News from the Eastern Republic

[Caranthir_ 2533]

 

THE PEOPLE OF SALVO have today committed to the election of a PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC and members of a CONGRESS to the INFANT REVOLUTIONARY STATE.

 

The former COMMANDER IN CHIEF of the revolution, Tristan Talraen, signalled that he would be RETIRING to his homestead after a life of service to THE PEOPLE in the cause of their  realised LIBERTIES and FREEDOMS, and endorsed LEVI SUMMERS for the presidency.

 

Those assembled promised forevermore to discard all vestiges of FEUDALISM and NOBILITY. 

 

Tragically, in the process of walking to the site of his ranch, Tristan Talraen fell ill. He was found rested against an oak tree, having begun his journey into the world of MIRTH AND MERRIMENT which awaits all PIOUS CANONISTS at the end of their life in this MORTAL REALM. His last words are thought to have been, as he departed his beloved Salvo for the last time, that this nation would be—

 

“A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT.”

 

Ends.

 

[Axelu 4333]

Ulysses Talraen mourned the loss of his father deeply, but knew that his impact on modernity would endure. Then, the son made preparations to provide his father with a proper burial.

[Publius 4098]

It had seemed like the ideal day to Levi, having spoke through a forum with his fellow Republicans in Salvo. Tristan had even arrived and lifted the spirits of those who attended, heaping praise on his olde compadre. There were so few things that could sour the mood - but the worst had seemed to happen as Levi learned of the olde man's fate.

 

Word came by that Tristan fell ill on his way back home. These damned swamps, they had so many bugs, pestilence aplenty, and nothing could be done about it now. Levi wondered what my have been different, had he only rode his old friend home.

 

His heart was heavy, with grief and love for his olde friend. Not a minute passed after he received the news, before he began planning the funeral for the Founding Father of the Republic.