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Princess Aliandre
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- Relation: Princess Aliandre is the second oldest yet living aunt of the Emperor who was morganatically married to a member of House Viraine. He is the mother of numerous mentioned Princes and Princesses on this page, but also has much more offspring, all of which have some relation to the court like Imperial Guard Godric and Goderoy, Viridian Knight William, and the intellectual Anton.
- History: Princess Aliandre is mostly a mirage to history, as she appears to just be a normal house-wife, however this is a cleverly disguised military career. Aliandre is between the lines known to be House Kade's most gifted General, using her husband as a smokescreen, usually hiding behind a tapestry or her husband's chair to issue orders through him, and remain unseen. Why she does this is unknown.
- Supporters: Princess Aliandre's support mostly come from the old guard, old nobility and the Ducal families. She is perhaps after the Emperor the single most influential member at Court with active participation in its politics. This has garnered her the reputation of being the Empire's most powerful woman, even if she seems very simple, austere, and uninvolved at first impressions.
- Ideology: Princess Aliandre is a conservative, but she has shown to be quite flexible when it comes to working with progressives. In general, her highest cause is the strength and power of the Regalian Empire, fighting for its unity and cohesion. She has frequently been seen supporting the three oldest sons of the Emperor on their campaigns to ensure they would not face failure in the field.
- Occult: Aliandre is staunchly against the Occult, she is obviously not Occult herself either. While Princess Amalia permits the Occult to exist within some capacity in society, Aliandre would much prefer to dump them all in Crookback and revoke their ability to participate in public life or occupations across the Empire, and particularly the military. She hates Mages in the military.
- Company: Aliandre has little company at court because unlike Amalia, she prefers to not be publicly seen as holding any sway anywhere. Many first impressions of her simply cast her as the aging beauty that once had influence but has long since passed her zenith. Occasionally she can be seen in the company of Raymond or her younger sister Shelia Manon.
- Achievements: Aliandre's list of accomplishments is perhaps the longest of any Kade, but it is entirely shrouded in mystery given her husband's portrayal of her work. It is impossible to distinguish her own achievements from her husband, who is otherwise seen as an extremely gifted general who has led numerous pivotal battles in the last 40 years to the Empire's benefit.
- Favored: Princess Aliandre currently does not have any favored persons, she is understood to have extremely critical opinions and high standards that are near impossible to reach.
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Princess Shelia Manon
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- Relation: Princess Shelia Manon is the younger sister of Aliandre, and thus an aunt to the Emperor. Shelia Manon was never married, but is known to have at least two bastards, one of which is Derrick Kade mentioned further below. Shelia Manon is quite old, but looks exceptionally young, not even half her age. She is also an avid collector of Magical artifacts and books, having a personal archive.
- History: Princess Shelia Manon is largely ignored by history because her older siblings were all more relevant. Moriarty Kade became the Arch Chancellor, Maximillian Kade became a famed general with many Knight sons, while Aliandre had a secret military career. Shelia Manon never had a job, never married, and produced several bastards from different lovers which was considered far less acceptable in that time.
- Supporters: Princess Shelia Manon has no real support at Court, instead she acts as a cornerstone supporter of the three oldest sons of the Emperor, though showing obvious preference to Raymond. In a way, she has acted as a guardian and stand-in mother to Raymond on more than one occasion, as Raymond was too young to know his mother, and attached strongly to Shelia Manon who also shaped his ideology.
- Ideology: Princess Shelia Manon is an oddity in her generation in that she is the most progressive of the older generations, and in fact is even more progressive than most of the current generation Kades. Her and her grand nephew Raymond work together on nearly every progressive plot or plan that is hatched at the Imperial Court, and wherever he is achieving his goals, she is not far behind.
- Occult: Princess Shelia Manon is not known to be Occult herself, but is a fervent supporter of Mages in particular among the Occult. She always argues for the rights of the Occult and attempts to steer interventions at court. Most Occult are never aware that they have friends at court, and this can be a fairly thankless job, as she still takes all the flak from the Kade-hate in Crookback, but does it anyway.
