Kaiser Abdicates!

SHIREKEEP, SHIREROTH - Kaiser Ari I of Shireroth abdicated the throne early this morning in a move that shocked the nation.

The move came with the Kaiser citing a lack of time to tend to Shirerothian Affairs as the reason for giving up the throne. With Imperial Decree 173 he relinquished the throne and appointed the Imperial Steward Scott of Hyperborea to choose an heir of to the throne, strongly recommending that the Steward install himself.

Instead, in Decree 174 Scott declined the throne and announced that Gregory Russell would be the successor to the Shirerothian throne. The response was one of surprise from around the nation, including from Russell himself who was recorded as responding “Holy St. Francis on a Pogo Stick!�

Mr Russell will be sworn in as the Kaiser later this week, after choosing his Imperial name.

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