government, then annexed by Audentior (VII.1444)<br />Direct Democracy Riots<br /></small><br />
|-<br />
| 59||||[[Kaiser Brrapa V]]||||||1445–1448||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Secession from Audentior (1446) followed immediately by annexation by the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]] in the same year.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 60||||[[Kaiser Trantor III]]||||||1448–1449||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 61||||[[Kaiser Gaelen I]]||||||1449–1461||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Broke away from Jasonia (1451)<br />Amity Crisis (1451&ndash;1452)<br />Submission of Elwynn (1452)<br />Ruled by [[Commonwealth of Benacia]] (1455&ndash;1458)<br />[[Paramount War]] (1456)<br />[[Hegemony of Alexandros]] (1458&ndash;1466, part of Tymaria after 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 62||||[[Kaiser Brrapa VI]]||||||1461–1462||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Ruled by [[The United Republic of Tymaria]] (est 1461)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 63||||[[Kaiser Metzler I]]||||||1462–1465||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler|Ly'Technomaezj-Metzler]]||<small>Governed from Yardistan.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 64||||[[Kaiser Gaelen II]]||||||1465–1466||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 65||||[[Kaiser Ari 0]]||||||1466||Dissolved in aqua regia||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||Wore a dolphin skin and bathed in human blood<br />Well regarded in Babkha.<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Fax Celestis]]||||1466||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]|| Localised Civil War with Yardistan.<br />
|-<br />
| 66||||[[Kaiser Mors I]]||||||1466–1468||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>De facto independence from Tymaria (1466)<br />[[Philip Locke]] set a fire amongst the papers of the government record office. Infamy and historical blind-spot ensues. (1467) </small><br />
|-<br />
| 67||||[[Kaiser Ikol I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 68||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa I]]||||||1468||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 69||||[[Kaiser Los I]]||Kian Raynor (birth name) <br> Kalir Sethan <br> Kal'ri Sethanion||||1468–1469||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 70||||[[Kaiseress Viviantia I]]||||||1469–1470||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>Formal secession from Tymaria</small><br />
|-<br />
| 71||||[[Kaiser Mors II]]||||||1470–1472||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>By this point in the dissolution of Tymaria, the states of [[Hyperborea]], [[Yardistan]], [[Jaris]], and [[Akerbjorn]] have fallen under Shirerithian rule.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 72||||[[Kaiser Mog I]]||||||1472–1473||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Foolishly attempted to cede [[Amity]] and [[Mirioth]].<br />[[Letifer's Revolt]]<br />
|-<br />
| 73||||[[Kaiser Letifer I]]||||||1473–1475||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1475||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Steward Nikkolo I|Nikkolo]]||||1475–1477||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||1st [[Oustfest]]<br />
|-<br />
| 74||||[[Kaiser Raynor X]]||||||1477–1482||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>[[Battle of Cimmeria]] (1477)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 75||[[Image:KA1.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Aurefiction]]||Aurefiction Auraumbre||[[Utasia]], 1462||1482–1483||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1483 <br> suicide by snake bite||Banned several bloodlines from succession||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] (XV.1482)<br />
|-<br />
| 76||||[[Kaiser Meskan I]]||Meskan Harvey Steffki||||1483–1484||||Succeeded by wife||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 77||[[Image:KJI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Jadie]]||Jadie Doran||[[Delvenus]], 1457||1484–1486||[[Kralizec]], 1567||Succeeded by new husband||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 78||||[[Kaiser Mors III]]||Erik Mortis III||||1486–1489||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| [[Elfinshi War]] (1488&ndash;1489)<br />
|-<br />
| 79||||[[Kaiser Wylþeow I]]||||||1489–1493||||||[[Line of Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1493||||||||[[War of the Wylthean Succession]]<br />
|-<br />
| 80||||[[Kaiser Lacrymosa II]]||||||1493||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 81||||[[Kaiser Los II]]||||||1493–1496||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 82||||[[Kaiser Raynor XI]]||||||1496–1499||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 83||||[[Kaiser Mors IV]]||||||1499–1502||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 84||||[[Kaiser Ari i]]||||||1502–1504||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly’Technomaezj]]||[[Grand Commonwealth]] est. 1503<br />Cold War against [[Babkha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 85||[[File:Kaiseralejian.jpg|75x104px]]||[[Kaiser Alejian I]]||||||1504–1507||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 86||||[[Kaiser Los III]]||||||1507–1508||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[Jaris War]] (1507&ndash;1508)<br /> [[War of Vengeance]] (1508&ndash;1624)<br />
|-<br />
| 87||[[File:Yarad.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Yarad I]]||||||1508–1510||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||[[New Feudalism]]<br />
|-<br />
| 88||[[Image:KSI.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa I]]||||||1510–1512||||||[[Line of Haiken|Haiken]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 89||||[[Kaiser Letifer II]]||||||1512–1514||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 90||||[[Kaiser Alejian II]]||||||1514–1518||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 91||||[[Kaiser Meskan II]]||||||1518–1519||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 92||||[[Kaiseress Carol I]]||Karol Umm Hipad <br> Carol, Hypatia's Mom||||1519–1524||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 93||||[[Kaiseress Hypatia I]]||Hypatia Agnesia||||1524–1528||||||[[Line of Doran|Doran]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 94||||[[Kaiser Letifer III]]||||||1528–1533||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||[[Mango-Camel Pact]] reaffirmed (1532)<br />
|-<br />
| 95||||[[Kaiser Mahamantot I]]||||||1533||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]|| Mahamantot's Coup.<br />
|-<br />
| 96||||[[Kaiser Mors V]]||||||1533–1537||Killed by a band of escaped mental patients.||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||[[Great Consolidation]] (XIII.1533)<br />[[Babkhano-Lokiist Strife]] (1537&ndash;1544) begins.<br />
|-<br />
| 97||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Antikaiser Loki II]]|| Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1537||?||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||Antikaiser, included for reasons of tradition<br />
|-<br />
| 98||[[File:Kaiser Hasan.jpg|75x70px]]||[[Kaiser Hasan I]]||Hesam Jahandar||||1537–1541||Ardashirshahr, 1541||Assassinated by Ardashir||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<small>[[War of Jeremy's Nose]] (1539&ndash;1542)<br />Ceded Shireroth to Babkha</small><br />
|-<br />
| 99||[[File:Rashidayreon.jpg|75x122px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon I]]||Rashid Arsalani Kalirion||Shahzamin (Babkha), 1450||1541–1544||Raynor's Keep, 1544 <br> (assisted suicide)||<small>Bad guilt over the Babkhan cession <br> caused him to name his opponent <br> Jacobus to the kaisership before killing himself</small>||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<small>[[Kai Aphmyarkaiph]] (1542&ndash;1543)<br />Babkhano-Lokiist Strife ends.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Oroigawa Koreyasu]]||||1544||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 100||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki III]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1544–1547||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 101||||[[Kaiser Reynardine I]]||||||1547–1548||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 102||||[[Kaiser Agni I]]||||||1548–1551||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 103||||[[Kaiser Erasmas I]]||||||1551–1552||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 104||||[[Kaiseress Anandja I]]||||||1552–1555||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 105||||[[Kaiser Gaelen III]]||||||1555–1557||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 106||[[Image:Aurangzeb Portrait.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]||Ardashir Piroz Aurangzeb al-Osmani-Steffki||[[Eliria]], 1542||1557–1559||[[Tasneemia]], 1609||||[[Line of Steffki]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 107||||[[Kaiser Leto III]]||||||1559–1561||||||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||1st Flag Controversy.<br />
|-<br />
| 108||||[[Kaiser Malarbor I]]||||||1561–1562||||||[[Line of Ly'Technomaezj|Ly'Technomaezj]] <br><small>(Doubtful, spurious)</small>||First daemon overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 109||||[[Kaiser Mors VI]]||||||1562–1564||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Destruction of the ancient Duchies.<br />[[House System]] introduced (1562)<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Princedaniel.jpg|75x116px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Daniel Kalirion|Daniel Lla'i Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Nidaros (Stormark), 1542||1564||[[Andelarion House]] ([[Cape Farewell]]), 1586||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 110||||[[Kaiseress Anandja II]]||||||1564–1565||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 111||||[[Kaiser Ikol II]]||||||1565–1566||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 112||||[[Kaiser B'caw I]]||||||1566–1567||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||<small>[[Great Fire of Shirekeep]] (1567)</small><br />
|-<br />
| 113||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl I]]||||||1567–1570||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]|| <small>[[Elwynn]] declares independence & House System ends (1567)<br />[[Landsraad]] open to all citizens for 1st time.<br />Restoration of duchies.<br/>Duchy of [[Raynoria]] briefly established in the former lands of Brookshire (1567).</small><br />
|-<br />
| 114||||[[Kaiser Fish XII]]||||||1570–1572||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 115||||[[Kaiser Magni I]]||||||1572–1574||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 116||||[[Kaiser Gaelen IV]]||||||1574–1577||||||[[Line of Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 117||||[[Kaiser Cedris I]]||Giles Melang||Unknown||1577||||On the eve of the Landsraad voting <br> him out of office, he resigned||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Carl Jackson, Steward.jpg|75x50px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Carl Jackson]]||[[Novi Nigrad]], 1539||1577||Novi Nigrad, 1612 (heart failure)||||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| 118||[[File:Rei I.png|75x78px]]||[[Kaiserin Rei I]]||Aþame Issela Mari Vāstra||Miše (Firneramnen), 1529||1577–1579||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Reynardine II|the Steward]]||[[House of Miłarna|Miłarna]]|| First alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 119||||[[Kaiser Reynardine II]]||||||1579–1584||||||[[Line of van der Sluijs|van der Sluijs]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 120||[[File:Loki_III.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Loki IV]]||Jacobus Kahunamea Loki ||Lac Glacei, 1515||1584–1587||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 121||||[[Kaiser Hasan II]]||Jacob Kalir||c. 1560||1587–1588||||||[[Line of Kalir|Kalir]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 122||[[File:Ayreon2.jpg|75x75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon II]]||Elijah Danielion Ayreon-Dariolin of Waffel-Paine||[[Huyenkula]], 1571||1588–1589||Walstadt, 1598 <br> crucified by [[Sisera]]||Abdication, <br> defection to Free Elwynn||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 123||||[[Kaiser Wythe I]]||Jonathan Nelson Wythe II||||1589–1591||||||[[Line of Wythe|Wythe]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 124||[[File:Yardistanislaus.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Yardistanislaus I]]||Yardistanislaus "Stan" Benkern||Mar Sara, 1499||1591–1593||Mar Sara, 1604||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 125||||[[Kaiser Ometeotl II]]||Erik Ometeotl Mortis||1568||1593–1594||Shirekeep, 1610 (suicide)||Abdicated||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Gave the throne to his fiercest critic<br />
|-<br />
| 126||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]||Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim||||1594–1595||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]||<small>First regnant corpse.<br>Instigator of the unravelling of Imperial sovereignty and the rise of the Imperial States.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 127||||[[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]||Marie Dolores von Rossheim||||1595–1602||||||[[Line of Raynor|Raynor]]|| <small>Second regnant corpse.<br> [[Cabbage Crisis|The Green Mortality]] begins.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Shyriath Bukolos]]||||1602||||||[[Line of Mortis|Mortis]]||Spent tenure as hostage of [[Balarak Alaion]].<br />
|-<br />
| 128||||[[Kaiser Aiomide]]||Aiomide Oqtavion||Eliria, 1553||1602–1608||Shirekeep, 1608 <br> ||||[[Line of Octavius|Octavius]]||<small>Embraced undeath, passed through [[Balgurd]], returned to the corporeal world with knowledge of the doom of man. Ascended being. Venerated by minor cults.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 129||[[File:Semisa II.png|75x83px]]||[[Kaiseress Semisa II]]||Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1308||1608|||||Abdicated to [[Kaiser Trantor IV|the Anarch of Yardistan]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Second alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 130||[[File:Trantor IV.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Trantor IV]]||Spencer Jackson||Musica, 1554||1608–1609||Venira (Safirian Micras), 1618 (assisted suicide)||Ragequit the throne||Sanglorian||<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1609–1610||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 131||[[File:Ryabinportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mo'll I]]||Ryabin Merkayastreb||||1610–1613||||||[[Line of Steffki|Steffki]]||<small>Enjoyed the popularity that only victims of assassination can lay claim to, in spite of surviving.</small><br />
|-<br />
| 132||[[File:MorsIVportrait.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Mors IV|Kaiser Mors IV Nerrolar]]<br><small>'''The Returned'''</small>||||||1613–1615||||||[[Line of Morts|Mortis]]||<small>Third regnant corpse.<br>Second reign.</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Stellusportrait.png|75px]]||colspan="2"|[[Steward]] [[Stellus Yastreb]]||||1615||||||Sanglorian||<small>Reputedly murdered by the daemonic tree [[Malarbor]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1615||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 133||||[[Kaiser Sehml]]||Ludwig Drakire <br>Luix Rakira (Elw)||Lindström, 1560||1615–1617||Demonsfall, 1617||||[[Line of Drak]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 134||[[Image:Redquill.png|75x121px]]||[[Kaiser Redquill]]||Ryker Everstone||[[Suthergold|Goldendown]], 1589|||1617–1620||||Abdicated||[[Line of Redquill|Redquill]]||<small>[[Kildare]] declares independence, becomes Jingdaoese vassal state. Beginning of the [[Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation]].</small><br />
|-<br />
| 135||[[File:Kasanrajon.jpg|75x97px]]||[[Kaiseress Isa IV]] Cassandrae||Elsa Kasanrajon (Elw) <br> Elsa Kassandredottar||[[Cape Farewell]], 1470||1620||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1620||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 136||[[File:Jonathan2.jpg|75x95px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon III]]||Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion||Hurmu, 1603||1620–1623||Light, 1629 <br> (murdered)||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Budget and law reform<br />
|-<br />
| 137||[[File:JacobD.jpg|75px]]||[[Kaiser Verion I]]||Jacob Darylion-Verion||Azshara (Illumination), 1590||1623–1624||Shirekeep, 1632||||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Established [[S.W.O.R.D.]] and looted the Imperial Treasury to finance it<br />
|-<br />
| 138||[[File:Daniel III.png|75x106px]]||[[Kaiser Daniel III]]||Daniel||Aňira (Firneramnen), 1584||1624–1629||||Abdicated in accordance with [[Imperial Decree 744]]||[[House of Ašura|Ašura]]|| Third alien overlord.<br />
|-<br />
| 139||||[[Kaiseress Kizzy]]||Kizzy Drakland||Demonsfall, 1597||1626–1629||died 1639, returned 1650||||[[Line of Drak|Drak]]||<br />
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| 140||[[image:Painting Jacobus Loki.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Raynor XII]]||Raynor Jacobus Loki||||1629–1634||||||[[Line of Grifos|Grifos]]||<br />
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| 141||[[Image:Brrapa VII.jpg|75x114px]]||[[Kaiser Brrapa VII]]||Kaltor Win'Eth||||1634–1635||1535||[[River War]]||[[Line of Win'Eth|Win'Eth]]||<br />
|-<br />
| 142||[[Image:KH.png|75x98px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar]]||[[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||Port Nevermore ([[Kildare]]), 1588||1635–1639||||Abdicated in favour of son Audun Joel||Sanglorian||[[Wars of the Dark Orchid]] begin (1635). <br />
|-<br />
| 143||[[Image:KHR.png|75x139px]]||[[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill]]||[[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Haraldsborg (Stormark), 1616||1639–1642||Eliria, 1651||Abdicated||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] (''illegitimate'')||<br />
|-<br />
| 144||[[Image:Dominus Tarjeisson.png|75x100px]]||[[Kaiser Dominus]]||Thorgils Tarjeisson||Slevik ([[Normark]]), 1593||1642–1644||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1644||[[Oustfest Massacre]]||[[Line of Verion|Verion]]||Known as "Limp-Foot", reign ended due to conspiracy of nobles<br />
|-<br />
| &ndash;||[[File:Palace of Zirandorthel.png|75x51px]]||colspan="2"|[[Landsraad]]||||1644||||||||<br />
|-<br />
| 145||[[File:KN.png|75px]]||[[Kaiseress Noor]]||Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal <br> Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion <br> ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin <br> Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu <br> Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine||[[Ardashirshahr]], 1604||1644–1650||[[Ura'Bos]], 1650||Murdered by her son [[Adam Anushiruwan|Adam]]||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Wars of the Dark Orchid end (1644).<br />[[Benacian Reconquest]] begins (1649).<br />
|-<br />
| 146||[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|75px]]||[[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]||Vidar Salim Livarson <br> Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed <br> al-Osman bin Sathrati <br> of Waffel-Paine||[[Raynor's Keep]], 1645||1650–||||||[[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]]||Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]] 1650–1651 <br> Steward [[Liv Dravot]] 1651–1654<br>Steward [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] 1654– <br>Regent [[Ryker Everstone]] 1654–56 <br />Regent [[Hartmut Aldric]] 1656-<br/>1st phase of the [[Benacian Reconquest]] ends. <br> New Charter promulgated.<br/>War of Lost Brothers (1653-).<br />
|-<br />
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Karmen Joonai<br />
|aka = Carmen Ionai<br />
|image = –<br />
|gender = Female<br />
|species = Human<br />
|Race = Elw<br />
|hairstyle = Black, long<br />
|eyecolor = <br />
|skincolor = <br />
|other = –<br />
|father = Joon (Jon) Marenai<br />
|mother = Maria Eqlarion<br />
|birthdate = 1619<br />
|birthplace = Fenririe<br />
|residence = Eliria<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = [[Shirerithian]]<br />
|allegiance = [[Ayreonist Independence Party]]<br />
|occupation = Politician<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Karmen Joonai''' (Кармен Йоонаи; /{{phm|kaʁmən joːnai}}/), (1619–1670) was an [[Elwynn]]ese academic (anthropologist) and [[Ayreonist Independence Party|Ayreonist]] politician. Known as '''Karmen Esposito''' 1665–1669. Foreign minister of the Republic of Inner Benacia since 1669.<br />
<br />
== Academic career ==<br />
<br />
*Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology 1641, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]]<br />
*Master of Arts in Anthropology 1643, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]]<br />
*Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology 1647, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]]<br />
*Postdoc, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]], 1647–1648<br />
*Lecturer and researcher, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]], 1648–1651<br />
*Senior lecturer and researcher, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|Eliria University College]], 1651–1653, 1665–''present''.<br />
<br />
As a researcher, Joonai focused on the change of non-Froyalanish people's perception of Lady Elwynn in Elwynnese culture, worship, and behaviour from the establishment of the Vanic state. Her research suggested that the Vanic church brought down the Church of Elwynn which, in turn, did not have any means to counter the Vanic propahanda of a corporal Lady Elwynn who engaged in live-televised sex with King Nooah. Worship of Lady Elwynn had by the early 1650s become almost exclusively a Vanic matter. The Treesianoid churches shifted focus from Lady Elwynn by the mid 1620s to the entire panthenon of gods.<br />
<br />
== Political career ==<br />
<br />
*Councillor, Eliria City Council 1650–1651<br />
*President, Eliria City Council 1651–1653<br />
*Member and Vice-president, Elwynnese congress, 1653–1662<br />
*Chairwoman of the Ayreonist Independence Party, 1655–1665<br />
*Co-Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, 1660–1662<br />
*President of the Government of the City and County of Eliria, 1662–1665<br />
*Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, 1664–1665<br />
*Councillor, Eliria City Council, 1665–1669<br />
*Foreign minister, Republic of Inner Benacia, 1669–1670<br />
<br />
Joonai joined the [[Ayreonist Independence Party]] (AIP) in 1642 during her years in university. She saw the continued Froyalanish attacks on Elwdom as threatening to Elwynnese integrity and freedom. She vowed to study the Froyalanish influence on Elwdom throughout her entire career. "By knowing your enemy, you can defeat him", she once said.<br />
<br />