- Company: Princess Shelia Manon is largely shunned at court because of her past engagements with Mages, but can occasionally be seen in the company of Raymond or Noor Kade, the other somewhat corner case progressives at Court. She is never seen in the same room as Princess Glorianna, as the two get into fierce cat fights whenever this does occur.
- Achievements: Princess Shelia Manon's greatest achievement is the underground Mage railway, in which she assisted (criminally, and against her family's wishes) many Mages escape detection and capture by the Azure Order during its most repressive period by offering them safehouses and a way out of Regalia and into the sparsely populated countryside. She is credited for having saved hundreds if not thousands of Mages from certain death or insanity, or demonic possession.
- Favored: Princess Shelia Manon currently favors Anathema,
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Prince Justinian
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- Relation: Prince Justinian is the oldest son of Prince Maximillian Kade who himself died in an Ithanian riot some years back, who was the younger brother of the Emperor's father. This makes Justinian a direct cousin of the Emperor. Justinian was never married and has no issue, he took a vow of celibacy a long time ago to support both his faith and Knighthood.
- History: Prince Justinian is the commander of the Monks of the Thousand Blade Monastery, a monastic order of Knights purely from Anglia which is exclusive to militarily retired Kades and Kade Loyalists, who act like hedge knights in support of House Kade exclusively. Justinian has had a long personal history of acting both as lay priest, and Knight in defense of Unionism and has seen many wars.
- Supporters: Prince Justinian enjoys wide support from the so called faith militant arm of the Dogmatic Unionist community, as well as the wider self-professed pious ducal families and jingoists. His beliefs to declare all foreign nations as invalid and violate and disrespect their sovereignty makes him one of the least liked figured when concerning foreign diplomats.
- Ideology: Prince Justinian is a cornerstone jingoist, who believe that foreign nations don't have a right to exist beyond being subject to Regalia, that all borders should be closed to immigration, and that Regalia should be considered in a state of perpetual war with all neighboring states. This obviously difficult position makes him the darling of the Bulwarkists, but keeps him away from politics otherwise.
- Occult: Prince Justinian has a strong distaste for the Occult and supports to some degree extermination and to some degree forceful submission. His stances are not as severe as Glorianna's, preferring a no-second chances execution on any Occult violating any law, but also not as loose as Aliandre, preferring more strict rules and limitations on the Occult than just a military ban.
- Company: Prince Justinian is rarely seen in company of anyone at the Imperial Court, mainly because he does not like a lot of people, and many people don't like him. He is one of the most crass and rude people at court, and is always quick to quote scriptures from the Creed for what he sees as disruptive or degenerative behavior or beliefs held by even members within his own family.
- Achievements: Prince Justinian is in his late fifties, but still considered a healthy and robust brick of a man who can deal quite some damage despite his advanced age. He has been on the frontline in every single war Regalia has fought over the last 40 years alone, and he and Aliandre are always present on the same battlefield together, though on opposite ends.
- Favored: Prince Justinian currently favors Mila Braunbecker, Joanna von Duerr,
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Princess Glorianna
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- Relation: Princess Glorianna born Glorianna Dornton was the younger sister of Morgannan Kade, and originally intended to marry Norn Kade, however her older sister snatched that prize from her. She instead ended up marrying Norn's younger brother, meaning that sisters eventually also became inlaws. Glorianna had several sons and daughters as well as grandchildren who all befell unfortunate ends.
- History: Glorianna's history on its own is not interesting, as she was always the less clever, less manipulative, and less tactful sister to Morgannan, who left behind a strong political memory. Glorianna's personal history however is extremely tragic, all 27 of her children and grandchildren were killed over the timespan of the last 40 years as a consequence of a mixture of the Occult, Vampires, Mages, Elven Wars, leaving her extremely bitter.
