A will

[JVQ 1719]

THE WILL OF OSTROMIR IVANOVICH

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To whom I address in this letter, I write my final words in the event of my death, this is to be seen only by my relatives and close friends.

                 

                       From my days as a boy in Vsenk, to Vizegrad and Vsevograd, I have lived fast, hard and bloody, only in the hope that my son would enjoy the fruits of my life once I had died. It saddens me to admit that no such son exists, and that as much as this a will, it stands also as a confession. Since my brother Arpad had disappeared, I thought I was long left as that last scion of my House. With the arrival of Franz Josef it appears this is not true. His mother, my aunt, married Andrei Kovachev in foreign lands. It surprised me to hear that she had survived the end of Krajia, and had in fact bore son - with this in mind, Franz stands as my heir and rightful claimant.

 

• To Franz Josef I leave all of my lands, titles & wealth, I recognise him as my legitimate heir and rightful inheritor of my estate - respecting also his right to keep his Father's name, and do so as a Kovachev

 

• In spite of this, I leave my missing brother Arpad the Duchy of Ruska, so that he might one day return and restore our house.

 

• With my death I dissolve the Arch-Duchy of Hanseti-Ruska, with Franz Josef surviving to inherit and reform the Grand Duchy of Akovia, the now ruling Northern Faction, that envelops all of the former Hansetic-Ruskan territories.

 

Signed

 

Ostromir Ivanovich, Arch-Duke of Hanseti-Ruska, Baron of Vsenk & Godansk, Warden of the North, Warden of August, Hetman of Krajia, Captain of the Solichinian Band, Keeper of the Hussariya, Defender of the Sietch