In 1650, she was elected to the Eliria City Council as an AIP representative. The following year, the Council elected her its president, once the purge of 1651 (the Auspicious Occasion) had removed the Froyalaners from the Council. Although she had always had a fervent hatred for all things Vanic, she publically denounced the Auspicious Occasion, calling it an affront to Elwynnese law and human dignity. She continued to work for Froyalanish men and women's human rights, opposing their conscription to first community servitude and then to protected subjects of the Kaiser. Her opposition was largely vocal and never amounted to anything else.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the first free elections in Elwynn (after the Auspicious Occasion), Joonai was elected to the Elwynnese congress, and the AIP became the largest opposition party. She was elected to vice-president of the congress, a largely ceremonial post. This post became more politicized in 1655 when Joonai was elected leader of the AIP. By 1660, angered by the inactivity of Prince Aldin's government which had caused an economic downturn and no reforms, including no new elections, she and the president of the Senate, [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]], declared themselves to have assumed the powers of governemnt for Elwynn pending the return of the Prince. This act was opposed by the Southern League and the Elwynnese Republic turned to civil war. The war was resolved only in 1662, with the White Elwynn Accords, and Joonai returned to the Eliria government where she became President of the Government.<br />
<br />
Following the fall of Princess [[Eki Verion]]'s government with no successor, Joonai assembled as many members from the former congress as she could and had herself elected Steward (Conducator), with naming [[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion]], a princess, Princess in Elwynn, a position created by a resolution of the congress due to its inability to constitutionally elect her Princess of Elwynn.<br />
<br />
Thereafter, once the Elwynnese civil war had calmed down and had the statehood of the Elwynnese nation destroyed, Karmen Joonai became increasingly stressed. Her party, the Ayreonist Independence Party, was in shambles, and in 1665 the party decided not to contest the Folksraad and Adelsraad elections, so not to suffer an inconsolable defeat in them. Meanwhile, Karmen Joonai, now having been made a noblewoman and landsraadsperson, focused her little energies in pursuing imperial matters, mainly law reform. Her increased levels of stress and more erratic behaviours took a serious turn on 23.XV.1665, when she in a speech to the Landsraad discussed normalization with Stormark, while at the same time she stood for election to Steward. WHile that speech was not the main problem – it was the debate that followed, one which culminating in her addressing the Prince of Modan as a chicken while making clucking remarks, that quickly had the Imperial Advisory Council act. It needed to set decorum straight, and it could not risk the chicken-clucker lady become steward (she had already received support from a sizeable section of the Landsraad). As such, the IAC recommended to the Kaiser that Karmen Joonai had brought the nobility into disrepute, and as such, she was removed from the nobility by an imperial decree, and she returned to the denizenry with the name Karmen Esposito. Furthermore, she was unable to stand in the election to Steward. <br />
<br />
In 1669, she was restored to her previous noble title and citizenship after having taken her punishment with grace and without protest. She had been working in the government of Eliria and teaching and doing research at her old alma mater, and thereby worked herself back to the nobility. One reason for the Government's rehabilitation of her was that she, despite her "caste shame", was considered respected in Eliria and commented frequently in Elwynnese news. It was untenable for the government to keep her in so-called shame, as her respect would only let others with an "Esposito" name not suffer any consequences from bringing the nobility into disrepute.<br />
<br />
However, she was informed by the Imperial Government that in return for this favour, she had to resign all her political positions in the Imperial Republic and move to the Republic of Inner Benacia for employment in the government there as foreign minister.<br />
<br />
In the Republic of Inner Benacia, she organized and unofficially headed a pro-Shirerithian government. Although officially foreign minister, her approval (and, in extension, the imperial government's) was necessary for all important decisions. A growing hatred for Shireroth led later to an uprising in the small Republic. A coup in late 1670 caused the death of all pro-Shirerithian actors in the government, including Karmen Joonai, whose head was sent to Shirekeep as a last "tribute" to the Kaiser.<br />
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Karmen Joonai<br />
|aka = Carmen Ionai<br />
|image = –<br />
|gender = Female<br />
|species = Human<br />
|Race = Elw<br />
|hairstyle = Black, long<br />
|eyecolor = <br />
|skincolor = <br />
|other = –<br />
|father = Joon (Jon) Marenai<br />
|mother = Maria Eqlarion<br />
|birthdate = 1619<br />
|birthplace = Fenririe<br />
|residence = Eliria<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = [[Shirerithian]]<br />
|allegiance = [[Ayreonist Independence Party]]<br />
|occupation = Politician<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Karmen Joonai''' (Кармен Йоонаи; /{{phm|kaʁmən joːnai}}/), (1619–1670) was an [[Elwynn]]ese academic (anthropologist) and [[Ayreonist Independence Party|Ayreonist]] politician. Known as '''Karmen Esposito''' 1665–1669. Foreign minister of the Republic of Inner Benacia since 1669.<br />
<br />
== Academic career ==<br />
<br />
*Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology 1641, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]]<br />
*Master of Arts in Anthropology 1643, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]]<br />
*Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology 1647, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]]<br />
*Postdoc, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]], 1647–1648<br />
*Lecturer and researcher, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|King's College, Eliria]], 1648–1651<br />
*Senior lecturer and researcher, [[People's Academy of Elwynn|Eliria University College]], 1651–1653, 1665–''present''.<br />
<br />
As a researcher, Joonai focused on the change of non-Froyalanish people's perception of Lady Elwynn in Elwynnese culture, worship, and behaviour from the establishment of the Vanic state. Her research suggested that the Vanic church brought down the Church of Elwynn which, in turn, did not have any means to counter the Vanic propahanda of a corporal Lady Elwynn who engaged in live-televised sex with King Nooah. Worship of Lady Elwynn had by the early 1650s become almost exclusively a Vanic matter. The Treesianoid churches shifted focus from Lady Elwynn by the mid 1620s to the entire panthenon of gods.<br />
<br />
== Political career ==<br />
<br />
*Councillor, Eliria City Council 1650–1651<br />
*President, Eliria City Council 1651–1653<br />
*Member and Vice-president, Elwynnese congress, 1653–1662<br />
*Chairwoman of the Ayreonist Independence Party, 1655–1665<br />
*Co-Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, 1660–1662<br />
*President of the Government of the City and County of Eliria, 1662–1665<br />
*Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, 1664–1665<br />
*Councillor, Eliria City Council, 1665–1669<br />
*Foreign minister, Republic of Inner Benacia, 1669–1670<br />
<br />
Joonai joined the [[Ayreonist Independence Party]] (AIP) in 1642 during her years in university. She saw the continued Froyalanish attacks on Elwdom as threatening to Elwynnese integrity and freedom. She vowed to study the Froyalanish influence on Elwdom throughout her entire career. "By knowing your enemy, you can defeat him", she once said.<br />
<br />
In 1650, she was elected to the Eliria City Council as an AIP representative. The following year, the Council elected her its president, once the purge of 1651 (the Auspicious Occasion) had removed the Froyalaners from the Council. Although she had always had a fervent hatred for all things Vanic, she publically denounced the Auspicious Occasion, calling it an affront to Elwynnese law and human dignity. She continued to work for Froyalanish men and women's human rights, opposing their conscription to first community servitude and then to protected subjects of the Kaiser. Her opposition was largely vocal and never amounted to anything else.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the first free elections in Elwynn (after the Auspicious Occasion), Joonai was elected to the Elwynnese congress, and the AIP became the largest opposition party. She was elected to vice-president of the congress, a largely ceremonial post. This post became more politicized in 1655 when Joonai was elected leader of the AIP. By 1660, angered by the inactivity of Prince Aldin's government which had caused an economic downturn and no reforms, including no new elections, she and the president of the Senate, [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]], declared themselves to have assumed the powers of governemnt for Elwynn pending the return of the Prince. This act was opposed by the Southern League and the Elwynnese Republic turned to civil war. The war was resolved only in 1662, with the White Elwynn Accords, and Joonai returned to the Eliria government where she became President of the Government.<br />
<br />
Following the fall of Princess [[Eki Verion]]'s government with no successor, Joonai assembled as many members from the former congress as she could and had herself elected Steward (Conducator), with naming [[Abigail Ayreon-Kalirion]], a princess, Princess in Elwynn, a position created by a resolution of the congress due to its inability to constitutionally elect her Princess of Elwynn.<br />
<br />
Thereafter, once the Elwynnese civil war had calmed down and had the statehood of the Elwynnese nation destroyed, Karmen Joonai became increasingly stressed. Her party, the Ayreonist Independence Party, was in shambles, and in 1665 the party decided not to contest the Folksraad and Adelsraad elections, so not to suffer an inconsolable defeat in them. Meanwhile, Karmen Joonai, now having been made a noblewoman and landsraadsperson, focused her little energies in pursuing imperial matters, mainly law reform. Her increased levels of stress and more erratic behaviours took a serious turn on 23.XV.1665, when she in a speech to the Landsraad discussed normalization with Stormark, while at the same time she stood for election to Steward. WHile that speech was not the main problem – it was the debate that followed, one which culminating in her addressing the Prince of Modan as a chicken while making clucking remarks, that quickly had the Imperial Advisory Council act. It needed to set decorum straight, and it could not risk the chicken-clucker lady become steward (she had already received support from a sizeable section of the Landsraad). As such, the IAC recommended to the Kaiser that Karmen Joonai had brought the nobility into disrepute, and as such, she was removed from the nobility by an imperial decree, and she returned to the denizenry with the name Karmen Esposito. Furthermore, she was unable to stand in the election to Steward. <br />
<br />
In 1669, she was restored to her previous noble title and citizenship after having taken her punishment with grace and without protest. She had been working in the government of Eliria and teaching and doing research at her old alma mater, and thereby worked herself back to the nobility. One reason for the Government's rehabilitation of her was that she, despite her "caste shame", was considered respected in Eliria and commented frequently in Elwynnese news. It was untenable for the government to keep her in so-called shame, as her respect would only let others with an "Esposito" name not suffer any consequences from bringing the nobility into disrepute.<br />
<br />
However, she was informed by the Imperial Government that in return for this favour, she had to resign all her political positions in the Imperial Republic and move to the Republic of Inner Benacia for employment in the government there as foreign minister.<br />
<br />
In the Republic of Inner Benacia, she organized and unofficially headed a pro-Shirerithian government. Although officially foreign minister, her approval (and, in extension, the imperial government's) was necessary for all important decisions. A growing hatred for Shireroth led later to an uprising in the small Republic. A coup in late 1670 caused the death of all pro-Shirerithian actors in the government, including Karmen Joonai, whose head was sent to Shirekeep as a last "tribute" to the Kaiser.</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38625Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-03-18T10:56:59Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* New government */</p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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{{Ayreon-Kalirion}} <br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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He married Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]] in 1670 after a prolonged struggle with the Imperial Advisory Council on the matter.<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=== Marriage ===<br />
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* Proposals still<br />
* Jaap<br />
* IAC finally gives in (prenups)<br />
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=== International matters ===<br />
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* Hoenn blockade<br />
* Stripping Path<br />
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=== A bill of rights ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
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|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38624Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-03-18T10:55:23Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Family */</p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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He married Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]] in 1670 after a prolonged struggle with the Imperial Advisory Council on the matter.<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
<br />
The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
<br />
Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
<br />
Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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<br />
=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
<br />
The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
<br />
The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|1= 1. Vidar Salim Livarson<br />
|2= 2. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Elijah Ayreon]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|13= 13. Sól Míudottir<br />
|14= 14. Magne Djupvik<br />
|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spraki_Krumsson&diff=38577Spraki Krumsson2019-03-10T12:31:56Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>{{People|<br />
fullname = Spraki Krumsson Lla'i-Ašura|<br />
aka = The Prince of Evari|<br />
image = Spraki.jpeg|<br />
gender = Male|<br />
species = Human|<br />
Race = Storish|<br />
hairstyle = Short grey to white|<br />
eyecolor = Brown|<br />
skincolor = White|<br />
father = Krumr Leifsson|<br />
mother = Sita Ragnardottir|<br />
birthdate = 1505|<br />
birthplace = [[Haraldsborg]]|<br />
deathdate = 1592, first time; 1601 second time|<br />
deathplace = [[Shirekeep]] (1st), Jingdao (2nd) |<br />
nationality = [[Stormark]] |<br />
allegiance = Elwynn, Shireroth, Safiria, Jingdao |<br />
occupation = cleric, lawyer, scholar, diplomat, prince |<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Spraki Krumsson''' (1505–1601; dead 1592–1596) was a [[Stormark|Storish]]-born Ásatrú cleric, lawyer, scholar and diplomat with allegiances, at various times, to [[Elwynn]], [[Shireroth]], [[Safiria]] and [[Jingdao]].<br />
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Spraki was born in 1505 in [[Haraldsborg]]. The son of Krumr Leifsson and Sita Ragnarsdóttir, Spraki grew up in a lower Ásatrú middle-class home of Hurmu parentage. He was married three times, from 1535 to 1575 with Katrín Bisladóttir (1508–1575), from 1587 until his first death in 1592 with [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major|Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim-Maltenstein]], and, following his reanimation, from 1597 until his second death with Empress Keita V of Safiria. Only the marriage with Anthrazita (later [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]) produced a child, Marie Dolores (later known as [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]), born in 1589.<br />
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In 1523, he enrolled to Humlebæk Academy to study law (with a minor in pantheology), which he graduated in 1528 with a licence to practise. Not wishing to go into legal practice, Spraki enrolled in a doctorate programme as a researcher in pantheology at Kaupang University (in [[Hurmu]]). He achieved his PhD in 1532 with the dissertation titled "Awake my memories! A journey in the rites of the royal circuits of Stormark in memory restoration" (''Væk mine minder! En rejse i Stormarks kongelige kredses ritualer i mindesgenskabelse'') which explored the religious rites in restoring suppressed or faded memories.<br />
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In 1535, while a lecturer in pantheology at Kaupang University, he married the medical doctor Katrín Bisladóttir from Hurmu. Despite trying for several years, the couple only had a son, Krumr Sprakason, in 1542. The wife, however, died during childbirth. Feeling distraught, Spraki wanted a change of direction in his life. Accordingly, he enrolled in another doctorate programme, this time in the philosophy of law. In 1545, he published his dissertation on [[The Kaiser|Kaiser]] [[Hasan I]] ("Aureonixon: the rise and fall of Kaiser Hasan from a legalistic point of view in the Shirerithian tradition"; ''Aureonixon: byrjanen ok enden á keisar Hasans stjornarfarne ur sirulenzk rættasið''). <br />
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Spraki continued lecturing in canonical law, philosophy of law, and pantheology at Kaupang (with exchanges to Haraldsborg). In 1575, Spraki retired, and decided to focus the next few years on missionary work together with his son. He travelled to Geneva (in Alexandria) and [[Shirekeep]] and established congregations in Ásatrú. These congregations differed somewhat from the standard Storish Old Ways as they had rites that were toned down from Stormark and made more appropriate for the local audience. The congregations had a lack of success, while, meanwhile he found opposition to his anti-Vanic theology in Stormark (as he was Ásatrú in opposition to Vanatrú). Spraki moved to Shirekeep, founded the Centre for Shirerithian Justice, a law firm in Shirekeep and [[Eliria]] with the intent to reform Shirerithian law and jurisprudence. Spraki applied for Shirerithian citizenship for himself and his children, which [[Kaiser Loki IV]] confirmed by decree in 1585. The [[Kaiser]] also granted to Spraki the County of [[Amarr]]. As Count of Amarr, Spraki took part in the deliberations of the Landsraad. Later the same year, the [[Landsraad]] elected him [[Prætor]]. He held that position until his first death in 1592.<br />
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Spraki's legal work continued, and he represented the Kingdom of [[Babkha]] in the extradition trial of [[Assieh Ifai]] in 1585.<br />
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Along with Malliki Tosha of [[Lakhesis]] and Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim-Maltenstein of [[Overdolor]], Spraki was instrumental in reestablishing the Duchy of Brookshire in 1587. As part of the deal of reestablishment, Spraki and Anthrazita married, and became Duke and Duchess of Brookshire respectively, with equal right to the duchy. The duchy would last until 1590 when Anthrazita unilaterally declared the Duchy superseded by [[Lichbrook]]. During his marriage with Anthrazita, Spraki's personal name was '''Spraki Maltenstein'''.<br />
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With the lack of carnal relations with his wife, Spraki was surprised by the "birth" of a daughter, [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor|Marie Dolores]], in 1584. Despite that, he loved his child. His relationship with his wife deteriorated, however, as he began distrusting her. Spraki began spending more time Elwynn as a visiting lecturer at the [[People's Academy of Elwynn]] in [[Eliria]], but was soon recruited by [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Prince Elijah Ayreon]] (the former kaiser who had defected to Elwynn) as a diplomat. The Prince appointed him ambassador to Alexandria and to his birth country of Stormark in 1590.<br />
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The distrust of his wife led Spraki, in 1591, to request an annulment of the marriage at the Kaiser's Court on the basis. His wife did not oppose a dissolution of marriage but opposed the annulment on legal grounds. As the matter went on in the Court, Spraki continued his work in Shirekeep and abroad. He began using the name '''Spraki Krumsson Lla'i''' (''Lla'i'': "of the island" in Sanillan, referring to his fief [[Azarea]])<br />
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On 5 Silnuai 1592, Spraki was killed in a car-bomb incident in Shirekeep. The perpetrators were never caught. Spraki's body was kept under investigation until two years later, when his daughter successfully achieved custody of the body through a raid of the Company of Bodysnatchers. While kept in Lichbrook – it is unknown by whom and with what methods – treatments to Spraki's body led to reanimation in 1596.<br />
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To a start, the reanimated Spraki seemed just as before, however people in his vicinity began doubting his sanity when he in 1597 married the Safirian empress Keita V. By Keita V, he was appointed '''Prince of Evari'''. Spraki adopted the name '''Spraki Krumsson Lla'i-Ašura''' (after the imperial Safirian house of Ašura). <br />
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The worries of Spraki's health grew stronger when he relocated to [[Jingdao]]. He formed a close masochistic-submissive relationship with Sisera, who made him her ambassador to Stormark in 1599. When Sisera grew tired of Spraki, she ordered him to kill himself. Spraki duly obliged, and killed himself on the last day of the year, 1601.<br />
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Spraki's son Krumr Sprakason remained in Shireroth, in Azarea, until dying in 1625. Krumr had married a local lady (Lamina Akati'i) in 1580, with whom he had four children, Vide (1582–1662), Jókar (1585– ), Mismi (1587– ) and Moteli (1589–1603). Due to their limited Storish blood contents and high levels of Shirerithianness, the family was not considered Froyalanish during the Auspicious Occasion.<br />
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Spraki's great grandson Kartan Lla'i was an agent during the Auspicious Occasion and was later promoted to diplomat in the Ministry of the Exterior.<br />
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[[Category:Elwynn]] [[Category:People]] [[Category:Rics]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spraki_Krumsson&diff=38576Spraki Krumsson2019-03-10T12:31:40Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>{{People|<br />
fullname = Spraki Krumsson Lla'i-Ašura|<br />
aka = The Prince of Evari|<br />
image = Spraki.jpeg|<br />
gender = Male|<br />
species = Human|<br />
Race = Storish|<br />
hairstyle = Short grey to white|<br />
eyecolor = Brown|<br />
skincolor = White|<br />
father = Krumr Leifsson|<br />
mother = Sita Ragnardottir|<br />
birthdate = 1505|<br />
birthplace = [[Haraldsborg]]|<br />
deathdate = 1592, first time; 1601 second time|<br />
