Ninth Foreign Update of The Kingdom of Ainur
13 August 2015
EXECUTIVE
The Steward Ashton Mercer
Minister of Foreign Affairs TBA
Minister of Internal Affairs TBA
•ROYAL FAMILY•
HM The King Augustus
HRH The Prince Consort Aubrey
Lord Chamberlain Thorweald Dawkins
LEGISLATURE
The Speaker of the Senate Alexandros Ezkantion
Senator L33T H4X0R
Senator Liana
The Lord President of the Assembly Ashton Mercer
A Letter from The KingDear Friends and Allies,
It gives me great pleasure to be able to write to all of you again after such a long time. After a bit of a dip in activity, Ainur is once again returning to form. Our region has almost 200 members again and we've just elected an entirely new regional government. In the coming weeks and months, I look forward to my Government reaching out and organising new cultural events to broaden our horizons. We hope to get in far closer contact with all of you very soon!
Augustus,
King of Ainur
Our New Regional GovernmentAugust saw our first general elections in slightly more than two months. The Senate election was a relatively uncomplicated affair, with Liana, Alexandros Ezkantion and L33T H4X0R being elected unopposed.
The Steward election was perhaps the strangest we've ever had, with three different stages. In the first James Narya and Ashton Mercer signed up to run but Ashton withdrew before voting could commence. James therefore went into the vote unopposed, but he himself withdrew before any votes could be cast.
Ashton alone re-entered the race when the sign ups were opened again, only to lose the vote to the "re-open applications" option because he hadn't posted a manifesto.
In the third round of sign ups both James and Ashton decided to run again, and this time both thankfully posted manifestos and saw the election through to its conclusion. Ashton Mercer won the election with 62.5% of the vote and was elected Steward of Ainur.
Military MattersOur military has also been through radical changes in the past few weeks. James Narya (aka 94 Block) was removed as Lord Commander of the Knights for insubordination towards His Majesty, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Knights and holds the highest military rank of Marshal of Ainur. After throwing some very choice language at His Majesty (language which our more delicate readers will be glad we're not quoting here!) it was felt that James' position was untenable.
Thankfully, former Lord Commander Emrys Mercer was available to step in. He kindly agreed to take over the training of new Knights, which is a priority for the upcoming term. He has therefore been appointed to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander with special responsibility for training.
We wish Emrys the best of luck in his new position!
We hope you have enjoyed our little update. We wish you all well! Until next time, folks!