016 ✿ Audio and Action

[occulthymns]

[The first thing that Euri's bracelet is recording is the CRUNCH CRUNCH of snow under her boots. She and Dog are out exploring all of Gefion Park today, curious to see how the snow changes the area surrounding her home.]

The snow is pretty nice! It's a lot more than we'd get back home in Fuggum.

Oh - but I had a question. There's a couple of people here who are royalty, right? How does that work, anyway? How do they get castles? Is it different in every world? The humans back home have royalty, and stories about princes and kings being chivalrous and slaying dragons and rescuing damsels in distress. I think if you marry someone royal you become royal, but I don't really know the details.

So! How does royalty work for everyone else?

[She and Dog will be out wandering all over Gefion for a while, so feel free to run into her in person!]

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[ voice ]

[occulthymns]

How is it different, then?

[ voice ]

[noblejustice]

We have a system known as a monarchy, which means there is one ruler and beneath our ruler is the parliament. The parliament is a group of the Emperor or Empress' closest advisers who form a council or parliament to help discuss, make, or uphold laws in place. Of course the parliament also discusses these issues with the ruler, in this case, my mother the Empress, about these various subjects and see if she approves or disapproves. Others such as our Armada's Admirals or even our people of Valua can also seek an audience with my mother as well and ask if she may approve or disapprove of their ideas or plans. Getting an audience with my mother is much harder though for our people than it is the Admirals.

[ voice ]

[occulthymns]

Wait - so you guys have a council? But they have to answer to one person?

... That doesn't make sense.

[ voice ]

[noblejustice]

Well it's mostly to seek approval or disapproval from the Empress on their discussions. Since ultimately even with a council of advisers who are citizens of the country, the Empress is the head of the country and the state of it lays in her hands.

[ voice ]

[occulthymns]

Why is she the head of the country, then?

[ voice ]

[noblejustice]

Because that is how it has been for Valua since long before I was born.

[ voice ]

[occulthymns]

Then how did your family become royalty?

[ voice ]

[noblejustice]

According to what has been found and recorded by Valuan scholars, the country even during ancient times was ruled by an emperor. But unfortunately, most things from ancient times have been lost so we do not fully understand how that came to be.

[ voice ]

[occulthymns]

So you guys don't even know??

[ voice ]

[noblejustice]

Yes, we are still to this day researching about the ancient world of Arcadia.