Fredericus Freyberg is the royal chancellor of the tresury since and after the last one became mayor of the capital city. The Kingdom was shaken by a five-year-old war where many legitimate kings died and countless other usurpers. Having survived purges and coups d’Etat, despite Fredericus personal antipathy toward the General Governor of the King’s Privy Council Lord Harold of the Septrional Lands and its superior the tresaure chancellor Kadomir of Marquardt.

Fred sit one evening in his bed, he remembered the day he was named commander of the cavallery of septrional knighs. Being a semi-succesfull general he gained glory and climb the hierarchy in the military. General Harold conquered and reconquered many porvinces. After the end of the five-years war Harold forced the legitimate king to renounce its title and name his general’s son as crown prince and heir. The former king was never seen since the inthronisation of Harold’s son.

Revising the financial dossiers after his appointement Fred saw, that his supreme regent, the governor general, was monoplising the wealthy guilds in the kingdom. He strongly disagreed on this policy thinking that it would take the freedom and wealth away to the city’s citizen and making corruption at state level more probable. This argument became dangerous for Fred and the general governor started for the first time to question his loyalty. Feeling opressed by his direct hierarchic superior he felt like it was worse than the army. He stand in a ambigious and unsecure position. Most members of the government he served didn’t trusted him. Some nights Fred couln’t sleep without gards before his apartements. He avoided in the future to quarrel, but at one day he contradicted the general-governor so energically, that he punished him severly.

His punishment was releaved when his harsh warnings of an economic depression and an consequential social uprising became true. Harold beat the rebels with his Old Guard, but these knights reclaimed a prosperous rent. Harold promised it and the treasurer panicked. The latter knew, that he will be the scapegoat if the general-governor doesn’t pay his debts. When he realised that the royal treasury was in an even worse state, than before his imprisonment he screemed. After assembling more materials and money he send this to the leaders of the Old Guard. For the others, Fred proposed to give them landlordships, seats in city-councils and other privileges and honors. Harold gave some of these stuff to a quarter of the Elder Guardians, whereas the majority had to wait. Some waited so long, they felt mistreated and betrayed. Harold was confident on the loyalty of the empoverished old knights, whereas Fred and some other members of his government send a letter to warn him.

(to be continued)

Julien Sita, 13th February 2021.