The evening sun began to set over the Imperial City of Regalia. Peasants trudged to and fro, meandering about the city streets as they usually did, while the rest of the capital's loyal and devout citizens began to prepare themselves for evening mass at the Regalian Cathedral. The ever looming threat of Qadir in the Rim Isles hung heavy still, but nothing was more reassuring for the Regalian populace than a fervent Unionist Mass. Though as the evening's events transpired, Imperial Heralds garbed in their usual silks began to make sudden rounds about the city, pinning proclamations up upon public notice boards, the Cathedrals doors, and entrances to public establishments. They all bore the standard of the Imperial State Council, and to those who took a closer look, would read: