GALNET - 11 MAR 3308 - Imperial Guard Defends Duvals

GALNET - 11 MAR 3308 - Imperial Guard Defends Duvals

Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval has ordered the Imperial Guard to provide increased security to surviving members of the Duval dynasty.

Many Imperial Family members, including Prince Harold, were assassinated by the NMLA. Sources close to Emperor Arissa state that she is determined to preserve the remaining Duval bloodline as well as deter any future attacks.

The Imperial Guard is a legion of elite warriors under the direct control of the Emperor. Although typically seen performing ceremonial duties, they are a highly trained fighting force. It is understood that their numbers have been boosted by a focused enlistment drive from other areas of the Imperial military.

A cohort of Imperial Guard has been placed at the service of Princess Aisling Duval. She has gratefully accepted their presence and integrated them with her existing security team.

Similar squads have been posted to the households of Archduke Otto Lombardo-Duval and Lucretia Roche-Duval, both of whom are descended from the siblings of Emperor Hesketh. Legionnaires were also assigned to direct relations of Emperor Arissa, including her prominent cousins Admiral Lucius Lavigny and Countess Guinevere Lavigny.

Only Hadrian Duval declined the offer of additional protection, stating that he will rely on his Praetorian Guard. He reassured his followers that a hand-picked corps permanently surrounds his infant son Hector Duval.

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So, we finally know a few more Duvals, at least the heads of their respective households.
  • Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval
  • Princess Aisling Duval
  • Archduke Otto Lombardo-Duval
  • Lucretia Roche-Duval
  • Hadrian Duval (and his infant son Hector)
That's really not a lot of Duvals left. Would be interesting to know though if Otto and Lucretia have kids already?
 
Otto and Lucretia are pretty distant relations, being second cousins and possibly once or twice removed. Their families probably lost their claim to the throne at some point in the shuffle despite technically being in the dynasty, and they're possibly not connected to politics or military, further weakening their claim. I'm guessing other Duval relatives (of which there have to be thousands at least, the Duval dynasty goes back a thousand years) have been integrated into other dynasties.

That's my headcanon for why there's fears of a succession crisis despite there still being Duvals around. The out-of-universe reason of course being that the story writers didn't come up with them before now.
 
Archduke Otto Lombardo-Duval have the name of a guy who is going to be killed by a Serbian Anarchist and trigger Space War 1.


I wonder if those new "guards" are not part of a more nefarious plot to keep a leash on others Duvals, all being potential candidate for the throne.
 
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