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+===== Murder of the 25th Regent? =====
+The 25th Regent, thinking himself a protected puppet of the elites, found himself ambushed and murdered, by either ghasts, or something more nefarious, along a nether trip.
+The untimely death of the 25th Regent in a nether trip led to many speculations that he was murdered by the Bone People as punishment for breaking initial hidden agreements about an exchange of tension that was supposed to benefit both parties. Mysteriously, an internal investigation by Minervan Officers of the Peace was looking into the possibility that the death was actually caused by violence and a sneak attack by Bone People in the nether. Strangely though, this investigation was silenced from the top, presumably by the cabal itself. Even though the cabal was losing a 'puppet', as many in the populist called him, conspiracy theorists claimed the cabal was happy to hide the involvement of the Bone People and of the possibility it was murder so as to a) allow his death to silence the Regent's involvement with the Newlanding crisis as a whole, and b) to appease the secret deals made with Honotochi earlier. They presumably thought by appointing an old retired police chief as a replacement that they could get away with installing another puppet, but their influence was already waning and their ability to pull off another public relations campaign to control the process seemed to fail outright.
+===== Aftermath =====
+Shortly later, the 27th Regent of the Empire, continued in the progressive footsteps of the 26th Regent, and Minerva even sacrificed much of their land to their allies in Valtoros (who lost land in the Treaty of Falkirk to West Demurgia) as a way to ensure the peace. Minerva became the only nation to have a 'net loss' in the Newlanding Crisis, despite not being been involved directly. This also led to the birth of truly progressive internationalism, and a few mercannum later, this very Regent, now seeomg the value of personal sacrifice and helping neighbours, as well as silencing the old political elites who had by this point disappeared from influence forever, founded the Imperial Project.
+All and all, this experience shows the difference between legal claims and illegal ones under the Settler Policy. International attention quickly moved away from Amador, even though he was waging a claims war on half of Isla de Torres, because he did so openly and frankly. He built allies, and established a peace treaty with his opponent. The perpetrator responsible for the genocide on the other hand refused to completely acknowledge their crimes (although they did so informally), and so the Empire cobbled together an alliance to wage war on the trouble-maker. This resulted in the second phase of the Newlanding Crisis, also known as the TnT Crisis. As part of their pressure against Hotonotochi, a global ban on holding more than 2 stacks of TnT was issued after Hototonochi threatened the world with his 'stockpile of 1000 TnT'. The law was passed, and most conflict was avoided, but Hotonotochi suffered minor trade sanctions and their brand was again tarnished. Again, this showcases the difference between legal claim wars (which must be acknowledged, and must have explicit political goals), versus open-ended attacks that have wishy-washy goals and are therefore potentially just senseless crimes against humanity. This debate surfaced again during the 'Loyalton Crisis' when another unannounced attack was discovered. Reminder to those reading this passage. Claims wars can be done right, but if kings consider your attacks unjustified, be careful. That is, build alliances and practice the art of diplomacy.