deathplace = [[Shirekeep]] (1st), Jingdao (2nd) |<br />
nationality = [[Storish|Stormark]] |<br />
allegiance = Elwynn, Shireroth, Safiria, Jingdao |<br />
occupation = cleric, lawyer, scholar, diplomat, prince |<br />
<br />
}}<br />
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'''Spraki Krumsson''' (1505–1601; dead 1592–1596) was a [[Stormark|Storish]]-born Ásatrú cleric, lawyer, scholar and diplomat with allegiances, at various times, to [[Elwynn]], [[Shireroth]], [[Safiria]] and [[Jingdao]].<br />
<br />
Spraki was born in 1505 in [[Haraldsborg]]. The son of Krumr Leifsson and Sita Ragnarsdóttir, Spraki grew up in a lower Ásatrú middle-class home of Hurmu parentage. He was married three times, from 1535 to 1575 with Katrín Bisladóttir (1508–1575), from 1587 until his first death in 1592 with [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major|Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim-Maltenstein]], and, following his reanimation, from 1597 until his second death with Empress Keita V of Safiria. Only the marriage with Anthrazita (later [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]) produced a child, Marie Dolores (later known as [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]), born in 1589.<br />
<br />
In 1523, he enrolled to Humlebæk Academy to study law (with a minor in pantheology), which he graduated in 1528 with a licence to practise. Not wishing to go into legal practice, Spraki enrolled in a doctorate programme as a researcher in pantheology at Kaupang University (in [[Hurmu]]). He achieved his PhD in 1532 with the dissertation titled "Awake my memories! A journey in the rites of the royal circuits of Stormark in memory restoration" (''Væk mine minder! En rejse i Stormarks kongelige kredses ritualer i mindesgenskabelse'') which explored the religious rites in restoring suppressed or faded memories.<br />
<br />
In 1535, while a lecturer in pantheology at Kaupang University, he married the medical doctor Katrín Bisladóttir from Hurmu. Despite trying for several years, the couple only had a son, Krumr Sprakason, in 1542. The wife, however, died during childbirth. Feeling distraught, Spraki wanted a change of direction in his life. Accordingly, he enrolled in another doctorate programme, this time in the philosophy of law. In 1545, he published his dissertation on [[The Kaiser|Kaiser]] [[Hasan I]] ("Aureonixon: the rise and fall of Kaiser Hasan from a legalistic point of view in the Shirerithian tradition"; ''Aureonixon: byrjanen ok enden á keisar Hasans stjornarfarne ur sirulenzk rættasið''). <br />
<br />
Spraki continued lecturing in canonical law, philosophy of law, and pantheology at Kaupang (with exchanges to Haraldsborg). In 1575, Spraki retired, and decided to focus the next few years on missionary work together with his son. He travelled to Geneva (in Alexandria) and [[Shirekeep]] and established congregations in Ásatrú. These congregations differed somewhat from the standard Storish Old Ways as they had rites that were toned down from Stormark and made more appropriate for the local audience. The congregations had a lack of success, while, meanwhile he found opposition to his anti-Vanic theology in Stormark (as he was Ásatrú in opposition to Vanatrú). Spraki moved to Shirekeep, founded the Centre for Shirerithian Justice, a law firm in Shirekeep and [[Eliria]] with the intent to reform Shirerithian law and jurisprudence. Spraki applied for Shirerithian citizenship for himself and his children, which [[Kaiser Loki IV]] confirmed by decree in 1585. The [[Kaiser]] also granted to Spraki the County of [[Amarr]]. As Count of Amarr, Spraki took part in the deliberations of the Landsraad. Later the same year, the [[Landsraad]] elected him [[Prætor]]. He held that position until his first death in 1592.<br />
<br />
Spraki's legal work continued, and he represented the Kingdom of [[Babkha]] in the extradition trial of [[Assieh Ifai]] in 1585.<br />
<br />
Along with Malliki Tosha of [[Lakhesis]] and Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim-Maltenstein of [[Overdolor]], Spraki was instrumental in reestablishing the Duchy of Brookshire in 1587. As part of the deal of reestablishment, Spraki and Anthrazita married, and became Duke and Duchess of Brookshire respectively, with equal right to the duchy. The duchy would last until 1590 when Anthrazita unilaterally declared the Duchy superseded by [[Lichbrook]]. During his marriage with Anthrazita, Spraki's personal name was '''Spraki Maltenstein'''.<br />
<br />
With the lack of carnal relations with his wife, Spraki was surprised by the "birth" of a daughter, [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor|Marie Dolores]], in 1584. Despite that, he loved his child. His relationship with his wife deteriorated, however, as he began distrusting her. Spraki began spending more time Elwynn as a visiting lecturer at the [[People's Academy of Elwynn]] in [[Eliria]], but was soon recruited by [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Prince Elijah Ayreon]] (the former kaiser who had defected to Elwynn) as a diplomat. The Prince appointed him ambassador to Alexandria and to his birth country of Stormark in 1590.<br />
<br />
The distrust of his wife led Spraki, in 1591, to request an annulment of the marriage at the Kaiser's Court on the basis. His wife did not oppose a dissolution of marriage but opposed the annulment on legal grounds. As the matter went on in the Court, Spraki continued his work in Shirekeep and abroad. He began using the name '''Spraki Krumsson Lla'i''' (''Lla'i'': "of the island" in Sanillan, referring to his fief [[Azarea]])<br />
<br />
On 5 Silnuai 1592, Spraki was killed in a car-bomb incident in Shirekeep. The perpetrators were never caught. Spraki's body was kept under investigation until two years later, when his daughter successfully achieved custody of the body through a raid of the Company of Bodysnatchers. While kept in Lichbrook – it is unknown by whom and with what methods – treatments to Spraki's body led to reanimation in 1596.<br />
<br />
To a start, the reanimated Spraki seemed just as before, however people in his vicinity began doubting his sanity when he in 1597 married the Safirian empress Keita V. By Keita V, he was appointed '''Prince of Evari'''. Spraki adopted the name '''Spraki Krumsson Lla'i-Ašura''' (after the imperial Safirian house of Ašura). <br />
<br />
The worries of Spraki's health grew stronger when he relocated to [[Jingdao]]. He formed a close masochistic-submissive relationship with Sisera, who made him her ambassador to Stormark in 1599. When Sisera grew tired of Spraki, she ordered him to kill himself. Spraki duly obliged, and killed himself on the last day of the year, 1601.<br />
<br />
Spraki's son Krumr Sprakason remained in Shireroth, in Azarea, until dying in 1625. Krumr had married a local lady (Lamina Akati'i) in 1580, with whom he had four children, Vide (1582–1662), Jókar (1585– ), Mismi (1587– ) and Moteli (1589–1603). Due to their limited Storish blood contents and high levels of Shirerithianness, the family was not considered Froyalanish during the Auspicious Occasion.<br />
<br />
Spraki's great grandson Kartan Lla'i was an agent during the Auspicious Occasion and was later promoted to diplomat in the Ministry of the Exterior.<br />
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[[Category:Elwynn]] [[Category:People]] [[Category:Rics]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Isabella_Simrani-Kalirion&diff=38575Isabella Simrani-Kalirion2019-03-10T12:02:24Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>[[File:Isabella.jpg|250px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">The Lady Isabella Simrani-Kalirion.</div> ]]<br />
The Lady '''Isabella Simrani-Kalirion''' (born 1603 in [[Ribat al-Eluinshahr]]), died in 1670 (suicide), also known as '''Isabella bint Dâniyal Umra Suleiman Simrâni-Kâlirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati''', is a member of the [[Imperial Bloodline]] of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and the [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|House of the same name]]. From the death of her father until 1658 she also styled herself as Patroness of [[Line of Kalir|Kalir]].<br />
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=Biography=<br />
==Childhood==<br />
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Isabella Simrani-Kalirion was born from the marriage between [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]] and Esmeralda Erinamor. As a daughter of the ''Conducător'' and Prince, Isabella enjoyed a privileged upbringing during her early years.<br />
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==1st Exile==<br />
After the fall of the Coordinated State in 1612, the Simrani sisters were placed under the care of separate warders loyal to the old regime who took them into quiet exile in [[Goldshire]]. Isabella, at the age of nine, was left in the care of Dr Ernst Cryptsinger, the former Associate Instructing Justice for Elwynn Proper.<br />
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==2nd Exile==<br />
The House of Ayreon-Kalirion was gravely affected by the scandal of [[Miranda Simrani-Kalirion]] being seen to marry beneath herself to Frederik Anders, the UDF Brigadgeneral from the Western Marches, inspired her sister, Isabella, to a cold fury. This, combined with a desire to escape from a marriage match with the [[Froyalanish Branch of the House of Ettlingar Freyu|House of Ettlingar Freyu]], inspired her to take a dozen of the family's retainers, a portion of the Simrani treasure-horde and a liberated main battle tank and to set off to Fiorecittá in pursuit of vengeance. The departure took place on Izillare 14 Vixaslaa, 1632, the date of a left behind for the attention of her step-sister Noor expressing, amongst other things, disapproval of conjugal relations with the [[Elfinshi]].<br />
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Brushing past a weakly manned Tellian border post, Isabella swept into Fiorecittá and took the family of the city Burgomaster hostage demanding in return for their release the handing over of Frederik Anders and his family. After a tense stand-off, the Tellian state capitulated agreed to the hostage exchange which took place at an abandoned Ashkenatzim shtetl in the Green. After leaving her sister and nephews in the care of her faithful retainers, Isabella - with a kitchen knife in one hand - dragged Anders into a ruined barn. He was never seen alive again. The so-called Bloody Barn has become a scene of pilgrimage amongst the more morbidly inclined partisans of the House of Kalirion.<br />
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The severed head of Frederik Anders was sent to Noor as a gift and a symbol of reconciliation and the restoration of family honour on Izillare 20 Qinamu, 1632. <br />
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Isabella then took it upon herself to raise Miranda's children in the hope that they would become faithful servants of the family.<br />
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In 1634 the Patroness of Kalir reached an accommodation with erstwhile [[Steward of Elwynn]] and paramilitary warlord [[Tokaray al-Osman]] whereby she acquired provisions, a cache of weapons, laboratory equipment, forty Land Cruisers and pick-up trucks, and an entourage of one-hundred and fifty paramilitaries from the Dark Orchid Society. The security detail was intended to provide protection against brigands such as [[Sighvat the Yardistani]] who are active in the Vale of Angularis.<br />
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The price for this munificence was her younger sister, Miranda, who was given in marriage to Tokaray.<br />
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Isabella is reported to have the ashes of her father along with certain other genetic samples, into exile with her.<br />
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In late summer of 1634, Isabella and her companions took over an ethnic Ashkenatzim village in the western districts of the Vale known as šiqqǔṣ Mišômēm, and having cleansed the populace established a headquarters and base for the mobile laboratory. In Nomeziooqu 1635, Isabella's purpose for doing so became apparent when she impregnated herself with a fertilised embryo made of genetic material cloned from her father.<br />
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Her second exile came to an end, unexpectedly, in 1635/1636 when her party was captured by Elw partisans in the employ of the [[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]].<br />
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==Rehabilitation==<br />
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*Countess of Amity, Miriroth & So-Sara<br />
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==Return to Amity==<br />
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Following the defeat of the Dark Orchid Society in the [[The Anarchy of Angularis|Angularis War]], Isabella cemented the marriage alliance between the House of Simrani-Kalirion and the House of Osman by marrying Tokaray al-Osman and pledging her son Daniyel, himself a clone of her late father [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]] in betrothal to Tokaray's and Miranda's daughter Azardokht al-Osman.<br />
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This alliance receiving the blessing of the Arandur, Thorgils Tarjeisson, who had been their warden for the duration of the hostilities, the Simrani Sisters and the Osmanids were permitted to return to [[Amity]]. On their return Isabella discovered that her half-sister, [[Queen Noor]], had granted certain rights and privileges to the [[Iron Company]] providing them with certain monopolies and a role in the government of the city of [[Erudition]]. It might be said that Isabella, now styling herself as Emira of the Isles, was not best pleased with this latest development. It certainly added to her overall doubts about her sister's fitness to rule Goldshire, particularly in light of [[Martial Law in Goldshire|subsequent events]].<br />
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==Natopia==<br />
[[File:Isabella Kalirion.png|250px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Isabella Simrani-Kalirion attending the Natopian-Alexandrian Friendship Ball in her capacity as Secretary of Defence for the Bovic Empire. (1646 AN)</div> ]]<br />
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After being restored to her sister Noor's good graces through support offered in the acquisition of Goldshire, Isabella received recognition as Patroness of Kalir and head of the Simrani-Kalirion branch of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion. Amongst the perks of this new standing, foremost was the right to attend meetings of the Council of Elders in the palace of the Ribat Ayreon-Kalirion in Lindström and to enjoy the accommodation and amenities offered there. As a regular visitor Isabella eventually deemed it prudent to acquire Natopian citizenship as an ''insurance policy'', which she did in the year 1637.6147 AN.ASC.<br />
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Through a discrete exercise in patient lobbying, on the same day as her investiture as a citizen of the Empire, Isabella received an appointment as Minister of State, answering to the Chancellor, Lord Erion, for the condition of the [[Natopian Defense Force]]. The manoeuvres that brought Isabella to office in Natopia were quite closely related to the international situation in 1637, which saw the Euran War at its height. The ESB Group, with which Isabella was now thoroughly entangled, had obtained a lease on Natopian shuttle craft and acquired an outpost on [[Ura'Bos]] to serve as a conduit for the smuggling of arms and advisers into the beleaguered Kingdom of Constancia. <br />
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In the previous year, the fighting in the war head threatened to become more globalised after an ESB Barque, the Seahawk, mounted an ill-disguised [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Euran_War#Disturbances_in_Walstadt raid on Walstadt] which provoked an armed confrontation and a night of violence that had culminated in the sinking of the barque, the burning of several government buildings and, most strikingly of all, the capture and decapitation of the [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kattei_Emperor Kattei Emperor] of Jingdao. <br />
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The raid had prompted a crisis between Natopia and Jingdao and within the House of Ayreon-Kalirion itself. The self-styled Great Enlightened King of Walstadt, Welf Blutwasser-Ayreon-Kalirion, was a member of the House by virtue of the adoption of Ludwig Blutwasser-Ayreon-Kalirion by [[Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion]], an apparent and misguided attempt to reconcile the descendants of Sisera and Elijah, in the preceding decade. Welf was also the father of Heinrich Rasmus, otherwise known as the Kattei Emperor.<br />
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Furious that the Natopians had considered the raid and the murder of his estranged father to be an isolated criminal act, rather than an act of war, and one for which the Walstadters themselves were not entirely blameless, Welf had begun a process of agitation that might, if left unchecked, have led to the Demesne of Walstadt breaking away and falling into the Jingdaoese sphere of influence, an especially acute risk since the Empire of Jingdao had deployed the 2nd Battle Fleet to menace Natopia with the prospect of a direct intervention in Walstadt. <br />
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As Isabella moved to establish her presence in the Council of Elders, the Natopian Defence Force and the Frenzy (the parliament), the Natopian response was decisive. After Welf declared Walstadt would conduct itself as a sovereign nation and proposed an amendment to the Caprine Code in the Frenzy to enable demesnes to be granted independence, the attitude of the Natopian Empire had hardened, with Jingdaoese "aid" to Walstadt being pointedly returned in an inferior condition[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1130&t=17385&p=139579#p139579(1)] whilst, simultaneously, "An Act for the Restoration of Order" was put before the Frenzy by Isabella to proscribe Welf von Walstadt, Theodor von Walstadt and Angela von Walstadt as Category B Protected Persons. The same act also provided for the demotion of Walstadt to a subdemesne of Thalassa and opened the door for the colonisation of that territory by Tapferite migrants in order to end the separatist tendencies of that overseas territory. It was also at Isabella's instigation that the territory known as Highfields was evacuated and a land corridor gifted to the Empire of Minarboria to allow the connection of its Volksburg enclave to the remainder of its Southern Cibolan territories.<br />
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While this was being debated in the Frenzy, the Council of Elders of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion bestirred themselves to follow Isabella's recommendation that Welf of Walstadt and his descendants and the line of the Blutwasser branch be excluded from the Ayreon-Kalirion dynasty[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1239&t=17412&p=139583#p139583(1)]. It transpired that the most elegant and straightforward way to achieve this was via the retrospective revocation of the adoption of Ludwig Blutwasser in the first instance, delegitimising not only Welf but the entire Blutwasser achievement in Walstadt.<br />
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At Isabella's direction, in accordance with the command of Emperor Nain, the Natopian Navy had also adopted a more robust posture, with the 4th Exploratory Fleet redeployed to counter the presence of the "Batavian" 2nd Fleet. The Jingdaoese were subsequently prevailed upon to withdraw their capital ships from Natopian waters after the NDF began scheduling live-firing exercises, including a planned orbital bombardment, in grid-coordinates adjacent to their last known position.[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17384&p=139761#p139761(1)]<br />
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The effect of this rebuke proved to be calamitous, setting in motion the train of events that would ultimately result in the famous train-wreck that was [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Jexit_Kingdom "Jexit"] and the subsequent [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Geming_War struggle for Jingdao to re-establish itself].<br />
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In the wake of her success in helping to end the [[Walstadt Crisis]] in a very satisfactory manner, Isabella was rewarded by nomination to the post of President of the Board of the [[Saint Andre Trading Company]] (SATCo.) a patronage post vacated by Welf in his unceremonious exit.[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=409&t=14755&p=140407#p140407(1)]<br />
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More controversial was her involvement in the suppression of the [[Leonid Guard]]s in Natopia, as part of a wider crackdown on the [[Babkhi]] trained and officered corps of bodyguards for the House of Ayreon-Kalirion. Although subsequently exposed as a plot by Isabella's nephew, [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Lord Adam]], to murder his brothers and secure the succession to the Emirate of Sathrati, the deaths by poisoning of Arn and Rostam, tipped [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]] over the edge into insane and resulted in the conduct of a murderous purge throughout Goldshire and the domains of the Emirate. In spite of this, the only opposition to the arrest of the Leonid Guards garrisoned in Lindström and Walstadt was procedural rather than ethical.<br />
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Those procedural objections nonetheless proved to be time consuming, with a back and forth between the Frenzy, the Courts, the Ministry of Security and the national police force. During this time the Leonid Guards remained at liberty, a condition that Isabella could not abide.<br />
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On 6.XI.1639 AN a modified Dingo Class Shuttle, a 24-seater variant leased to the ESB-Jörmungandr Group during the Euran War, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Cathay Miéville was employed to mount an airborne assault on the Ribat of Ayreon-Kalirion, deploying a commando team from the Aurochssturm Division into the courtyard of the ribat to assault the barracks of the Leonid Guard. The Guard had however been expecting some kind of assault and crippled the hovering shuttle with a volley of rocket propelled grenades. This success backfired for them somewhat as the mortally wounded Flt Lt Miéville was able to hold position with her burning craft long enough for the last commandos to rappel to safety before crashing her craft into the barracks building itself, resulting in a vast conflagration and the scattering of radioactive material from the wrecked shuttle's fusion impulse drive over a wide area. The stranded and isolated commando team now found itself beseiged by the enraged Leonid Guards and had to be rescued by the 3rd Naval Infantry Brigade, who suffered severe casualties in assaulting the compound. In the end, 110 officers and men of the Aurochssturm Division were killed along with 25 Leonid Guardsmen. The catastrophic incident was explained away officially as an aviation disaster.[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1239&t=17764&p=141908#p141908(1)][http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=196&t=17763&p=141907#p141907(1)]<br />
