Second State of Hautbois

**The Third State of Hautbois** (Hu-buwa) is one of several Nations on Prairie 10. It is currently led by xVBF, the Light of Providence. Prior to JJSilver's canonical death, she and GeoZ led the nation in a dual monarchic system.

The Third State's main home of Nexus is located just west of The Citadel in Sabria, and is bordered by **The Confederacy of Etheria** and **The** **People's Republic of Bogus**. Hautbois also holds multiple exclaves: Trading Post No. 1, the closest land to the Citadel just south of it in the Mesa; Trading Post No. 2 (Goatland), in Yulkan territory, and the Hautbois Chasm Mines bordering the USA.

## **Members**

* xVBF
* GeoZ
* JJSilver (formerly)
* p0ckychamp
* CorruptCow (dual citizenship with Etheria)

## History

##### Lore

The First State was one of immense inequality, a land where dreams were crushed and the people were devoid of life, as the ruling class was born of hate and discriminated against the many, including the butterfly people. The Gold and Silver Monarchs then led a revolution and founded the Second State, promising equality between the many ethnic groups who live across the nation.

###### **Government**

An absolute monarchy led by the All-Seeing Eye.

Formerly: Parlimentary Dual Monarchy- The Golden Monarch "is said to create dreams- forging ideas, alliances, and trades throughout the land", while the Silver Monarch "brings the dreams to life- managing resources and providing blueprints of alliance and success." Furthermore, any bills proposed by the populace must be accepted by both monarchs in order to pass.

**The Second State has one publicly known Artifact, *The Oboe of Aurum*.**

**The Second State was formerly in ownership of the *Butterfly's Bane Artifact.***

**Notable Events**

The formation and one of several founding members of The United Nations of Prairie

The Neusclaschet Meeting Accords which regulated the usage of Artifacts in wartime

Hosted peace talks that failed to bring a cease to the Rat Revolution conflict

Cheburecheck (Behsight)'s meeting to discuss the Bogus/Yulk conflict

Assisted all nations in the 3rd Yulkian War by selling Vanilla potions

The First P10 Olympics

The Peace Feast

As of 8/29/23, **JJSilver**'s character was killed and joined the Eternal Federation of Klishka, leaving GeoZ as the sole monarch.

Holders of the event The All-Knowing Eye

Joined the Last Rebellion led by xVBF and Acer, which ended with the retaking of the vault and the elimination of Clarthus.

Iris stepped down as leader, passing down the monarchy to xVBF and assuming an advisory role in assuring Hautbois runs smoothly in the future.

**Hautbois Chapter: Epilogue**

Iris rowed the lofty bamboo raft through the sea, drifting farther away from the Sabrian plains. Eventually, she found it.

A line seperated the ocean from complete nothingness.

The water seemed to flow down the line as if there was a border to the world, but there wasn’t- Iris didn’t feel any pain crossing into the darkness.

She thought about Hautbois, the victory at Neuslaschet, and the demise of the wicked soul that had killed Aurora. Or so she thought.

Turns out- it was a lie. Clarthus was never the one to kill Aurora- but still, Aurora was resurrected by Clarthus. How wicked! How could someone do that to a human?

Iris felt her eyes burning from the tears she fought to hold back, as she remembered seeing her- all bloody and bruised- on the battlefield. The robotic voice, devoid of memory, or care- all the fault of the plague. Iriscould only watch as the one who she thought of as her friend- the one who brought Hautbois out of darkness and economic poverty- trying to kill her.

Iris thought that Aurora would be killed by the alliance- but no.. she had seemed to go missing following the battle.

How though? Didn’t Clarthus completely control the infected? Weren’t the brains and personalities of them killed?

But, then Iris remembered something. The smile that Aurora had when they first saw each other on the battlefield. The familiarity of her fighting style, weaving bow shots with axe swings. Maybe- what if the infected weren’t so inhuman after all.

So there Iris was, looking into the Abyss.

She reminisced about everything- the childhood of fae oppression, the revolution, the wars and friends and battles, and now- she sat alone.

xVBF has done well in his new leadership role. Reopening the potion market and establishing a free trade agreement with Lushile- plus finally starting the construction of the Emerald Palace. Iris had left a puppet there- Shiva was gone, but now Vishnu remained, carrying out the will of Iris while keeping Iris in the know about the nation.

Iris tossed the artifact in her hand. The Oboe of Aurum was crafted out of an echo shard, a material highly connected to the warden and hell- where the artifacts came from. So Iris had wondered- what happens if you return an artifact to hell? This why she came here.

She took a deep breath and dropped the shard into the void.

Instantly, the artifact reappeared in Iris’s hand, but something else manifested where the oboe had dropped. A swirling gate manifested, ebbing white and rippling through the colors of the rainbow.

Other dimensions. They were real. How Jedu came to Prairie. The reality anomalies. So that means that Aurora must have crossed into a different dimension, a new world.

Iris beamed at the revelation. But she thought some more- if she jumped in, would she ever be able to return? Would she be able to take care of her people? Would it be selfish to leave a nation just to save one person? And is Aurora able to be saved? Or is she gone?

Iris eyes the portal one more time and..

The rest is up to your interpretation. Did she jump and leave or did she stay in Nexus? It doesn’t matter, as Iris’ concludes her story here. Hopefully y’all enjoyed her arc, and Silver’s character as well, and I hope I can make more characters with the future mc servers!

-GeoZ