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RP: The Storm in Congress
Days after the detonation of the nuclear device and the Blayredeshian's laying claim to it, the congressional body was all in an uproar, many shouting for war. Through much down talking from Queen Mirvelle, and the reception of repayment funds from the Blayredeshians, the congressional body settled down. However, the silence was only temporary. The constant back and forth between Queen Mirvelle and the Blayredeshian governments left many in Congress with a sour taste in the mouth. The sour taste became worrisome when the "Banner of the Silver Sword", a Militaristic internationalist interventionalist party lead by the Jorgeson Family, began making deals under the table.

Rumors circulated that the Jorgeson's were closely aligned with the Iscariot and Malus families, who head the other 2 largest parties in Basaran. Lesser-known deals brokered a very dangerous tie between the 3 parties and that came to light on August 30th. Congress convened that morning at the request of the Jorgesons and the collective party of the "Banner of the Silver Sword". A single document was laid down for all to see:

"Monarchy Line of Succession"

It became obvious to all the other parties what had been going on behind closed curtains. The Document went on to make several complaints about Queen Mirvelle, much of which discussed the "playful banter" between her and the Blayredeshians as well as the apparent "appeasement" route she was taking.

Under Basar law, written by King Ulysses, when the current monarch becomes unfit to rule or dies, the power to elect a new monarch falls on congress. This was the law in which the Jorgeson's used to justify the proposal.

Oswald Jorgeson, the current head of the Jorgeson Family and the associated party, had this to say:

"With this law and this document, I want to remind you all that our Queen, no matter how good her intentions may appear to be, has time and time again shown herself incapable of standing up and putting her foot down. The Coalition was a good start, but she keeps backing down. Our people are furious, we are furious. Thousands of us were slaughtered in the mines at the hands of a nuke that their Emperor is now claiming isn't theirs. She doesn't have the necessary presence of mind to put up a proper fight against these criminals. With that, I want to put to vote on the next monarch, and replace Mirvelle Marlyn, immediately..."

The document outlined that the replacement monarch would be Oswald Jorgeson and the ruling Family would permanently change from Marlyn to Jorgeson...

The vote came to pass with 3 of the parties, who collectively held a 60% majority of all the seats, in favor.

Mirvelle however rejected this proposal, using unilateral action to veto and an attempt to arrest Oswald. The arrest attempt failed as the Jorgeson's had successfully swung the palace guard in their favor. Queen Mirvelle was arrested under the charges of "Treason by collaborating with the Blayredeshian menace" but it remains unknown where she is set to spend the rest of her days...

Further protests erupted in the province of Neraria, an area that held a sizable Blayredeshian ethnic population. These protests came out of the fear of what the Jorgeson's warpath might do to either them or their former home country, (Basar law does not allow Dual Citizenship). The national guard was once again deployed to the area and with firehoses and rubber bullets among other crowd control methods, dispersed the protesters. Martial law was instated for the province along with curfews and work hours.

RP: The Giant Awakens
With the Jorgeson name now heading the Basar Throne, a slew of orders were passed into congress that would enact war-time measures including fresh orders for more military equipment. New war-time measures were also passed around congress which would limit information intake from the Blayredeshians as well as impose sanctions on them, cutting off their supply of materials from Basaran and rejecting Blayredeshian imports.

The Ansalonian situation was one of great importance to the "Banner of the Silver Sword" and much of congress saw Blayredeshia's presence in Voytana as a gross over-extension of his "Tengerina Union". The original 8000 men sent to Ansalonian SAFP resistance would see several more King Raven convoys that would include another 32,000 men, 120 Predator Tanks, assorted infantry equipment, and towables over the course of the week.