- Supporters: Glorianna's supporters are very limited, purely to the extreme Unionist fanatics and the Lothar Knight Order, those who profess the need to exterminate all Occult because no Occult could possibly be a good thing for the Empire. They all deeply believe that the continued existence and freedom of the Occult will bring about the end of the Empire and as a result, an end to the world.
- Ideology: Glorianna's ideology is firmly in the Dictat area, wishing death on all Occult. In many ways, Glorianna was once ideologically similar to Aliandre, and never had aggressive opinions on the Occult, but her family was all but exterminated by the Occult one way or another, leaving her extremely bitter and vengeful towards them, even while she is well into her nineties.
- Occult: Glorianna is not Occult, and the rest of this section should come as no surprise. She frequently feuds with Princess Shelia Manon at court, the two polar opposites and by many referred to as the "North South Witches", because both do have somewhat of a reputation of coming across snide, crass, and snippy when upset at something or someone.
- Company: Glorianna is rarely accompanied by Justinian at court, but is mostly just isolated. Her confessor Willem-Friso is occasionally seen near her, but it is well understood that his kind and gentle pious soul finds the rage in her heart difficult to bear. Glorianna is often dismissed as the crazy grand-aunt, but she still has some sway, and meets with Lothar Knights on occasion for purposes unknown.
- Achievements: Glorianna's achievements are short, and perhaps her mis-achievements being much more considerable. The fact that her older sister seized her intended husband to be away from her was always a point of contention between them, and they never spoke for the near 60 years they were around each other in House Kade castles or gatherings. Supposedly, Glorianna never forgave Morganna, who did not care.
- Favored: Princess Glorianna currently favors Mila Braunbecker, Erwin Braunschweiger, Therese Braunchweiger, Riftan Vaedra
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Prince Willem-Friso
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- Relation: Prince Willem-Friso is the second oldest son of Maximillian Kade, making him a younger brother to Justinian, and a nephew of the Emperor. In his late forties, Willem-Friso has technically taken a vow of celibacy, but he was known to break it one or two times, and there has been a rumor that he has a secret son living somewhere in a convent away from the public eye.
- History: Prince Willem-Friso's personal history is very unremarkable. He was intended to train as a Reliquary Knight, but found that violence was not his strong suit, and felt more passionate about preaching, so he switched to a canonical study and eventually became a Celate, and then an Arch-Celate. He is one of the foremost religious figures of Anglia, and the Arch-Celate of the largest Celery in Aksenfoort.
- Supporters: Prince Willem-Friso is supported by the so called silver song Dogmatic Unionist faithful, which is a faction within the Dogmatic Unionist community that favors diplomacy and kindness over the violence and warfare inflicted by Justinian's faith militant faction. In a way, Prince Willem-Friso and Justinian are of one mind on faith, but their application of it differ.
- Ideology: Justinian has no strongly expressed ideology, but is generally seen as one of the most kind-hearted Unionist clergy alive. He and Constantine are generally considered the soft souls of the Palace, but Constantine is well known to be very clever and often just rusing kindness for appearances sake, while Willem-Friso is just very genuinely soft-spoken and well meaning.
- Occult: Prince Willem-Friso is not Occult, and has generally reconciliatory opinions about the Occult. His strongest and latest pursuit at the Palace is preaching extreme caution, patience, and mercy when dealing with Vampires, believing fully in their unaccountability for their crimes due to the mind controlling nature of their condition, preaching for steady rehabilitation.
- Company: Prince Justinian is usually flanked by Unionist clergy, because even though is the Arch Celate of Aksenfoort, his opinions and dictations on the faith are considered very wise and tempered, and many preachers come to him for good advice on their work out in the provinces. Prince Justinian is sometimes also accompanied by Justicars, because he usually handles all Imperial Justicar trials.
- Achievements: Prince Justinian's achievements are short, if one considers living a pious and quiet life not much of an achievement. He is considered one of the least threatening persons at court, and this fact in and of itself has won him much praise and support from people who prefer more pacifist, charitable and kindness endearing agendas.