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The 245 surviving Leonid Guards of the Lindström detachment were held illegally by the Defence Force[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1337&t=17765&p=141909#p141909(1)] whilst discussions in the Supreme Court continued regarding their eventual fate.<br />
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Nonetheless on 11.XIII.1639 AN the Frenzy passed the resolution authorising the extradition of the Leonid Guard and on the following day the Supreme Court issued a formal warrant for the arrest of all Leonid Guardsmen in the empire.[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1167&t=17769(1)] However, the process was subject to challenge by the office of the Chancellor[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1167&t=17787&p=142049&hilit=Leonid+Guard#p142049(1)], yet that not withstanding, the NDF was able to quietly transfer its prisoners into the custody of the constabulary, ending Isabella's immediate involvement with the problem. It only remains to note that the ultimate fate of the extradited Leonid Guards was not a happy one.[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1322&t=18019&p=143957&hilit=Leonid+Guard#p143957(1)]<br />
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==Civil war in Goldshire==<br />
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==Negotiations for a Western Alliance==<br />
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==Year of the four Kaisers==<br />
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==Role in the Hammish Civil War==<br />
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==War of Jingdaoese Immolation==<br />
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===Battle of Penguin Island===<br />
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==Great Daemon Scare==<br />
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==Luthorian sojourn==<br />
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==Return to Jadid Khaz Modan==<br />
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==Rise of the Nationalists & Humanists in Natopia==<br />
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==Role in the War of Lost Brothers==<br />
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==Regnum Isabellae==<br />
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Over the years land and titles had accumulated in Isabella's hands, most notably the islands of Yardistan, Amity, Mirioth, and So-Sara, unified into the Emirate of [[Jadid Khaz Modan]], to which were joined the Natopian demesnes of [[Arboria]] and Transegale. In addition to these Isabella received fiefs in the Elian Union and the Dynastic Lands of Flaventia. Unified by the shipping lanes of [[SATCo]], and protected by a constellation of militias and defences forces, the lands under Isabella's rule grew and grew whilst becoming ever more interconnected.<br />
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In early 1659, after months of torturous negotiations, Isabella was able to broker an alliance with her former enemy [[Azardokht al-Osman]] as well as her rival the Imperial Mother, [[Liv Dravot]] to bring the competing interests of the [[House of Osman]], the [[ESB Group]], [[SATCo]], and the [[Nationalist and Humanist Party]] into alignment and to discover a unity of purpose that hitherto been lacking.<br />
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This culminated in the so-called '''Convocation of the Khans''' where the principals of the Osmanid and Simrani networks gathered at the Emira's pleasure palace of Arg-e Daniyal on the island of [[Mirioth]]. The gathering culminated with one of the largest marriage ceremonies in Shirerithian history, which cemented bonds between the two factions and also between the House of Osman and the families of senior officers in the [[Palatini Corps]], whose loyalty was vital for the control of [[Shirekeep]].<br />
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===Turmoil in Lindstrom===<br />
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*Regency of Ayreon IV<br />
*Attempted Palace Coup by [[Noah|Noah of Uppland]]<br />
*Recovery of the Kaiser<br />
*The Hoennese airlift<br />
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===Crisis in Shirekeep===<br />
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*The impetuousness of the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] endangers all;<br />
*Liberal faction attempts prosecution;<br />
*Chaos grips the Landsraad and Imperial Government;<br />
*Unity of the IAC fractures;<br />
*Isabella offers minimal support to unreliable ally;<br />
*Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion goes AWOL.<br />
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===Civil war in Elwynn===<br />
*01.VII.1660&ndash;10.IX.1661 & 06.XII.1661&ndash;''present''<br />
**Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh, suffering from a surfeit of liberal virtue, attempts to expel the Imperial Mother from the Elwynnese Senate;<br />
**Air strike on [[Eliria]] by [[Imperial Shirerithian Air Forces|ISAF]] elements loyal to Imperial Mother combined with cyber attack organised by [[Ordo Imperii Decima|government sponsored]] hacker collectives exploiting the Elwnet back door onto the [[Benacian Data Network]] knocks out the Elwynnese Senate and Principate;<br />
**Imperial Mother removed from office by the Steward who subsequently takes personal command of the [[Ministry of Military Affairs]];<br />
**Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion, Isabella's first born son, defects from the [[Palatini Corps]] and raises the banner of revolt in [[Araxion]] on behalf of the [[Army of the Southern League]];<br />
**[[Holy Church of the Divine Icebear|Icebear fanatics]] expel the [[XXIII Corps (The Zjandarian Guards)|XXIII Corps]] of the [[Republican Guard (Elwynn)|Republican Guard]] from [[Vijayanagara]]. Survivors defect to the Southern League, forming the nucleus of the [[Army of the Southern League#Northern Front|8th Army]] in [[Agnesia]];<br />
**19.XIII.1660: Letters of safe conduct granted by the Army of the Southern League to candidates from parties not actively supporting the "Eliria Clique" for the [[1660 Folksraad election|Folksraad elections of 1660]]. Agnesia remained too disordered to host elections;<br />
**13.XIV.1660: Army of the Southern League completes process of organisation and armament;<br />
**25.XV.1660: Southern League forces from Vattnaland, raid the city of Frieden in [[Iserdia]] - targeting Republican Guard and Cudgeller barracks and prominent local collaborators with the [[Ayreonist Independence Party|AIP]];<br />
**Imperial Government attempts sanctions upon corporations suspected of affiliation with or sponsorship of parties in the conflict. Lady Dragonmoor perishes immediately afterwards under mysterious circumstances. [[ESB Group]] continues operations in defiance of the order;<br />
**10.IX.1661: Unilateral ceasefire by the Army of the Southern League as a gesture of goodwill for the Kaiser's coronation. Tentative peace talks follow;<br />
**Landsraad revokes arrest orders issued by the Steward, effectively constituting an amnesty. Imperial Inquisitors attempt to claim that Imperial Law offers no scope for the Landsraad or any other public body to offer amnesty - some junior members amongst their number are consequently lynched in Shirekeep for their temerity by mobs well remunerated by unspecified corporate sponsors;<br />
**06.XII.1661: Army of the Southern League withdraws from its unilateral ceasefire after delegates are ordered to attend an illegal session of the Senate invoked by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]] without guarantees of safe conduct or exchange of hostages;<br />
**Negotiations in Raynor's Keep continue, albeit the Southern League refuses to recognise the deliberations as a formal session of the Senate. Sticking point remains question of an Imperial Occupation, seen as an opportunistic power-grab by neighbouring [[Goldshire]], question of Wintergleam resurfaces;<br />
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===Invasion of Malarboria===<br />
*??&ndash;''the present''<br />
**To extricate her son from the morass of Elwynn, Isabella encouraged Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion to lend his support to the efforts of [[Coalition 1660]] to overthrow the decaying regime of the [[Loyalist Legion]] & [[Coven of the Sun]] in Malarboria;<br />
**12.VII.1661: 6th (Cavalry) Division crosses the border into Angularis. The remainder of X Corps follows in the days following;<br />
**19.VII.1661: An invasion fleet assembled covertly in [[Jadid Khaz Modan]] sets sail;<br />
**02.VIII.1661: Khaz Modani forces land at [[Thanatos]];<br />
**VIII&ndash;XIV.1661: X Corps led by Hoveida Pasha and joined by Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion, occupies Angularis and establishes forward base on the outskirts of [[Scoglitto]];<br />
**X&ndash;XIV.1661: The armies of the Daemon-Queen and her familiars begin to concentrate around Rhodondra;<br />
**Suspected members of the Coven of the Sun are burnt at the stake on Thanatos;<br />
**16.XIII.1661: Revolt against Daemonic rule begins in [[Lachmodan]].<br />
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==Titles==<br />
With the death of her father from hemlock poisoning Isabella inherited the title of Patroness of Kalir and has been acknowledged as Elder of the Simrani branch of the House of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]].<br />
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Isabella was at one time the named heir to the [[Emir of Sathrati|Emirate of Sathrati]] and legal guardian of [[Noor Bint Simrani-Kalirion|Noor Bint Simrani-Kalirion's]] children in the event of her death. Noor's [[King Noah of Elwynn|husband]] pressed for the terms of the will to be revised in his favour. Instead the inheritance passed, on Noor's death, to [[Vidar Salim Livarson]].<br />
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1631&ndash;1658: Patroness of Kalir<br><br />
1648&ndash;''the present'': Countess of Apis, Frau von Szandoh<br/><br />
1650&ndash;''the present'': Emira of [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|Jadid Khaz Modan]]<br/><br />
1658&ndash;''the present'': Princess of Arboria<br/><br />
1659&ndash;''the present'': Subah of Lee<br/><br />
1661&ndash;''the present'': Countess of Erudition<br/><br />
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=Appearance=<br />
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=Personality=<br />
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Isabella is generally considered to be more ruthless and calculating in her temperament than her half-sister [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]] but also to be of a fundamentally calmer disposition. She does however possess a keen sense of family honour and dignity and can be moved to perform extreme acts when she perceives those to be threatened; as can be seen in the alacrity with which she escaped from Elwynn when the prospect of marriage to [[Noah]] was first mooted, the remorselessness with which she hunted down and dispatched her [[Miranda Simrani-Kalirion|sister's]] first husband and the direct assault mounted on the Leonid Guard when she considered them culpable for the murder of two of her nephews.<br />
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The purity of the Kalirion bloodline is something of a fixation for her, and it is known that she openly despises those who trace their lineage and legitimacy to [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|Nathaniel]], a Jingdaoese slave adopted by [[Elijah Ayreon]] and [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]. In this she clearly inherited and maintained the uncompromising attitude of her father who had Nathaniel marginalised, attainted and finally murdered (the plot contrivances by which Nathaniel supposedly survived being thrown into the waters off the Aryashti coast lend credence to the supposition that the Nathaniel who subsequently returned to Elwynn was an impostor).<br />
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She is known to put her long term, and those of her son, interests ahead of more immediate concerns and the ties of kinship. She showed no hesitation in disassociating herself from her [[Tokaray al-Osman|husband's]] impetuous coup attempt, which had endangered her work on the Western Alliance and which quickly proved to be futile and doomed. Indeed, it was perhaps as a demonstration of the degree of separation that she sanctioned the surgical strike by the Natopian Aerospace Command which destroyed the [[MoMA]] building in [[Shirekeep]].[http://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=694&p=149524#p149524(1)]<br />
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She has not been known to show any particular sign of distress of grief at her present state of presumed widowhood. In spite of this, decades were to elapse before she, for political reasons so as to secure her hold in Arboria, resolved to marry again.<br />
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[[Category:Elwynn]][[Category:Natopia]][[Category:People]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spraki_Krumsson&diff=38574Spraki Krumsson2019-03-10T11:58:18Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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<div>{{People|<br />
fullname = Spraki Krumsson Lla'i-Ašura|<br />
aka = Spraki|<br />
image = Spraki.jpeg|<br />
gender = Male|<br />
species = Human|<br />
Race = Storish|<br />
hairstyle = Short grey to white|<br />
eyecolor = Brown|<br />
skincolor = White|<br />
father = Krumr Leifsson|<br />
mother = Sita Ragnardottir|<br />
birthdate = 1505|<br />
birthplace = [[Haraldsborg]]|<br />
deathdate = 1592, first time; 1601 second time|<br />
deathplace = [[Shirekeep]] (1st), Jingdao (2nd) |<br />
nationality = [[Storish|Stormark]] |<br />
allegiance = Elwynn, Shireroth |<br />
occupation = cleric, lawyer, scholar, diplomat, prince |<br />
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'''Spraki Krumsson''' (1505–1601; dead 1592–1596) was a [[Stormark|Storish]]-born Ásatrú cleric, lawyer, scholar and diplomat with allegiances, at various times, to [[Elwynn]], [[Shireroth]], [[Safiria]] and [[Jingdao]].<br />
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Spraki was born in 1505 in [[Haraldsborg]]. The son of Krumr Leifsson and Sita Ragnarsdóttir, Spraki grew up in a lower Ásatrú middle-class home of Hurmu parentage. He was married three times, from 1535 to 1575 with Katrín Bisladóttir (1508–1575), from 1587 until his first death in 1592 with [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major|Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim-Maltenstein]], and, following his reanimation, from 1597 until his second death with Empress Keita V of Safiria. Only the marriage with Anthrazita (later [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Major]]) produced a child, Marie Dolores (later known as [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor]]), born in 1589.<br />
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In 1523, he enrolled to Humlebæk Academy to study law (with a minor in pantheology), which he graduated in 1528 with a licence to practise. Not wishing to go into legal practice, Spraki enrolled in a doctorate programme as a researcher in pantheology at Kaupang University (in [[Hurmu]]). He achieved his PhD in 1532 with the dissertation titled "Awake my memories! A journey in the rites of the royal circuits of Stormark in memory restoration" (''Væk mine minder! En rejse i Stormarks kongelige kredses ritualer i mindesgenskabelse'') which explored the religious rites in restoring suppressed or faded memories.<br />
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In 1535, while a lecturer in pantheology at Kaupang University, he married the medical doctor Katrín Bisladóttir from Hurmu. Despite trying for several years, the couple only had a son, Krumr Sprakason, in 1542. The wife, however, died during childbirth. Feeling distraught, Spraki wanted a change of direction in his life. Accordingly, he enrolled in another doctorate programme, this time in the philosophy of law. In 1545, he published his dissertation on [[The Kaiser|Kaiser]] [[Hasan I]] ("Aureonixon: the rise and fall of Kaiser Hasan from a legalistic point of view in the Shirerithian tradition"; ''Aureonixon: byrjanen ok enden á keisar Hasans stjornarfarne ur sirulenzk rættasið''). <br />
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Spraki continued lecturing in canonical law, philosophy of law, and pantheology at Kaupang (with exchanges to Haraldsborg). In 1575, Spraki retired, and decided to focus the next few years on missionary work together with his son. He travelled to Geneva (in Alexandria) and [[Shirekeep]] and established congregations in Ásatrú. These congregations differed somewhat from the standard Storish Old Ways as they had rites that were toned down from Stormark and made more appropriate for the local audience. The congregations had a lack of success, while, meanwhile he found opposition to his anti-Vanic theology in Stormark (as he was Ásatrú in opposition to Vanatrú). Spraki moved to Shirekeep, founded the Centre for Shirerithian Justice, a law firm in Shirekeep and [[Eliria]] with the intent to reform Shirerithian law and jurisprudence. Spraki applied for Shirerithian citizenship for himself and his children, which [[Kaiser Loki IV]] confirmed by decree in 1585. The [[Kaiser]] also granted to Spraki the County of [[Amarr]]. As Count of Amarr, Spraki took part in the deliberations of the Landsraad. Later the same year, the [[Landsraad]] elected him [[Prætor]]. He held that position until his first death in 1592.<br />
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Spraki's legal work continued, and he represented the Kingdom of [[Babkha]] in the extradition trial of [[Assieh Ifai]] in 1585.<br />
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Along with Malliki Tosha of [[Lakhesis]] and Anthrazita Leijchwittchen von Rossheim-Maltenstein of [[Overdolor]], Spraki was instrumental in reestablishing the Duchy of Brookshire in 1587. As part of the deal of reestablishment, Spraki and Anthrazita married, and became Duke and Duchess of Brookshire respectively, with equal right to the duchy. The duchy would last until 1590 when Anthrazita unilaterally declared the Duchy superseded by [[Lichbrook]]. During his marriage with Anthrazita, Spraki's personal name was '''Spraki Maltenstein'''.<br />
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With the lack of carnal relations with his wife, Spraki was surprised by the "birth" of a daughter, [[Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor|Marie Dolores]], in 1584. Despite that, he loved his child. His relationship with his wife deteriorated, however, as he began distrusting her. Spraki began spending more time Elwynn as a visiting lecturer at the [[People's Academy of Elwynn]] in [[Eliria]], but was soon recruited by [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Prince Elijah Ayreon]] (the former kaiser who had defected to Elwynn) as a diplomat. The Prince appointed him ambassador to Alexandria and to his birth country of Stormark in 1590.<br />
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The distrust of his wife led Spraki, in 1591, to request an annulment of the marriage at the Kaiser's Court on the basis. His wife did not oppose a dissolution of marriage but opposed the annulment on legal grounds. As the matter went on in the Court, Spraki continued his work in Shirekeep and abroad. He began using the name '''Spraki Krumsson Lla'i''' (''Lla'i'': "of the island" in Sanillan, referring to his fief [[Azarea]])<br />
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On 5 Silnuai 1592, Spraki was killed in a car-bomb incident in Shirekeep. The perpetrators were never caught. Spraki's body was kept under investigation until two years later, when his daughter successfully achieved custody of the body through a raid of the Company of Bodysnatchers. While kept in Lichbrook – it is unknown by whom and with what methods – treatments to Spraki's body led to reanimation in 1596.<br />
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To a start, the reanimated Spraki seemed just as before, however people in his vicinity began doubting his sanity when he in 1597 married the Safirian empress Keita V. By Keita V, he was appointed '''Prince of Evari'''. Spraki adopted the name '''Spraki Krumsson Lla'i-Ašura''' (after the imperial Safirian house of Ašura). <br />
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The worries of Spraki's health grew stronger when he relocated to [[Jingdao]]. He formed a close masochistic-submissive relationship with Sisera, who made him her ambassador to Stormark in 1599. When Sisera grew tired of Spraki, she ordered him to kill himself. Spraki duly obliged, and killed himself on the last day of the year, 1601.<br />
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Spraki's son Krumr Sprakason remained in Shireroth, in Azarea, until dying in 1625. Krumr had married a local lady (Lamina Akati'i) in 1580, with whom he had four children, Vide (1582–1662), Jókar (1585– ), Mismi (1587– ) and Moteli (1589–1603). Due to their limited Storish blood contents and high levels of Shirerithianness, the family was not considered Froyalanish during the Auspicious Occasion.<br />
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Spraki's great grandson Kartan Lla'i was an agent during the Auspicious Occasion and was later promoted to diplomat in the Ministry of the Exterior.<br />
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[[Category:Elwynn]] [[Category:People]] [[Category:Rics]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Nathan_II&diff=38524Nathan II2019-03-03T14:16:36Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: </p>
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fullname = Nathan Anders Aharsi Waffel-Paine of Drak|<br />
aka = Nathan, A.A., Anders |<br />
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gender = Male|<br />
species = Human|<br />
Race = Flaventian|<br />
hairstyle = Short, blond |<br />
eyecolor = Hazel|<br />
skincolor = White|<br />
other = |<br />
father = [[Kyle Kilynn]]|<br />
mother = [[Asara Sisu of Waffel-Paine]]|<br />
birthdate = 1644|<br />
birthplace = Anmutstadt, [[Flaventia]]|<br />
deathdate = |<br />
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residence = Haraldsborg, Stormark|<br />
nationality = [[Natopia|Natopian]]|<br />
allegiance = [[Natopia]]|<br />
occupation = Faro of Flaventia|<br />
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'''Nathan Anders Aharsi [[Waffel-Paine]] of Drak''' is the current [[Emperor of the Natopians]] (since 1653). is the first-born son of [[Asara Sisu]] and [[Kyle Kilynn]]. Born on 18 Konil, 1644, in Anmutstadt, [[Flaventia]]. Through his mother he belongs to the House of [[Waffel-Paine]], and through his father he belongs to the [[Line of Drak]]. <br />
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=Biography=<br />
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==Family Background==<br />
Nathan was born to Asara and Kyle in the Palace of Haas House in Anmutstadt. His birth was heralded as the true beginning of a new era for the people who lived on Yellow Island. Through his mother, Nathan had Mehl, Neemian, and Hazel ancestry; through his father he had Draconian ancestry. Therefore he and his younger sister, Clara, represent a true unification of the the major peoples of Flaventia. <br />
