Salome

Salome

Salome Ylva Octavia
Kaiser of Shireroth
Began	12.VIII.1671 (68 years ago)
Predecessor	Kaiser Ayreon IV
Successor	(Heir presumtive: Kir Azariah Vidar)
Steward	The Count Palatine of Kezan (1671–1680) Lord Holly-Wythe (1680–present)
Regent or Ruling Steward	Lady Sentratera (1671–1674) Lady Shirekeep (1674–1680) Lord Holly-Wythe (1682–1683)
Imperial Bloodline	Ayreon-Kalirion
Physical description
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Race	Mixed
Hair color and style	Golden Blonde
Eye color	Green
Skin color	III
Biographical information
Father	Kaiser Ayreon IV
Mother	Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni
Spouse(s)	Unmarried
Issue	none
Date of birth	7.VII.1665 (Age: 74 years)
Place of birth	Raynor's Keep
Date of death	–
Place of death	–

Salome (Salome Ylva Octavia Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine, born b. 17.VII.1665 in Raynor's Keep) is the current kaiseress of Shireroth since the Kalirion Fracture of 1671, Queen of Ransenar, Emira of Sathrati, and Sardar of Talenore, Steward of the Throne (Staatsholder) of Batavia (since 1685), and Queen and Exarch of Chryse (since 1687).

Daughter of Kaiser Ayreon IV and his concubine Lady Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni, she became kaiseress at the age of 6 after her father was murdered. Due to her accession to the Kaisership at such a young age, regents governed in her place until she came of age at 15 in mid-1680. Her regent in Shireroth was Lady Mira III Octavius-Aryani, Countess of Shirekeep, a relative through the House of Octavius. In Talenore, the Speaker of the National Assembly Leila Merhaban served concurrently as regent.

Name

Upon her birth, she was given the surname Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine which speaks of her genealogy. With the rank of her mother (despite belonging to an imperial bloodline herself) not being sufficient enough, as the mother was not an imperial consort but a concubine, the Imperial Court deemed that the House of Octavius needed not be considered a dynastic surname of the young kaiseress-to-be. Kaiser Ayreon IV, however, decided to honour that house by giving Salome the third given name Octavia.

The given name Salome is intended to honour her father's predecessor and grandmother, Kaiseress Noor, who took on the epithet as-Salaam ("of the peace" in Baatharzi). Salome is also an Elw given name, taken from the shared Ashkenatzi-Elw mythology, and is related to as-Salaam. By tradition, many members of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion have at least one Elw name taken from the Ashkenatzi holy book. Ylva (Norse for wolfess) honours her father's mother, Liv Djupvik, who was brave as a wolf during her life.

While in the company of Laqs, Salome insists on being addressed as Mamyr Aslanpx°e, with the familiaritive Zauśypx°e (RL. "War-sister") among those who have earned ł'yġe under her service.

Family and genealogy

Family

Her father is the late Kaiser Ayreon IV. He had three more children, the twins Prince Kir and Princess Kian (b. 1667) and the posthumously born Prince Rubin (b. 1671). Her mother is Lady Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni, her father's concubine. Her father had also a husband, Emperor Nathan II of Natopia, who is the Dowager Imperial Consort of Shireroth, and one courtesan, Jaap van Pijpervale. Nathan II acts as a stepfather for her, while Jaap was denied all contact with her since her ascension to the throne in 1671.

Paternal side

Her father is the late Kaiser Ayreon IV (1645–1671, reigned 1650–1671), none of whose parents are still alive. Ayreon IV was the son of Prince Adam of Shireroth (1630–1650) and his wife Liv Djupvik (1615–1663) (later known as Liv Dravot). His father, Adam, had a twin brother, Aldin (b. 1630), who is still alive and who has two children together with his wife Lady Li Naomiai (b. 1627), Prince David (b. 1657) and Princess Abigail (b. 1662). His mother Liv Djupvik descends paternally from Hurmu and maternally from Normark.

Salome's paternal grandfather Adam is the eldest son of Kaiseress Noor of Shireroth (1604–1650; reigned 1644–1650). Noor was married twice, first with the former Natopian emperor, Prince Nathaniel (1686–1632), with whom she had four quadruplets, Princes Adam, Aldin, Rostam and Arn. Adam murdered his brothers Rostam and Arn 1639 as well as his mother in 1650. Noor's second marriage was with King Noah of Elwynn, with whom she had two children, Prince Vilhjalm of Amokolia (1635– ) and Princess Esther of Anglia (b. 1638). The marriage with Noah was posthumoustly annulled, and Vilhjalm and Esther lost their noble and imperial titles in Shireroth. Vilhjalm, now known as Villy, underwent castration and contracted loyal subjecthood in Shireroth in what many people outside Shireroth term the Froyalanish genocide. Esther of Anglia currently lives in Stormark in exile.

