Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170418205753/@comment-26347028-20170419225236

(I'll let whoever's there interrupt at the appropriate times, unless you want to organise something with me beforehand.)

"Lords, ladies, knights, commonfolk, I welcome you all. I'm sure, for each and every one of you, your first wonder is why you're here, but I'm sure also that many of you already know. The Emperor of Gondor recently passed away, leaving no officially declared heir. It is, with some pride, that I can say today that I am able to announce such a declaration, made upon his deathbed."

Ioreth waits for everyone to quieten down again before continuing.

"Many of you were expecting some long-lost relative, others still, I'm sure, are simply asking why a woman - not even truly Gondorian - is making this announcement. Well, I assure you, I am as qualified as any. I served the Emperor for many long years, with incredible loyalty. I stayed with him when it mattered - to his last breath in the end. And it did matter. The Emperor was a great man, but heirless. And in such a time of struggle, there is certainly no need for further division between a leaderless state. What Gondor needs now is strength, and our Emperor thought about that only too much."

She pauses, before very deliberately and slowly saying the rest.

"It is with regret I speak of the Emperor's all-too-quick demise, but it is not with regret that I do speak of his declaration. It is as follows."

She clears her throat, and holds up a piece off paper to fake reading off of.

"I, Emperor Aragost I Telcontar, Emperor of Gondor and all her Domains, King of Harad, Soverign of Rhun, Protector of Umbar, Shield of the People, Scion of Numenor, and Defender of Endorë, do hereby declare that all royal titles shall pass to Ioreth of Lamedon, High Inquisitor, upon my death. Long may she reign."