- Favored: Prince William Friso currently favors Alexandra Petralias,
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Prince Henry
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- Relation: Prince Henry is the youngest bastard son of Shelia-Manon, from a (as she described him) "brutish ogre of a man who made up for bad looks with the most endearing charm". He is also the younger fraternal twin of Princess Liara. There were ever whispers of his true father being the Duke Zastorzy of South Drixagh, but nothing was concretely proven. This makes Henry a cousin of the Emperor.
- History: Prince Henry's history is somewhat wild, because as a child he became removed from his mother fairly early on, due to his mother being somewhat of a black sheep and the family demanding the children be raised elsewhere. Henry was raised in a small court in Kerulv in Drixagh, and adopted many Old-Gods leaning attitudes, while also being an Old-Gods-Unionist fusion worshiper himself.
- Supporters: Prince Henry is a bit of a party animal at the Imperial Palace, and usually is more a +1 to Reynaud or Xander, though he seems to show a strong preference for Xander when he is around. Henry has some favor of the Old Gods faithful, as few as there are at court, though his less than traditional beliefs about Velheim culture and Old Gods usually means he ends up being a disappointment to them.
- Ideology: Prince Henry has no over political goal, and seems mostly concerned with the continued survival and implied evolution of the Velheim Culture and Old Gods beliefs within the frame of the modern era. He believes that unless there is going to be change, the old ways will die out forcibly, and that the faith of Old Gods has remained stagnant in its interpretations for too long.
- Occult: Prince Henry is not Occult himself, but frequently spends time around the Occult in and near Old Gods Temples and Helbolwen. He has a personal pet project of trying to have a Helbolwen built inside the Imperial Palace, but this is obviously resulting a in a lot of pushback from the Palace Staff. The Emperor has meanwhile only permitted him to build a Helbolwen for domestic animals in the Palace.
- Company: Prince Henry frequently stays around Prince Reynaud, Xander, or his twin sister Liara when she does come back from Solleria where she was raised. He mostly avoids his mother, but nobody at court really knows why, assuming that it was some sort of holdover of his mother just allowing her bastard children to be taken from her side, or jealousy of Derrick who was raised by her.
- Achievements: Prince Henry has no notable achievements, besides once managing to burn down nearly the entire kitchen gallery of the west wing of the Imperial Palace while trying to make Velheim waffles, ignoring the fact that he did not know how to cook, and also tried to do this at 3 Am at night when all the staff were not present to guide him in the act of not creating an inferno. He is, however, considered the most eligible bachelor at Court, flirting with both sexes, but never tying himself down with any, having the general (subjective) reputation of also being the most handsome male Kade alive.
- Favored: Prince Henry currently favors Revna Vikström, Kaya Sorenvik, Tuija Vikström
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Prince Constantine
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- Relation: Prince Constantine is the youngest son of Aliandre Kade, making him a younger brother to Justinian and nephew of the Emperor. Constantine is very much not everything that Justinian is, diplomatic, soft-spoken, kind-mannered, religiously flexible, and with a soft touch that is received well by the commoners and nobles alike that he speaks to with his soft silky voice.
- History: Prince Constantine was a studious child, sent to the college of diplomats early on to learn the vast histories of the world and courtly protocols. Even at a near graduation age he was a successful aide de camp for the chief diplomat Tyllerande, and took over his position when Tyllerande retired some years later to become the Emperor's personal diplomat and emissary.
- Supporters: Prince Constantine's support network is entirely unknown by his design. It is well understood that he has supporters at the Palace, but he takes steps to obscure them, and it is assumed that many of his supporters have plants inside all other factions, thus keeping him aware and appraised of all ongoing plots and schemes at the Imperial Palace.
- Ideology: Prince Constantine is very much an enlightened centrist, but also someone who fanatically preaches about the importance of regal realism and pragmatism. He is absolutely the Kade to make cruel decisions for the benefit of many, and principle violating or immoral steps for the ethical benefit of the Crown and the Empire. He is however generally understood to be well meaning.
