Emergency Regency of Ciavola

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Emergency Regency of Ciavola

5th of the Grand Harvest,97 S.A

Baron Björn Ragnarrsson Mösu, Baron of Ciavola, has disappeared without a trace. He vanished in the night, having seemingly left without taking anything with him, and after more than a week of silence from him, he shows no sign of returning. The government of Ciavola and the Baron’s own family are at a loss for this unexplained disappearance. Rumors fly around Ciavola - that the Baron is hiding from the King of Balian, or that he has left Almaris itself in search of some secret known only to him, or simply that he has decided to take a very long, and decidedly unscheduled, vacation. Regardless of the reasons for his vacancy, however, one fact remains clear: someone must take up his roles and duties until he is found or returns. 

 

In the days following the Baron’s disappearance, few Mösus showed any interest in taking up the role of regent, nor even did any Aesirs of Ciavola. It was into this sluggish confusion that Baron Björn’s oldest sibling and sister, Freyja Ragnarssdottir Mösu, stepped into the public eye. She took up the role swiftly and decisively, so as to ensure that her rise to the role of regent would not be challenged. Her claim met with the approval of Ciavola and of the King of Balian himself, and she was granted peerage by King John.

 

Baroness-Regent Freyja Mösu shall hold all the powers and duties normally held by the Baron of Ciavola and shall be held to the same standards by the Council of Aesirs. She shall rule until Björn either is found dead, whereupon a new Baron shall be chosen by the customs of Ciavola, or until he returns from whence he came and resumes his rule as Baron. 

 

So it is that Baroness-Regent Freyja Mösu will guide the Barony forward into the future with a strong hand for as long as Ciavola needs her. 

 

[Thrawn 72]

Freyja Ragnarssdottir Mösu watches the messengers depart from the Mösu residence, carrying stacks of edicts to deliver across Balian and beyond. She stands stock-still, a seamstress taking her measurements for today's upcoming "Eve of Love," where she will make her first debut as Regent of Ciavola.

 

Freyja's blank expression conveys none of the inner satisfaction she feels within. Finally. The Barony has been in disarray for too long with her brother's untimely disappearance., and the Mösus have been too long concerned with family matters: the tragic death of the father, the recluse sister, and of course, the climactic death of Kol Mösu at the hands of his own brother.

 

The seamstress departs, and Freyja wanders to a portrait of the Mösu clan. Her dark eyes linger on a portion of the canvas, torn out and ragged at the edges. "At last," she whispers in the empty living room, her voice soft but filled with steely determination, "At last your murderer is gone, dear brother. Now Ciavola may finally prosper."

 

Turning away from the portrait abruptly, a smile reaches her mouth as the handmaiden bustles back into the room, revealing Freyja's beautiful dress for the Balian gala. The smile does not reach her eyes, however. Instead, the Regent's eyes burn with that fiery determination for which the Mösus are so well-known. At last there is a clear way forward. It is time for Ciavola to pursue greatness.