High Nobility Houses and their Crowns

(Year 235, Spring) This Spring all high nobility nobles were directed to renew the portraits showing their High Nobility Crowns, both Peer and Consort versions. The crowns are quite valuable desbite their relatively young age (crafted in Year 151), they are owned by the regional trusts and the portraits are used to illustrate the online Heirloom index (link to each House's heirlooms below).

Because they all (bar one) did visit the Photographer, it's a great opportunity for us all to take a quick look at those fresh portraits! Who are the current top nobles of Mazaloom kingdom?

Trouble in House of Thebe?

(Year 235, Spring) A delicate conflict seems to be building in the otherwise pristine House of Ross. And it looks to be caused by a two decades old interest conflict between House of Thebe and House of Ross. This might be the direct reason for Baron Rainert of Myshuno's very off-protocol behavior the other day - witnesses are still in shock!.

Members of aristocracy are deeply supporting Duchess Ribra Lynn - but everyone is still confused over her oldest son's reaction! To fully understand the conflict, which actually has the potential to grow much bigger unless handled in a civilized manner, we need to step back a few decades and look at past events involving both House of Thebe (Myshuno barony) and House of Ross (Rossie dukedom).

Royal ball is coming up!

(Year 235, Spring) Yesterday HRM Tazal King Slomar of Sea gave a press conference. The attendees worried it would me another tax claim, but no. The only point on his agenda this time, was the invitation to a royal ball!

The monarch was laughing when he revealed the news, that he was giving a ball to honor his younger son, Prince Weever (35), who is still a single man. It's time to kick him out from the royal palace at Verdemar, and a wife would be nice.

WORLD party claiming changes

(Year 235, Spring) For the first time in history, the new WORLD party holds a seat at People Chamber. They control only 1 out of 21 votes, meaning the impact might not be enormous, but it is a start. The party's Leader, Roger Mistfield (70) is a member of Ministry of Culture & Entertainment, but that doesn't seem to stop him from getting involved in all kinds of fields.

Yesterday he hold a brief pressmeeting in the Council House's press area to inform about where the WORLD party is currently trying to make a change.

Equestrian Heir Tribute in Simerinia

(Year 235, Spring) Last night a traditional tribute to a newborn took place at Dambele in Simerinia, Empire of Snorthia. Nobody can tell for sure how old this tradition is, some say it was always there, which in this setting might mean nearly 200 years. The equestrian tribute takes place when one of the protected families gets an heir to their dynasty. In each of the original three kingdoms there were originally seven proteced families, and Head of highest ranked dynasty of each kingdom would join a nightly ride to fulfill the tribute in order to honor the newborn.

The riding event is never announced beforehand, it was intended as a secret event. The focus is on the newborn, not on crowds cheering along the way, and not on the three wise and highly ranked men. Over the decades a few protected families went extinct, meaning this won't take place as often as before, making it even more special to those involved. There were a similar nightly ride last year, and the year before.

Dowager Baroness Rose of Gloom is dead

(Year 235, Spring) In a short press release from House von Kaching this morning, it was stated that the Dowager Baroness died peacefully aged 85 in hospital last night. Her full name was Rose (Welder) von Kaching, she was the spouse of Baron Bud of Gloom, and was widowed three years ago.

Rose Welder married to Bud von Kaching back in Year 180, and few years later he obtained the Gloom barony. Back then Gloom was ranked high nobility, but three years ago the barony was degraded by the Royal Chamber as result of the Regional Reform.