Barbaria

IC: Ghanor Family Association

It is a fact that the former senior heir to the crown of Dunnius Ghanor, former Crown Prince turned Emperor, Tybolt has changed his and his descendants dynasty in order to distance themselves from the House of Ghanor and the absolutist regime that was just recently substituted by a constitutional and liberal form of government. Emperor Tybolt’s change, however, did not include every member of his family, just himself, his wife and children, leaving behind a vast array of relatives that still use the Ghanor name. Cousins, uncles and aunts and even the Emperor’s own siblings were left out of Tybolt’s changes. So in order to keep the Ghanor name alive and to protect it from impostors, the brother of the current Emperor and his former heir until the birth of the Princess Imperial, Prince Brandon, has founded the Ghanor Family Association.

He contacted all the remaining male line descendants of their most common ancestor, King Jon VI, and formed the organisation. The GFA also offered associate memberships to widows and widowers of former Hedran princes and princesses and dukes and duchesses. It also offers the membership to people who have always shown close ties to the House of Ghanor. In order to protect the Ghanor name from impostors who claim to be descendants of Hedran royalty, it also excludes illegitimate children of Hedran royals, but if the illegitimate child had been recognised during their parent’s lifetime before they turned 21 and kept close ties with the family ever since they can become associate members of the GFA. Although the list of members is extensive many, chose not to be a part of it most notably being former King Arthur Iand Queen Dowager Elys.

When asked about the GFA, Empress Cerelle, who has taken her husband’s role while he is away, she simply said: “Brandon is well within his right to form this type of organisation. I support his idea. The House of Ghanor has led our nation since it’s unification so we cannot simply forget all those centuries of history they helped to create just because of the revolution.”

Here is a list of some members of the GFA. Note that they use princely titles but they are not recognised by the government, if they possess a noble title that is their official form of address.

-Prince Brandon, president of the GFA and brother of the Emperor;
-Princess Helga, sister of the Emperor;
-Prince Royce, half-brother of the Emperor;
-Princess Marya, bride of Augustine of Mejicanas;
-Prince Duarte;
-Prince Francisco;
-Princess Constanza;
-Alois, former advisor to King Arthur I and vice-president of the GFA;
-Princess Josephine;
-Princess Adelgundes, Viscountess of Caroso;
-Prince Sixtus;
-Prince Xavier, Baron of Melo;
-Princess Maxima of Alvim;
-Prince Jaime, widower of Princess Isabel;
-Prince Constantine;
-Prince Teodosio;
-Princess Catarina;
-Prince Francisco Carlos;
-Princess Mafalda;
-Princess Urraca;
-Princess Branca.

The GFA also promotes books on various topics relating to Hedra and the Ghanor dynasty, as well as cultural events with the intention of clearing up some myths behind the House of Ghanor.

Tritra wrote:

IC: Madame' Valentina Belle Ion herby shall be appointed to the embassy in Hedra, and will act as the representative of the entire Confederacy. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs has petitioned to Hedra a potential summit mediation, in which will specifically be taking place in Rikas. The summit is between representative Otto Alduin of Sovern, and newly-appointed Valentina Belle Ion of Tritra. The topic and purpose of the summit is to negotiate the future of the Nord-1 and Nord-2 pipelines.

If plausible we would appreciate a third party to act as a supervisor for the summit.

IC: President of the Council of Ministers, Alvaro Maurras, offers himself to be the mediator of this question.

Hedra wrote:

IC: President of the Council of Ministers, Alvaro Maurras, offers himself to be the mediator of this question.

IC: Madame' Ion shakes the hand of Mr. Alduin, and Mr. Maurras. "Its nice to make your formal acquittance, gentlemen. You can call me Valentina, Ion's my father's name. While our fathers are busy, we can take over some political matters to take some weight off their shoulders. Let's begin with the disputed pipelines of Nord-1 and Nord-2. Both leases have been suspended by the Federation of Sovern because of Tritra's transition into the Entente. I am here to appeal to a representative to re-open the gas lines for the benefit of both of our nation-states."

Tritra wrote:

IC: Madame' Ion shakes the hand of Mr. Alduin, and Mr. Maurras. "Its nice to make your formal acquittance, gentlemen. You can call me Valentina, Ion's my father's name. While our fathers are busy, we can take over some political matters to take some weight off their shoulders. Let's begin with the disputed pipelines of Nord-1 and Nord-2. Both leases have been suspended by the Federation of Sovern because of Tritra's transition into the Entente. I am here to appeal to a representative to re-open the gas lines for the benefit of both of our nation-states."

IC: Otto looks over some documents and lays out his claim, "When there is a cause, an effect will follow. This is only the result of Tritra's departure of B.I.T.O. a military alliance that, for the time being, brought us closer together economically. In our agreement there is a term that allows us to suspend the leases for as long as we deem acceptable, if the future status of the pipelines could be at jeopardy. Considering your claim and invasion into South Carambe, it doesn't look like we're considering the return of these leases. Sovern does not support your claims to South Carambe, regardless if it fell into Tritran possession." Otto lays his hands down, and rests them on the table. He pushes the same document to Valentina, "It says it all here..."

Tritra wrote:

IC: Valentina smiles, "You could continue to suspend it, but we both know that eventually you'll have to go to Tritran gas to heat your homes for the next Winter. If there happened to be a 'shortage', a lot of your people will be cold - the price will go up, and you'll surely lose capital. Now why would a Sovern such as yourself ever want to lose money?" she retracts and takes a sip of some wine. "It would be a shame if we'd pull our trade agreements. Sovern would have to depend more on the Hyperboreans for metals and minerals, that wouldn't be so good wouldn't it?" she gets up from her chair and begins to encircle the table counter-clockwise.

"If that would happen Sovern would be faced with a fancy inflation. You wouldn't want to act foolish and reduce the value of your most precious currency over some bad policy decisions?" she pushes Otto's papers and books off the table, and sits on the table, flinging her long legs off the table. She crosses her legs, and shifts her skirt. She runs her right hand down Otto's sharp face.

IC: Otto becomes incredibly awkward as he's not usually this close to women. He turns his face, and gives Alvaro Maurras of Hedra, a signal for help. "While we understand that capital may be lost, we'll get our returns before the end of the years because we've already started a project with Lisurin, a close ally and member of B.I.T.O. they're gas was also cheaper, and it costs less to build pipelines between Sovern and Lisurin due to proximately to areas that need it the most, being the most accessible to its availability. As for Sovern's dependency on Vostag is our own business..."