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Imperial House of Ayreon-Kalirion
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Kaiser: Ayreon I - Anandja I - Anandja II -
Ayreon II - Isa IV - Ayreon III -
Hjalmar Redquill - Noor - Ayreon IV
Shahanshah: Rashid Arsalani
Emperor of the Natopians: Nathaniel
Rulers of Elwynn: Richard Lyon - Rai Avon-El - Daniel
Elijah - Nathaniel - Daniyal Simrani
Jonathan - Hallbjörn Haraldsson - Noah - Vilhjalm

Progenitors: Tuuler Kalir and Eskender Arsalani

Head: Ayreon IV

Imperial and Royal House of Ettlingar Freyu
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Kaisers of Shireroth
HjalmarHjalmar Redquill
High King of Stormark
Harald of Ettlingar Freyu
Kings of Batavia
Fränzi-Ferdinanda • Frederik Hendrik
Rulers of Hurmu
HaraldAoife the Celt
Duke of Brookshire
Harald
Queens of Ravaria
Fränzi-Ferdinanda • Æsileif
Rulers of Elwynn
HaraldHallbjörnNoah


Empress of the Natopians
Asara Sisu

Founder: Björka Hnossdóttir

Head: Harald
Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill in traditional Elwynnese winter dress.

Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill is the regnal name of Audun Joel Ayreon-Kalirion (born 1616), the current and 153rd Kaiser of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth (since 1639).

Ancestry

Hjalmar Redquill is the first Kaiser in Shireroth's history who belongs to two Imperial Bloodlines: The line of Ayreon-Kalirion and Sanglorian Ettlingar Freyu, at the same time, combining the Raynorian bloodline of his mother with the bloodline of his father (and predecessor on the throne). There are those who would argue that this constitutes the foundation of a new bloodline and should warrant its own shield and heraldic device representing that unity. There are also those who maintain that descent from Raynor should take precedence and thus Hjalmar Redquill represents a continuation of the long and distinguished line of Ayreon-Kalirion.

Several members of Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill's family have also served as kaisers. His brother, Jonathan, was kaiser under the name Kaiser Ayreon III. His father, Hallbjörn Haraldsson, served as Kaiser Hjalmar. Hjalmar Redquill's mother's brother, Elijah, served as Kaiser Ayreon II.

Reign

His reign became notable for its robust opposition to Jingdaoese militarism and for his reform-minded administration which relied heavily on the Imperial Advisory Council to pursue the agreement of the Elwynn River Accords with the Imperial States as well as the reconstruction and 'beautification' of Shirekeep, the capital of the Imperial Republic, which had fallen into a state of disrepair in the interlude between the traumatic sieges endured as part of the Cabbage Crisis and the River War.

Whilst continuing with the key appointments made during the reign of his predecessor and grandfather Kaiser Hjalmar the Elwynnese Conqueror of Shirekeep, Hjalmar Redquill was able to expand the appeal of his Imperial Government beyond the circle of the Kalirion-Elwynnese faction.

As noted, the regime was tested by the confrontation with Jingdao, an issue which had festered since its occupation and usurpation of Kildare, and the complications which arose from that, including a storm of indignation which broke in Alexandria after the Imperial Republic conducted two top secret nuclear tests on the island of Ura'Bos in 1641.

Another controversy which bedevilled the Imperial Government during his reign was the vexing issue of the self-exiled entrepreneur and agitator Ludovic Alixion-Verion, Lord of Blackstone and proprietor of the Iron Company, a large multinational financial institution with control of its own island, the aforementioned Blackstone, on the far-western coast of the Kingdom of Amokolia. The longstanding rivalry between the House of Verion and the House of Ayreon-Kalirion and Ettlingar Freyu had its origins in the development of the absolutist monarchy in the Elwynnese Union and grew from a dispute over possession of the title over the County of Illumination and Cimmeria into one increasingly characterised by personal antipathy and mutual loathing. One of the criticisms levelled by some of Imperial Decree 814, which provided for a new immigration policy, was that it appeared to give too much leeway in its wording towards excluding new citizens upon a subjective evaluation of an applicant which might shade too easily into prejudice. However defenders of the reformed policy explain, with some justice, that the intent was to prevent the future subversion of the Imperial Republic, or one of its Imperial States, by hostile or parasitic forces such as those of Jingdao which resulted in the loss of the Dutchy of Kildare.

The Kaiser also gave his support to attempts by the Imperial Advisory Council and the Landsraad to reform morality and to improve standards in public life. One of the hopes and ambitions expressed at the outset of his reign was that it would see the revival of a national Shirerithian identity that integrates all the individual States into a “melting pot” Shirerithian culture.

Imperial Advisory Council of Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill

Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill took immediately on an active role. Among his first acts was to appoint a new Imperial Advisory Council:



Imperial Decrees

Imperial Decrees made by this Kaiser: Imperial Decree 809, Imperial Decree 810, Imperial Decree 811, Imperial Decree 812, Imperial Decree 813, Imperial Decree 814, Imperial Decree 815, Imperial Decree 816, Imperial Decree 817, Imperial Decree 818, Imperial Decree 819, Imperial Decree 820, Imperial Decree 821.

Preceded by:
Kaiser Hjalmar
Succession of the Shirithian Kaisership
6213–6303
Succeeded by:
Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson