The King abdicates!

The Imperial Diet declares that a new King will reign. The Empire has engaged a executive search firm the Council of Electors to find a successor to rule the Kingdom. The Empire announces that as yet unnamed regent has been appointed until the new King is found.

It is unknown if perfidy played a role in the regime change. Many watchers of the royal court suspect that the answer is “yes,” and have speculated that the recent departure of Duke Rage-Monkey may have resulted in someone dropping a dime relaying a concerned message by herald to the Imperial Arch-Steward. Then again, the matter may also have to do with how the tax paid from the Kingdom to the Empire was lower than expected, as it had been for many years.

Meanwhile, the peasantry continues to toil in the fields.