PASSING OF THE TORCH

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PASSING OF THE TORCH

One chapter ends, another begins.

Published 16 of Vyzmey ag Hyff, 540 E.S.

 

 

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With new monarchs comes a new era, and a need for new leadership - or perhaps more crudely, new meat. The aging members of my own generation must resign ourselves to a backseat, and let our children take the reigns of our nation, confident we have taught them well.

 

It is for this reason that I intend to resign from my position as Baroness of Verskaya. It has been an honor to bear the title, and rebuild some of what my brother has broken. I have chosen my second daughter, Gavrila @wardyn, as my heir, to take up the mantle of Baroness once she has officially come of age according to family tradition. Until she has done so, I will continue to manage the house as a regent, preparing the way for her. 

 

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 Krusae Zwy Kongzem.

 

[wardyn 159]

Weathered floorboards creak as Gavrila Gianna Godunov pads into her room, and sits. Flattening the missive out on her desk with a splayed hand, she trails her finger down the text with the pointer of her other. Her gaze alights upon her own name, and she inhales slowly. She manages a twinge of excitement, before she stands, and adjusts her tabard. The missive flutters to her writing desk as she departs for the funeral, unwilling to celebrate on this solemn day.