Ichirō

Ichirō

一郎 Ichirō Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine
Senator of the Lakes
Tenure began	1.I.1713 AN (18 AN years
Senatorial positions	Commander of the Order of the Holy Lakes
Elected	1712
Faction	United
Order of the Holy Lakes	Andelarion, Osman, Tahmaseb, Arviður, Daniel Kalirion, Waffel-Paine, Elijah Ayreon
Physical description
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Biographical information
Father	Prince Kir of Shireroth and Whales
Mother	Kataoka Yukiji
Date of birth	7.XI.1693 (aged 38 AN years)
Place of birth	Kigazeki ( Whales)

Ichirō Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine is a Shirerithian–Natopian–Hurmu nobleman and politician, as well as a member of the Imperial Family of Shireroth. He was born in the small Kataoka fishermen's cottage in Kigazeki. While the son of Prince Kir, at the time of the little boy's birth, his parents were temporarily estranged due to events in Shirekeep. The boy was registered in the civil records as Kataoka Ichirō after his mother's maiden name (as she was not publicly known, not even to her family, of her married status). Upon the boy's parents' reconciliation two weeks later, the records were corrected. A given name cannot be changed, despite Kir's belief that "Ichirō" was an unsuitable name for a member of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion, he relented after a while. He gave himself and his new family a shortened version of his surname, "Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine" signifying only the two major components of it. For a Sangunese family, this shortened surname, however, was still considered preposterously long. The surname is not actually used very often.

Coat of arms of Ichirō

In 1695, his mother gave birth to a brother, Jirō, and, in 1697, a sister, Enhei.

In 1698, he was, along with his siblings, granted the title Prince of Shireroth by his aunt Kaiseress Salome.

In 1703, his father died, and Ichirō inherited the sovereignty over Varmland. At the same time, he relocated to Shireroth. In 1706, his mother committed seppuku. He is since become the foster child, along with his siblings, of Mondo and Anastasia. Since 1706, he divides his time between residences in Shirekeep, Huyenkula, Kigazeki, and Varmland.

Upon reaching adulthood on his 18th birthday, he declared that he would restore his surname to the ancestral one, Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine (his father had previously shortened it to "Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine"). When the 1712 Hurmu general elections were announced, he declared he would stand for Senate, to keep on his father's work.

In 1712, he was elected to the Senate of the Lakes and after the Senate's inauguration in 1713, he was elected Commander of the Order of the Holy Lakes. At this time, he met with Clarissa Isabella des Vinandy, daughter of Hendrik Leopold des Vinandy, the Duke of Gascony. The two took a liking to each other, falling in love. The two wanted to marry one another. They had hoped that with the normalization of relations between the House of Vinandy and the Imperial House of Shireroth, it would be possible. They had even prepared a marriage contract. In the end, however, the Kaiseress declined to approve the marriage, giving no reason to it. Ichirō interpreted it having to do with Clarissa having Haraldite blood. Although disappointed, he accepted the Kaiseress's decision, and broke off his relation with Clarissa.

Thereafter, the Steward of Shireroth, Chrysostom Wythe, Count of Woodshire, took it upon himself to find a more suitable bride for Ichirō. He sought out his former counterpart in Jingdao, Hon ben Gyoku, to find a suitable match. They agreed on a set of criteria of the future wife: She had to have good pedigree, no Haraldite blood, and be in a good physical shape and age so to be able to produce children. After much searching, Hon ben Gyoku realized that the best match for Ichirō was his own granddaughter Kaika bat Gyoku. Without having met one another, both Ichirō and Kaika were persuaded to join one another in marriage, and they signed a petition, already drafted by Lord Woodshire and Hon ben Gyoku, addressed to the Kaiseress to be allowed to join another in marriage. On 17.14.1714, the Kaiseress responded by issuing a decree allowing Ichirō to "plight his troth" to Kaika.

Style and Titles

• Style: His Serenity (Shirerithian); His Imperial Highness (traditional)
• Titles: Viscount Audon of Varmland, Prince of Shireroth, Lord in Kigazeki, Lord in Jorvik, Progeny of the Once-Living God, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings

He is the heir presumptive to the Duchy of New Aquitane, the Rājatba of Tas Neemia and the titles of Prince of Hurmu and Prince among the Lakes.

Preceded by: Patrik Djupvik

Commander of the Order of the Holy Lakes 1713

Succeeded by Incumbent