The Baron's Passing

[The King Of The Moon 7016]

THE BARON'S PASSING;
THE SUCCESSION OF

 

T H E

E S H A E V E U R D

H O U S E

o f

A S H F O R D  D E  A N J O U

Usque ad die Auspitii, robur in passione invenimus.

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IN MEMORIUM

The Right Honourable

Baron of Cleves,

Leopold

Ashford de Anjou 
né Ashford de Bar

1976 - 2056

 

It is with great sorrow that the Anjou Estate does declare the passing of the Rt. Hon Leopold, after a long and arduous battle against black lungs and advanced age.

 

We are thankful that his Lordship died as he lived, enjoying a smooth Cleves Cigar™ cut with only the finest blend of Empire-grown tobacco for that smooth, knightly taste. A friend to his Empire and his God, to the final breath.

 

It is the wishes of the Anjou Estate in this delicate time of mourning that all enquiries or baseless allegations linking the Baron's passage to his love of Anjou Chew™, Cleves Cigars™ or any other Savoyard Smoker™ product be withheld at this time.

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CONCERNING THE BARONIAL SUCCESSION

 

With my passing comes not only the death of the last man to bear the name Ashford de Bar amongst the fair diaspora of Aegis, but also the succession of the fiefdom of Cleves, to continue its inheritance through the ages amongst the heirs of Robert of Drusco since the days of the Fifth Empire upon Axios, by absolute agnatic primogeniture.

 

That is to say as I depart this world for the Seven, my eldest son, Ghislain Ashford de Anjou, shall serve Our Empire hence as Peer of the Realm and Baron of Cleves. Long may be rule.

 

By now my other worldly effects shall have been personally distributed amongst my other children, to do with as they will.

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Penned and Signed,

Leopold Ashford de Anjou,

Baron of Cleves