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03:21, 18th April 2024 (GMT+0)

Confusion in Catheran

Within the Duchy of Catheran, things were going very well. The weather had been good, the crops were plentiful and trade was booming. The Current Grand Duke , so appointed by the emperor hundreds of miles away, insisted on treating all fairly, and a peasant could be confident in a fair hearing against even a noble in the Ducal Courts.  The Duchess busied herself mothering the Duchy, seeing that the poor and infirm ate and had both shelter and clothing. No food was ever thrown out after a dinner or a great feast, it went into various kettles prepared in the Dukes own kitchens for the poor and the infirm. Clothing was washed and altered to provide for those less fortunate, and the Duchess was well known and loved throughout the capital’s less well off citizens. The neer-do-well were kept out of the free hand outs by the guards who looked for able bodied men and woman to serve in various state jobs, like soldier or low level public servant. Since these were often those who did not want to work, they kept far, far away from the “free” handouts.

And then everything went to poo.