History of Kalgachia/The 190s

The 190s marked the end of Kalgachia's foundational era, after the last Benacian territories left ungoverned by the collapse of Minarboria were re-occupied by various powers to complete the new continental order. Within Kalgachia, much of the leadership responsible for hewing the nation from the inert granite of the Octavian Mountains began to expire with age or proved themselves unfit to maintain their creations in ever-changing continental circumstances. With new leadership came a new mindset, as the preceding half-century's frenzy of infrastructural development matured into a more managerial attitude in affairs of state and society - traditionally the point at which Micran nations lose their animus and expire, or else sink into insipid cycles of manufactured conflict scarcely discernable from the banditry of the ungoverned Green. Discussions of this eternal challenge had occupied Kalgachia's younger leadership long before their emergence into the halls of power, and a partial answer came in the form of a rehabilitated Temporal Secessionism which sought to emulate the example of Tellia and Raikoth, among other territories, in attaining a perfect steady-state society seemingly immune to the twin perils of internal collapse and external aggression.

A New Chairman (191 AL)

Falcifer "It's not jaundice, I'm just Nezeni" Yastreb.

In 191 AL a new patient was admitted to the Karymovka Sanatorium, a convalescent and palliative care facility of the DHPW. To the surprise of Kalgachia-watchers he was revealed to be none other than Xantus Yastreb - known officially as the widower of the DEO Pegadogue General and the father of the Lady Lieutenant of Oktavyan. Unofficially however, the rumour that he was the chairman of Kalgachia's ruling Council of Perfecti (and thus the Kalgachi head of state) had long held the status of an open secret. His invisibility in public life had seemed to prove this, but his sudden appearance at Karymovka with an unspecified chronic illness generated frenzied rumours about his alleged departure from the role and speculation upon the identity of his replacement.

The suspicion of the better-connected in Kalgachi society coalesced around the personage of Xantus' son Falcifer, who unlike his elder sister Rubina had not emerged into public office nor obtained any public profile whatsoever. His only reputed work had been for the Troglodyti, authoring lengthy screeds upon the subject of 'Applied Tektology' which had obtained a small cult following among the esoteric lodges and covens of Lapivril. This support had spread in time throughout the Kalgachi government, via Troglodyte initiates who enjoyed an unremarked presence in most of its offices. Critically it placed Falcifer in an ideal figurehead position after the purges and resignations of the late 180s, simultaneously finding himself with the invested hopes of a new political generation and offering a reassuring continuity in the eyes of the old guard due to his parentage.

True to the Temporal Secessionist creed, no abrupt changes were made to public policy after Falcifer's alleged gradutation to the Council of Perfecti, although the activity of the Octavian Import-Export Corporation in Keltia and Eura was observed to suddenly increase.