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== History == | == History == | ||
After the death of the [[Achenar]] colony's founder, [[Marlin Duval]], in 2296, her brother [[Henson Duval]] took over its administration and immediately began transforming the Republic of Achenar into the Empire.<ref name="EE">''[[Elite Encounters RPG]]''</ref> Henson's first act was to disband the council and assume sole responsibility for the leadership of the Achenar colony. He rejected the [[Federation]]'s requests that the colony join them, and declared that the leadership of the colony, and any affiliated systems, would be hereditary passed down from father to son. In 2320, | After the death of the [[Achenar]] colony's founder, [[Marlin Duval]], in 2296, her brother [[Henson Duval]] took over its administration and immediately began transforming the [[Republic of Achenar]] into the Empire.<ref name="EE">''[[Elite Encounters RPG]]''</ref> Henson's first act was to disband the council and assume sole responsibility for the leadership of the Achenar colony. He rejected the [[Federation]]'s requests that the colony join them, and declared that the leadership of the colony, and any affiliated systems, would be hereditary passed down from father to son. In 2320, Henson Duval was formally crowned as the first Emperor of the Empire.<ref name="Beacon0159" /> | ||
Henson's restructuring of Achenar's government into a monarchy gave rise to a counter-ideology among his detractors known as Marlinism. The core tenet of Marlinism was that the position of Emperor should be abolished and replaced by a representative system of elected [[senator]]s. Marlinism became widespread throughout Imperial fringe systems and remained a minor yet persistent presence in Imperial politics by the 34th century. A radical offshoot of Marlinism called Neo-Marlinism also eventually emerged; it shared the main goal of Marlinism, but asserted that terror tactics were the only feasible way to achieve that goal. Neo-Marlinist groups such as the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]] also held a particular hatred for the [[Imperial Family]].<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5f59df9848baea0ae33e1e05 GalNet: Terrorist Attacks on Imperial Starports]</ref> | |||
Early in the reign of [[Hengist Duval]], the 15th Emperor changed the laws of succession so that daughters of the Imperial line would also be able to ascend to the throne.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/561397259657ba7007435572 Senate Declares Arissa Lavigny-Duval Emperor]</ref> The [[Imperial Senate|Senate]] later determined that the title "Emperor" should be used for both male and female rulers.<ref name=":1">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5620c5189657bab1612a1853 Arissa Lavigny-Duval Crowned Emperor]</ref> | |||
After the assassination of Hengist Duval in 3301, there was no clear successor to the Imperial Throne, because Hengist had disqualified his son, [[Prince]] [[Harold Duval]], from the line of succession only the year before. This left the choice of who would be crowned the next Emperor entirely to the Imperial Senate. [[Chancellor]] [[Anders Blaine]] was widely considered the strongest candidate for the throne, but the revelation of his indirect connection to [[Emperor's Dawn]] left [[Princess]] [[Aisling Duval]] and [[Senator]] [[Arissa Lavigny-Duval|Arissa Lavigny]] as the most convincing contenders.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/561249259657ba7207f31fd4 Imperial Succession Vote in Senate Today]</ref> Arissa Lavigny had previously declared that [[Prince]] [[Aristide Lavigny]] was not her biological father, and that she was the illegitimate daughter of [[Hengist Duval]]. This made her claim to the throne stronger than Aisling Duval's, since Aisling was Harold's illegitimate daughter.<ref>[http://elitedangerous.com/news/galnet/?read=20DEC33002fa394d61b9087f2f0343faadd867bcd Arissa Lavigny is the Daughter of the Emperor]</ref> Senator [[Denton Patreus]] was also briefly thought to be vying for the throne after he opined that the Emperor should be chosen based on merit rather than bloodline, and Senator [[Zemina Torval]] signaled her support for Patreus when she asserted that Patreus was the most popular Senator among the citizenry.<ref>[[GalNet/3300/December#Senator Patreus Declares Succession About Power Not Blood|GalNet: Senator Patreus Declares Succession About Power Not Blood]]</ref><ref>[[GalNet/3300/December#Torval Backs Patreus's Line on the Imperial Succession|GalNet: Torval Backs Patreus's Line on the Imperial Succession]]</ref> In the end, the Imperial Senate voted to elect Arissa Lavigny-Duval as the next Emperor. She was crowned in the Imperial Palace as the 16th Emperor of the Empire on October 18, 3301.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== Titles and Styles == | == Titles and Styles == | ||