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|fullname = Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine
|aka = Vidar Ayreon
|image = Kaiserayreon4_1656.png
|gender = Male
|species = Human
|hairstyle = Blond hair
|eyecolor = Blue
|skincolor = White
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|father = [[Adam Anushiruwan]]
|mother = [[Liv Djupvik]]
|birthdate = 1645
|birthplace = [[Raynor's Keep]]
|residence = [[Raynor's Keep]]
|deathdate = –
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|nationality = Shirerithian
|allegiance =  [[Line of Ayreon-Kalirion]]
|occupation = [[Kaiser]]
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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).

=Biography=
==Name==
''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]].

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'').

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").

== Family background ==

{{Ayreon-Kalirion}} 

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]].

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).

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).

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]].

==Infancy==

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.

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.

The System had been aimed at encouraging the child to incline habitually towards notions of obedience, duty and service, in contrast to the arrogance and entitlement which had thoroughly corrupted the infant's father.

The infant, would be constantly supervised in the presence of his Governess, Yara Rose of Erudition, and to be kept isolated from other children. The Steward and the Khanum strictly monitored and recorded every action the toddler made and entirely controlled who was allowed access to the boy in the Steward's Tower.

His only other companion, aside from her Governess, was the young [[Azardokht al-Osman]], a hostage of the Steward kept in order to ensure the good behaviour of the [[House of Osman]] which ruled the [[Emirate of Jadid Khaz Modan|southern isles]] by the threat that she could be married off to create a rival claimant.

Future plans for the infant's early education revolved around a strict daily schedule. Morning lessons would begin at 08.30 and continue until 11.30. Lessons would then resume at 14.00 and continue until 19.00.

The education would begin, with full rigour, at the age of five years old. In addition to the standard subjects taught under the [[The Agnesia-Alalehzamin System|Agnesia-Alalehzamin System]] the boy would learn, decorum, the Holodomatic scriptures and later languages.

The Khanum's strictest instruction was that under no circumstances was the child to have any contact with his father, nor to learn anything of Adam except for his crimes and the depth of his depravity.

At the age of seventeen the boy was to have been assigned to an [[Imperial 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.

==Early kaisership==

[[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>]]

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.

The Kaiser was from 1647 without contact with his mother until her appointment as Steward in 1651, and Ayreon is believed to have compensated that loss of motherly affection with affection from other women, particularly Princess [[Kizzy Drakland]] and Countess [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]]. He is now fond of his Chmberlain, Soraya. The relationship between the Kaiser and his mother remains cold.

When the Steward exiled the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]] from Shireroth in 1651, the Kaiser was blissfully unaware of the reasons for the exile and of the consequences of the exile, though unfortunately his step-uncle [[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. 

As the [[Prætor]], [[Fjorleif]], was exiled, too, it was incumbent upon the Landsraad at this time to hold an election for prætor. The Kaiser, upon hearing that it was the kaiser's duties to conduct the election, was overjoyed and went, against all advice, to the Palace of Zirandorthel where the nobled had assembled. In an embarassing display of presiding, Vidar forced all nobles to go various sides of the Landsraad floor (depending on which candidate they supported for prætor). In the end, he counted the nobles on each side and found that one side had more. He had, however, by this time forgotten which side supported which candidate and he solemnly declared the wrong candidate elected. After a while, the Kaiser understood his error and the duly elected winner King [[Ryker Everstone]] took the Prætor's chair and hat, though seemed a bit sluggish in doing so.

After the prætorial incident, the Kaiser was sent to a small farm in [[Monty Crisco]] to learn discipline, patience and agriculture, and so that his education would continue in peace and quiet.

In the year 1653 IAC travels to the Montrano Estate to celebrate the Kaiser's eighth birthday, during which time an argument erupted over how to deal with the Froyalaners now that they've been sequestered into the FNR. Following a tour of the farm and an impromptu demonstration of the use of a ''burdizzo'', a throwaway remark by [[Michael Verion]] during a further argument on the subject of the Froyalanish question inspired Liv to consider mass castration as a solution. Although an unlikely subject over which a mother might attempt to bond with her son she nonetheless encouraged him to work overnight on a proclamation, the resulting draft was praised by the IAC and accepted with few alterations.

In mid 1653, Ayreon IV received with enthusiasm the news that his second cousin (of same age as himself) [[Nathan II]] had ascended the Natopian throne as emperor. Plans were immediately made for the Kaiser to visit his cousin and his own holdings in Natopia.

