Kaiser Hjalmar
| Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the House of the Descendants of Freyja | |
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| Former Kaiser of Shireroth | |
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| Began | 1635 |
| Ended | 1639 |
| Predecessor | Kaiser Brrapa VII |
| Successor | Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill |
| Steward | Altea Lomax (1636–1639) |
| Imperial Bloodline | Sanglorian (House of Ettlingar Freyu) |
| Physical description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Species | Human |
| Race | Storish |
| Biographical information | |
| Father | Harald of Stormark |
| Mother | Geirbjörg Gefialdrsdottir |
| Spouse(s) | Esther Ayreon-Kalirion (from 1615 until her death in 1618) |
| Issue |
Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir (1606–1685) Thorstein Noah (1616–1685) Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill (1616–1685) Ærinndís-Mael (1676–1685) Eochaid-Jonathan (1676–1685) Inga Njalsdóttir (1615–1685, adopted 1642) |
| Date of birth | 1588 |
| Place of birth | Port Nevermore (Kildare) |
| Date of death | 1685 |
| Place of death | Stormark |
| Resting place | At sea |
Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the House of the Descendants of Freyja, reigning as Kaiser Hjalmar (1635–1639), born 1588 in Port Nevermore (Kildare, died in 1686) was a Storish prince and, for a short while, a former Shirerithian kaiser. He was also a member of the royal family of Elwynn. Exiled from Shireroth in 1651 due to the Auspicious Occasion. He was the eldest son of High King Harald of Stormark. He was the father of Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir, King Noah, and Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill (Audun Joel).
Biography
The son of Storish high king Harald of Ettlingar Freyu, Hallbjörn grew up in Stormark where he lived a lavish life as a Storish prince. As a teenager, he was a playboy and managed to conceive a daughter with Mallymkun de Béthune who was born in 1606 (Fjorleif). In 1614, during a Natopian emperor Nathaniel's state visit to Stormark, he met Nathaniel's aunt Esther and fell in love with her on sight. The two married the next year. They were happily married, and in 1616 a set of twins were born, Noah and Audun Joel. The happiness was squashed when in 1618 Esther was murdered in her home. Struck with grief, Hallbjörn vowed never to marry again, and began naming places and things after his dead wife.
In 1623, upon his stepson Jonathan's abdication as Prince of Elwynn, the next in line to the throne was Noah, a minor. Accordingly, Hallbjörn was Steward of Elwynn until Noah was old enough to rule himself in 1632. His government saw a rapid Froyalanization of Elwynn. By the end of his rule, Hallbjörn was well acquainted with Shirerithian politics and had served in various roles in the imperial administration and in the military forces.
In Hurmu Norse, his name is rendered Hallbjaarn Haraldsson av Aattlingom Froyu and pronounced /ˈhalːˌbjɒːrn ˈhaːraldsˌsoːn aːv ˈɒːtːlɪŋom ˈfrœyʉ/.
Ascension to the Golden Mango Throne
Main Article: River War
Hallbjörn Haraldsson ascended to the Golden Mango Throne and became kaiser in the year 1635 after defeating an unexpected attack on the Eliria by rogue Imperial Volunteer Forces led by Princess Margana Win'Eth, the daughter of Kaiser Brrapa VII, becoming the 152nd Kaiser of Shireroth. The Kaiser, dejected by his daughter's betrayal, and ailing, ceded the throne to Hallbjörn, who had led the Union Defence Force counter-attack, by a nom-de-guerre General Hjalmar Heiðrsson, which had carried all the way to the walls of Shirekeep. In consequence of which he took the throne under the name of Hjalmar.
Reign
As kaiser, his reign was characterized with institutional and legal reform. Feeling sorry for the more-or-less disinherited son Audun Joel, he took especial care of this son and nurtured him into succeeding him as kaiser in 1639. Later, following the Auspicious Occasion, it transpired that he had in many ways ruled through his youngest son, while the younger son trying to find his own voice as kaiser.
He also appointed his daughter Fjorleif to Kaiseress Companion of Shireroth.
Post-reign
With his experience in the imperial government, Hallbjörn continued to serve in various positions in the imperial government until his forced exile in 1651. He lived quietly in Stormark thereafter. He adopted the Vanic–Batavian noblewoman Inga Njalsdóttir (born in 1615) in 1642.
In 1676, he fathered, through a relationship with Aoife the Celt, a set of twins, Ærinndís-Mael and Eochaid-Jonathan. These children died during the collapse of Stormark in 1685.
The court in Haraldsborg announced in 1677 his betrothal to Phillipa Víktoríajarla of Northwell and Countess Dorothée of Quincé. As far as the Order of the Holy Lakes could ascertain, the betrothal never extended to more than that. No marriage was contracted.
Death
In 1685, in the weeks after the collapse of Stormark, the Order of the Holy Lakes secured the dead body of Hallbjörn, his children, and along with other prominent Stormarkers who were connected to the Order. After confirming the identity of the corpse, the Order communicated its findings to the government of Shireroth, updated its own records, and incinerated the body, before spreading the ashes in the sea.
Following a referendum among the members of the Order of the Holy Lakes, the Senate of the Lakes ratified his expulsion on 20.XII.1712.
| Preceded by: Kaiser Brrapa VII |
Succession of the Shirithian Kaisership 1635–1639 |
Succeeded by Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill |
| Preceded by: Yumi Zotrasdóttir |
Steward of Shireroth 1642–1644 |
Succeeded by Adam Anushiruwân |
