Passing of Temesch the Eldest, 1962

[Tiresiam 462]

1824 – 1962

 

It is with immense sadness and equal parts relief that the passing of Adrian Marcellus Novellen is fittingly announced with the renewal of his great House of Temesch. He died peacefully in his rocking-chair at home in Valfleur.

 

There is only one truly common universal experience between the lives of people. We all are born into this world and someday we all must leave it. Adrian Marcellus Novellen was born the unfavored son, of the unfavored son. His father Robert Francis was feared by his father, the Emperor Philip II. Unwell by all accounts and relegated to the clergy at a young age, his father Robert sired Adrian and his brother Ioannes with the proud Holy Dame Helena Basrid.

 

Accompanied by their sister Alice, their small family was relegated beyond the boundaries of Providence by their paranoid and inept Grandfather. They had only each other in the years that followed, their young cousin Philip Amadeus the only ally to show genuine warmth for his fellow Imperial youth. All but exiled by law Adrian and his brother did embark as they came of age out into the world with no inheritance to claim save that which they might seize for themselves. His brother Ioannes embraced the Church as their father had done, while Adrian courted the Prince of Savoy and sought to make a mark upon the southern continent.

 

Fate determined however in the fast-friends had been made at home and across the seas, that when his cousin Philip returned home himself to seize the throne from their horrible grandfather Adrian would return with him, along with the Prince of Savoy and all his cousin’s supporters. For his loyalty he was rewarded with his father’s title— the County of Temesch. After that he took a seat in government as Imperial Spymaster, and in the war of succession that followed used the station to aid the Emperor’s favoured son Frederick to the Throne of the Nation and to his final position as Vice-Chancellor.

 

During his tenure he served and established the elective tenants of the nation’s legislature and secured stewardship of much of the lands north of the Petra River. It was then that he subsequently abdicated in favour of his hungry son Paul Salvian. The foundations set early, and set well— the legacy of the House of Temesch became assured. Each successive generation expanding upon the works of the last. Prince Adrian Marcellus Novellen outlived every sibling, spouse, and child of his creation, and saw in the wake of the sprout he had planted a proud oak tree over the course of his elden age. He is survived by an evident legacy and countless descendants. He passes at the vast age of one-and-forty years.

 

By GOD,

May those who come after succeed in standing tall upon your shoulders, as they have upon mine.

Adrian Marcellus Novellen, Count-Emeritus of Temesch

 

Spoiler

Take care Petra you're awesome. Thanks to everyone for making it so hard to give up on a character, I've never experienced that before and likely won't again.

 

Edited February 2, 2024 by Tiresiam

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