Salome

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. 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 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.

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 III of Natopia, who is the Dowager Imperial Consort of Shireroth, and one courtesan, Jaap van Pijpervale. Nathan III 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 (1574–1571, 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 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 from rulers from Elwynn (6), Brookshire (2), and Goldshire (2).

She belongs to the imperial houses of Ayreon-Kalirion, Osman and Waffel-Paine, and to the Shirerithian Imperial bloodlines of Ayreon-Kalirion, Steffki and Octavius.

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.

Government

Wythe Stewardship

Title	Tenure	Name	Titled	Comment
Steward	1680–	Chrysostom Wythe	Viscount Holly-Wythe
Minister of State	1672-	Caleb Sarrick	Lord Sarrick
Commissioner for the Fiscus	1678-	Ms Naïs Szodarvs	Zir Hælsans
Commissioner for Defence	1672-	Heinz Łatþig-Sur	Zir Hælsans
Commissioner for Rites and Citizenship	1672-	Iddo Neriui	Patrician
Commissioner for Public Works	1680-	Evgenia Sotnikova	Viscountess of Hope
Minister of the Exterior	1672-	Chrysostom Wythe	Viscount Holly-Wythe	position held concurrently with Office of Steward
Commissioner for International Trade	1670-	Aloys Serratus	Patrician
Commissioner for the Raspur Pact	1675-	Aes Bonna	Laeszus u Zir Hælsans
Commissioner for International Cooperation	1670-	Daniel Mortis du Grifos	Lord Mortis du Grifos
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)

Imperial Decrees

Short Title	Issue Date	Content
Imperial Circles	22.VIII.1680	Creation of Imperial Circles for Brookshire, appointment of Lord Lieutenants

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, Queen of Normark, 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,

Former titles

1665–1671: Lady of the Holy Lakes
1665–1671: Imperial Princess of Shireroth

External links

• Salome on ShireWiki.