(I hate to double post but it's been over a day)
The official Office of the Imperial Household has released a statement confirming that the elder sister of the Emperor and crown princess of Noveaux, Josephein Bast has been assassinated. Balenos realm and those neighboring it have ordered martial law during the ensuing manhunt for the gunmen. It had initially been reported as a collapse but she succumbed to her wounds at Bale National Memorial Hospital in Balen.