Olivier Bast today as Acting Sovereign held a press conference. "It is with great and profound sadness that I must announce that at 1613 hours today the Empress Elysia Atlas, first of her name, has passed away from injuries sustained during the earthquake and tsunami. The Election of her successor will begin tomorrow." More news will come later.
Elections for Parliment have the Sovereign Party leading, with the abolitionist (wanting to depose the Archbishop) Red and White Party in a close second, followed third by the Occident Party, which currently holds the most seats in Parliment.
In a landmark ruling the Superior Court of Noveaux has ruled all three of the contested Sovereign Orders (#0023-25) as legal and binding. Preparations are underway to reform the electoral system for Sovereign before the election begins in several days.
Novean immigrants and Novean Faith followers in Fornoire have mourned the Sovereign and those dead by the natural disaster in Catherine. King Willihiam III has offered his condolences to the Novean people.
Selection of Electors has been revealed to have been underway for nearly a month as such the election process begins tomorrow in Belhaven the temporary capital of Noveaux.
Second Councillor Sciarra offered the condolences of the Privy Council on the death of the Novean Empress this morning during Question Time in the Senate.
Lord Mayor of Mondtburg, leader of the Red and White abolitionist party and pretender to the Mondtburgish Throne Ludwig von Mondtburg was assassinated today by a radical nationalist by the name of Henri Schust, who was quickly charged with manslaughter and political terrorism. Ludwig's son Rilend von Mondtburg has taken place as the pretender to the Mondtburgish Throne and leader of the Red and White Party.
Following just two votes in Belhaven today the Electors have confirmed Evander Atlas, 16, as the new Sovereign of Noveaux. The secretive Council of Crowns must now convene to select a Regent for the young Sovereign as the age of maturity is set at 18 and thus formal succession cannot take place for one and a half years. The young Sovereign will be departing for a boarding school in Sartoria so as to begin making important connections abroad.
Whether it is the radical nationalist assassinating Ludwig von Mondtburg or the new leadership of Rilend von Mondtburg, the Red and White Party has taken the lead in the parlimentary polls, with the Sovereign Party put in second and Occidental Party trailing behind. Elections for Parliment will take on the 18th of March and results are scheduled to be in by noon the same day.
Today at Noon the funeral for Satine I Remanti, Empress of Noveaux from 1952-2016 and Prima of Noveaux from 2016-2017 will begin. It is a solemn occasion with millions said to be lining the streets in Auvon, the seat of House Remanti. Leaders from around the world and all the most high profile individuals in Noveaux are in attendance. Security is present, and making his first debut as Sovereign, the young Evander Atlas was seen standing next to Olivier Bast.