- Occult: Prince Constantine is not Occult, though many have accused him in the past of being a Slizzar. Prince Constantine has always replied with the idea that "Slizzar might ever have been so fortunate to have my tutors, my family, and the legacy of my forefathers and betters to guide their ways", a not-subtle attack on Slizzar ethics as well as the ineffectiveness of many Slizzar in Regalia.
- Company: Prince Constantine is everyone's company, and everyone is his company. He can effortlessly weave between Justinian's wroth, Glorianna's rage, Willem-Friso's piety, Noor's disdain, Xander's parties, and Francis's idiosyncrasies. There is no person who outwardly dislikes him, but he is also intensely disliked in secret, for the sheer social credit he has at court.
- Achievements: Prince Constantine's personal achievements are usually muted in favor of crediting them to his co-conspirators or his mentors at any given time. The Crown Alliance is frequently cited as one which he helped establish, even if all credit formally goes to Tyllerande, its main architect and executor. Other achievements involve his success at convincing foreign courts.
- Favored: Prince Constantine currently favors Sivrid Sorenvik
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Prince Calric
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- Relation: Prince Calric is a Half-Eronidas child of Sanneliese Kade, who in turn was a younger sister of Aliandre Kade, thus making him the Emperor's cousin. Calric's mother died in childbirth bringing him into the world, and although it was said his inception was not a love-pairing, the family embraced him anyway and accepted to legalize him, as they always had with bastards.
- History: Prince Calric was a bit of an odd ducky in the Kade household, as the Regalian Empire was very much not fond of Eronidas in the early to late 60's. He was often picked on and excluded. Eventually he would become a ring-fighter, and rose in ranks all the way up to an Imperial Gladiator. He has this title still to this day, though wears a mask as he goes to Old Town to fight in bloodsport for anonymity sake.
- Supporters: Prince Calric is popular among the Urlan and Eronidas at court, because he shows particular favor to outsiders, but also because he is a fervent supporter of any type of arena fighting sport, with himself as participant. Prince Calric is not known to have any relation or issue, there is in fact the rumor that he fears inflicting the same loss of parentage that he suffered should he ever have children.
- Ideology: Prince Calric is very indifferent to politics, but accidently ends up taking stances anyway. His biggest hot button topic issue is the matter of Occult in the arena. As Occult status and powers become more and more prolific in the criminal circuit, it should come as no surprise that it also becomes more prolific at use and cheating in the ring, that which he rages against.
- Occult: Prince Calric is not Occult himself, but has taken negative stances against the Occult for the fact that Occult became mixed in with arena fights and cheating. Calric has by extension assumed that Magic in general is a form of cheating, and finds it a personal and physical weakness for others to rely on the pursuit of the Arcane, which flexes only their mind but never their bodies.
- Company: Prince Calric is usually accompanied by various Imperial gladiators and trainers at the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Guard also seem fairly fond of him. He is the only Prince who ever enters the Imperial Guard corridors of the Imperial Palace, and joins in with their after-work boxing matches and friendly spars in the lower catacombs of the Palace.
- Achievements: Prince Calric's greatest achievements are winning prize after prize of Imperial duels at the palace arena, as well as a slew of regional championships in the provinces, as he has traveled the various regions participating in these bloodsports anonymously. As such, it is hard to track exactly how many he won, but his prize cabinet (room) is large, and very filled.
- Favored: Prince Calric currently has no favored persons in Regalia.
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Prince Bohemund
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- Relation: Prince Bohemund is a younger son of Maximillian Kade making him the a younger cousin of the Emperor. Prince Bohemund is a fairly eccentric Palace personality involved in the arts. He is an excellent artist himself, but also a very avid collector of art, and has the unofficial position of art curator of the Imperial Gallery. He is also a great fan of Telis Delerac paintings.
- History: Prince Bohemund does not have an interesting history. In his early years it was discovered he had a talent for drawing and painting, and had some expensive tutors and teachers hired for him. His eccentric behavior however was difficult for the tutors, who found him unruly and unpredictable, and thus hard to work with or sit still to complete one piece, instead jumping between them.
