History of the Nobles


Hi everyone, and welcome to this week's public update!
Development-wise, there isn't a lot to tell, rendering continues, with a couple more scenes completed over the weekend. Supporters are already being treated to regular previews, but for the time being, I'll have to post any public ones I want to share to Deviantart as there are currently almost no SFW ones! Once again, this is a very naked update! Up top is the one and only one Ive got, in which we see Abbie return to Jessica's house ready for the final battle!
So for today, I'm going to make a short lore post for any of you that are interested in the background fluff, and for today's subject, I have chosen Fivaviana's rulers, the Kisimi Noble Family.
Rise of the Nobility
In the first era, roughly 600 years ago, the Sapphorian "Citizens Council" was dissolved in disarray after a group of wealthy families, (that would go on to become the Nobility,) engineered its downfall. Having resolved to work together to take over Sapphory for themselves, they next needed to set up an alternative system of government to the one that they had just finished convincing the populace had failed.
The largest and most powerful of these families, the Schiede, (Shy-ae-da) put forward their Matriarch, Isabella, who became the first Queen of Sapphory, though not before there had been much wrangling between the families. While this was eventually obviated by Isabella's marriage to Princess Cecily of Okonrin, which united the two largest families and resulted in the birth of the Schiede-Rinta dynasty which endures to this day, the contributions of the Kisimi family, their closest allies were never forgotten.
The Kisimi Matriarch, Seraphina, a close friend of Queen Isabella, was granted the rule of the most important province outside of the capital, the port of Fivaviana, which even in that time was already hugely important to Sapphorian trade. Meanwhile, her daughter Mariella Kisimi, who would eventually go on to replace her, was the country's foremost diplomat, and having worked for the Citizens Council, immediately put her skills to work for the Nobility, negotiating with the outside world through the United Nations to prevent an invasion of Sapphory.
Today, Kisimi Mansion is the centre of Fivaviana's government. All important affairs of state, from tribute collection, to marriages, slave registrations and even licences for sex work are handled here.
The current Matriarch of the family is Clementine Kisimi. She is considered a middle-of-the-road tyrant by her subjects, neither as liberal as her grandmother nor as authoritarian as her mother. Like her ancient ancestor, she is also a close personal friend of the monarch, Princess Selina Schiede-Rinta, as they went to school together. (Nobles attend special private schools where all of the teachers are themselves members of the Nobility, as it would be unthinkable for Noble girls to be disciplined by commoners.)
The Governess has six daughters, Mercedes (29), Francesca (28), Meredith (26), Tabitha (23), Constance (21) and Cordelia (19) whom you've already met. Each of them is a vicious, highborn brat and must be handled extremely carefully if encountered. As is often the case with the younger generation of the Nobility, they are born-to-rule and see others as beneath them.
Like all of the Noble houses, the Kisimi clan own vast tracts of land and legions of slaves. They are the largest controller of ground rents in Fivaviana and a major shareholder in the Mulligan Corporation, Scarlett Raine's employer. Their true wealth is measured however, not in money but in power and influence: Their long-standing alliance with the Royal Family has ensured that the Governess of Fivaviana is always among the first of the Queen's Courtiers, and this is unlikely ever to change.
I hope you've enjoyed this snippet of the background lore of Missy, I'll see you next time!
Trinian