The Imperial Advisory Council, growing more concerned that the Kaiser may not be all too willing to conform with the prevailing IAC ideology following the Auspicious Occasion, met to draft a new Charter that would restrict the powers of the Kaiser somewhat in favour of a regularly elected Steward. In the middle of 1653, the Landsraad debated the proposal, adopted it, and after three states ([[Elwynn]], [[Goldshire]] and [[Kezan]]) had assented, the Kaiser was flown to Shirekeep to promulgate the new [[Charter]]. The new Charter also separated the post of Steward from that of Regent.

=== Regency ===

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.

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.

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.

===Regent in Natopia===

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

===Reign during the war years===

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.

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.

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.

===L'affaire de Ryker===

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.

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.

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. 

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.

The King of Goldshire subsequently resolved this awkward impasse by lapsing into a coma, throwing his Kingdom once more into chaos.

===Early Adolescence===

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]].

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]].

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].

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.

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]].

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.

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.

===The Elian Union===

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

=== Shirerithian developments ===

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. 

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? 

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.

=== Last year of childhood ===

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

===Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown===

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

=== Rule over Brookshire ===

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). 

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.

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.

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.

=== Coronation Preparations ===

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.

== Reigning Kaiser ==

===Coronation===
# coronation
# coronation honours

===The Matter of Elwynn===
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. 

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.

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.

===The Livian Counterrevolution===

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]].

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.

=Government=
{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Role'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''
|-
| [[Regent]]||[[Imperial Advisory Council]] (''held in commission'')||1653–1654
|-
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1654–1656
|-
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1656–1661
|-
| [[Steward]]||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654
|-
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657
|-
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–
|-
| [[Minister of the Interior]]||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||[[Malliki Nakita Nur Pinito|Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653
|-
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]] ||1653–1654
|-
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] (''held in commission'') ||1654–1657
|-
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]] ||1657–1661
|-
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]] ||1661–
|-
| [[Minister of the Exterior]]||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1651–1653
|-
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1653–1654
|-
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657
|-
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea]], [[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661
|-
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–
|-
| [[Minister of Military Affairs]]||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] (''held in commission'')||1651–1657
|-
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] ||1657–1660
|-
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1660–
|-
| Imperial [[Inquisitor]]||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1650–
|-
| Prefect of [[Shirekeep]]||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–
|-
| Chamberlain of the [[Imperial Household Agency|Household]]||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–1654
|-
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] (''held in commission'')||1654–1657
|-
| ||[[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1657–
|-
|}

==Imperial Advisory Council==

{| {{table}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Holder'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tenure'''
|-
| On the Throne||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]] (''Steward'')||1650–1651
|-
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]] (''Steward'')||1651–1654
|-
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]] (''Regent'')||1654–1656
|-
| ||Count [[Hartmut Aldric]] (''Regent'')||1656–1661
|-
| ||[[Kaiser]] [[Kaiser Ayreon IV|Ayreon IV]]||1661–
|-
| President of Council (''Steward'')||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1654
|-
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657
|-
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1657–
|-
| Ordinary members||Lord [[Heath Belledin]]||1650–
|-
| ||Lady [[Mira Octavius-Aryani]], Count Palatine of [[Kezan]]||1650–
|-
| ||Lady [[Octavius#Soraya_Octavius-Parini|Soraya Octavius-Parini]]||1651–
|-
| ||King [[Ryker Everstone]]||1651–1657, 1659–
|-
| ||Duke [[Hartmut Aldric]]||1655–
|-
| ||Marchioness [[Li Naomiai]]||1661–
|-
| Extraordinary Members  || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1661–
|-
| || Uria Vatzka||1661–
|-
| Former ordinary members||Prince [[Kyle Kilynn]]||1650–1656
|-
| ||Prince [[Hallbjörn Haraldsson]]||1650–1651
|-
| ||Princess [[Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir]] ||1650–1651
|-
| ||Pentheros [[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion]]||1650–1652
|-
| ||Lady [[Liv Dravot]]||1651–1660
|-
| ||[[Viscount Myn]]||1651–1653
|-
| ||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]] in commission||1651–1657
|-
| ||Lord [[Michael Verion]]||1653–1657
|-
| ||[[Anzarolexion]] in commission||1654–1657
|-
| ||Burgrave [[Waldemar Zinkgraven]]||1654–1657
|-
| ||The [[Royal Iron Company]] in commission||1654–1657
|-
| ||[[Pleroma Solutions]] in commission||1654–1657
|-
| ||[[Juana Beazcoetxea|Lady Dragonmoor]]||1657–1661
|-
| ||Count [[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]]||1650–1661
|-
| ||Queen [[Kaiseress Kizzy|Kizzy Drakland]]||1656–1661
|-
| ||Lady [[Eki Verion]]||1657–1661
|-
| ||Hon [[James Reuss]]||1657–1661
|-
| || Nona Vasilica, Angusticlave Tribune ||1657–1661
|}

