Palace Employee Lunvik was fired!

(Year 235, Spring) Yesterday morning the Royal Palace Office (RPO) had announced that their press meeting would address the issue involving the surprise prenancy of a Palace employee. It's of course an internal matter, but the press has been speculating a lot as the father of the unborn baby had not been confirmed. Was it another palace staff member? Or could it be one of the three princes, although none of them reside at he royal palace currently. One newspaper even suggested that HRM King Tarriot could be involved, as long as it was not officially denied.

So, there was no other option for the Palace Chief Attendant Ms Patricia Maiden (54), than to addreess the rumors. And so she did! At first there was total silence in the press room, but then the room bursted when all attending journalists shouted their questions simultaneously!

The SIMMERVILLE Show - #8

(Year 234, Fall) Finally, «the Simmerville Show» is back! With new editing software and loads to learn, it took like forever to produce this 8th edition of the show, so it feels extremely satisfying finally releasing it. Result turned out okay-ish, but I would normally spent even more time on details and editing. The new software is way more advanced - there's sill a lot to learn... phew.

The show was uploaded to the Youtube channel:

Go here for all 8 shows released.

This Winter two brand new series will be produced. I'll need a little more training before starting those trains, but I'm more or less ready to go. Although there might be a delay and I might need to accept a slightly rougher edit due to lack of skills, there will definitely be something :)

Latest News from the Snorthia Conflict

(Year 233, Fall) There has been very few news regarding the ongoing Snorthia-Mazaloom culture conflict. Early Spring the Royal Palace Chief Attendant, Miss Patricia Maiden (52), accepted an invitation from Emperor Orchor of Snorthia. She has been accused for starting the conflict by recognizing her late mother as the mothel of a paintet portrait, «Moon Liza», that was claimed by the Emperor to be a very old national treasure. Now they claimed Miss Maiden to travel to Snorthia to help solving the problem. She was warned, but insisted on going. And now it seems like nobody heard from her ever since.

No, it is not Miss Maiden in that hopscotch.

As result of the conflict, Mazaloonians is no longer granted access to the empire, to which we share a long border. Our Winter sports athletes can still not visit Mt Komorebi to practice - Miss Maiden was a rare exception.

Royal Palace Office Announcement

(Year 232, Winter) Early this week Royal Palace Office (RPO) called for an important press announcement in three days. Speculations have been going all over the place. Someone even suggested that an early engagement involving HRH Crown Princess Emireza could be the issue. But no, it turned out to be about the ongoing cultural conflict between Mazaloom kingdom and Empire of Snorthia.

HRM King Tarriot and Royal Chief Attendant Ms Maiden in the King's office.

HRM King Tarriot (64) and Royal Chief Attendant Miss Patrica Maiden (51) met the press. Maiden opened by giving a brief introduction to the well known conflict. Talking about the innocent event where she was seeing the exhibited painting "Moon Liza", just to reveal that the portrayed woman was indeed Miss Maiden's own late mother, Limia (Oceanus) Maiden. Emperor Orchor of Snorthia got furious as the painting was their very old heirloom seen as a national treasure, now exposed to be only one generation old. He claimed that the entire empire was deeply offended. It did not help much that Limia turned out to be a Princess of Sea, actually sister of their current King. At young age she broke with her royal family to rather dedicate her life to acting.

- My mother was a very shy actress not wanting any attention to her own person, and she died from embarrasment when papparazzis noticed her, drowning her with their blitz rain. Unfortunately, she dragged even more unwanted attention to herself by falling to the ground right on Judith Ward's fame brick at Starlight Boulevard.

Miss Maiden then introduced King Tarriot. He explained that Grand Marshal Robert Calves, Prime Minister Rob Wilder and himself have been searching a peaceful end to the two years long splitting conflict. The King has reached out to Emperor Orchor of Snorthia on multiple occasions, and now there has finally been some response!

Royal palace: Stately visit

(Year 231, Winter) This week the royal family of Mazaloom is hosting a state visit, as the royals of Sea kingdom spent a full three days at the royal palace in Del Sol Valley. If there were political maters to be discussed between the two monarchs, they were easily overshadowed by Crown Princess Emireza's 20th birthday.

Left to right: HRH Crown Princess Emireza of Mazaloom, HRH Queen Venezia and HRM King Tarriot of Mazaloom, HRM King Salomar and HRH Queen Medaka of Sea, HRH Prince Weever.

The royal guests counted HRM King Salomar with Queen Medaka, and their youngest son Prince Weever (31). Our royals visited Sea kingdom for Crown Prince Longjav's grand wedding earlier this year.

Mazaloom Excluded from Snorthia International Winter Cup!

(Year 231, Fall) Only weeks before the big event takes place, the Emperor of Snorthia has announced that Mazaloom's athletes are no longer welcome to participate! The sudden boycott affects several of our elite athletes that were already planning to participate in Snowboarding and Skiing.

Tomarang: Emperor Orchor of Snorthia boycotts Mazaloom's athletes!

There's no doubt that Emperor Orchor of Snorthia did this in response to the ongoing cultural conflict between Empire of Snorthia and Mazaloom kingdom. What started with our king's Royal Chief Attendant, Ms Patricia Maiden (50), revealing that Snorthia's "old" and highly treasured painted portrait actually showed Ms Maiden's mother. Emperor Orchard claimed that Mazaloom had offended the empire deeply by ruining their cultural treasure, and that it will take a long time to mend the relation. And, now he shows that he is serious by boycotting Mazaloomian winter sports athletes.

Snorthia scandal: Who was Limia Maiden?

(Year 231, Spring) The recent scandal involving Empire of Snorthia's national treasure, the painting "Moon Liza" and the front employee at Mazaloom kingdom's royal palace, Miss Patricia Maiden, is still seen as one of the worse controversies ever. Perhaps it needs a bit more explanation, or at least a little info on who the painted woman, Patricia Maiden's mother, was? 

How can the truth of a mysterious, assumingly old, portrait become such a big problem between the Emperor of Snorthia and the King of Mazaloom? Is it not just a painting? Does it really matter that the world now knows the true identity of the mysterious woman?

Scandal: Moon Liza is my mother!

(Year 230, Winter) A very picant scandal is currently on everyone's lips! The woman painted on the old national treassure of Empire of Snorthia, recently touring Mazaloom kingdom, might be revealed as the mother of Royal Chief Attendant, Patricia Maiden (50)! Art lovers are in shock, and the Emperor is furious!

The painting has been touring our kingdom since last Summer, with stops in San Myshuno, Windenburg and Gloomville. It has been seen as a great and generous gesture by Empire of Snorthia to share one of its most beloved national paintings, «Moon Liza». The paiinting has never been outside the empire before. The artist was never identified, neither was the female model. You can read more about speculations here.

Now a visitor from Del Sol Valley, Patricia Maiden, has revealed that the painting mother must be her veryt own mother, Limia O. Maiden! This is quite controversial, as it actually shoots down the entire mystery of the painting that everyone thought was quite old.