Month: July 2013

News from the Federation

Lincoln Troy-Abrahams XVI
President Lincoln Troy-Abrahams

Harold Karm
General Harold Karm

In a surprise announcement today, President Lincoln Troy-Ambrahams XVI heralded the appointment of Harold Karm as the new Federation Secretary of Defense. No reasons were given for why Mr. Karm was chosen for the position, and there is also no word on why the position became vacant, or of the fate of it’s precious occupant, Guinivere Wolfe, the first female to ever hold a senior cabinet position in the Federation.

 

Corwin and Dara announce their engagement

Corwin
King Corwin

Dara
Princess Dara Helgram

From the Ballroom of the Royal Hotel in Parys today, King Corwin announced his engagement to Princess Dara Helgram, who already is the mother of three of his children.

“The tides of fortune once more washed this beautiful woman into my path, and this time I was not about to let her drift away again.” said the King, as he proposed a toast to his new fiance.

“I was visiting so the we could commiserate each other after the murder of our son Merlin, and we just realised that there was so much more that we could yet do together. It is a wonderful light born out of darkness.” said Dara, in an interview with the Parys tribune.

A date has not yet been confirmed for the wedding – a situation perhaps complicated by the inexplicable localised storm that destroyed the Royal Palace of Versailles recently, forcing the entire Royal Family to relocate to hotels in the city of Parys, while rebuilding work takes place.

Thelbane Royal Court Investitures

Duke Jurt Sawall
Duke Jurt Sawall

At court today in Thelbane Palace, King Mandor performed the expected investiture of his bother Jurt, the head of the Logrus Defence Force as the new Head of House Sawall, confirming upon him the title Duke of Sawall, and the lands of Sawallways. He also confirmed a five year tax exemption for House Sawall, to allow them to focus investment on the rebuilding of Sawallways.

In a speech given afterwards at a royal banquet in honour of the investitures, Jurt welcomed those with Sawall heritage who had fled the House during the uncertainties of the recent conflicts to return now to the House and be part of it’s new age, as it moves forward with the rebuilding program.

Captain Duke Victor Victarion
Duke Victor Victarion

However, following on from the investiture of Jurt, an unexpected second investiture took place, as King Mandor announced the creation of a new Major House, to be called House Victarion, and invested Victor Roberts as its first Duke, and Head of House.

The King also granted the lands of the former Barimenways to be the home Ways of House Victarion, and confirmed that he would be sympathetic to the possibility of a tax exemption, depending on the outcome of the initial surveys of the lands in question.

Princess Dara Helgram welcomed the news of her son’s new House from the Royal hotel in Parys where she is currently staying, saying “I am so pleased for Victor – I had been quite concerned about him.” It is assumed she was refering to the fact that Victor’s whereabouts had been unknown since the battle of Thelbane, when Bleys of Amber’s invasion of Thelbane was defeated by the armies of House Hendrake.

The whereabouts of Prince Bleys, Lady Gilva Hendrake and Lady Damara remain unknown at this time.