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Nathan and Clara experienced tragedy at a young age when [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]] murdered their mother. A succession crisis prevented the young Nathan from inheriting the Natopian throne from his mother, and was instead passed over to Nathan's cousin, [[Zakyyr Angus-Moonoak]], who insisted he would only serve as emperor until Nathan came of age. Kyle, who had been appointed the Guardian of Flaventia, feared for his children's safety, and with assurances from High King Harald of Stormark, sent Nathan and Clara away to live in Stormark, as Asara did when she was young. While in Stormark, Nathan and his sister remain under the spiritual care of the Metrobosarch of Lyrica, Sergius Hergones.<br />
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== Ancestry ==<br />
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|7= 7. Sundara Dhury<br />
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|9= 9. Vadoma Drakill<br />
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|15= 15. Chow Dhury<br />
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|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Count of Elsyran||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]<br>Princess of Shireroth||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]<br>Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')<br>King of Goldshire|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito]]<br>Viscount Myn||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] <br>Viscount Verion of Cherokee ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]<br>Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Hartmut Aldric]]<br>Duke of Calezi ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br> Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||[[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]<br>Prince of Modan||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]<br>Count Palatine of Kezan||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]<br>Count of Ynnraile||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]<br>Count of Suthergold||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]]<br>Viscountess Dragonmoor||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Li Naomiai]]<br>Marchioness of Sentratera||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]<br>The Imperial Mother ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
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{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
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|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
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|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38522Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-03-03T11:30:27Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Government */</p>
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|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
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|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
<br />
Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
<br />
Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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<br />
=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
<br />
For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
<br />
The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
<br />
Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
<br />
Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
<br />
On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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<br />
=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
<br />
The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
<br />
The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
<br />
=== Third Regency ===<br />
<br />
=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
<br />
=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
<br />
=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
<br />
=== New government ===<br />
<br />
=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Ryker Everstone]]<br>King of Goldshire||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]]||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito|Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]] ||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]], [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38521Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-03-03T11:29:21Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Imperial Advisory Council */</p>
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|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
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|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
<br />
After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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<br />
=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
<br />
For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
<br />
The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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<br />
=== Nathan matters ===<br />
<br />
When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
<br />
The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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<br />
=== Microvision War ===<br />
<br />
On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]]||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito|Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]] ||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]], [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
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| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
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| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
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| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
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| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
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| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
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| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
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| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
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| || Lord Rhêni Chakam ||1670–<br />
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| || Lord Nathan Aharsi ||1670–<br />
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| || Lady Regina Lewis ||1670–<br />
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| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
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| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
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| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
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| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
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| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
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| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
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| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
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| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
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| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
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| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
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| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
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| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
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| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
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| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
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| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
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| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
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| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
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| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1670<br />
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| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–1670<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
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|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38520Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-03-03T11:26:32Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Government */</p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]]||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito|Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]] ||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]] <br> ''Renamed'' Minister of State ''in 1670''||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]], [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–1670<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Count Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Rhêni Chakam]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Regina Lewis|The Countess of Elsenar]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Nathan Aharsi|The Duke of Modan and Malarboria]]||1670–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
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{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|}<br />
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==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
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*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
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==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
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{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
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1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
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1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
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1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
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1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
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1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
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1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
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1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
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== Previous ==<br />
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1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
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1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
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1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
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1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
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1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
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1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
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1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
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1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
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1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
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Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
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These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
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|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
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|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
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|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
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|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
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|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
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|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
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[[Category:Rics]][[Category:Kaisers]][[Category:House of Ayreon-Kalirion]]</div>Kaiser ayreon ivhttps://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ayreon_IV&diff=38519Kaiser Ayreon IV2019-03-03T11:21:31Z<p>Kaiser ayreon iv: /* Birth of Twins */</p>
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<div>{{People<br />
|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine<br />
|aka = Vidar Ayreon<br />
|image = Kaiserayreon4adult.jpg<br />
|gender = Male<br />
|Race = Mixed<br />
|species = Human<br />
|hairstyle = Blond hair<br />
|eyecolor = Blue<br />
|skincolor = White<br />
|other =<br />
|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]<br />
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|birthdate = 1645<br />
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]<br />
|deathdate = –<br />
|deathplace = –<br />
|nationality = Shirerithian<br />
|allegiance = [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Kaiser Ayreon IV''' (born '''Vidar Salim Livarson [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] ibn al-Majeed [[House of Osman|al-Osman]] bin Sathrati of [[Waffel-Paine]]''' at [[Raynor's Keep]], 8 Gevraquun, 1645) is the current [[Kaiser]] of [[Shireroth]] (since 1650, ASC 6546), and has been ruling Prince-Regent of Natopia twice (1654–1655, and for a few months in 1660). He is the son of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|Adam]] and [[Liv Djupvik|Liv]], and the grandson of [[Kaiseress Noor]]. Before his coronation (1.IX.1661), Kaiser Ayreon IV's Shirerithian government was exercised by the [[Regent]], a position last held by [[Hartmut Aldric]] (1656–1661).<br />
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=Background=<br />
==Name==<br />
''Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' is the Kaiser's full name. His family and closest friends call him ''Vidar'', an old Norse name related to a Norse forest god. His middle name is ''Salim'', a Babkhi name of Baatharzi origin, meaning "peaceful", named so by his grandmother Noor after her own epithet al-Salaam ("of the peace"). ''Livarson'', "son of Liv" in Hurmu–Farewellish, is his matronymic, given so to show that he is not only his father [[Adam]]'s son. His last name ''Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine'' consists of a number of components; ''[[Ayreon-Kalirion]]'' is his bloodline, ''ibn al-Majeed'' ("descendant of Majeed") refers to the founder of the Simrani family Majeed, ''al-Osman'' refers to his belonging to the ''House of Osman'' through his father's maternal grandmother, ''bin Sathrati'' means that he is a descendant of the first [[Emir of Sathrati]], [[Rashid Arsalani]] ([[Kaiser Ayreon]]), and [[Waffel-Paine]] is his dynastic house from his father's grandfather [[Nathan Dariolin]].<br />
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In Elw, his name is written Видар Салим Ливарсон Аериоон-Калирион ивн ал-Мажид ал-Осмон бин Сатрати аф Уофел-Пеин (''Vidar Salim Livarson Aerioon-Kalirion ibn al-Mazhid al-Osmon bin Satrati af Uofel-Pein''), and pronounced /βidaʁ salim liβaʁson aəʁioːn kaləʁion iβnalmaʑidalosmon bin satʁati aɸ uoɸəlpəin/. Usually, however, it is written as his regnal name, Аериоон 4 Қаисар (''Aerioon 4 Qaisar'').<br />
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As king of the [[Elian Union]] (including the Sangunese population in Two Martyrs), his full name is written in Sangunese: ヴイーダル・サリム・リーヴアルソン・アエリオーン=カリリオン・イブン・アル=マジード・アル=オマーン・ビン・サトラチ・ヲフルペイン (''Vīdaru Sarimu Rīvaruson Aeriōn-Karirion ibun Aru-Majīdo Aru-Osumān bin Satorachi Wofurupein''). However, usually it's simply written アエリオーン天皇 (''Aeriōn tennō'', "emperor (or kaiser) Ayreon") or アエリオーン王 (''Aeriōnnō'', "king Ayreon").<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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{{Ayreon-Kalirion}} <br />
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His father was [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|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_Andelarjunarbroðir|Arviður]] (1535–1652) and Sól Míudottar (1543–1620), who have remained loving towards him. He spoke Babkhi with his paternal grandmother, [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]].<br />
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Aside from his grandparents and estranged mother, his maternal uncles, [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (b. 1630) and [[Vilhjalm of Amokolia|Vilhjalm]] (b. 1635), and aunt, [[Esther of Anglia|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).<br />
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Ethnically, Ayreon IV is roughly one third [[Hurmu]], one fourth [[Norse]] and one fifth [[Babkhi]]. The rest is accounted by [[Tapferite]], [[Brookshire|Brookshirian]], [[Elw]], [[Stormark|Storish]] and Novaya Zemlyan heritage. Among his ancestors are four Kaisers ([[Kaiser Ayreon|Ayreon]], [[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb]], [[Kaiser Ayreon II|Ayreon II]], [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, [[Kaiser Ayreon|Rashid]], Osman), and two Natopian emperors ([[Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]), as well as from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).<br />
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He belongs to the houses of [[House of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]], [[Imperial and Emirati House of Osman|Osman]] and [[Waffel-Paine]], and to the [[Imperial Bloodline|imperial bloodline]]s of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|Ayreon-Kalirion]] and [[Line of Steffki|Steffki]].<br />
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Since 1664, he has one concubine, Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]], with whom he had a daughter in 1665, [[Salome]], who became next in line to the Mango Throne. In 1667, the Kaiser, acting through his concubine, produced twins, [[Kir Azariah Vidar]] and [[Kian Aiomide Shahnaz]].<br />
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= Life =<br />
==Infancy==<br />
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After the marriage alliance between the Khanum [[Liv Dravot|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.<br />
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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 Dravot|Liv]] against her will as the victim of rape and a forced marriage.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.<br />
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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.<br />
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The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.<br />
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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.<br />
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At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial Army#Organisation|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.<br />
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==Early kaisership==<br />
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[[File:Kaiserayreoniv.png|315px|thumb|left|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Kaiser Ayreon IV on his accession in 1650</div>]]<br />
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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 Ayreon-Kalirion|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 [[Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion|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 [[Vilhjalm of Elwynn|Prince Vilhjalm]] who succeeded his father [[Noah]] as [[King of Elwynn]]). As such, upon hearing of Audun Joel's death, a [[Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill|former kaiser]], Vidar led the Imperial Court in grieving. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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=== Regency ===<br />
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Over the new year's celebrations 1653–1654, Kaiser Ayreon IV hosted a state visit by one of the co-monarchs of Hoenn, Queen Kahede. Following the Auspicious Occasion, when not only the ethnic cleansing of people of Storish ancestry began throughout Shireroth but also when relations with other nations, in protect to Shireroth's actions, hit rock bottom, the Shirerithian foreign policy makers were desperate in reestablishing Shireroth's place in the world as the forefront empire of Micras. With Hoenn's territories located mostly on another planet and its population consisting of a muiltirude of various sentient species, a good and close relationship with Hoenn was a priority. As such, the young kaiser took it upon himself to do his part as head of state to host his fellow monarch and her entourage as they visited Shireroth for the celebrations. Although no firm agreements, as had been anticipated, were signed during the visit, a working group of diplomats from both Hoenn and Shireroth was established to bridge the cultural, normative and spatial differences between their tow planets so that working agreements could be later be made. With this foundation, the Kaiser and his advisors hoped that Shireroth would lead the rest of Micras in more stable and constructive interplanetary relations.<br />
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Unfortunately, that vision had to come to a halt soon after once the Jingdaoese government announced that it was resuming hostitilies against Shireroth and its allies. The political problems associated with the [[Florian Republic]]'s constant switching of sides between allegiance to Shireroth and to Jingdao hsd made any kind of stability in Shireroth's foreign policies impossible. At the same time, the government's attention took to defending Shireroth's territory as well as engaging with the thankless task of protecting the Florian people against its own government. In a series of imperial proclamations, the Kaiser attempted to do his part in calming the ever-escalating situation, by urging the Florian people to carefully consider their future. His proclamations, written by his own hand and without the IAC's direct input, were emotional and on a positive conciliatory note, but they nontheless did not succeed the Florian Republic to return to the Shirerithian fold. This upset the kaiser greatly. He confided to the closest people around him, particularly to [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Lady Soraya]], how hurt he was by this. He was unsure how he could ever forgive the Florians for it.<br />
