‘Salute the deaf; if the heavens don't hear, the earth will hear.’
- Igbo Proverb
‘Out of the chaos, she emerged victorious, defeating her brothers and bringing all of Igboland under her rule. She drove out the invaders and yet kept their ways. She advocated autonomy but convinced all other Igbo states to pay homage to her. Clever and cunning, the overlooked Princess of Nri became Queen Porcia I of Africa.’ - The Realm of Africa: An Introductory History by Professor Alice of Sussex
‘Let it be known that Princess Elaine and Prince Edmund of England have formally adopted the infant Lady Aurelia, the biological daughter of the deceased Lady Antonia and Lord Nero of Africa, with the full consent of Queen Fulvia of Africa and the encouragement and support of Her Majesty Queen Hilda VI. She is henceforth Princess Aurelia of England and entitled to the enjoyment of her royal rights and privileges as the daughter of the Crown Princess.’ - A Royal Announcement (England)
‘It is with great grief and sadness that we report the deaths of our most revered Queen, Her Majesty Fulvia I, and Her most beloved King, Tullus, who were murdered by the most despicable and treasonous persons in this land, leaving behind their child, the former Princess Terentia, who has been placed under the guardianship of her uncle, Lord Secundus, Earl of Mbaise, distraught brother of our gracious and virtuous King Consort, and her aunt, the Princess Claudia, anguished sister of our beloved and wise Queen and daughter of our dearly missed Queen Livia and King Octavius, who is now Regent for our grieving and bereaved Queen, Her Majesty Terentia I of Africa. The Queen is dead, long live the Queen!’ - A Royal Announcement (Africa)
‘Hear me, Jove's daughter, celebrated queen,
Bacchian and Titan, of a noble mien:
In darts rejoicing and on all to shine,
Torch-bearing Goddess, Dictynna divine;
O'er births presiding, and thyself a maid,
To labour-pangs imparting ready aid:
Dissolver of the zone and wrinkl'd care,
Fierce huntress, glorying in the Sylvan war:
Swift in the course, in dreadful arrows skill'd,
Wandering by night, rejoicing in the field:
Of manly form, erect, of bounteous mind,
Illustrious dæmon, nurse of human kind:
Immortal, earthly, bane of monsters fell,
'Tis thine; blest maid, on woody hills to dwell:
Foe of the stag, whom woods and dogs delight,
In endless youth who flourish fair and bright.
O, universal queen, august, divine,
A various form, Cydonian pow'r, is thine:
Dread guardian Goddess, with benignant mind
Auspicious, come to mystic rites inclin'd
Give earth a store of beauteous fruits to bear,
Send gentle Peace, and Health with lovely hair,
And to the mountains drive Disease and Care.’
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