A moment too long.

[Curator]

It only took a few moments.
A few moments too long, for the woman who had pushed it off.

It has become woefully apparent that Sovereign Saiya Emeraldi is no longer healthy enough to rule. The continued word that the elderly woman has denied claims of heart issues and treatments when urged to seek aid had become a unwanted reality. Upon the death of Tergiversation, the woman found herself struck with grief and weakness. The stress had built up for the old Lady, again she had a moment where she faltered. This time she was rushed back to the isolation of her distant home far in the south, and laid to be cared for in her bed. Sharing words with her husband and attendant doctors, the woman gives an order to those about herself.

"I cannot do this anymore, I've made a mistake trying to ignore it.

I thought myself able to hold the nation together...

Yet I could not keep myself in good care.

One too many shared embraces with Caius, will humble any Monarch.

I decree my formal abdication from Sovereignty, Fortune shall in it's entirety be handed to my heir, and grandson.

I'm sorry, Marfons. I can teach you no longer, you're a grown man now.

Take the reigns of rulership, and be well.

....I'm so very tired, and I miss everyone....

...Tergiversation was the last of my friends from my youngest years..."

And so it would be her final order.

From this point forward, Marfons Emeraldi is the ruler of the Kingdom of Fortune and all it's islands and territories. All other positions of power and ranks are remained static as that is the only change the Crown Grandmother deemed fit to address.

All military and political affairs are to go to him or his grandfather and Chamberlain Stede Emeraldi. Letters attempting to reach to the previous Sovereign are coming up unanswered.