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After the election of Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]] to Steward in mid-1654, the imperial government was reformed once again. The [[IAC]] and the ministries were split from one another, with former ministers retaining IAC membership (with certain exceptions, see below). Steward Zinkgraven also placed all key ministries in corporations held in commission, in line with his ideology of corporative feudalist democracy. The idea here was that through corporations, the common people (denizens) could find a way to participate in the governance of Shireroth, and therefore be more democratic. [[Heath Belledin]], the imperial inquisitor, denounced this move angrily as "un-Shirithian" in an IAC meeting.<br />
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===Regent in Natopia===<br />
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In the final months of 1654, it became apparent that the Emperor of the Natopians, [[Nathan II]], was missing along with the Natopian regent [[Christo Eucalyptos]] and the defence secretary [[Marco Lungo]]. The matter came only to surface after the Emperor had failed to assent to bills of the Frenzy, causing the Frenzy to investigate the matter. A court case and several resolutions later, Ayreon IV found himself appointed by the Frenzy in Nathan's place. He was immediately flown to Lindström to set up the regency. Because of a quirk or deficiency in Natopian law, Ayreon, at that point not even ten years old, was considered a legal adult in Natopia and needed no "adult" to supervise him in his official capacity. In practice however the Kaiser was accompanied by his tutors, a personal secretary, a [[Holodomatic School|''Zonophore'']] cleric (serving as a chaplain for the group and spiritual mentor to the Kaiser), and a close protection detail of sixteen [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and was thus closely supervised.<br />
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Landing in [[Lindström]], he blundered into an impromptu press conference where he gave fielded questions with answers that displayed a remarkable degree of self-confidence, if not a certain level of naivety, before his handlers could breakup the press scrum that had gathered around the child. No sooner had he arrived to the Vista da Nada Palace, than a parcel was received at the palace including an anonymous letter stating the Emperor had been kidnapped along with the distinctive ears and thumbs of one who could not be anyone else but Eucalyptos. Ayreon immediately penned an imperial decree using the templates provided in the Natopian court. Among his first acts were to appoint [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion]] to defence secretary and to begin an all-Natopian search for the emperor. As the abduction had gone unreported for months, Isabella promptly arrested the palace staff and replaced them with servants loyal to the House of Kalirion.<br />
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As regent, the Ayreon devoted much of his time into Bovic prayer in order to, by introspection and divine guidance, find the emperor. Through what he took to be a divine revelation, Ayreon came to believe that he knew the location of the emperor, and convinced a sceptical [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Secretary of Defence]] to dispatch a reconnaissance team to [[Eura]] to investigate.<br />
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On 13 Gevrader 1655, whilst still awaiting the recovery of the emperor, Ayreon was baptised into the Bovic faith in a ceremony officiated by his uncle, the Pentheros Aldin. The impromptu and rushed nature of the ceremony, coupled with the marked increase in the number of servile Storrish flatterers attempting to gain admission to attend upon the Kaiser whilst he was in Lindström, concerned his councillors and protectors greatly. It was also becoming apparent that the Kaiser was vulnerable to the defects in reason and excessive predisposition towards emotional lability that had scarred the psyches of [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion|his father]], and [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion|great-grandfather]] before him.<br />
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The Kaiser's failure to consult with his officials, instead acting on impulse, also caused embarrassment on occasions; such as when the Kaiser dispatched a note of congratulation to the [[Kizzy Drakland|Queen of Malarboria]] on the occasion of the birth of her child when the [[Waldemar Zinkgraven|Steward]] had already sanctioned the postpartum termination of the infant so as to prevent the human-[[Daemon|daemon]] hybrid from reaching reproductive age.<br />
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Following an alleged divine revelation as to whereabouts of the emperor, Ayreon led the Natopian Defence Force in finding the emperor in the former Natopian colony of Xechaspolis in the barrenness of Eura. Led by Lady Isabella Kalirion, the rescue operation successfully extracted the emperor back to Lindström with only some 20 000 collateral deaths on the ground. Ayreon was pleased and watched over the emperor in hospital until the emperor was fit enough to resume his duties, whereupon Ayreon returned to Shirekeep.<br />
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===Reign during the war years===<br />
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As Shireroth and Natopia were at risk of attack with strategic weapons by the forces of the USSO between the years 1655 and 1656, following a Natopian orbital strike on forces massing in the Strait of Haifa, the Kaiser - along with his tutors, Holodomaic chaplains and close protection detail - was frequently moved between rural manor-houses in Brookshire, avoiding major population centres and industrial or military targets by a generous radius.<br />
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In compensation the [[Liv Dravot|Imperial Mother]] presented the young Kaiser with two gifts on his eleventh birthday, a young sablehound pup, named Dravvy after his mother and stepfather, and a Babkhano-Froyalanish girl of twelve years, Áslög-Kráka Behsoozsdóttir, so that he might have a companion for childish games and for other uses when he came of age.<br />
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The Kaiser's education, in spite of the frequent upheavals, was progressing steadily; he could read, write, and converse in Praeta, Istvanistani, Babkhi and Elw, whilst mastering arithmetic, basic algebra, as well as the simplified principles of geometry. He was taught the mythical history of the 1st and 2nd Eras of Shireroth with the expectation that the revised learning and new chronology would be introduced to him at a later stage. From his exposure to life on a working farm he had developed a sturdy work ethic.<br />
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===L'affaire de Ryker===<br />
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When the Hoennese queen and her entourage had visited the young Kaiser, the Kaiser had grown fond of the Hoennese realm, and devoted many hours of reading about the country, its planet and strange customs. After nagging Ryker Everstone, the Regent, to appoint an ambassador to Hoenn, the Regent eventually agreed and appointed [[Kaiser Daniel III|Prince Daniel]] (the safir) to the position. All was well, or so everyone thought, until early 1656 when the Hoennese regency sent a letter to the regent on the appointment of a Hoennese ambassador to Shireroth. The letter, written in high ceremonial Hoennese style, was given a reply by the regent that amounted to more offence than constructive dialogue (he enclosed with the letter a cheque so the crown prince of Hoenn could buy himself a puppy). Expecting diplomatic fallout and loss of value of their shares in [[SHIPTT]], the other members of the Imperial Advisory Council immediately met to divest Ryker of the regency and in his stead appointed a rising, but still relatively unknown, provincial magnate, [[Hartmut Aldric]], Count of Elsyran, to the position.<br />
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Angered by this move, yet unable to convince the IAC otherwise, Ryker vowed that he would leave the imperial government for years to come. "May it rot," he said of the government to reporters, as he left Raynor's Keep. The presence of reporters suggests some lapse of security for which a number of sentinels were demoted or transferred to other regiments. The editors of the Shirekeep Gazette and the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria were subsequently hosted by the Steward's [[Scholae Palatinae#The Honour Guard|Honour Guard]] at a private function and the comments went unreported.<br />
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To the public it was announced that the King of Goldshire was retiring to a secluded country mansion in Suthergold to undergo a special treatment, hinted to be reconstructive plastic surgery - his hideous disfigurement having been an unavoidable subject of court gossip for years. <br />
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The Kaiser, being told the public version of these events, was nonetheless saddened, as he had come to consider Ryker to be the only connection – aside from Aldin – to his father's side of the family. The reasoning for this sentiment was childish and ill-considered. Ryker "owned" [[Villy Esposito]], the Kaiser's paternal uncle, as a "loyal subject", while everyone else had either died or exiled themselves in Stormark.<br />
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The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.<br />
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===Early Adolescence===<br />
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In the midst of these domestic travails set against the backdrop of an ongoing global conflict, the Kaiser undertook a successful state visit to Caputia in the 8th and 9th months of 1656. On account of the ongoing conflict over the Great Western Sea and eastern Keltia, Ayreon IV became the first Kaiser to cross the north pole, as the [[Eye of Cortallia|Imperial Yacht]] and its [[IRS Medusa|escort]] was obliged to take an indirect route. The trip proved to be an important diplomatic coup for the embattled Imperial Republic, shoring up relations with a vital neutral trading partner at a critical time in the war against Passio-Corum. The Kaiser received unusually fulsome and genuine praise for maintaining an amiable, polite and self-disciplined façade throughout the long and exhausting sequence of official engagements, which culminated in an [[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament|address to the Caputian parliament]]. Following the state visit, the Kaiser visited Klaasisitya to attend the memorial to the deceased former emperor [[Zakyyr]].<br />
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As a growing child of eleven years, the Kaiser's physical education now became increasingly important. Under the careful supervision of his tutors and [[Order of the Sentinels|close protection detail]] the Kaiser was introduced to the sport of cross-country running around the boundaries of his rural home in Monty Crisco as well as the Elwynnese martial art of [[wikipedia:singlestick|cudgel fighting]]. As the Kaiser's strength and physical dexterity grew the day would come when he would be introduced to the ancient Shirerithian custom of [[wikipedia:Sabre (fencing)|sabre fencing]].<br />
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At the end of the second month of 1657, the Kaiser was struck with sorrow. His foster-father [[Daniyal Dravot]] had died in [[Modan-Lach]]. The Kaiser, for a moment inconsolable, reached out to [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] (Dravot's wife) who quickly scolded him for displaying emotions at this natural event. The Kaiser understood that he could no longer deal with childish emotions and decided he needed to toughen up. His mother depended on him for that. Not long after, the Kaiser understood that [[Kurai Darkmoon]], the [[Timeless Shadow]], had died in an airplane accident and that the Lengois senate had elected him King of [http://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leng Leng].<br />
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The sorrow did not last long, as Kaiser Ayreon IV received the news that his uncle [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Aldin]] (the identical twin of his father) has fathered a child, [[David Raion|David]], with [[Li Naomiai]]. He travelled extensively to his uncle and aunt in Natopia, and also visited the Elian Union where he pushed for a separate Normark identity in that union.<br />
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In the middle of 1657, he welcomed [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] as the new Steward of the Imperial Republic after the outgoing [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]], who was subsequently recalled from his campaign against Nova England. Zinkgraven rejected these orders, which some of his subordinate officers interpreted as an arrest warrant, throwing the campaign into disarray, sparking a three-sided armed confrontation in the Warring Isles between the Imperial Navy, the Sea-Reavers, and the Babkhi mercenaries provided from Jadid Khaz Modan and Elwynn by [[Liv Dravot]].<br />
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Mira Octavius-Aryani's government did away with the explicit corporativism in the government, returning the ministers to actual people from corporative entitities. For the young kaiser, still under the regency, he was pleased that the Imperial Household Agency was returned to its earlier holder, his tutor [[Octavius#Soraya Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]], who continued the kaiser's education. At this time, he had, despite much agony and frustration, mastered [[Babkhi]] calligraphy. Although he preferred speaking in his maternal Norse, his Babkhi was fully functional and sounded native, and his [[Elw language|Elw]] had a better quality than [[Elwynn]]ese children his age. When it came to [[Præta]], however, he kept struggling with grammatical gender (constantly mixing them up), and he refused to even employ the imperfect form of verbs, making his Præta sound, as one observed described it, "weird". The Kaiser never enjoyed speaking [[Præta]], making claims such as "I am an Elwynnese, we don't speak Præta", with his teacher counter-arguing "you're the kaiser, you are Shireroth, you have to know proper grammar." Resigned to his fate, he, the good student he was, spent countless nights memorizing the proper gender of a range of Præta nouns. Unfortunately, it was to little success.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Stormark, the government there saw the estates inherited there by him upon his [[Adam Anushiruwân|father's]] and his grandmother [[Kaiseress Noor|Noor]]'s deaths fall into malmanagement and disarray. The Kaiser, [[Auspicious Occasion|for obvious reasons]] precluded from dealing with the Storish authorities or visiting the country, had, in the Storish government's view, interests in these assets. Maintaining a hope that the Kaiser would, at some point in the future, have the strength and courage to restore relations with Stormark and provide restoration to the country for the events during the Auspicious Occasion, the Storish government introduced a bill in the Althing (in mid 1658) that made Ayreon's (illegitimate) aunt [[Esther Esposito]] his legal guardian in that country. She would take care of all his assets there until such time that the Kaiser would go there. Hearing the news of these events, the Kaiser was genuinely surprised that he indeed had any assets in Stormark of value, and was intrigued to their worth. When asking his tutors of the matter, they refused to go into any detail, and the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] unequivocally informed the kaiser that he may not, under any circumstances, travel to Stormark or deal with any assets of his.<br />
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===The Elian Union===<br />
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Spending more and more time in Natopia, particularly in Normark, whose language he spoke with native fluency, and in Lindström, the Kaiser attended to the government of the Elian Union, assisted by his tutors and advisers whilst enjoying the continued protection of his [[Order of the Sentinels|Sentinels]] and the looming cannons of the [[IRS Medusa|Medusa]] providing a vigilant overwatch of his residence. He took particular interest in the Norse nation and he was instrumental in setting up a separate Norse demesne within the Elian Union. Ayreon's governing in the Elian Union was widely considered to be a practice round of rule before he was to take on the kaisership a few years later in 1660.<br />
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Privately, whenever he was in Lindström, he spent a lot of a time with the Natopian emperor, Nathan II, and the two grew very close. Nathan became Ayreon's close companion with whom he could relax, with only his close protection detail from the [[Order of the Sentinels]] monitoring his words and actions (as to order their removal would have triggered a cascading diplomatic incident).<br />
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Ayreon was also present in Natopia during the death of the former Alexandrian emperor [[Edgard II]]. He attended memorials for the late emperor as Kaiser and as King, remembering fondly how their relationship began after the death of Ayreon's grandmother Noor, whose funeral Edgard, battling his own illnesses, took large efforts in attending.<br />
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Having inherited the Duchy of Istvsnistan in Neridia after the death of his grandmother Noor, Ayreon had at this time taken on his right to take part in the government of the Most Serene Union. Though after some disagreements with the Shirerithian-originated Neridian prince Janus Eadric on the powers of the Duchy and on the future constitutional direction of the demesne, Ayreon sought to abdicate that duchy. At this point, Ayreon's advisers proposed an alternative solution, so as to avoid the unfortunate precedent of the Kaiser abdicating titles and lands bestowed by an [[Natopia|allied power]]. Accordingly, they brought together representatives of the Most Serene Union, the Principality of Arboria, and of course the Elian Union, to broker a complicated deal on changes of noble territorial jurisdiction. For Ayreon's part, it meant that he in 1658 disavowed his claim on the Duchy of Istvanistan, whilst retaining certain privileges there, and return acquired the duchy of New Aquitane from the Principality of Arboria. To square the circle and reward Arboria, the underdeveloped Transegale territory, along with a few small islands on the western coast of Benacia, was ceded by the Elian Union. In this way all three demesne unions were said to have gained something from the convoluted chain of territorial exchanges.<br />
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The only drawback for the Elian Union and Arboria was that their demesnal unions no longer made strict sense as territorial and cultural entities. The Elian Union had always seemed to be a somewhat haphazard assembly of Keltian, Benacian, Cibolan, and Tapferite territories, now the recent Tapferite gains had been swapped out for a landlocked Apollonian duchy. Similarly Arboria's rule over the Transegale made scant sense either, except maybe as a colonial enterprise - and the [[Isabella Simrani-Kalirion|Princess of Arboria]] was reputedly well satisfied by the addition of Tapferite copper mines to the portfolio of her burgeoning maritime realms.<br />
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=== Shirerithian developments ===<br />
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With the Kaiser being largely away in Natopia, fostering his friendship with Emperor Nathan II and dealing with the Elian Union, the Landsraad, at the behest of Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]] of Malarboria, adopted a [[Charter]] [[Imperial Decree 1010|amendment]]. The amendment, which on one hand strengthened the Kaiser's power over his own holdings, particularly the Emirate of [[Sathrati]] and the Duchy of [[Brookshire]], also established a method for the removal of the kaiser. Ayreon was worried about this, as it signalled a further loss of power from him, and more control over him during his eventual rule. He was however pleased with given more autonomy over his personal lands in Shireroth. <br />
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Privately, he confided with the emperor, worried that the Shirerithians would force him out. Although he was never in any deep contact with the exiled king Noah (who was now a Natopian king over Uppland), Noah's people kept seeking the kaiser out, and Ayreon had genuine sympathy for Noah's sadness for being exiled. Of course, Ayreon understood the reasons, and he had promised the IAC on several times that he would abide by their decisions, but Ayreon felt threatened. What if this meant that the IAC would put further restrictions on Ayreon's dealings with the Upplanders, with his exiled family? <br />
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In all of this, Ayreon felt comforted by his best friend, emperor Nathan. Together, they would talk for hours, discussing the future, and enjoying their time together. Things did feel a lot better for Ayreon when spending time with Nathan.<br />
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=== Last year of childhood ===<br />
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On 8.III.1659, Ayreon celebrated his 15th birthday in Nordiskehjem, Normark. It was a private affair although great care was taken by the minders to ensure a proper cake (some berries were directly imported from Caputia). Among the few guests were the Natopian emperor [[Nathan II]], Ayreon's chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Aryani, his uncle [[Aldin]], Aldin's wife [[Li Naomiai]], Ayreon's cousin [[David Raion]], the Timeless Shadow, Emily Saryaan (for some reason unknown to all but on the insistence of the king), as well as the [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]] [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]. Ayreon's [[Liv Dravot|mother]] elected not to attend.<br />
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The very next day was turbulent. Although at the night before, Ayreon had gone to bed very late, being high on sugar and caffeine, and once most the guests had left, he had been a bit too touchy-feely with the Natopian emperor for the likes of the minders, Ayreon woke up to a long day of work. At first, he received the President of the Norse Folketing who informed him that the government had held a ball in honour of the king-kaiser the previous day and that early on the morning of the ninth, it had adopted a new constitution that made Ayreon the first king of Normark since [[Johann Einhorn]]. Although pleased with this news, Ayreon had no time to celebrate. After signing the constitution, [[Peder Eikegaard]], the Elian Union [[Nationalist and Humanist Party|N&H]] prime minister also had an audience with the king-kaiser. Eikegaard told Ayreon that he had formed a new government, and that it had received the backing of the Elian legislature. The Kaiser was pleased. Following this audience, the king received the news from Soraya that Talenore had requested independence. Ayreon was sad. He felt like a piece of his heart was taken away from him. "But the law is the law, and I respect the choice of the Talenorian government," he said. After some very speedy negotiations between [[MiniEx]] [[Lady Dragonmoor]] and the Talenorian president [[Mahmood Sadri]], the Steward [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] [[Imperial Decree 1011|effected]] the Talenorian secession by the evening of the same day.<br />
