The Dagger And The Quorum

Within the halls of the Grand Senate, on February 10, 1954, lay the husk of Senate President Ramses and the last hope for political peace in Octavium. His blood, pooling on the marble floor, marked the dawn of an era of treachery and ambition. The Rosenberg Bureau’s purges had left the government at a crossroads, with the Senate as an unstoppable force and Viceroy Howard as its immovable opposition. Exploiting a loophole, Howard appointed Ramses, a volatile figure, to ignite chaos and collapse the institution from within. But the Senate saw through the ploy and struck first. On the eve of the Third Session, eleven senators stormed the chamber, daggers drawn, striking Ramses down. His blood had barely cooled before an emergency session cemented their rule, defying the Imperatorial Command. The Senate had drawn its first blade against the Imperatorial Command. There would be no turning back. "For as long as the Senate lives, the time for dictatorship has passed."