In Darkest Himyar

[Warre]

Alexander MacGuiness was the Warreic Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary stationed within Jugol. He was a man who outside of official functions was plastered with the neutral to hostile expression of a genuinely unhappy person on his face, and as he sat up from his bed and read the communiques from Lumina which had been printed from one of the Embassy Desktop computers then hand deciphered by his aide from the current cipher used by the Warreic government for extremely private matters of politics, he had such a look on his face. For a moment he thought of throwing it in the fireplace of the ambassadorial suite, but he knew better. High King Anlon ran the diplomatic service like a father and Alexander wiuld not simply be fired if he disregarded his sovereign's command. He would be sat down in front of Anlon for a cup of tea and a veey stern conversation.

He told his aide to schedule a meeting with his Azraqi counterpart here in Jugol and he went about getting ready. This was going to be a a lot of trouble, but then again uncertain naval waters,threatened trade lanes, and communist coups always were a lot of trouble.

Alexander needed some coffee, some of the real shit. Not the stuff they called coffee here, but the stuff that had to be imported from the Highlands of western Arthalan. He had a job to do and he was his high king's tool for the job. Tools were only as effective as they were sharp and strong.

@Azraq

 

[Azraq]

The Azraqi Empire was one of only a handful of nations to be appointed an Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary by the High Kingdom of Warre. It was a status that Azraq's elite treasured highly, seeing it as a sign that Azraq was considered one of the great powers of this world.

This wasn't to say relations between the two Himyari powers had always been easy. The Warreic colony of Siu Wui had once been a hub for Dawamalian merchants and pirates before they were booted out and replaced by imported settlers from the Far East. The Blue Imamate and later the Second Azraqi Empire would then go onto fight over other islands elsewhere in Toyou-Implaria, as 'Western' powers started to encroach on domains the Azraqis had begun to take for granted. This marked a period of relative decline for Azraq, and in turn, an era of internal turmoil.

Yet at the end of it all Azraq was still a country few could afford to ignore. While its dominance in the Implarian had been eroded, Azraq still held a number of colonial possessions in the region rich with natural resources. More importantly, Azraq still controlled the Pillars of Nearchus, a series of rocks and islets named after a famous ancient Pelasgian explorer, and one of the most important shipping lanes in the world.

No doubt both were why Alexander MacGuinness had requested an urgent meeting with Mulatu Birru, the Azraqi foreign minister and also head of the Shamo People's Liberation Front, making him one of the most important players in the new coalition government.

Having suffered a recent humiliation in the Imperial Parliament over the agreement with Pelasgian over the future of Tephanon, facing a growing crisis in Loago and potential flare up in Cabaon, Birru was glad to be meeting with MacGuinness, who he assumed would be less tricky.

Stepping out of the motorcade and into the Warreic embassy, he waited to be greeted by the ambassador extraordinaire.