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A short while later, Nathan II surprised Ayreon with a mighty gift – Nathan abdicated the throne of Tas Neemia in favour of Ayreon. Although it was unexpected for everyone, Nathan's justfiication was that it belonged to Ayreon's family. After all, Ayreon's father's father was once Raja of Tas Neemia too.<br />
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Ayreon's stay in Natopia was cut short by events in Shireroth that caused Ayreon to return home. The [[Prætor]] of the [[Landsraad]], Lord [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] of [[Suthergold]], resigned his office in a surprise move. As such, Ayreon had to lead the Landsraad in electing a new Prætor. Unfortunately for the Kaiser, the debate during that election became a public testament to how bad the relationship between the Kaiser and [[Liv Dravot|his mother]] was. Although she, in the end, was elected Prætor, and the Kaiser and the Imperial Mother took steps to repair the image with the Kaiser staying the next few months in Shirekeep and attending social functions with his mother. Liv's prætorship lasted a few short months before she, too, in a surprise move, would resign, and the Kaiser was tasked once again to seek out a new prætor. With no credible candidates to be found within the Landsraad pool, [[Tinker Sprocket]], the greivar robot Speaker of the [[Natopia]]n Frenzy was ennobled and admitted to the Landsraad and then swiftly elected Prætor.<br />
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Looking forward to ending his regency and starting ruling on his own, the Kaiser was sent back to Natopia until such time that a coronation would be held (were his mother's words). [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]] issued [[Imperial Decree 1018]] which extended the regency until such time that the Kaiser would issue a decree ending it. Being in Natopia, with the minders around him, it would be impossible for him to issue a decree without his mother's or the government's approval. He therefore celebrated his 16th birthday in Natopia with Emperor Nathan II. [[Liv Dravot|His mother]] did, reportedly, not observe the anniversary of her son's birth. The Kaiser's birthday was marked in Shireroth simply as a flag day (as it had the previous years) with no other public celebrations. <br />
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Meanwhile, the IAC had convened a committee to plan the coronation. Planning the Kaiser's coronation proved to be the most divisive task in the IAC since the decision to cause the so-called [[Auspicious Occasion]] in 1651. Despite this, the ministerial council acted collegially in public, renominating [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] for a second term. In the [[1660 Steward election|vote for Steward]], [[Kaiser Redquill|Ryker Everstone]]'s abstention was the only indication of dissent in the [[Imperial Advisory Council]]. Thereby, media understood that the divisions were surrounding the coronation of the Kaiser, and speculated when – even ''if'' – the Kaiser would finally ascend the throne. <br />
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===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===<br />
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Indeed, during the voting of the Landsraad for Steward, strange things happened. The disunity in the IAC as to the Kaiser's coronation spread to the question of the Froyalaners. Heath Belledin, in a surprise move, having previously called for the death of every single Froyalaner in Shireroth, held a speech in the Imperial Advisory Council on how the Imperial Government had treated the Froyalaners too harshly. [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] also joined Belledin's choir. Armin accused [[Liv Dravot]] of murder and genocide, and began writing letters on the matter. Belledin joined the rebellion by calling for the arrest of the Imperial Mother.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Kaiser was called to Natopia for a regency following a spiritual retreat of the emperor there to Athlon, and the IAC adopted a new decree for a reconstitution of the Imperial House – which Armin immediately opposed. After a heavy argument in the IAC, Belledin ragequit the meetings but kept his office as Imperial Inquisitor.<br />
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The voting for the Steward's election took yet another surprise turn minutes before the closing of the vote after [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]] shifted her vote from [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] to the Belledin-supported Lady [[Kaiseress Rei I|Rei Milharna]]. The Prætor, [[Tinker Sprocket|Lord Sprocket]], could not deal with this situation, had a circuit meltdown, and was unable to break the ensuing tie – citing the pressure of having this alien country upon his "mother board" – and resigned the Prætorship. With no Prætor, it was evident that the Kaiser needed to return to Shireroth to break the tie.<br />
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Meanwhile, Liv Dravot called for war against Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh – who in turn expelled her from the Elwynnese senate. Alalehzamin broke thereby with the rest of the Elwynnese government. In yet another surprise move, Armin wrote to the Elwynnese exiled king Noah – now head of the Imperial Court in Lindström – to ask him to protect the Kasier's life should Liv try to extract "the fucking nuisance of a boy" (as his mother had described him).<br />
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The King of Uppland, the exiled and in Shireroth disgraced [[Noah Esposito]], took full charge of the situation and used his prerogatives to spirit the Kaiser away all the way to Uppland, where the Kaiser was placed securely in the basement where he was lavished with gifts and luxury. Angered with this arrangement, and the potential for demonic contamination of the Kaiser, the IAC wrote forcefully to Ayreon, telling him that the IAC would under no circumstances tolerate the Kaiser's staying in Uppland, and that if Ayreon chose to stay in Uppland rather than in Lindström in accordance with the IAC's wishes, Ayreon would have forefeited his crown. Ayreon immediately flew back to Lindström where the Frenzy now had begun debating a bill to remove the special status of the Vanic church in Natopia. Despite heavy opposition, it was quickly approved, and Ayreon was instructed to sign it.<br />
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Meanwhile, he had been informed by conference call from [[Steward]] [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]] that his mother [[Liv Dravot]] was wanted for treason and would likely be killed – either on the battlefield so to speak or by being executed. Ayreon experienced at this time dissociation and depression, something that worried his chamberlain Soraya. It was clear to her that the increased pressure on Ayreon, including the news of his mother's treason and expressions of Froyalanish sympathy, had been coupled with the sudden disappearance of emperor Nathan – for some secretive spiritual congress in Athlon – and that Ayreon felt abandoned, rejected, and alone. She spoke of the matter to the IAC who agreed that the Kaiser had to return to Shirekeep for safekeeping, demonic contamination, and preparation for eventual rule. Not wanting to draw attention to the Kaiser's leaving Natopia, the IAC chartered a Hoennese aeroplane all the way from Terra through Nijima to whisk the Kaiser back to Shireroth.<br />
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However, a few days before the Hoennese airplane was due to land in Lindström, while Ayreon was presiding over the inauguration of Rei Milharna as assistant justice of the Natopian Supreme Court, Emperor Nathan II returned to Vista da Nada. Unfortunately, Nathan and Vidar were unable to meet privately more than five minutes, as court officials were quick to bring the two along with the cabinet for a series of meetings. Nathan understood how little Ayreon had enjoyed his regency, and relieved Ayreon of his duties as Regent, and to the chagrin of the IAC, appointed Naya to the regency. Nathan also bumped Ayreon down one place in the order of succession, and also removed Noah from it, which of course pleased the IAC.<br />
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It appeared to the IAC that the return of Emperor Nathan, and the swift changes there made, signalled an uneasy truce between the Haraldite (represented by Noah and the Klaasiyan Waffel-Paines) and Humanist (represented by the N&H and the Klaasiyan) factions in Natopia. At this point, the Humanists controlled the chancellery and the Frenzy, while the Haraldites controlled the supreme court and the heir to the throne. Both emperor and kaiser were seen as neutral, as was Rei Milharna (a safir, whose existence is sometimes at odds with the humanist ideology). With this the humanist retreated, for now, and their allies in the IAC allowed the Hoennese trip to continue, so not to hurt Hoennese diplomatic relations (it had been the first time a Terran aircraft had entered into Natopian airspace, and indeed, the second, it would enter into Shirerithian).<br />
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=== Rule over Brookshire ===<br />
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In early 1660, Altea Lomax, the Kaiser's, as duke's, vicereine in Brookshire was severely injured in a car accident. The day-to-day activies of the ducal government was temporarily delegated to Rheni Chakram, the second in command. Just after the 1660 Folksraad election, the Duke-Kaiser removed Chakram from office and assumed office himself. There are no clear answers as to why the Kaiser did this, but it is believed it was to punish Chakram for allowing the Nationalist-Humanist bloc to win over Brookshire, a bastion of reformist and liberal ideology (due to generations of governments "dumping" liberal and reformist administrators to Brookshire). <br />
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Taking charge of Brookshire as duke, Ayreon initated quick reforms. On one hand, he made sure to secure the IAC's approval of statehood for Brookshire. Secondly, he appointed governors across each county in the duchy. And third, he created an advisory council, to mirror the IAC ducally, in Montrano, consisting of the governors of the counties.<br />
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Lady Dragonmoor went to the Landsraad with a resolution to restore statehood for Brookshire. However, during the debate of the bill, Lady Dragonmoor was found murdered in her office in the Ministry of the Interior (where she was serving as acting minister during Lady Eki's rebellion in the North). The Southern League, led by the Kaiser's Imperial Mother, Liv Dravot, was immediately implicated in the murder – performed due to the League's opposition to Dragonmoor's nationalization of ESB-Jörmungandr assets (thought to have financed the League). With these events in mind, the ESB allies (mainly the N&H bloc) in the Folksraad conditioned approval of Brookshire's statehood with amnesty for those involved in the Elwynnese civil war as well as those involved with the murder of Lady Dragonmoor. Exaspirated, the Landsraad finally agreed, whereupon the Folksraad and Adelsraad quickly ratified the statehood bill.<br />
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The bill was not yet adopted, however, as Brookshire was the Kaiser's fief, and his assent was therefore needed. His assent could not be given until he had assumed the throne, and there would be no regency in effect. As such, the bill would wait until after the Kaiser's coronation.<br />
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=== Coronation Preparations ===<br />
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The Kaiser's coronation has first been planned to occur upon the Kaiser's return from his last perfomance as regent in Natopia, but was postponed on several occasions, mainly due to the IAC's reluctance to let the Kaiser actually be kaiser. The Elwynnese civil war and the arrest warrants for his mother proved to be good excuses in public discourse. Although the IAC, throughout the Kaiser's childhood, made attempts at steering the Kaiser to be a good and loyal Shirerithian of the new feudal order – attempts that went well until the Kaiser had reached puberty – the Kaiser's deeply religious Bovic faith was one obstacle. His professed love for Emperor Nathan II was another. Moreover, the Kaiser seemed to be quite emotional, with sympathy for the Froyalaners, especially for the Froyalanish part of his extended family (through his grandmother's posthumously anulled marriage with King Noah). As such, the IAC had doubts with the Kaiser's fitness to rule, though in the end, members of the IAC had informed Kaiser Ayreon IV as a condition for his assumption of government that he would have to heed the advice of the Imperial Advisory Council or else face dethroning.<br />
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== Reigning Kaiser ==<br />
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===Coronation===<br />
# coronation<br />
# coronation honours<br />
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===The Matter of Elwynn===<br />
The Kaiser's attempts at posing as a peacemaker in Elwynn fell apart when instead of inviting the Elwynnese factions to attend talks aimed at a negotiated settlement, the outlines of which were beginning to take shape, he attempted to order the surviving members of the Elwynnese Senate to attend an extraordinary session chaired by the Kaiser in [[Raynor's Keep]]. This contributed to a perhaps underwhelming response. Concurrently it became apparent that, in spite of the amnesty granted by the Landsraad to all parties in the dispute, the Imperial Inquisitor had in no-way set aside his ambition to subject the Imperial Mother to the politicised judicial process which had prompted the crisis in Elwynn in the first instance. More worryingly rumours persisted that Steward intended to have the Imperial Mother held permanently incommunicado without trial. For this reason the Southern League demanded a hostage from House Octavius as a guarantee of the safety of their political leadership. An official response was not forthcoming and the offer of [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]] to serve as a hostage instead was dismissed contemptuously since the value of his life was hardly going to be sufficient to dissuade the Steward from a course of action. <br />
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After it became apparent that, for one reason or another, over half of the membership of the Elwynnese Senate had failed to respond to the Kaiser's summons Aryeon IV reluctantly adjourned the session until further notice. The Kaiser was said to have reacted poorly to the news of the failure of his first effort as a diplomatic mediator, threatening to deprive all participants in the civil conflict of their noble title.<br />
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As the depths of the Kaiser's fury became widely known discrete contacts were established between the Imperial Court and the Army Council of the Southern League. Following tortuous negotiations new proposals were set before the rump Senate in Raynor's Keep which the Southern League then seized upon in order to make a definitive counter proposal. In place of an Imperial occupation a new regime of peace would be imposed by Commissioners of the Peace, comprised of the leadership of the formerly warring factions. These commissioners would then oversee congressional elections in the bailiwicks within the jurisdictions of their leagues. The Western League would be abolished and partitioned between the Northern League, the Southern League, and Eliria which secured the Ayreonist heartland in Iserdia in order to establish a League of the Midlands. All parties were heartily sick of the conflict by this stage and the compromise peace established by the [[White Elwynn Accords]], named for the body of water where the parties met on a barge to affix their signatures, was good enough to allow everyone to claim that they had endured enough to secure their interests.<br />
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===The Humanist Counterrevolution===<br />
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Spurred by the successes of the [[Southern League]] in holding its own against Ayreonist and Imperialist pressure long enough to obtain a favourable peace, Humanists and Coalition 1660, a disparate collection of minority parties and reformists, found the courage to turn on the tottering regime of [[Kizzy Drakland]] in [[Malarboria]].<br />
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Angularis, [[Amarr]], and [[Highpass]] were lost to the invading forces in quick succession whilst the restive population of Modan-Hamlet rose up in revolt against the Regents appointed by the Loyalist Legion and Coven of the Sun.<br />
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* Kaiser intervenes with Kizzy's exodus. <br />
* Elwynn – coup against Armin. "Coordinated State" restored.<br />
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===The burdens of title===<br />
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In light of the growing instability outside the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Government took steps to layer additional layers of security around the Kaiser. Travel outside of the Imperial Republic risked re-engagement with the Harald Entity. Travel to much of mainland Benacia necessitated a significant security entourage. As such, the Kaiser stayed mostly in Raynor's Keep, reading papers of state and attending meetings of the IAC, quietly frustrated with the limitations of his role.<br />
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Amongst the most egregious examples of the travel restrictions placed upon the young Kaiser was the refusal to permit him to attend the [https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wedding_of_Emperor_Francis_Joseph_IV_of_Alexandria_and_Queen_Elizabeth_I_of_Caputia wedding] of the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV and Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia in late 1661, following credible threats of an assassination attempt by ultra-nationalist elements in the Imperial regime outraged by the possibility, albeit remote, that the Kaiser would be able to consort, even fleetingly, with corrupting foreign influences - notably the representatives of Stormark and the Vanic diaspora in Natopia, during the course of festivities in Zalae and Dos Gardenias. <br />
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Events took a still more ominous turn with the assassination in 1663 of the Steward of Shireroth, [[Octavius#Mira_Octavius-Aryani|Mira II Octavius-Aryani]] within the grounds of Raynor's Keep itself, the security apparatus surrounding Ayreon became omnipresent. Visits to his rural hideaway, [[Montreano]], were restricted, preventing him from reviewing and approving planned improvements to the grounds. Sentinels patrolled Raynor's Keep in constant rotation, while the Kaiser himself was forbidden to be without at least two Sentinels at all times.<br />
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At first, it was believed the Kaiser would be unable to attend his steward's funeral due to security concerns. In this context, his Imperial Chamberlain, [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya II Octavius-Parini]], cleared his schedule. Officially, he would be on a spiritual retreat, but, in reality, he travelled to [[Kezan]] and was hosted by the grieving House of Octavius.<br />
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While attending Mira's wake, Ayreon experienced a panic attack. For the remainder of his time in [[Kezan]], he remained withdrawn and private, though simultaneously liberated by the absence of his Sentinels. During this time, he and his Chamberlain, Soraya, spoke at length on the many things troubling him. His revulsion at his mother's attempts to foist a bride on him. His unreciprocated yearning for Nathan II of Natopia. The choking grasp of the security apparatus that awaited him at home. The ever-looming spectre of death upon them all.<br />
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Soraya comforted Ayreon as much as a substitute maternal figure could. She agreed to find a way loosen his restrictions, but reiterated the need for protection. She grudgingly agreed with the Imperial Mother on the need for the Kaiser to perpetuate his dynasty, whose very existence was precariously narrow.<br />
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Upon his return to Benacia, the Kaiser spent the remainder of his impromptu vacation in [[Montreano]], in deep discussion with [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]. The two had maintained an especially close relationship throughout their childhood, raised and tutored together under the aegis of the Imperial Chamberlain. Once reaching adulthood, Isidora was the only one among their group to take up full residence in Montreano, while the others took up various local and imperial functions throughout the Imperial Capital.<br />
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Upon the Kaiser's return to Raynor's Keep, he informed the Imperial Advisory Council of his decision to wed Isidora. Reactions were mixed, with concern primarily falling on the fact that she had Imperial Immediacy but was not of sufficient rank in and of herself. They counter-offered that the Kaiser take her as a concubine; her children would remain lower on the [[Order of Succession]] than any children by a true wife.<br />
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Ayreon chafed at the counter-proposal, as he saw marrying a woman, even a close confidant, to be a large sacrifice in itself. The Kaiser left the matter unresolved, depressed by the level of control that the IAC held over even personal matters.<br />
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=== Second Regency ===<br />
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This fueled a spiritual crisis in the young Kaiser, and he was given leave to attend Saint Joelle's Monastery for a while for him to grow stronger physically, spiritually and mentally. The Monastery was notorious for instilling in its monks mental and physical discipline in a harsh Antarctic climate. During his leave of absence, the Kaiser had arranged for the Prince of Modan to be his regent.<br />
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During his seclusion, the Kaiser's demesnes in Natopia were taken by his grand-aunt Isabella Kalirion for imperial administration. Although Ayreon was angered by this act, he felt the need to continue his spiritual seclusion for the time being. He needed more discipline. <br />
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After sermons on forgiveness and reconciliation, Ayreon, as kaiser, sent a letter to the Jingdaoese Chidao emperor congratulating him on the establishment of an exhibition of Benacian flora and fauna at the main museum in Jingdao's capital. The letter had, unfortunately for the kaiser, been intercepted by the IAC who demanded the Kaiser's immediate return.<br />
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Ayreon, fearing for his throne, returned to Shirekeep where he stayed a few weeks dealing with the IAC, before he returned to the Monastery, this time with the former kaiseress Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] as regent. Although an alien, Lady Kessei was seen as less controversial than other safir in Shirekeep, and the Kaiser wanted by the appointment to send the Nationalist-Humanists a message of disagreement with their anti-nonhuman policies.<br />
