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Diplomacy and Events / The final coronation of Empress Zuri
« on: January 07, 2023, 11:24:28 PM »It is with the utmost delight that you are invited to the final of the coronations of Empress Zuri. It is tradition within the Empire of Paracambi that the Empress is coronated in each provience and as well as claiming the title of Empress she receives a local based title. The final coronation will take place on the island of Castries. The island is often known as the "Smoking Island" due to its volcanic past. The island is also the stronghold of Rastafarianism within the Empire with 75% of the islands population being members of the faith. We look forward to welcoming you to meet our new Emperor.
Blessings of the Loa
Emperor Benson of Paracambi
It had been a whirlwind few weeks for both Benson and his new wife Zuri. There had been something at the back of Bensons mind the moment he laid eyes on her and having consulted with some of his spiritual advisers he had been reliably informed that the feeling was infact the Loa known as Erzulie telling him that she had created Zuri just for him. The Loa of love couldn't be wrong and so just a few days after meeting in his wife's native Kermah the pair were married. There had been no time for media notices and the like, Benson just wanted to please the Loa and do their bidding. It had annoyed his family and even some of the Empire. His son Crown Prince Marcus had been upset that his father hadn't even introduced him to his step-mother before the marriage and became even more annoyed when he found out she was two years younger than himself. Princess Sophia had likewise been angry. There had long been a tradition in Paracambi that Emperors were followers of the Vodou faith and their Empresses Rastafarians however Benson had declared the nation the homeland of the Vodou faith and as such was no determined that they should have a Vodou Empress too. She had considered opposing the coronation briefly but then realised it was just likely to make the family break apart and for how much she was annoyed at her father now she suspected it would pass.
Zuri meanwhile had been loving the change in her life. It had obviously been a gamble to accept the proposal but life back in Kermah would have been one where she would have ended up working on the land, all be it having helped her family improve their standard of farming having been studying Agricultural Sciences at University. It would be a course she would continue in Paracambi and her marriage would ensure her family would be taken care of for life. Benson had been very kind to her and it was clear he seemed to be in love with her even if she was not totally in love with him but for now she was confident that in time that would come. She though had barely been able to have her feet touch the ground.
The round of six coronations had begun on Monday. First they'd gone to the ancestoral homelands of Benson's family, the province of Alua, the capital. There she had been paraded through the streets of Aluhampton in a small float of a ship before climbing the steps to the old city gatehouse known as the Mistral Gate, there at the top she was crowned by her new husband. As the new Queen of Alua she had been driven to Roseau, there in Rosenberg the new Empress had been taken by horse drawn cart down the beach front where she was crowned on the pier as the Duchess of Rosenberg. That night a huge beach party had been thrown in her honour. She had really enjoyed that evening and the locals had made their new Duchess feel so welcome. In the province of Amalie they had a Temple in the forest where in a clearing where they could hear monkeys chattering she had become the Princess of Amalie. The mainland provinces had been completed by Wednesday evening and an overnight flight to Alemba had meant she arrived at sunrise to find the island out in force. Benson may have been from Alua but he had been born on Alemba and spent a lot of his youth there and so the locals considered him an adopted son, now they would extend that to their new Empress and their Vodou Priestess had taken great delight at naming Zuri the Duchess of Basseton. Thursday saw her flown to Gustavia an island famed for its metal mines. There they had presented her with a fine collar of gold and silver before naming her the Duchess of Gold. Zuri and Benson were getting rather exhausted by the time they'd reached the final stop of Castries. The Emperor and Empress had been taken to the islands Royal Palace, a place where it had been a long time since a royal had actually stayed. Meanwhile Crown Prince Marcus waited at the islands airfield for the guests arriving via the mainland and quite likely a smaller plane than they were usually used to.