Assassination of the Empress 177 IE

The **Assassination of the Empress 177 IE** was a murderous regicide in the Magdorish Empire against Empress Thea the Half-Deaf on the 8th of October 177 IE. The killing was committed by an enigmatic man that addressed himself as Yominokuni Akira, though insisted that he'd be called "Nyarlathotep". This prompted several government officials to suspect that he was connected with the assassination attempt of Empress Thea's grandmother through Gavrilo Honestman's note.

## Prelude

### Backstory

During the Sakoku Order of the Seykan Empire, many Magdorish people were stuck whose lives were threatened by their oppressive government. Empress Thea did nothing to prevent this, leading half of the country to become furious and the other half confused. There were no reports on any activity from the Empress, not political, not governmental, not anything. This prompted a response of mass anxiety by the people, as many were asking questions about the future of the country.

## Events

### Held Hostage

Noon 8th of October 177 IE, Empress Thea was in her room in the Royal Palace. She was sitting down with her legs resembling a W, in the middle, a white fluffy carpet's the only thing shielding her legs from the cold wooden floor. Her wrists sore and her palms numb in result of a pair of handcuffs. Her lower face itchy being closed with a locked metal mask, and her cold grey eyes gazing at the white walls and reinforced door in front of her. She lacked nutrition and looked very pale, as she was only given food once a day. She didn't know who did this to her, or how they did it, but she very well knew it was one of her own allies.

### Freedom At Last

Though she was given a meal everyday, she didn't eat anything for two months. It was painful yet that is a pleasure for her. As her captor did not bother to check up on her, she managed to get thinner, and thinner. Her hands looked like bones, but that was an advantage. She managed to slip through her handcuffs. Lunch time came and her mask deactivated so she could eat. She carefully slipped her wrists, palms, and fingers out of her handcuffs and took off her mask before it activated again. She used her boxy metal handcuffs to break open the balcony doors.

The first immediate sunlight in what seems like forever hits her pale skin. The sight of a bustling street outside Thea's palace greets her, everyone seemingly going on about their own business. Her face painted with a mix of awe and relief. She snapped back to reality, and remembered her previous predicament. She shouted to the people to get her attention, and that an intruder has held her captive in the period of her silence. However, she was interrupted midsentence.

### Assassination

Empress Thea was stabbed in the heart, with two greyish black lances. A man was suddenly behind her, decorated with a large wide grin on his face while holding said lances. With her last dying breaths, she turned around, speechless with the first time she looked surprised in her life. After a short moment, her heartbeat stopped, the man let her corpse slide from his blades to the ground. Cops immediately came to the scene. Some were using levitating vehicles, others were clinging to the walls. "Who are you?" one of the cops asked. The man replied with a deep and boastful voice, "Dr. Yominokuni Akira, but you can call me Nyarlathotep." At that moment, the cops opened fire. Yet the man laughed and turned into a black goo. Said goo fell to the floor, and spread everywhere, only to disappear a moment after. The cops were then left with a mirage of holed walls and the body of a dead Empress.

## Aftermath

After the incident, Empress Thea's body was taken to perform an autopsy on. Doctors found that she suffered malnutrition and dehydration. Her skin that covered her lower and upper jaws were very irritated due to the constant contact with her metal mask. The same was also seen around her wrists due to her handcuffs. Her palms and fingers were extra cold due to the constant lack of blood flowing. She was then buried in the Courtyard of Bones - a place she herself ordered the construction of to house the corpses of previous Elyghor rulers.

As Empress Thea had not a spouse, therefore she had no children, nor did she adopt one, the country was left without an heir. An election was held between those in the Elyghor bloodline. Because of his previous leadership against the people of Seyko, Prince Hermonn was elected Emperor of New Magdorland.