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Username: Feorsteorra
Empress: Demeter Azura Wei "Demi"
Princess Consort: Gemina Hermione Estel "Gem" (Simonides)
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Jiang
In the Empire of: Lai Shi
After the very sudden and untimely death of Princess Demeter's mother, Demi finds herself pressed into the role of Empress in her place, a role she feels almost entirely unprepared to fill. But as her mother's only heir, she has little choice and proceeds with the coronation, still reeling from grief at the loss of her mother. But once the crown sits heavily on her head, the people of Lai Shi demand yet another duty of her: that she marry. A royal wedding, her ministers advise, will lift the spirits of the people who also mourn for her mother, as a wedding is a sign of hope for the future.
In no state of mind to endure what will undoubtedly be an unending line of ambitious suitors, the new Empress Demeter turns to her friend Gemina, with whom she recently spent four happy years at university. Gemina is shocked and a little overwhelmed by the proposal, but also both flattered and honoured. Even as the sole heir of the minor noble house of Simonides in the nearby kingdom of Bertrand, Gemina wouldn't exactly be an expected choice for consort even if she were a man, and Demi's ministers unanimously advise against such a non-traditional match even in the face of Demi's insistence that she loves Gem and cannot be expected to marry some stranger just for the sake of politics. Ultimately, Demi is the Empress after all and her will prevails over that of her ministers. The wedding goes forward, despite the people's reaction being very divided on the issue.
Empress: Demeter Azura Wei "Demi"
Princess Consort: Gemina Hermione Estel "Gem" (Simonides)
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Jiang
In the Empire of: Lai Shi
After the very sudden and untimely death of Princess Demeter's mother, Demi finds herself pressed into the role of Empress in her place, a role she feels almost entirely unprepared to fill. But as her mother's only heir, she has little choice and proceeds with the coronation, still reeling from grief at the loss of her mother. But once the crown sits heavily on her head, the people of Lai Shi demand yet another duty of her: that she marry. A royal wedding, her ministers advise, will lift the spirits of the people who also mourn for her mother, as a wedding is a sign of hope for the future.
In no state of mind to endure what will undoubtedly be an unending line of ambitious suitors, the new Empress Demeter turns to her friend Gemina, with whom she recently spent four happy years at university. Gemina is shocked and a little overwhelmed by the proposal, but also both flattered and honoured. Even as the sole heir of the minor noble house of Simonides in the nearby kingdom of Bertrand, Gemina wouldn't exactly be an expected choice for consort even if she were a man, and Demi's ministers unanimously advise against such a non-traditional match even in the face of Demi's insistence that she loves Gem and cannot be expected to marry some stranger just for the sake of politics. Ultimately, Demi is the Empress after all and her will prevails over that of her ministers. The wedding goes forward, despite the people's reaction being very divided on the issue.
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Feorsteorra
Empress: Demeter Azura Wei "Demi"
Princess Consort: Gemina Hermione Estel "Gem" (Simonides)
Son?: Marcel Othello Yvain Shang Nicodemus Falco Li Zion Zhu Carmine
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Jiang
In the Empire of: Lai Shi
Feorsteorra
Empress: Demeter Azura Wei "Demi"
Princess Consort: Gemina Hermione Estel "Gem" (Simonides)
Son?: Marcel Othello Yvain Shang Nicodemus Falco Li Zion Zhu Carmine
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Jiang
In the Empire of: Lai Shi
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Feorsteorra
Empress: Demeter Azura Wei "Demi"
Princess Consort: Gemina Hermione Estel "Gem" (Simonides)
Son?/Royal Ward: Nikodemos Shang "Niko" (Karmen)
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Jiang
In the Empire of: Lai Shi
Just two months after the royal wedding, a blind man brings a little boy before the court, insisting he is Empress Demeter's son by a young woman named Raya Karmen, a former classmate and sometimes rival of both Demi and Gem from university. When asked by a somewhat flabbergasted royal advisor how the Empress could possibly have had a child with another woman, the man replies, "She used magic!" Unfortunately, Raya cannot be questioned about these claims, as she has been unconscious for two weeks due to a sudden and virulent illness and is not expected to awake.
While Princess Consort Gemina is in fact the most gifted healer and alchemist in Lai Shi, she can't be considered as an impartial judge, so the task of attempting to determine the boy's parentage falls to Marian Weaver, court physician. The results of the tests, however, return inconclusive; the child is undoubtedly related to Empress Demeter, but it's impossible to say if he is in fact her son. Demi wonders if he is perhaps her half brother, child of Raya by Demi's estranged father who years ago managed to get himself banished from Lai Shi and of whom there has been no reputable word since. Gem sugests that perhaps Raya herself used magic to make herself a child - she always did seem to have a strange obsession with Demi. But regardless of how the child came to be, Demi does feel responsible for his welfare, so she takes him as her ward.
Gem warms to Niko even faster than Demi (who's still not sure how to feel about the fact that he is in fact related to her and the possibilities of how that might be - all of which are at least slightly disturbing - and who is also very busy ruling her empire), often taking him from his nanny for an hour or two to play together in the palace gardens (he especially loves watching the koi in the pond). He warms to her quickly as well and calls her "Auntie Gem." Due at least in part to little Niko, Gem is quickly discovering a love for children and a desire to have more.
Feorsteorra
Empress: Demeter Azura Wei "Demi"
Princess Consort: Gemina Hermione Estel "Gem" (Simonides)
Son?/Royal Ward: Nikodemos Shang "Niko" (Karmen)
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Jiang
In the Empire of: Lai Shi
Just two months after the royal wedding, a blind man brings a little boy before the court, insisting he is Empress Demeter's son by a young woman named Raya Karmen, a former classmate and sometimes rival of both Demi and Gem from university. When asked by a somewhat flabbergasted royal advisor how the Empress could possibly have had a child with another woman, the man replies, "She used magic!" Unfortunately, Raya cannot be questioned about these claims, as she has been unconscious for two weeks due to a sudden and virulent illness and is not expected to awake.
While Princess Consort Gemina is in fact the most gifted healer and alchemist in Lai Shi, she can't be considered as an impartial judge, so the task of attempting to determine the boy's parentage falls to Marian Weaver, court physician. The results of the tests, however, return inconclusive; the child is undoubtedly related to Empress Demeter, but it's impossible to say if he is in fact her son. Demi wonders if he is perhaps her half brother, child of Raya by Demi's estranged father who years ago managed to get himself banished from Lai Shi and of whom there has been no reputable word since. Gem sugests that perhaps Raya herself used magic to make herself a child - she always did seem to have a strange obsession with Demi. But regardless of how the child came to be, Demi does feel responsible for his welfare, so she takes him as her ward.
Gem warms to Niko even faster than Demi (who's still not sure how to feel about the fact that he is in fact related to her and the possibilities of how that might be - all of which are at least slightly disturbing - and who is also very busy ruling her empire), often taking him from his nanny for an hour or two to play together in the palace gardens (he especially loves watching the koi in the pond). He warms to her quickly as well and calls her "Auntie Gem." Due at least in part to little Niko, Gem is quickly discovering a love for children and a desire to have more.
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