Polaburg Assassination Attempt

The **Polaburg Assassination Attempt** (*Ostenbourgish: Polabourg*) was an assassination attempt on the life of Ostenbourg's Prince Owltz of Gyöngybagoly, and Governor of the Polaburg Occupation Zone.

The assassination attempt occurred on September 9th 2022 in the Polaburg Occupational Zone, District Karlstadt.

## Background

### Polaburg Occupational Zone

After the victory achieved by Ostenbourg in the One Hour War against Ottacorp, the Empire set up occupational zones of the fractured Ottacorp, all to be headed by Ostenbourgish nobility. The Occupational Zone of Polaburg as the former city of Póla had been renamed to, was to be governed by the Prince Owltz of Gyöngybagoly.

### Existing Discontent

Following the dread of having lost a war, having their nation fracture, divided, in some parts seemingly stop to exist. Renamed and occupied by the victorious enemy nation never sat well with the former Ottacorp's civilian populace, this was no less true in Póla. Heavy discontent was had among the occupied people with their new state of being, despising the outcomes, wishing for a return to pre-war life. Polaburg's Occupational Government, headed from the former Palace of Justice was hated from the very start. While not making many crackdowns on the freedoms of its new citizenry, they never really tried aiding with recovery following the war either. They were more concerned with setting up roadblocks and checkpoints, having Imperial Army personnel monitor the citizenry for anything out of order. These policies only helped to frighten and sew ever more so discontent in the populace, however never so much as to erupt into anything more than mild protests.

### Underground Movements

Within such a discontented place of feelings, an unknown number of undergrounds movements are likely to have sprung up. Very few of such movements ever came to light, baring a few making themselves known. The assassin himself believed to be someone from one of these underground movements. Prior to the failed assassination, the Imperial Army of Ostenbourg made no effort to investigate their existence or lack thereof, likely due to no existing orders to do so from the governing Owltz of Polaburg. There is some evidence to believe that there might have been some plans to do so, but it never having been taken seriously enough.

## The Assassination Attempt

### Praise for Efforts

Prior to the assassination, Henryk Wieniawsky, a former high ranking member of Ottacorp and Lord Mayor of Póla, remained a very influential person in the now occupied city. He asked the governor to have him see some newly finished project in the Polaburg Comic Opera House, of which the Sir Wieniawsky is the director. The Governor, delighted with some fanciful news, and keen to see some improvements to his governdoom entertained Wieniawskys offer and met him near the port. From there he was lead by Wieniawsky via foot to the Opera house.

### Shock and Terror

   Governor Owltz and Wieniawsky, having a jaunt walk on their way to the Opera house, exchanged in some small talk. Following a turn of a corner and walking by a well decorated cutout to the rails below, they heard some jolting noise from a window high up to their right. Without as much as a second to spare, Governor Owltz was shot an unknown number of times. Owltz was able to land himself in among the bushes to shield himself from more fire. Within mere minutes, the nearby Imperial Army personnel, having heard the gunshots, rushed to the area from which shots were heard. Turning around a corner, they were met to the sight of a wounded Owltz barely holding onto life in the bushes and an unwounded Wieniawsky trying to help the injured Governor. The perpetrator by then was nowhere to be seen. The Imperial Army quickly assisted and got on the job of transporting the wounded Governor to a Field Medical Facility in Johanburg. While much time had passed since the end of the war, no hospital was repaired in the occupied city since. Successfully the Imperial Army detachment were able to transport the injured Governor and Prince to the Field Medical Facility. Owltz was quickly put on life support and his life being in much less danger now, seen likely for a quick recovery. To prevent any wouldbe second chances at the medical facility, a 24 hour guard sentry was set up to keep *everyone* out.

### Reactions

#### From Polaburg

All people from Polaburg heard the news the quickest, though their reactions not the saddest. The civilian populace, were not all too saddened by the news. The vast majority, however, were not happy of the news either. Knowing that this event may only bring further Ostenbourgish attention to the city, rather then less. Though a select few joyously cheered the news, they were promptly arrested by the Imperial Army, which is still is trying to remove all the graffiti praising the perpetrator from the walls of Polaburg.

#### From Other Occupied Cities

The reaction in other occupied territories governed by Ostenbourg, remained largely the same as in Polaburg. Mostly only the Ostenbourgish officials in charge of the occupied territories were mortified of the news.

#### From Ostenbourg

The people of Ostenbourg were disheartened by the news, unanimously denouncing the assassin and wishing the Prince a successful recovery. A hawkish minority within Ostenbourg were fervently calling for a excessive response, much of which would have hurt Polaburgs civilian populace. Emperor Kidcalvin issued the following statement on the attempted assassination of one of his princes:

**"People of the Empire! Yesterday, an attempt on the life of Prince Owltz of Gyöngybagoly was made in polabourg by a terrorist, who left the Prince severely injured. How his health will be going is unsure, but stay assured that best care is taken of him. It is our main priority to assure the safety of our subjects and that is why drastic measures are to be followed in the district Polabourg : curfew from 8pm to 6am, no-one is allowed to be outside its house. Submit to the orders of the guards and soldiers, you can possibly get controlled. Every house and appartement will get searched in order to find the terrorist. If you don't follow orders you will get punished. Remember if you have done nothing wrong there is no need to be worried everything is done for your safety and against those who try to disrupt it!"**

#### From N.A.R.O

While the reactions from within NARO proper are unknown to outsiders, reactions from the peoples of Otranto and Outback share one of disappointment, likened to one felt on the aftermath of a failed hunt. It is assumed the rest of NARO shares similar feelings on the event.