- Supporters: Prince Bohemund's supporters are the avant garde of the Imperial Palace, those watching the fashion trends and wanting to see the latest of the highly coveted artistic masterpieces that flow into the Palace. Prince Bohemund's latest pet project is updating many of the old dusty tapestries to new modern New World wallpapers, much to the chagrin of the old Ekheins.
- Ideology: Prince Bohemund is absolutely a trust-fund baby, in the sense that he did very little work in comparison to the sheer amounts of money he spends. He buys any Delerac painting he comes across, and while in theory he could do art commissions to earn a living for himself, he spends most of his time running around the world to look at art instead of actually making it himself.
- Occult: Prince Bohemund is not Occult himself, is generally protective and fond of Occult, but really hates the idea of Magical art. Any Mage who uses Magic to instantly generate art with a prompt he deeply despises as a sham artist, someone not willing to do the backbreaking work of learning art theory and history, and simply taking a shortcut for profit.
- Company: Prince Bohemund is usually accompanied by a large troupe of artists, but notably, also just generally the prettiest people of the Palace. Bohemund's chief concern is making sure the palace is beautiful, and so his entourage often involves pretty people to wow the audience and passer-by's, but also to completement the beauty of the Palace's interior itself with the living element.
- Achievements: Prince Bohemund's greatest achievement was the 13 piece Calendar of the Imperial Months, large paintings which he actually completed for once, showing complex displays of life at the Imperial Court. These paintings hang in the Town Hall Administrative office of New Town, being a small window into the every day life at court, and for many the only way to get an insight of what it is like on the inside.
- Favored: Prince currently has no favored persons in Regalia.
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Prince Derrick
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- Relation: Prince Derrick is Shelia-Manon's oldest bastard son, and the only one she was permitted to raise herself. His father was supposedly a one-off encounter with some Maquixtl warlord in Daendroc when this area was still accessible to Ailor before the Ranger Crisis. Derrick is half Maquixtl. He is not currently known to have any relations or issue.
- History: Prince Derrick is an avid explorer, extravagant, collector, and know-it-all about things in the wider world. Where-as other Kades stayed close to Anglia and preferred to know only of Anglia, Derrick wanted to only know about the world beyond it, and stayed in Anglia very little. He has joined many exploratory journeys across the world, and visited most continents, even Jorrhildr.
- Supporters: Prince Derrick does not have supporters at court, and he is mostly treated as an outcast, more-so than his mother. His outward looking attitude does not gather him much favor from the other Kades, and most people at palace find his debonair and worldly attitude off-putting, if not downright annoying, when most of his sentences stary with "well actually".
- Ideology: Prince Derrick is a die-hard liberty loving laissez-faire practitioner. He does not want other people to impede his life's choices, and will in turn also not concern himself for the lives of others, even if this means showing charity and kindness to those in trouble. Derrick in general believes everyone cares way too much about random strangers, and they should all mind their own business first.
- Occult: Prince Derrick is Occult. He was not born with magic, but learned Exist-based sorcery at a later point in time to master telekinesis, generally using magic to make his life easier by automating tasks. Derrick is generally favorable towards the Occult, though seems also somewhat indifferent about the plight of some Occult, believing that he has it good "so everyone else must too".
- Company: Prince Derrick is rarely at court, but when he is, he can often be found around his mother, or the party people like Reynaud, Henry, and Xander. Henry, Xander, and he in fact make up the trio of trouble at the Palace, even though Derrick is almost as old as Xander and Henry's ages combined, he still looks very youthful and acts very youthful on account of his half-Elven-ness.
- Achievements: Prince Derrick has no great personal achievements if one is to discount his world exploration. Very few people in Regalia ever leave the capital or their provincial home region. Fewer yet visit all the provinces in the Archipelago. Fewer yet visit all the Federal subjects. Fewer yet visit other nations. He has done all of this, and visited all foreign continents on top of that.
- Favored: Prince Derrick currently favors Saren, Tuija Vikström
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