IMPERIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE CHANCELLERY

[BenevolentManacles 2232]

IMPERIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE CHANCELLERY

 

 

12th of Sigismund's End, 1845

 

Our beloved subjects,

 

In the wake of a recent alchemical accident which has befallen His Imperial Excellency, the Archchancellor Drasus DeNurem, certain debilitating damage to his throat prevents him from speaking altogether. 

 

At the Archchancellor's request, the Crown has accepted his resignation from that post. We honor his service and aptitude, and further salute him as a diligent man of exceptional devotion. Once the honorable gentleman has recovered sufficiently, he has volunteered to assume the role of Home Secretary, an office in which an inability to orate will not hinder his faithful service.

 

To serve as Our chancellery, we make the following appointments.

 

Josephine Augusta, the Duchess of Crestfall, as Our Archchancellor.

 

Minuvas Melphaestus, as Our Vice Chancellor.

 

It is Our innate command that Our Chancellery consider the word of God in all their projects and the administration of Our Government, and entrust them to act on Our behalf.

 

 

ISSUED AND PROCLAIMED, 

Philip II, by the grace of GOD Holy Orenian Emperor, forever August, King of Renatus, Curon, Kaedrin, Salvus, and Seventis, Defender of the Faith, Pontifical Gonfalonier, Grand Duke of Ves, Helena, Novellen and Lorraine, Baron of Renzfeld, Protector of the Heartlanders, Orenian Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera

 

[VIROS 2915]

Josephine Augusta receives the appointment with some tense and uncertain eagerness. She prays for the welfare of Drasus DeNurem, and begins composing her inaugural address.

[AnonymousAlexa 3890]

A certain elfess scoffs upon hearing word of the new appointees. “A mali? Serving in one of the highest Orenian council positions? He is a true embarrassment to our kind.”

[Mattiii 1663]

Sir Otis de Rosius would lower his head upon receiving word of the unraveling events, all whilst smiling thinly, for there was still hope with the promising Crestfall Ministry.

[EmiliainWonderland 2311]

"An elf this high up in politics? Disgusting." Says a certain Romstun de Rosius.

[Imperium 3495]

General Erik var Ruthern smiles the suns smile, "Josephine Augusta!" The man sends a quick prayer that Drasus recovers as well.

[Mattiii 1663]

11 minutes ago, EmiliainWonderland said:

"An elf this high up in politics? Disgusting." Says a certain Romstun de Rosius.

A certain Otis de Rosius threatening glared in return "Minuvas is a great friend, Maria." He crossed his arms and shook his head. "Far more intelligent then a majority of the Human populace, he's a natural fit." He then shook his head in disbelief and stormed off.

[Harald 2875]

Cardinal Johan Vuiller would have a slight tear fall from his cheeks as he read the missive, a proud feeling filling him as he saw the name of his student Josephine Augusta upon the missive.

Rev Vuiller, the Solicitor-General would sign the Lorraine, flowers and wine sent to the DeNurems a letter send to Drasus and his family from the Vuillerian estate of Aquila. A slight smile upon him as the though back to the days when Josephine used to be his boss in the Civil Affairs, now once again his boss as the Archchancellor 

[amyselia 2962]

With a pitter patter of heels upon the night's street, the shrouded body of Lady Claude Élisabeth Pruvia appeared within that dim husk of moonlight, two buildings of immense size paralleled on either side of the slim Providence alleyway. In her fingers was a box of Rhenyari Scorch, her fingers working through the tobacco to deposit it inside her mouth every few steps. 

 

Abruptly, the madame stops, a couple's conversation made apparent from within an apartment's balcony, smoke crackling someplace nearby. "Crestfall... [unintelligible].... Archchancellor... [unintelligible]... Dirty elf." Were the words she could hear best, the madame's lips quirking downwards as she thought of the imperial elves, those who chose a culture beyond blood; Claude had done the same, and it had been the definition of her fidelity - foreigners, immigrants, all under the banner of an overarching Empire. Yet what of her values?

 

Claude massed a wad of tobacco into her mouth, salivating above it before spitting it out against the corner of the street. Without a word, she continued on her way.

[Minuvas 3193]

Minuvas would march through the Augustine Palace at his summons by the new ArchChancellor and Emperor to acknowledge the proclamation. Upon his emergence as the Vice, the glares, the stares and the mutterings of courtiers and others alike were neither unnoticed nor unfamiliar. He met each glower with a defiant but warm demeanor.

 

As he took to the oak wooden chair of the Vice, his cloak dangling over it, one of the attendants approached gave a long look at his ears, and stated "Should you address..."

 

Minuvas cut him off "The State of His Imperial Majesties Government? Absolutely. Get my quill and ink"

[valecu 2128]

A pair of letters were sent to the newly appointed Archchancellor and Vicechancellor by Father Philip, each congratulating them. The Pruvia seemed to be particularly fond of the duo, his aunt and a good friend. The news might have send shockwave through Oren, perhaps an elf such high in the government was unheard of, but the priest had huge trust in Minuvas, who had served the Empire for half century.

[sergisala 3451]

Sir Charles Galbraith wrote the following letter to the Imperial Chancellery @VIROS @Minuvas

 

"I could not think of a better person than Her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Crestfall to serve as Imperial Archchancellor. I am sure that she shall lead Our government to a new golden era of imperial excellence.

 

And what about the wise and most skillful orenian bureaucrat Minuvas Melphaestus? With his ink and quill our and vision of orenian excellence I am sure that the Ministers of the Crown who serve under his guidance shall perform their duties in a perfect manner, as that is what it is expected from those who sit in the Imperial Council of State and have the honor to serve in His Imperial Majesty's Government.

 

The only thing that I ask to the Crestfall Ministry is that they pursue the necessary reforms to the Imperial Diet and the Imperial Judiciary to ensure that the voice of the common people is heard and that the Rule of Law is upheld, that they pursue the necessary reforms to ensure that the Regions of our Empire have a relevant role in their own governance and in the governance of the settlements located therein, and that their government encourages the creation of Imperial Guilds.

 

Those are, at least for me, the most necessary national purposes that I believe that we should all start working immediately in order to achieve what the Prophets and our imperial ancestors seeked for so long: Providence.

 

To Providence, Your Imperial Excellencies, and congratulations for your appointment!"