Funeral of Siw Stai

The funeral of Siw Stai, or Lady Si, as she was known in Aemilia, took place on 24.I.1742. First, there was a ceremony at ten o'clock in the morning, in the Church of Saint Agata in Zeebrugge, while bells were tolling all over Aemilian Alrig, across all of the Aemilian Federation and Hurmu even. The funeral was intended to celebrate the life of Siw Stai, who had been born in Sårensby, Normark, but who had spent so much of her life in Sankt Ludwigshafen and then Aemilia and who was extremely beloved. More than four thousand people attended the funeral, almost thousand people could fit in the church, and over three thousand people were following the ceremony in the church's courtyard on large television screens that were put there. Among the attendants were diplomats, politicians, nobility and celebrities, from Aemilia, Hurmu, and from all over Micras. Coordination of the public ceremony in the Church of Saint Agata was entrusted to Andries van Oudorp by order of Princess Emilia Antoinette, who demanded a meticulous organisation.

Following this, a smaller ceremony for about one-hundred people (of which some family and some dignitaries) took place in the crematorium of Zeebrugge, where the body of Siw Stai was committed to eternity in the rites of the Hurmu religion.

Guest list

Country	Attendants
Order of the Holy Lakes (family)	Stina Einhorn (wife) Karen Rygh (sister-in-law) Stefan and Helene Einhorn (nephew and niece-in-law) Valde and Gjevjon Einhorn (great nephew and niece) Klara Einhorn (niece) Dolores Einhorn (distant in blood, close by heart)
Aemilia	Princess Emilia Antoinette Princess Aimée Isabelle Princess-consort Merida Vala Chancellor Charlène Jolicoeur-Schafenweide Razzie Waldfürcht Thomas de la Rochelle Nathalie Backer Arthur Delfinenstrand (friend to Siw Stai) Leah Nasir (favourite copper merchant) Galadriel Camel Amelia Rettich
Order of the Holy Lakes (official)	Marcus Avon-El Myksos, Commander of the Order of the Holy Lakes Ingrid Djupvik, Secretary of State for External Relations Catherine Wythe, Ambassador to Aemilia
Imperial Federation (Unofficial dignitaries from Bomei Island)	Tatsu Midori III, Prince Regent (He just wanted to be there.) Ciel Katsuwara of South Rherci (An exile, representing the governor) Jon Aule of Bizonette (A well-liked dragon handler) Sir Gray Delphinius (A well-liked Ralgonese actor)
Moorland (Official dignitaries)	Robin Wakeham, Prime Minister (Representing the Kingdom) Jodie Baker (Commissioner for Beelandia) Kent Atwell (Diplomatic attache)
United Principalities (Exiled government)	Kaiser Ludwig von Heida-Weisse Chancellor Konstantin Tiedemann