» HEADLINE » Lord Damien Dreadfire, Supreme Warlord of Automagfreek, Falls in Battle
May 6, 2012 · Kyruviesch, Tsentrijiska, Kyrusia
Lord Dreadfire's body retrieved from battle (2012)
Though such goes without saying, the Fortified State is officially in a state of national mourning.
Coming mere weeks after the unfortunate passing of Gael Raziya II Colossus of New Azura, a close personal friend and ally of His Excellency, the Lord Chancellor, and the State, respectively, death seems to abound in Gholgoth as of late. Some have cited this as a sign of the times, a waning of the power of the Alliance; even so, others have cited the source of these morbid occurrences as a sign of the fault of the civil war that currently embroils much of the region in a bloody froth of rage and irrationality. A conflict that is seen by many as not merely fruitless, but mutually destructive – a perspective given power and support by the recent loss of the First Gothic Lord in an assault perpetuated within such a futile conflict.
With the Kyrus Flag of the Host at half-mast across the nation, calls for peace have echoed out not merely from the Khredáva in Kyruviesch, but from the Patriciate and the whole of the citizenry. In light of the demise of Lord Dreadfire, the Kyrusian people have ignited into a scintillation of disapproval not merely of the continued strife in the West, but at what many view as its penultimate source and cause. Though the Fortified State has maintained a nominal sense of official neutrality since the war's inception, it has also remained quiet in the voicing of its growing disapproval of its perpetuation; with the loss of an internationally-beloved figure and, largely, the very individual that crafted and united the region of Gholgoth nearly a decade ago, it seems such silence has finally been broken.
In a precedent-shattering move, His Excellency, Vysokancjllár Maksian Raznakovic, spoke directly to not merely the people of Kyrusia, but the whole of Gholgoth following the initial report of Damien Dreadfire's passing on the field of battle. In the fifty-six minute speech, His Excellency called for the re-unification of the Gholgoth Regional Alliance and for a willingness of all parties to see the disaster and calamity the perpetuation of the Gothic Civil War has wrought: largely, the demise of its Founding Father and the unilateral destruction of over half of the region. The Lord Chancellor called for a setting-aside of differences in favor of the commonalities and mutual-strengths each, former ally shares with their fraternal brothers. Such sentiments were initially echoed by many members of the National Kyrusian Kjiranist Party; yet, even then, the Kjiranists refused to cite a cause for such conflict. Such refusal was broken during the oration this evening when, in short, His Excellency named the continued policies and encompassing philosophy of Dh'arconian Thought as the ultimate catalyst for the continuation of the antagonism in the region:
- ”Before us we see nothing but death and decay; the Great Gothic Lord Dreadfire has fallen on the shores of Atraeza. Countless citizens from across Gholgoth have fallen in Atraeza's defense. […] 'For what?' I ask you. To what great end does its defense justify? The survival of the very souls that are unwilling to free themselves? Slaves. Vermin. The protection of an ally, of a brother? Where was this brotherhood before the war? Where was the Dh'arco then? […] A country of isolation, of purposelessness, and of prey: that, I say to you, is what you each come to defend. In its defense you have gained nothing but blood to your hands; you have gained nothing but a tomb for the Lord Dreadfire, a shrine to his harrowing passing.”
As if to echo the Lord Chancellor's oration, mere moments following the speech from the Khredáva, in an emergency session of the National Syndicate, an official Order of Censured Expulsion passed with a staggering ninety-two percent supermajority. The order officially expelled the Kyrusian Front for Dh'arconian Thought from the Syndicate, forcing the vacation of the three seats the Dh'arconian Front have staunchly held for seven years. Though forced from the Syndicate floor by members of the 12th Regiment Syndic Guard, the three Syndics continued to heckle shouts calling for criminal prosecution of several prominent members of the lower hours, the Patriciate, and even the Lord Chancellor himself; accusations of “collusion and conspiracy” were leveled as the Dh'arconists were dragged from the Syndicate, forcing their ultimate detention by officers from the Metropolitan Protection Service. Though detained, their location of arrest has yet to be publicly released.
In a final call for unity amongst the Gothic Lords, wishing for peace and unity in the light of the “impending threat of the persistence of Dh'arconian Thought,” at 3:26PM G.E.T., the Office of the Lord Chancellor released a brief statement announcing the official promulgation and activation of His Excellency's National Executive Command 309639-06052012B. N.E.C. 309636 officially “prohibits the formation of political parties espousing an isolationist or otherwise 'Dh'arconian' platform”; “prohibits the continued existence and bars the Kyrusian Front for Dh'arconian Thought from holding political office, conducting political policy, or officially acting in any capacity within the Fortified State”; “expels all current members of the Kyrusian Front for Dh'arconian Thought from official membership in any political office, organization, or party”; and officially “declares all persons of Hunen, Khinen, or 'general Milogradian ancestry' as unwelcome ('persona non grata') within the Fortified State.”
The statement accompanying the National Executive Command called for the cessation of hostilities between all parties currently involved in the Gholgoth Civil War and for unity amongst the “Kyrusosphere and the [Gholgoth Regional Alliance] alike” in the “expulsion and removal of Dh'arconian currents from the region” in order to solidify the “brotherhood of Gothic Lords” and insure that “such a detrimental catastrophe need never arise in the future.” As such, the statement indicates a desire by the Fortified State to cooperate with members of the “Kyrusosphere” in the immediate prohibition of “Dh'arconist criminality” in their respective, national bodies and, furthermore, an “intense and stringent investigation and prosecution of its criminal enterprises.”
Since the release of this statement from the Office of the Lord Chancellor, no further word has been issued by the federal government in Kyruviesch; even so, across the State, cries for action continue to resound. Cries for peace in Gholgoth echo in unison with calls – demands – for restitution from the original source of the conflict. Cries for a unity that Gholgoth once prized, for the honor it once held, and for a renewal of the solidarity amongst all Gothic peoples.