Ahrensbach



The Duchy of Ahrensbach is a region on the south eastern edge of the kingdom of Yurgenschmidt, rated as a greater duchy. The current first wife of the Aub is Georgine, the elder sister of Aub Ehrenfest.

The territory is bordered by the following other territories:
 * The duchy of Ehrenfest to the North
 * The duchy of Frenbeltag to the Northwest
 * The former territory of the duchy of Werkerstock to the West
 * The duchy of Dunkelfelge to the Southwest
 * an unnamed country to the East
 * an unnamed Ocean to the South

Several years ago there was a coup within the Sovereignty. Ahrensbach was fully involved in the civil war and eventually the side they allied with won. This victory brought them much acclaim by the current ruler and increased their influence, but their direct involvement in the fighting still came at a great cost, leaving them as short on mana as the rest of the duchies. After the war the territory of the Duchy of Berkerstock - located to Ahrensbach's West - was split, with Ahrensbach being chosen to manage the northern half, while Dunkelfelger was put in charge of the southern half.

Despite being on the side of the victors of the civil war, Ahrensbach still ended up plummeting in the duchy rankings later, due to the losses they suffered in the war.

A short time ago Aub Ahrensbach's first wife died and his former third wife Georgine was chosen as the new first wife. While the exact dates are not known to the people of Ehrenfest, the first time Georgine acompanied the Aub to the Archduke's conference was the year following Rozemyne's baptism and adoption.

In recent years Ahrenbach fell even further in the duchy rankings, according to Hartmut due to some kind of internal dispute of which he couldn't find out any more detail, dropping them back to rank 6, the lowest of any of the greater duchies and thus just one spot above the middle duchies.

Later Hartmut finds out more about Ahrensbach's internal mess, in no small part thanks to the children of nobles of the former Veronica faction. While not knowing whether it is the cause or the effect of the internal crisis, he learns that the archducal family is in crisis due to their mana capacity declining, leaving them with only two archduke candidates that have enough mana to be eligible as successors, one of which is Detlinde. It isn't clear whether this means that all the other children have too low a capacity or there are more tragic circumstances for this lack of suitable candidates.


 * Nobles of Ahrensbach receive a light-purple cloak when they go to the Royal Academy. The light-purple colour is the Ahrensbach ducal colour.


 * Cambridge Online Dictionary