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#The renovation of the [[Prefect's Keep]] was finished after the main keep was fortified.
 
#The renovation of the [[Prefect's Keep]] was finished after the main keep was fortified.
 
#Lord [[Titus Morvayne]] was appointed [[Prefect]] of the city by His Magnificence [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]. The Prefect is supported by a coalition of Imperial Republicans and Verionists in the Council of Provosts.
 
#Lord [[Titus Morvayne]] was appointed [[Prefect]] of the city by His Magnificence [[Kaiser Ayreon IV]]. The Prefect is supported by a coalition of Imperial Republicans and Verionists in the Council of Provosts.
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[[File:AOE1.png|150px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Defecting [[UDF]] troops and armoured vehicles outside the [[Krull Palace|Krull Opera House]]</div> ]]
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[[File:EsagilaRaynor.png|230px|thumb|Right|Esagila of Raynor: One of Shirekeep's more dubious landmarks...]]
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The '''Esagila of Raynor''' is a remarkably oversized, and assuredly not ominous, stepped Pyramid in the heart of the [[Ancient City]] of [[Shirekeep]]. It was build in the 15th century by the Adepti of the Church of the Machine God, the Cult of Mors and other sects too reclusive and dubious to identify with any reasonable level of precision. For years it had been the main hub for these sects that mostly operated outside mainstream [[Cedrism]].
  
The '''[[Auspicious Occasion]]''' (24.XI.1651 – 14.XII.1651 [[AN]])  saw the expulsion of the [[House of Ettlingar Freyu]] and the [[Church of the Froyalanish Ancient Ways]] from [[Elwynn]]. The double coup in [[Shirekeep]] and [[Eliria]], instigated by the [[Imperial Advisory Council]], brought to an abrupt end the Froyalanish hegemony over the Imperial Republic that had begun with the abdication of Prince [[Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion]] in 1623 and the [[The River War|River War of 1635]].
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In later years, the Esagila has become a point of gathering for criminal gangs and secret societies that used the building to plot their devious and rebellious acts. The official religious function of the building prevents the [[Shirekeep City Guard|City Guard]] from regular controlling of the place. Shirekeep's government, by word of [[Titus Morvayne]] who serves as the current [[Prefect]], has supported the status quo, stating that ''"Religious liberty is a central right in the city of Shirekeep, and we are not going to bother peaceful worshippers, unless they belong to any foreign sect."'' Rumours that the Morvayne-alligned [[Brotherhood of the Shadow-Sun]] had taken residence in the Esagila emerged soon after the announcement.
  
In some quarters the Auspicious Occasion has been said to have ''"ultimately yielded a result so cataclysmic in scope that populations along most of the Benacian theological spectrum had found difficulty ascribing it to anything other than divine intercession"''[https://bastionunion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1543&t=21519#p162097(1)]. There are those who would suggest it something even rarer than divine intervention, albeit no less miraculous, that is to say a plan hastily conceived and executed that unfolded almost exactly as intended. The success of the coup, compared with Imperial operations before and after this date, can perhaps largely be ascribed to the fact that no-one outside of the ideologically committed cadres of the [[Vanic Temple Guard]] was really willing to fight, still less to die, in defence of [[Noah]]'s abiding love of pomp and pageantry.
 
  
 
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  1. The renovation of the Prefect's Keep was finished after the main keep was fortified.
  2. Lord Titus Morvayne was appointed Prefect of the city by His Magnificence Kaiser Ayreon IV. The Prefect is supported by a coalition of Imperial Republicans and Verionists in the Council of Provosts.

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Esagila of Raynor: One of Shirekeep's more dubious landmarks...

The Esagila of Raynor is a remarkably oversized, and assuredly not ominous, stepped Pyramid in the heart of the Ancient City of Shirekeep. It was build in the 15th century by the Adepti of the Church of the Machine God, the Cult of Mors and other sects too reclusive and dubious to identify with any reasonable level of precision. For years it had been the main hub for these sects that mostly operated outside mainstream Cedrism.

In later years, the Esagila has become a point of gathering for criminal gangs and secret societies that used the building to plot their devious and rebellious acts. The official religious function of the building prevents the City Guard from regular controlling of the place. Shirekeep's government, by word of Titus Morvayne who serves as the current Prefect, has supported the status quo, stating that "Religious liberty is a central right in the city of Shirekeep, and we are not going to bother peaceful worshippers, unless they belong to any foreign sect." Rumours that the Morvayne-alligned Brotherhood of the Shadow-Sun had taken residence in the Esagila emerged soon after the announcement.