Atia Amalia

Atia Amalia (died 66 AK) was an Yutemond stateswoman who served twice as the Yutemond governor of Feilerion, firstly from 64 AK and secondly from 65 AK to the spring of 66 AK. She also served as the Imperial marshal of the Imperial guard. She was primarily stationed at Fairward, in Lewen for most of her governorship for an unknown reason.
She married Lucien Korlat, a son of Empress Maria the Red sometime around 21 AK but was executed in 66 AK by the reigning Empress (and her new sister-in-law) Julieanna I.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
Atia had golden hair, blue eyes and according to Atia a "short, feminine appearance. Who was beautiful, but not singled out as exceptionally beautiful."
Atia calls her mother, Amalia as a "stout woman" who was "cruel as fuck." According to Lucien, she was the daughter of Atius Amalius Davos who was a soldier and commander during the barbaric fuedal wars and his wife, Madison Amalia Fahrington who was a cousin of Louise Fahrington (a concubine of the harem).
=== As imperial governor of Feilerion ===
After taking office as governor of Feilerion for the first time, she accused her predecessor, Julius Amalius of failing to pay the customary contribution of every governor of Feilerion to the treasury. She sent her lieutenant after Julius Amalius, who told the lieutenant that whatever money he owed, he would give directly to the empress in Yutemond, where she was headed anyway. 
Not much else is known about Julius and Atia except the fact that the two were likely related due to sharing the same praenomen.
Atia Amalia married Lucien Korlat, a son of Empress Maria I. Together, they had four daughters (including historian Atia the Elder), and a son, Davos. It is assumed and believed by some that Atia spent most of her governorship in the county of Fairward in Lewen, instead of settling in Feilerion with her husband and children; this was possibly due to a mild-relationship with Faustina, Countess of Fairward.
=== Controversy (65 - 66 AK) ===
When the empress replaced Mauranus Accordus with Caecilius Aufidius Feilerius after only five months in office, as the custom of the empress was to change the governors of Feilerion in rapid succession, the local Yutemond troops marched to the new lieutenant's house and demanded the bonus salaries they usually received when the governor was replaced. 
The new lieutenant delayed them until the next day and at the same time asked them to bring Atia Amalia to him, as the lieutenant's initial task was to analyze the affairs of Atia Amalia; one of the paintings belonging to the harem was lost, and it was suspected that Atia Amalia had taken it for herself. However, the army refused this request, telling him,"We cannot seize the person, nor make any inquiry after her effects; let them appoint governors for guards, and let them conduct her to Fairward. If [Caecilius] Feilerius is already arrived in that city, they will put him into his hands; if they do not find him there, let them conduct him to Empress' Eternity."The entire army then reportedly swore on the holy books to be resolute in their will. The next day, the armies and the governors had Atia Amalia read the empress' orders for her replacement and audit. When the army members again demanded compensation from the new lieuteannt and deputy governor, they reproached the soldiers by saying that they constantly demanded the same thing every three months, to which the soldiers replied,"Why, then, does the empress, our goddess, change the governors of the province every three months, to the great injury of the inhabitants and that of the senate? If she chooses to nominate every day new governors, we shall also demand every day new contributions."When the deputy governor replied that he could not compensate the soldiers until the new governor arrived in Fairward, the soldiers grew enraged and nearly killed him and the lieutenant before they escaped. The soldiers then declared,"We will have no other governor than Atia; let Caecilius return to the place from whence he came"As the soldiers welcomed Atia Amalia back as governor, she privately wrote to the empress to ask for a confirmation of her re-commencement of the office, with many local figures also writing to the empress on her behalf. When the soldiers were informed that the now-unemployed replacement governor Caecilius Aufidius Feilerius had landed in Feil's Stringer, they sent messengers to inform him of what had occurred. Caecilius, angry at the news, proceeded to put one of the messengers in chains, but the troops in the area loyal to Atia Amalia released the messenger, destroyed Caecilius's camp, and forced him to reembark on his ship.
No news arrived from the capital confirming or denying whether Atia Amalia was the rightful governor, and the populace began to grow uneasy (in spite of Maria abdicating soon in 66 AK she failed to name a new govenor due to her illness). Finally, in 66 AK, a carrier pigeon arrived with a letter from the empress in Empress' Eternity confirming the reinstatement, and soon afterwards, the chief footman of the empress arrived to deliver Atia Amalia's governor's dress.
== Second term and execution (66 AK) ==
In the first year of 66 AK of Atia Amalia's second term as governor of Feilerion, the Fortress of the Drowned flooded to higher-than-expected level, but the waters receded in time for sowing, and a successful harvest followed. 
Atia Amalia reportedly confiscated the inheritances of a large number of wealthy Feilerions for herself, growing wealthy from the practice; when heirs existed, she would reportedly fake their seal and claim their money. Reportedly there was a plague that killed approximately 300,000 people. To mollify and hasten the grieving process (and possibly to avoid further contagion from corpses), Atia Amalia banned all funerals, and the bodies were carried through the streets and buried without ceremony. Amalia was dismissed from the office of governor for the second and final time.
She was executed soon after in the autumn of 66 AK by Empress Julieanna I for some action "contrary to the law of God."
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