Shirerithian–Franco-Batavian Negotiations

The Shirerithian–Franco-Batavian Negotiations were a series of negotiations that occurred between Shireroth and Franco-Batavia following Francia's merger with Batavia. Initially revolving around normalizing relations between Shireroth and Franco-Batavia (prior to the merger, Shireroth had good relations with Batavia but had none whatsoever with Francia), the negotiations came to revolve more and more on the issue of differences in opinion with regard to the legalities of the Auspicious Occasion, Kaiseress Noor's marriage with King Noah, and other matters, in the end the negotiations failed, despite Shireroth's acquiescence to most Franco-Batavian demands, after running past the initially set deadline.

Following the deadline, relations between Franco-Batavia and Shireroth remained stable for a short while, with Shireroth considering inviting the Franco-Batavian emperor and empress to Shirekeep for the funeral of Kaiser Ayreon IV. In the end, facing a potential Raspur Pact boycott of the funeral should the Emperor and Empress attend the funeral, Shireroth withdrew the invitation. Instead, Johan Anderion represented Franco-Batavia there, only to be arrested for alleged war crimes in the Guttuli Protectorate. This caused the fragile stability of relations between the two empires to collapse. A little while later, Stormark disintegrated, causing the Amokolian and Batavian revolutions to occur and the collapse of Arkadius's hegemony over both kingdoms. Arkadius IV subsequently went to Arbor in exile, renouncing the throne to both Amokolia and Batavia, bringing any negotiations between him and Shireroth to moot. Since then, Arkadius IV, taking on a new name as well as adopting a new culture in Arbor, consideres all Raspur Pact nations, along with Kalgachia, Goetia, Jääland, and Suren, to be "illegitimate entities" of the "Livvist horde".