The 15th Queen Evez Championship

(Year 232, Summer) Every other year Mazaloom's society enjoys a day with show jumping, and mingling along with some punch and cake in hand. This is the 15th competition, and a new Champion is to be found!

Queen Evez Championship is originally intended for the finer families. All Houses gets invited, and some of them will even participate in the show jumping contest. Check back a couple blog posts for more details on preparations.

San Myshuno split or not? Final Vote!

(Year 232, Summer) Our capital city, San Myshuno, has literally been among the bigger challenges of the ongoing Regional Reform Y233. The goal is to avoid both the very large regions, like the current Region 12 Mazaloom which includes San Myshuno, as well as the tiny ones, like Region 8 Ticktop. The People Chamber already decided that a region needs 200,000 residents to qualify for one extra seat at the Chamber, and that no region shall have more than a total of five seats.

Splitting the city? This is San Myshuno's old Myshuno district.

Therefore, Ticktop's 4,000 residents must merge with a bigger neighbor, and if San Myshuno forms a new region it will get only 5 seats. But as those seats will only serve 1,000,000 the remaining 420,000 citizens of San Myshuno will not get the extra two seats - unless the city split. Technically no region should count much more than 1,000,000 residents because bigger units are harder to administrate.

It all boils down to one remaining question: Shall San Mysuno split in order to form two regions, or shall the city stay one region but miss out on a couple seats at the People Chamber?

Queen Evez Championship is coming up!

(Year 232, Summer) Social season is here and next weekend the high society will gather for the traditional Queen Evez Championship. This bi-annual equestrian show jumping contest takes place at Queen's Stables in Newcrest, and is strongly connected to Mazaloom's aristocracy. This is where the nobles mingle, while showing off their hats as well as jewelry. You won't only run into dukes and countesses, but even the royal family attends this great happening!

Queen's Stables is located by the water at Rivercrest in Newcrest.

And of course: It does matter who wins the show jumping contest! Today the list of contenders was released, that is - the list itself is never meant to be of public interest, but we thought it would be fun seeing who will participate this year, as well as giving you a brief look into the rules.

It's a Comeback: Vivian is back!

(Year 232, Summer) Howdy! Country artist Vivian is back! Uhm... you need a reminder? Okay, don't worry! That's quite understandable, it's been a while!

This Summer Hauxham Nectar Farm can be yours!

Vivian, or Vivian (Elderberry) Hauxham (62) which is her full name, built quite some popularity 20 years ago. She performed country music mainly at the local pub in Chestnut Ridge, but also was played on the national radio. Well, at least twice, that is.

Nobility Descending from Kings

(Year 232, Summer) Mazaloom kingdom has a wide aristocracy including a level of high nobility. Today this level includes 12 Houses, but come the Regional Reform Y233 the exclusive list shall count only 8 high nobility Houses, one for each region. Let's have a look at the current 12 Peers; Who can track their lines back to our kings? And, will those royal lines affect what 4 Houses that will shortly drop to regular nobility (often referred to as low nobility)?

Let's check the House by House. There are 5 dukedoms, 4 counties and 3 baronies. Only the dukedoms are secured a position as high nobility. Here is how they rank by royal heritage:

Birthday at Shiningham Hall

(Year 232, Summer) This weekend there was a celebration at Shiningham Hall, Henford-on-Bagley. The occasion was Robin Hump celebrating his young adult birthday.

Left to right: Dr. Nivert Hump, Robin Hump, Lady Elvy Rab-Saxor Ross, and local Mayor Chopra.

Despite residing Shiningham Hall, Robin is considered a commoner. Young adult birthdays will normally not get a mention here, but let's spend a moment to look into this household and to learn why Robin might fare a bit better than most of same age youngsters.

Selvadorada: Royal Expedition Brings Home Treasure!

(Year 232, Summer) The royal expedition into the Selvadoradian jungle has come to an end. When HRM King Tarriot, HRH Prince Blaise and their 12 servants and path finders returned to Puerto Llamante Marketplace, they proudly revealed a long searched for treasure: three pieces of the ancient Achilles set!

But first, we'll enjoy a few photos from the expedition, all taken by the servant who unfortunately was killed by a snake only one hour before the group returned. Bless him!

Breaking: Principal Prescott Fired!

(Year 232, Summer) It was confirmed that Mei L. Prescott, better known as former Principal of Copperdale High, was fired from her new job at Knowledge Providers Association.

- Someone planted those papers in order to get rid of me!

Prescott, who was the high school Principal until last year, was caught hiding away certain paperwork that is now causing a scandal involving both the University of Britechester and the Academics Guild. As a result, she was immediately dismissed.

Gossips #12

(Year 232, Summer) Hello! I'm back with more gossips in this 12th edition! This time we'll cover most regions of the kingdom.

So much is going on! We just started Summer, which includes both the social season and several sports arrangement, but to get away with my long list of gossips, I figured we need this edition before the serious stuff comes along!

Crafthole Vicarage in Copperdale

(Year 232, Spring) Church of Similius, representing the stately religion of Mazaloom kingdom, has 5 parishes. Each parish covers multiple districts, and one Priest serving the parish church, will normally reside a vicarage owned by the church. In Copperdale we find the only parish where the vicarage and the parish church are both located on the same address; the Crafthole Vicarage.

And today we'll focus less on the church (the stone build on the right), but more on the priest's household as we get an exclusive look inside the life of a Priest's family.

House de Froux leaving Tartosa?

(Year 2023, Spring) Princess Hortenzia and Chalbert de Froux Mester Sangiovese announce their household might leave Tartosa shortly! House de Froux is today of low nobility, but was founded by kings 230 years ago.

There is no real explanation for this quite surprising decision, making the gossip tabloids serving one suspection more creative than the other. And who can blame them, it actually comes as a surprise to everyone.

King Tarriot's Jungle Expedition

(Year 232, Spring) This week HRM King Tarriot traveled to Selvadorada in Sea kingdom. Joining him is his younger brother, HRH Prince Blaise. It's no secret that the two royalties enjoyed Archaeology ever since they were teenagers. However, recently his majesty did not find much time for his dedication to ancient history.

So, it must have been easy accepting the invitation from the King of Sea. This is a return visit, as three members of the Sea kingdom's royal family visited Mazaloom last year. There have been speculations ever since, regarding their youngest son, Prince Weever, being shortlisted as a possible match for our own Crown Princess. Crown Princess Emireza did not join her father on this trip, though.