On Kaiseress Noor's paternal side, Kaiseress Salome is a direct descendant of Prince Daniel Simrani (1574–1631, who ruled Elwynn 1607–1613) and Rashid Arsalani-Kalirion (Kaiser Ayreon I) (1450–1544, who ruled as Shahanshah of Babkha 1529-1541 and Kaiser of Shireroth 1542–1544). It is through Rashid's mother Tuuler Kalirion (1420–1512), daughter of Prince Paul of Brookshire, that Salome traces her primary lineage back to Kaiser Raynor I.

Among her more immediate ancestors are five Kaisers (Ayreon, Aurangzeb, Ayreon II, Noor, Ayreon IV), four Babkhan shahanshahs (Ardashir, Tahmaseb, Rashid, Osman), and two Natopian emperors (Nathan, Nathaniel), as well as rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).

She belongs to the imperial houses of Ayreon-Kalirion, Osman and Waffel-Paine. In terms of imperial genealogy, she can trace her descent to Kaiser Raynor I through her membership in the bloodlines of Ayreon-Kalirion, Kalir, Steffki and Octavius. These three have academically been referred to as the Line of Ayreon-Kalirion-Steffki-Octavius.

Early Life

The first six years of Salome's life were spent between Raynor's Keep and the Montran Estate, under the watchful eye of her mother, Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni, who had been elevated to Chamberlain of the Imperial Household in 1667 AN. During the fateful days that began the Kalirion Fracture, the Imperial Family were in the County Palatine of Kezan. On 12.VII.1671 AN, Salome inherited the Golden Mango Throne upon the announced death of her father. The decision is made by the Chamberlain and Imperial Mother for the child Kaiseress to temporarily remain in Kezan for her safety. Salome spends the next three and a half years there.

On 8.II.1675 AN, the Kaiseress finally returned to Benacia, the political landscape having radically changed, in order to participate in her coronation as Queen of Ransenar, one of the post-Shirerithian states that had developed in what had been Goldshire. A month later, she returned with the Imperial Court to Raynor's Keep, where she lived for the last five years of her regency.

Rule

In preparation for her coronation, Salome spent three days of strict fasting and prayer at the Holodomatic nome at Raynor's Keep, ritually purified and initiated into the school as a syndomate. On 17.VII.1680, Salome reached the age of majority in accordance with the Charter, and was invested in the full authority of the Golden Mango Throne. As part of her coronation, she appointed three new members to the Landsraad and named Chrysostom Wythe the first Steward of her reign proper.

In 1685, following the Batavian Revolution, the joint assembly of Batavia, in an attempt to improve its diplomatic position, offered the crown of Batavia to Kaiseress Salome. On 17.VI.1686, the Imperial Advisory Council gave Salome its approval of accepting the Batavian offer of the crown, and the Landsraad resolved two days later the same. The matter was immediately communicated to the Batavian ambassador in Shireroth in an audience with the Kaiseress. Her coronation as Steward of the Throne (Staatsholder) of Batavia occurred in ....

Government

Wythe Stewardship

Title	Tenure	Name	Titled	Comment
Steward	1680–	Chrysostom Wythe	Viscount Holly-Wythe
Minister of State	1672–1684	Caleb Sarrick	Lord Sarrick
	1684–	Evgeniya Sotnikova	Viscountess of Hope
Commissioner for the Fiscus	1678–	Ms Naïs Szodarvs	Zir Hælsans
Commissioner for Defence	1672–1684	Heinz Łatþig-Sur	Zir Hælsans
	1684–	Liese Aethonia	Lady Aethonius
Commissioner for Rites and Citizenship	1672–1684	Iddo Neriui	Lady Neriui
	1684–	Heinz Łatþig-Sur	Mr Heinz Łatþig-Sur
Commissioner for Public Works	1680–1684	Evgeniya Sotnikova	Viscountess of Hope
	1684–	Derok Aezjor	Mr Derok Aezjor
Minister of the Exterior	1672–1684	Chrysostom Wythe	Viscount Holly-Wythe	position held concurrently with Office of Steward
	1684–	Aloys Serratus	Lord Serratus
Commissioner for International Trade	1670–1684	Aloys Serratus	Lord Serratus
	1684–	Kai bi-Folłur-Tuifals	Lord Folłur
Commissioner for the Raspur Pact	1675–	Aes Bonna	Laeszus u Zir Hælsans
Commissioner for International Cooperation	1670–1684	Daniel Mortis du Grifos	Lord Mortis du Grifos
	1684–	Awaz Rahimdokht	Mr Awaz Rahimdokht
Chamberlain of the Household	1667–	Isidora of Octavius-Teleni	The Imperial Mother	Mother of the Kaiseress
Master of Pages	1667-	Sintsza Aneï	Seniormost Adept
Master of Endowments	1680-	Mari Eiskar	Senior Adept
Dean of the Dirâsat-an-Nûr	1680-	Alejian Kaukainen	Frainan Uihmanzis (retired)
Commissioner for the Crypteia	1658-	Qadesh Marozzi	Salbnan (retired)

