HRH Crown Princess Emireza Knighted

(Year 229) On Investiture Day - 1st day of Winter, anyone worthy of their investiture will attend the big Court event at the royal palace. This year was indeed special, as the future queen got knighted for the Order of the Royal Chamber!

The annual Court event will typically fill just half the seats in the Throne room, but this year the ceremony got some extra attention. There were several coronations, as the King earlier in the year created new peerages to replace a few of the old peerages that were poorly designed generations ago, a process that will not be completed until next year.

The Royal Chamber: Changes to the Large Peerage

(Year 229, Chateau Peek, Del Sol Valley) This week the 75th Grand Mazaloom Gathering (GMG) took place at Chateau Peek. This annual conference is hosted by The Royal Chamber and gathers all dukes of the kingdom as well as the 8 regional mayors to debate various community aspects. This year The Royal Chamber announced an upcoming redefining of the Peerage of Mazaloom, aka the Large Peerage.

And this is actually the perfect occasion to announce that there is a brand new Mazaloom Peerage overview on the Community Pages - a quick way to see the status of each peerage, their rank, and who the current dukes, counts and barons are. 

The Royal Chamber (left to right): Prince Jerome, Count de Tredony (64). Duke Merlin von Windenburg (77). His Royal Majesty King Tarriot of Mazaloom (61). Duke Victus of Meadows (55). Lord Dominic of Deadgrass was not present, and Count Marcel II of Advorton (77) was too sick to attend this year's conference. Posing on the right is Lord Floyd Altham (91), not a knight of The Royal Chamber.

The large peerage was instated by King Baltazar II all the way back in Year 2, and the first peerages created in addition to the kingdom were dukedoms and counties, followed by some baronies. The system quickly came out of order when also a few "lordships" were created, unintendedly. It did not help a bit that the monarch was ditched as result of the Year 118 revolution, and the fighting Royal Chamber - mostly in order to secure more titles for their own houses, created numerous Lord and Lady titles outside the large peerage, not connecting to any land or real peerage.

The Simmerville Show - #2

(Year 229) Finally, Fritz Mervil is back with a new edition of The Simmerville Show! This time the subjects span from werewolves and mermaids to my game's political system. 

Also, there is a sweet reunion from the «Sims By Numbers» show that was posted on my blog back in 2014. Back then the contenders were fresh Young Adults - meet them again 44 later! :) The old blog show can still be found on this blog (Archives).

The Simmerville Show is a nifty way for me to share stories and builds from my Region 12. There's plenty of references to the past, but you won't need any knowledge of my sims universe to watch, neither will there be many links between the shows. Each show lasts about 10-12 minutes.

I hope you'll enjoy :)

Investiture: Duke Charlopold de Cavalier

(Brindleton Bay Year 226) This year many houses had a busy Investiture Day (1st day of Winter), but only the Cavalier dukedom crowned a new Peer! It's time for Duke Charlopold to success his father, Aquess!

Duke Charlopold de Cavalier with proud parents, Old-Duke Aquess and Old-Duchess Claudine.

Charlopold Demitris de Cavalier (35) is the 4th Duke de Cavalier. He got his History degree this Summer, and started a Military career right away. This peerage traditionally expects Military, but also accept Politician as the main career of the Peer. Thanks to his successful degree, Charlopold already reached Officer level (Lieutenant Colonel), and could wear the royal military uniform for this occasion. The fresh duke chose to keep his father's Coat of Arms.

Lady de Sür-Blyth married

 (Brindleton Y225) Elvira Leonora de Sür-Blyth (41), also known as Lady de Sür-Blyth, finally married! After a full year long engagement to Hugo Villareal (31), they are now husband and wife.

The wedding ceremony took place at Club Calico, and it was a sweet, although small, event.

Lady de Sür-Blyth engaged

Lady Elvira Leonora de Sür-Blyth (40) is not living a very public society life. Her low nobility house, Sür-Blyth Farm, focuses a lot more on raising pigs combined with agricultural science, than red carpets and diadems.

She lived alone and worked real hard, and it’s great news that she is engaged, finally!

House of Lord de Sür-Blyth

In my Region 12 there are several high society households that I never told anyone about. I previously shared some info and pics on the Duke de Cavalier household residing Chateau Cavalier. Today I'll introduce you to the noble family running the Sür-Blyth Farm in Brindleton Bay.

(Y220) Still in Cavalier Cove of Brindleton Bay we find another noble family, de Sür-Blyth. They hail from a different region, far south, and the first to settle in Brindleton Bay (Y102) was Lord Edgar Otto de Sür-Blyth. He was a businessman and farmer, and he introduced agriculture to Brindleton Bay. Fishing remained the district's biggest industry, though. It was his extraordinary agricultural efforts combined with science that brought him and his descendants the noble status that they still benefit from.