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The Kaiser failed in this message as the regent-safir organized the [[Safirian Exodus]] in late 1663 which saw the mass emigration of safir and others, including several former kaisers and long-lasting members of the imperial government. The Kaiser considered this a defeat for his Ayreonist leanings, and immediately returned, albeit reluctantly, to Shirekeep.<br />
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=== The [[Safirian Exodus]] plays out ===<br />
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In an imperial proclamation (''[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus|On the Safirian Exodus]]''), he stated: "Their [''the safirs'''] departure makes the Shirerithian culture and diversity the more poorer. We are immensely grateful for their nation's contributions to the Imperial Republic." He was quickly rebuked by the leader of the [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]], who said said:<br />
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::: ''Let us avail ourselves of this opportunity to discard the pretence that the active alien colonisation of our world was in any way a sensible or welcome development, furthermore let us take this moment as an opportune one in which to investigate fully and openly what sequence of immortal perversities enabled a succession of blue-skinned extraterrestrials to occupy the throne as though they had a blood right to it''. <br />
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At this point, the Kaiser's right, by tradition, to issue imperial proclamations without the advice and consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] was questioned by the Folksraad, and the Kaiser's personal secretary, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], made a public statement ending that tradition for matters that may to a majority of the IAC appear controversial. The Kaiser responded by sacking Jahanbani from that position and his stead appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]].<br />
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In Brookshire, after the Duke of Calezi won a peaceful election by being elected to President of the Council of Ministers, the Kaiser also appointed Calezi to First Secretary of the Kehl, a position that the same day was vacated by a member of the group taking part in the Safirian Exodus.<br />
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=== Reform of the Imperial Household ===<br />
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A few days after having appointed [[Li Naomiai|the Marchioness of Sentratera]] to Personal Secretary, the Kaiser was invited to a meeting with his chamberlain Soraya Octavius-Parini, his secretary the Marchioness Sentratera, and Lady Isidora – the Kaiser's preferred wife (if he had to have a wife), where they discussed the IAC's refusal to allow Lady Isidora the right of being the kaiser's wife and consort. After the chamberlain presented the meeting with a draft reform package for the organization of the [[Imperial Household]], so to bring more autonomy and protection to the Kaiser's court, the Kaiser reluctantly agreed to take Isidora on as a concubine provided that the law would allow for any children of that union to inherit the throne. This was considered especially important at this time given the Batavian monarchists were contemporaneously courting [[David Raion|Prince David]] (2nd in line to the Shirerithian throne) to make David king of the Batavians. While waiting for the proposals to be dashed out, discussed through endless IAC meetings and prepared with appropriate budgets, and so on, the meeting also decided that Isidora would replace the Marchioness as personal secretary to the Kaiser, responding to missives, letters, etc, so to normalize the IAC's interactions with her.<br />
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=== ''Fall Jahanbani'' ===<br />
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On 7.VII.1664, the [[Arbiter]] of the [[Judex]], Vilhelm Benkern died from old age. The Kaiser was immediately informed and proclaimed a period of mourning throughout the Imperial Republic. In the daily meeting with the IAC the question of who would replace Benkern as Arbiter arose. In the end, the short list stood between the Provost (i.e. assistant arbiter) [[Kaiser Redquill|King Ryker of Goldshire]] and [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], the [[Imperial Household]] chamberlain. Finally, the Kaiser decided that he would nominate King Ryker in order to keep Soraya close to himself. <br />
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During the Landsraad's confirmation hearing the next day, the Minister of the Exterior, [[Jalal Jahanbani]], exposed sympathies for the Froyalanish people, with the former king Noah Hallbjörnsson, and with Stormark. Furthermore, in an official statement, Jahanbani promised to bring reparations to the Froyalanish people, the deposed [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]]. As a consequence of this he was deprived of noble title and office, finding himself instead plunged into the darkest cells of Raynor's Keep.<br />
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For the friends and family of Jahanbani an even worse fate awaited them at the [[Chamber of the Crypteia|Crypteia]]-[[Vigiles Arcani|VA]] Vanyam Facility on the frozen isle of [[Raikoth]].<br />
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Upon hearing of the news of Jahanbani, the Kaiser confessed to his chamberlain that Jahanbani had offered him sexual services and had often initiated conversations on the so-called [[Froyalanish]] genocide, [[Stormark]], and the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]].<br />
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=== A Concubine and a Child ===<br />
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During month XI of 1664, Ayreon finally received the formal consent of the [[Imperial Advisory Council]] for him to take on Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]] as concubine. An investiture ceremony for her was held in the Keep where she vowed "to remain ever faithful to Our Lord the Radiant Sun, and to bear him children worthy of his inheritance". In turn, the Kaiser promised to view Isidora as "a faithful servant and member of [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion|my family]]".<br />
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The Kaiser was happy with the choice, but less happy about insistent members of the IAC, who demand that he consummate the concubinage so that he can get into the rhythm of sexual relations with the opposite sex and practice for when he gets properly married. Ayreon ended debate over the topic by making the vague promise to attempt impregnation at Isidora's next ovulation.<br />
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Although the Kaiser was gaining confidence and maturing into his role as constitutional monarch, he sharply rediscovered the limits of his authority when he proposed to his advisory council, at a moment when it was distracted by news of a fresh revolt in northern Elwynn, that the Imperial Republic's flag ought to be redesigned.<br />
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Although news in early 1665 surfaced that the Kaiser's concubine was expecting a child, it was common knowledge in Raynor's Keep that the kaiser preferred spending his nights with male companions, particularly a Batavian adept page with the name of [[Jaap van Pijpervale]]. Although Ayreon's relationship with Jaap started off out of pure physical attraction, over time, Ayreon developed romantic feelings for the page. He knew though that the relationship with Jaap would always have a skewed power relationship, and despite his romantic feelings, he did not take the relationship seriously. He enjoyed spending time with Jaap, particularly at night, but whenever he wanted emotional closeness, he would go to Isidora. Only with Isidora did Ayreon feel comfortable enough to "be himself". In fact, Isidora was the only person that the Kaiser fully trusted. Although he would never say it out loud to her, she was the only person he regarded as his equal.<br />
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On 17.VII.1665, Isidora gave birth to the Kaiser's daughter [[Salome]]. Princess Salome automatically became heir apparent. Only a child of the Kaiser's imperial spouse would rank higher in the order of succession.<br />
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The Kaiser felt a renewed sense of peace of spirit after the birth of his daughter, spending as much time as he could with her, and the mother of the child, though Ayreon kept his relationship with Jaap, spending most nights with him. In spite of his aristocratic lifestyle, the Media Engagement section of the Office of Information ensured that the Kaiser was portrayed to his denizens and loyal subjects as a paternal and morally upright family man.<br />
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=== Nathan matters ===<br />
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When Ayreon heard of the news of the return of Nathan II from a spiritual slumber, Ayreon's heart sank. He had thought that his feelings for Nathan had been pushed aside, replaced by the platonic love he had for Isidora, his love as a father for his daughter, and for his carnal love for Jaap. Nathan sent some missives to Ayreon, but Ayreon refused to answer any of them. They are not of official character, they need no reply, he would say. Ayreon was angry, and when angry, Ayreon would work out harder, running more and more around the Keep, making heavier gymnastic movements. At times, the Court would worry about the Kaiser's mental health, but Isidora, his chamberlain and concubine, would quickly silence such worries.<br />
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The Kaiser undertook a trip to Normark in late 1665. Although invited to Lindström to meet with the Emperor, he declined, citing a lack of time. In Normark, Ayreon enacted a new constitution and oversaw new elections to the new Norse legislature. Returning to Shirekeep, the Kaiser took on more work. He met with the IAC more regularly than before, made several ambassadorial appointments, regulated an imperial electoral commission, and mediated the resignation of King Ryker Everstone from [[Arbiter]] after a highly controversial ruling. In his stead, the Kaiser appointed [[Semisa Caprici]], the first woman to head the Judex for 141 years (last one was Hypatia Agnesi in 1624). <br />
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At the same time, Prince Aldin, Ayreon's paternal uncle, returned to Shireroth. With Aldin's son [[David Raion|David]] looking increasingly likely to become King of the Batavians, Aldin resigned from the Bovic papacy and became Metrobosarch of Benacia (akin to archbishop), so that he could be closer to the other members of his Ayreon-Kalirion extended family. The Kaiser valued this return and appointed Prince Aldin to the Landsraad. Prince Aldin also brought with him wishes from Emperor Nathan, and Ayreon finally decided to respond. There was a video call, one that did not touch on official matters, except for discussions of the Batavians' plans for David, Nathan and Ayreon could speak out. Ayreon spoke of his child, Nathan of his spiritual experiences, and they spoke of their good memories. They promised each other they would meet whenever the conditions of scheduling aligned.<br />
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Meanwhile, Shireroth and Natopia, agreed on a major landswap. Shireroth thus acquired [[Leng]], [[Cape Saint Sherrith and Graven Island]] from Natopia, and gave Natopia [[Mar Sara]] in return.<br />
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=== Talenorian visit === <br />
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The Kaiser received an invitation to visit Talenore, and he undertook the visit in late 1665. He met with the Governor General, Lord Sadri of Pasdaran, and with members of his cabinet, leaders of other parliamentary parties, and the Speaker of the National Assembly. During his trip, Ayreon was presented with a mansion in East Bay, to be his imperial residence in Talenore. This residence would also function as the Imperial High Commission, the representation of the Shirerithian government, in Talenore. The location of the residence was chosen for its proximity to Metro Talenore, but its location outside of it made it more politically expedient for the Talenorian government so speak of their independence from the imperial government all matters other than those regulated by the treaty. During this trip, the Kaiser bestowed upon the State Guard of Talenore, the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmery, the prefix Imperial, whereafter they became known as the Imperial Guard.<br />
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=== Microvision War ===<br />
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On the same evening as his return to Shirekeep, the Kaiser watched Microvision in his room together with Jaap and two other pages who looked scarily similar to Jaap, along with the Steward Hartmut Aldric and guests from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs. Like any good gay man, was drunkenly watching the show together with his guests, and when it became clear that the final vote of the Republic of Inner Benacia had Shireroth lose its victory place, the Kaiser became furious. He cursed the Ribbers off and on again – little did he realize that the MoMA guests took his curses ("death to the Ribbers", "what is this cunt-place of a country even? it shouldn't even be a country") literally and began secret preparations to invade and subjugate the neighbouring country. <br />
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To the Kaiser's surprise, a few weeks later, on 10.I.1666, a seemingly unidentified rocket detonated at low altitude over Stonetree, the capital of the Republic of Inner Benacia, spreading a mysterious red powder over a large area and resulting in mass casualties on the ground. Victims appeared to suffer from symptoms - such as blood crystallisation and violent haemorrhaging - that appeared consistent with dreadnettle poisoning. The site of the Dolmen, as well as the nascent commercial district were amongst the areas contaminated. Survivors fled into the wilderness, disrupting the function of what little governance and military command and control existed.<br />
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--- Subjugation of RIB – Raspur expansion etc.<br />
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=== Prince of Hurmu ===<br />
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=== Third Regency ===<br />
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=== Birth of Twins ===<br />
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=== Batavian reunification ===<br />
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=== Proposal to marry Nathan ===<br />
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=== New government ===<br />
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=Government=<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]]||1663 <br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Deputy Steward||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Li Naomiai]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito|Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] ||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]] ||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Soraya Octavius-Parini]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]] ||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Interior and Defense]]||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Sadie Octavius-Adelaidini]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1653–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]], [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] ||1657–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1666<br />
|-<br />
| [[Minister of National Welfare]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1663<br />
|-<br />
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Kezan||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Goldshire||King Ryker Redquill||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Elwynn||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Modan||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani Kalirion]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Leng||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister for Talenore and the Protectorates||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| Minister without Portfolio ||King Ryker Everstone||1663–1666, 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1667–<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[Imperial Advisory Council]]==<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''<br />
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''<br />
|-<br />
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion|Prince of Modan]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Kaiseress Semisa II|Kessei Ašura]] (''Regent'')||1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] (''Regent'')||1666–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Acting Steward'')|| 1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]] ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Members ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Zahir al Din]]||1650–1652, 1663–<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jeremy Archer]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Mahmood Sadri Maleki|Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran]]||1666–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Sadie Octavius-Adelaidi ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| || Lady Isidora Octavius-Teleni ||1667–<br />
|-<br />
| Former members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661, 1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661<br />
|-<br />
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1666<br />
|-<br />
| || Lord [[Heath Belledin]] ||1650–1663<br />
|-<br />
| ||Lord [[Jalal Jahanbani]]||1663–1664<br />
|-<br />
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–1666<br />
|-<br />
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||Prince [[Daniyal ibn Daniyal Simrani-Kalirion]]||1663–1667<br />
|-<br />
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–1667<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Imperial Proclamations==<br />
<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] <br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]] (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]<br />
*[[Imperial Proclamation: On the Safirian Exodus]]<br />
<br />
==Imperial Speeches==<br />
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]<br />
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== Imperial Decrees ==<br />
<br />
{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}<br />
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= Titles =<br />
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== Current ==<br />
1645–''present'': 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, Count of Kaltor, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings<br />
<br />
1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')<br />
<br />
1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush<br />
<br />
1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, Marquess of [[Zy-Rodun]], Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Duke of [[Brookshire]], Count of Dracoheim, Count of Istvan, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the [[Order of the Dragon|Dragon]], [[Order of the Griffin|Griffin]], [[Order of the Phoenix|Phoenix]], and [[Order of the Chimera|Chimera]], Sovereign of the [[Golden Mango Throne]], Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad<br />
<br />
1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane<br />
<br />
1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia<br />
<br />
1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu<br />
<br />
1666–''present'': Prince of [[Hurmu]]<br />
<br />
== Previous ==<br />
<br />
1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]<br />
<br />
1648–1650: [[Prince of Shireroth]]<br />
<br />
1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]<br />
<br />
1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]<br />
<br />
1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]<br />
<br />
1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]<br />
<br />
1650–1664: King of the Elian Lands (sometimes written as King of the Elian Union)<br />
<br />
1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia<br />
<br />
1657–1664: King of [[Leng]]<br />
<br />
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== Storish titles ==<br />
<br />
Despite the events of the [[Auspicious Occasion]], the [[Stormark|Storish]] government, in an attempt to foster dissension at the highest levels of the Imperial Government whose essential unity permitted the expulsion of the Vanic monarchy from Elwynn, still maintains the pretence that the Kaiser, as a step-grandson of the exiled king [[Noah]], has claim to the following titles: [[Prince of Hvalafell]] (held 1510–1653 by each kaiser as a gift from [[Harald of Ettlingar Freyu|High King Harald]]), Jarl of the Longships Islands (title inherited upon the death of [[Kaiseress Noor]]).<br />
<br />
These titles have been specifically repudiated by Imperial Decrees [[Imperial Decree 1022|1022]] (''Charter of the Imperial House'', issued by [[Regent]] [[Hartmut Aldric]]) and [[Imperial Decree 977|977]] (''Renunciation of Titles'', issued by [[Steward]] [[Liv Dravot]]). The Kaiser having been firmly advised, by prominent members of the IAC amongst others, that his tenure on the Golden Mango Throne would come to an abrupt end if he so much as acknowledged the grant of these titles still less attempted to exercise the prerogatives associated with them.<br />
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= Ancestry =<br />
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|1= 1. Vidar Salim Livarson<br />
|2= 2. [[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|3= 3. [[Liv Djupvik]]<br />
|4= 4. [[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]<br />
|5= 5. [[Kaiseress Noor]]<br />
|6= 6. Nilu Sólason<br />
|7= 7. Kristina Djupvik<br />
|8= 8. [[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]<br />
|9= 9. [[Elijah Ayreon]]<br />
|10= 10. [[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]<br />
|11= 11. [[Fatima al-Osman]]<br />
|12= 12. [[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]<br />
|13= 13. Sól Míudottir<br />
|14= 14. Magne Djupvik<br />
|15= 15. Yrsa Bentsen<br />
|16= 16. Aedwynn Shepherd<br />
|17= 17. Jaynae Shepherd<br />
|18= 18. [[Daniel Kalirion]]<br />
|19= 19. Sara Rikjudottir<br />
|20= 20. Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion<br />
|21= 21. Noor Simrani<br />
|22= 22. [[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]<br />
|23= 23. Samira of Raspur<br />
|24= 24. Sjakur Völvuson<br />
|25= 25. Vanadís Isammaður<br />
|26= 26. Karil Sovuson<br />
|27= 27. Mía Velöndudottir<br />
|28= 28. Einar Djupvik<br />
|29= 29. Hanne Djupvik<br />
|30= 30. Bjørnstjerne Havefoss<br />
|31= 31. Åse Byrum<br />
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