A Bloodied Ball

[Kholibrii 1211]

A Bloodied Ball

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A group of Party-goers fleeing Sunholdt

 

[!] The following public letter would be published throughout the Holy Orenian Empire with multiple copies delivered north to Karosgard.

 

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Less than as Saint’s Day ago the Duchy of Sunholdt opened its doors to the public for the first time in years to begin the festivities of St. Robert’s Bounty. The event was meant to be a grandiose ball for the Citizens of Oren and their guests to enjoy within the confines of Sunholdt, yet the festivities did not last long. As my conversation concluded with Her Highness, Klara Elizaveta and my Great-Aunt, Her Grace, the Dowager-Duchess of Vidaus, I moved to speak with my Pruvian cousins, when the ball was interrupted by the shout of a Soldier who warned us of an impending attack from outside!

 

As people ran frantically, I did the best to assist my Aunt, Lady Anna Maria, with escorting the Hanseti Princess and the HIH, Duchess of Adria to safety. When we finally reached the safety of my Aunt’s room, our small party stayed in hiding. From her room we could hear the shouts of fear echoing from the ballroom and those who fled to hide in the wings of Sunholdt. After hiding for what felt like hours we finally decided we must make a run for escape! With the assistance of a Knight of Haense by the name of Walton, we used a rope to escape from the second story and fled to Providence for safety with the Duchess of Adria and Princess Klara Elizaveta under constant protection.

 

From the account of the incidents following our departure I understand that the brave Lord Joseph d’Azor rallied the ISA together to fend off the apparent raiders who’d broken into the ballroom through a window and attempted to cause harm to our guests. The efforts of our brave soldiers led to the detainment of the raiders so they could be tried in the court of law.

 

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I wish to begin by publicly admonishing the attackers upon Sunholdt! These men ambushed a peaceful event within the lands of Lower Petra to threaten the safety of our guests. It disgusts me to think that anyone would go so far as to harm innocent party-goers. I Pray that whoever was behind the attack is properly punished.

 

@Xarkly@livrose@crazedpudding

Secondly, I wish to extend a heartfelt apology to His Majesty, Sigismund III of  Hanseti and Ruska, Her Majesty, Emma of Jerovitz, and Her Highness, Princess Klara Elizaveta, for the horrible events which Princess Klara was forced to endure. A child of her age should never have to witness such events unfold and I pray that she makes a quick emotional recovery. The Duchy of Sunholdt shall be open for her to visit if she ever wishes to return under less eventful terms.

 

Next, I wish to thank the brave soldiers of the Imperial State Army who swiftly made way to Sunholdt at the defense of our guests. Without these soldiers I can not imagine how the events of tonight might have ended. As always, we are forever in debt to the ISA.

 

@Maevlin@Basil Moroul

Upon the closure of the Ball we were to name the best dressed guests “King and Queen of The Bounty.” As this was unable to occur I have decided to choose who shall be named King and Queen of the Bounty in a different manner. Lady Anna Mariya and the Knight of Haense, Walton, shall be named King and Queen of the Bounty! In the face of danger these two put their own lives on the line to protect not just the Nobles and Princesses of their nation, but of other nations as well. These two represent the future we should have with our Canonist brothers and sisters. I thank them for their bravery.

 

Finally I wish to publicly apologize to all who were in attendance when the Ball was attacked. None of us should have to experience this and I hope we can move past this tragic event and continue the celebration of St. Robert’s Bounty together!

 

 

 

[!] At the bottom of the letter would be an illustration of one of the raiders in Imperial Court.

 

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Signed,

 

Her Ladyship,

Anne Josephine of Sunholdt

[crazedpudding 2512]

The young Klara Elizaveta wanders into her chambers, shocked at the nights events. She fell into a restless sleep, before waking to a nightmare and running to her aunt, Princess Anastasya Isabel, for comfort, all the while holding her plush ram that her grandmother gave her and the Lorraine cross she hadn't been able to return to Anne Josephine.

[ncarr 2806]

Mary was brooding from her estate in the country. 

[MunaZaldrizoti 8037]

"Hear, hear!" The Duchess of Adria would agree with the public missive, toasting with Anna Mariya in her palatial office. She had grown tired of mindless brigands testing her patience, but tried not to spoil the rest of the evening by allowing it to consume her thoughts. "Your granddaughter is lucky to have you, my friend. Were it not for your quick thinking, Haense and Oren might have known mutual loss."

[Taketheshot 3834]

Joseph d'Azor leaned against the pillar of the diet building the armour plating he wore clanking as he wiped his dagger of blood, looking down to the body of Morbane twitching in the street. "That..." He paused drawing a deep breath. "That is enough of that." 

[clonky 1976]

Viscountess Amadie Pruvia seems to feel rather unpleasant about the events of the ball, feeling as though she didn’t get to converse with her mother or Baron Carrington. She has hopes that the rest of the events of said Holidays will continue with more peace, as she was a stoic child that enjoyed calm activities.

[CanadaMatt 873]

Arthur Galbraith sighed as the event drew to a close and the raiders delt with "Scum of almaris, Barbaric fifth" he would comment as he walked home from the court.

[Marilyn Monroe 362]

Louise Antoinette, the baroness of Rosius, is disgraced by the first unfortunate event of her return from Banardia. 

[Pancho 4197]

Kosher Fier sighs as he sees his father in the msisive. "Damnit Father, always up to something" 

[Franczhiz 4437]

Holy Sir Philip Hughes de Rosius would march through the streets on his white horse, taking a hold of the missive; a frown appearing on his face as it said that his little niece Klara and mother in-law Anna  Mariya were threatened by the raiders together with many other faithful Canonists.  - spotting Holy Sir Edwin in one of the streets of Providence ( @Guzr) in company of Holy Sir August ( @Mykei) as he put on his helmet and told them 

"Time to get back to work, Brothers. Let us rally every squire, Armiger and Equester  to hunt every single one of those heathens until there is no track left of them. We can not tolerate this. And may GOD guide our swords to spill their blood for what they have done."

[Guzr 2050]

8 hours ago, Kholibrii said:

((I appreciate the good post but I feel just posting a skin is bordering on meta.))

 

Holy Sir Edwin looks to Sir Philip( @sashimichopped ) with a sympathetic smile, readying the reigns on his horse. "Aye. As long as there is man, there will be raider, blood and wrath. That being said, as long as there is man; there will be the church's wroth, and such are we. Let's track these bastards down."

[Kholibrii 1211]

1 hour ago, Guzr said:

((I appreciate the good post but I feel just posting a skin is bordering on meta.))

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The player pictured consented to having a screenshot of their character in the post! I made sure to crop their name out of the photo and did not include anyone involved who didn’t want to be on the post. If the player at any point wants it removed they can msg me and I’ll take it down.

 

[Guzr 2050]

45 minutes ago, Kholibrii said:

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The player pictured consented to having a screenshot of their character in the post! I made sure to crop their name out of the photo and did not include anyone involved who didn’t want to be on the post. If the player at any point wants it removed they can msg me and I’ll take it down.

 

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O mb then, no worries :)