Decrees

Decrees issued by Salome as Kaiseress of Shireroth

Decrees issued by Salome as Duchess of Brookshire:

Short Title	Issue Date	Content
Brookshirene Forces	10.III.1683	Reorganization of military forces
Summoning of the Kehl	15.V.1683	Instructions to reconvene the Kehl

Relationship with the Laqs

Salome has built much of Shireroth's ascent from the depths of the Fracture atop support from the Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe. Her relationship with the Laqs began as merely financial, with representatives from the House of Octavius providing the necessary training, weaponry, and equipment to build the Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe into a viable mercenary force. Its leadership was reluctant to receive direct operational orders from a young and inexperienced war leader, but warmed to her during the Imperial Expedition to Crestfall. She earned multiple counts of ł'yġe disarming and overpowering an assassin sent by the Brookshire Anti-Alienation League, receiving supplicants and avenging their comrades, and leading Laqs on the battlefield.

Salome made a concerted effort to the learn the Laqi language at great difficulty, due to its unusual structure, paid into the Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe as a war leader on its council in order to assemble her own formation, the Tyġ°ryġ°yh (RL. "The Eagle-Owls"), and adopted the modified Laq dress of Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe battledress while outside of the Imperial Court. By the end of the Imperial Expedition to the Guttuli, Salome had assembled a personal guard of Laqs, the Tyġ°ryġ° Pesak'°eh to travel with her in all settings, to supplement the Palatini Corps life guards. To satisfy the decorum of the Imperial Court, she issued them dress uniforms for use in Shirekeep, and ordered the construction of barracks in Raynor's Keep for them to maintain as a permanent headquarters in the capital.

At the first convening of the enlarged Landsraad, in mid-1688 AN, the contingent of newly-elevated Laqi leaders invited Salome to attend a Pšyhem ia Hase, to be held in the Field of H'Graa outside Maltenstein. At that council, the attending princes made a covenant with her, naming her Zeć'elaq Kaštyḥ (RL. "Sovereign of All-Laq"). Unaffiliated Laq clans issued statements complaining of the arrogant presumption, and insisted that there has been no sovereign over All-Laq since the dawn years and that there will never be one until the sunset years.

Titles

1665–present: Emira of Sathrati, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Lady of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings

1671–present: Kaiseress of Shireroth, Rani of Tas Neemia, Duchess of Brookshire, Duchess of Chestnut, Princess of Hurmu, Princess among the Lakes, Duchess of New Aquitane, Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, Khanum of Caer Lum'ruush, Countess of Upper Macon, Countess of Andiopolis, Countess of Dracoheim, Countess of Istvan, Baroness of Port Mills, Lady of Zauberförde/Senkyōwan, Lady in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Scion of the King of Kings, Thane of the Shirelands, Keeper of the Apollo Legacy, Grand Master of the Orders of the Dragon, Griffin, Phoenix, and Chimera, Sovereign of the Golden Mango Throne, Lord Mayor of the City of Vladagrad

1673–present: Queen of Ransenar

1674-present: Sardar of Talenore

1686–present: Staatsholder of Batavia (Staatshouder van Batavië)

1687–present: Queen and Exarch of Chryse

1688–present: Sovereign of All Laq

Former titles

1665–1671: Lady of the Holy Lakes

1665–1671: Imperial Princess of Shireroth

1671–1678: Queen of Normark

Preceded by: Kaiser Ayreon IV	Kaiser of Shireroth 1671–present	Succeeded by Incumbent Heir presumptive: Prince Kir
Preceded by: Kaiser Ayreon IV	Marchioness of Zy-Rodun 1665–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by: Zahir al Din	Emira of Sathrati 1665–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by: Position created	Queen of Ransenar 1673–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by: Joseph Bartholomeus des Vinandy-Windsor	Staatsholder of Batavia 1686–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by: Vidar	Queen of Normark 1671–1678	Succeeded by Monarchy abolished

External links

• Salome on ShireWiki.