Estellion Coup of 9996

The Estellion Coup of 9996 was a low profile coup de tat led by Esmira Lilty and High Admiral Grisham on the sky island of Estel. Unhappy with the direction towards democracy that Maetel Lilty was leading the government, Grand Vizier Nazam set to place the overly ambitious Esmira Lilty on the throne in her place. On the morning of, Grisham under the command of Nizam burst into the main dining hall of the Estel Crystal Palace and arrested Maetel Lilty. He tried to force her to sign a document of abdication, but she refused. She and Esmira were transported to the main hall, but Maetel was executed enroute by Grisham, because Esmira refused to dirty her own hands. Esmira, who had some regrets on the murder of Maetel decided not to ascend the throne in her name, but instead disguised herself as Maetel and continued on with governmental duties. The sudden change in government policy made the people react in open revolt. The revolts lasted 2 days until security forces could arrest all the instigators and executed most of the males. Mihli Lilty would later use this event as justification for her regicide in Imperial Year 9999.