==Imperial Proclamations==

*[[Imperial Proclamation: My granny is dead]] 
*[[Imperial Proclamation: King of Goldshire]] (''Steward [[Kyle Kilynn]]'')
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Health of the Steward]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Death of Prince Audun Joel]] (also known as ''My uncle is dead'')
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Men and Boys with Froyalanish blood]]  (also known as the ''Edict of Montrano'')
*[[Imperial Proclamation: An Imperial Progress]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Emperor of the Natopians]]
*[[Imperial Proclamation: To the Florian People]]
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Full Mobilisation]] (''Steward [[Liv Dravot]]'')
*[[Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People]]
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Day of Thanksgiving]]
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Birth of Our Cousin]]
*[[Imperial Proclamation: Marriages of the Imperial Mother and Other Lords and Ladies of Our House]]

==Imperial Speeches==
*[[Kaiser's address to the Caputian Parliament]]

== Imperial Decrees ==

{{Main|Kaiser Ayreon IV/Imperial Decrees}}

= Titles =
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

1645–1653: Prince of [[Elwynn]], [[Llængjarl]] of Elwynn, Count of [[Northshire]], Count of [[Arietta]], Count of the [[Lady Esther Isles]]

1648–1650: Prince of Shireroth

1648–''present'': Lord of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan (''Natopia'')

1649–''present'': Khan of Caer Lum'ruush

1650–1650: King of [[Goldshire]]

1650–1653: Kaiser in [[Kildare]], Emperor of [[Kildare]], [[Prince of Hvalafell]], Wielder of the [[Sword of Vengeance]]

1650–1658: Duke of [[Istvanistan]]

1650–1661: [[Emir of Sathrati]]

1650–''present'': Kaiser of Shireroth, King of the Elian Lands, 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

1657–''present'': King of Leng

1658–''present'': Duke of New Aquitane

1659–''present'': King of [[Normark]], Raja of Tas Neemia

1654–1655, 1660: Prince Regent of Natopia

1660–''present'': Champion of the Order of Saint Asara Sisu

== Storish titles ==

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]]).

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.

= Ancestry =
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|1= 1.	Vidar Salim Livarson
|2= 2.	[[Adam Ayreon-Kalirion]]
|3= 3.	[[Liv Djupvik]]
|4= 4.	[[Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion]]
|5= 5.	[[Kaiseress Noor]]
|6= 6.	Nilu Sólason
|7= 7.	Kristina Djupvik
|8= 8. 	[[Nathan Waffel-Paine]]
|9= 9.	[[Elijah Ayreon]]
|10= 10.	[[Daniel Simrani-Kalirion]]
|11= 11.	[[Fatima al-Osman]]
|12= 12.	[[Arviður Andelarjunarbroðir]]
|13= 13.	Sól Míudottir
|14= 14.	Magne Djupvik
|15= 15.	Yrsa Bentsen
|16= 16.	Aedwynn Shepherd
|17= 17.	Jaynae Shepherd
|18= 18.	[[Daniel Kalirion]]
|19= 19.	Sara Rikjudottir
|20= 20.	Daniyal Nelzadeh Kalirion
|21= 21.	Noor Simrani
|22= 22.	[[Kaiser Aurangzeb]]
|23= 23.	Samira of Raspur
|24= 24.	Sjakur Völvuson
|25= 25.	Vanadís Isammaður
|26= 26.	Karil Sovuson
|27= 27.	Mía Velöndudottir
|28= 28. 	Einar Djupvik
|29= 29. 	Hanne Djupvik
|30= 30. 	Bjørnstjerne  Havefoss
|31= 31. 	Åse Byrum
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{{succession box|title=[[Emir of Sathrati|Emir of Sathrati]]|before=[[Kaiseress Noor]]|after=[[Aldin Ayreon-Kalirion|Prince Zahir al Din]]|years=1650&ndash;1662}}
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