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Region: Selene

En Civoini Burda gojeivas gemaum Varparenixou mre en Xuvrdinu Civnunu
Imperial Council convenes to elect Successor to the Holy Emperor

Xuvrterxtu, 21/01/2075 | The Imperial Council has convened today on the island of Xuvrterxtu in the Southern Sea to elect a Successor to His Imperial Majesty Veixe I, the Holy Emperor of Majassa. Since the death of the previous Successor, the Holy Emperor’s son Prince Aurvna, in 2060, the Imperial Council has executed a certain procrastination as to the election of a successor to the Successor, possibly because the Holy Emperor still found himself grieving over the loss of his eldest son, but following the Holy Emperor’s illness and hospitalisation last year, the matter has become more urgent. The Holy Emperor is 66 years of age.

The Imperial Council consists of the senior male members of the Imperial Family, the members of the Scarlet Council (the main authority for religious affairs), and some other high placed citizens of the Holy Empire, most notably the Presiding Magistrate, the chairperson of Majassa’s parliament: the House of the Empire, the heads of parliament and government of the nation’s provinces, and the heads of the few remaining noble families of Majassa.

Currently there are only six senior male members of the Imperial Family left: apart from the Holy Emperor, there are his other son Prince Rivni (35 years old), Prince Tobvdxou (son of former Holy Emperor Aurvna IV, 98 years old), the latters nephews Princes Evnavi and Kisuri (sons of former Holy Emperor Vaxvivi I, 72 and 68 years old), and their nephew Prince Vicnasi (grandson of former Holy Emperor Vaxvivi I and son-in-law of Holy Emperor Veixe I, 48 years old). Although the position of Holy Emperor is officially elective and not restricted to gender, it has in practice always been a male member of the current Imperial Family to whom the throne has been offered. Lack of marriages has however severely thinned the Imperial Family, with Prince Vicnasi and Princess Kacmovoi’s son Prince Genvucnou being the only younger family member left; his older relatives are therefore pressuring him to marry and ensure the continuation of the Imperial Family. As the Imperial Family is too small to dominate the Imperial Council this time, it is possible that its deliberations will have a surprise outcome.

The Imperial Council usually takes several days to decide on a successor. The longest time to elect a Successor was the election of the later Holy Emperor Aurvna II, which took more than a month.

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