Saga of Tynam

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Saga Bedon
Saga in October 2021
Sultana of Packilvania
Assumed office
23 January, 2023
Preceded byMebri
Duchess of Tynam and Storlund
Assumed office
17 June, 2010
Preceded byÖgge Tynam
Personal details
Born
Saga Tynam

March 15, 1978 (age 44)
Tynam, Cryria
CitizenshipPackilvania
SpouseThumim V
ChildrenNone
Parent(s)Ögge Tynam
Gazny Nurai
ResidenceSultana's Palace
Alma materLeidenstad Military Academy
Signature
Military service
Branch/serviceCryrian Army
Years of service1996-2010
RankMajor
UnitCryrian Foreign Legion
Battles/warsVolscine Civil War
Ellesborg Emergency

Saga (born 15 March, 1978) is the Sultana of Packilvania since 23 January, 2023, and the Duchess of Tynam and Storlund since 17 June, 2010. The eldest child of Duke Ögge of Tynam and Gazny Nurai, Saga also took control of the Tynam Egendom and most of the House of Tynam's estimated 20 billion SHD net worth.

Childhood

Saga was born on 15 March, 1978 at Symningborg General Hospital in Tynam, Cryria. Her father was Duke Ögge of Tynam. Her mother was Gazny Nurai, the only daughter of Gazny Chīrén, then the Governor of Gazny Khot.

Saga had one twin brother, Turlan. In accordance with typical local naming conventions, Saga and Turlan were given separate Tynami names - Turyana and Siban respectively. As a result of their parents' often tumultuous marriage, both Saga and her brother spent much of their childhoods with their mother's family in Gazny Khot.

Education

After being raised in Gazny Khot, Saga returned to Leidenstad and was enrolled in the Eglistanes Secondary School.. She later declined to apply for a deferral or exemption from Cryria's National Service System and elected to complete the full two years of mandatory service with the Regiment of Coastal Jaegers, apparently out of a desire to not return home to Symningborg where circumstances remained tense. At this time, it had been assumed that her brother, Turlan, was the favored successor to the Duchy. However, an apparent tryst and subsequent marriage between Turlan and Alessia Ciresi in Charlottesborg generated the disapproval of both the Duke and the Duchess and created new rifts within the household.

Saga went on to attend the Leidenstad Military Academy after completing her service period and graduated in 2002.

Foreign Legion(2002-2010)

Saga was commissioned as an officer in the Cryrian Foreign Legion just prior to the beginning of the Volscine Civil War and the Cryrian Millennium Crisis. The outbreak of the Charlottesborg Mutiny and the storming of the Cryrian consulate there resulted in Turlan's death. This left Saga as the sole viable successor to the Duchy of Tynam. Saga herself was soon afterwards among the Foreign Legion units deployed to evacuate Cryrian citizens from Charlottesborg International Airport.

She briefly entered the public spotlight when the Ministry of Defense published imagery of her drinking with an unidentified Charlottesborger officer at a partially destroyed Royal Rodoka coffee shop. The recordings were utilized to promote the legitimacy of the operation and to maintain the image of Cryrian-Charlottesborger cooperation at a time when relations between the two parties were coming under severe strain. Saga was also reportedly present at a physical altercation that broke out between Cryrian and Charlottesborger commanders over the treatment of captured rebels.

According to CDF records, Saga remained in the Foreign Legion for several years and was deployed during the Ellesborg Emergency and other Cryrian operations during the Millennium Crisis. She eventually ended her commission in 2010 as the executive officer for the Legion 1st Infantry Battalion.

Duchess of Tynam(2010-Present)

On 17 June, 2010, Duke Ögge of Tynam passed away from lung cancer. A brief legal battle over the inheritance of the Egendom ensued between Saga and her cousin, Gjur Tynam. The matter was ultimately settled in Saga's favor.

Political Activities

As the successor to the House of Tynam, Saga also inherited the seat on the Första Kammaren as well as the Tynam Egendom's lobbying power, marking the beginning of her involvement in Cryrian politics. The Duchess was one of the key backers of the Remembrance of Sixty-Four, a political committee whose name referred to the sixty-four Cryrian citizens killed at the Charlottesborg Consulate. The group harshly criticized the failure of the Schaumann Government to evacuate Cryrian civilians prior to Charlottesborg's exit ban alongside the general paralysis displayed during the early days of the crisis. Remembrance was ultimately a contributing factor in both destroying the Green Party's bid to regain power and in removing Schaumann himself as leader of the party.

Other activities at this time related to Tynam's unique position within Cryria as a culturally and linguistically distinct region. The resolution of the Northern Waters Dispute in 2002 facilitated a rapprochement between Cryria and Älemsi Negdel and led to a gradual political realignment of Tynam in the 2010s. Without the overhanging threat of conflict with the Negdel, Tynami politicians were more willing to break from their traditional conservative allies and push for various forms of autonomy and cultural recognition within the Kingdom.

Despite initially strong support for the Conservative Party through the Remembrance movement, Saga has moved along with this trend in a limited fashion. The Duchess has been a vocal advocate within the Riksdag for reforming legacy Albertine-era restrictions on the usage of languages other than Cryrian in government and in the education system. She is also a notable supporter of continuing to pursue closer relations with Älemsi Negdel, a country with which the Duchess still has close personal ties with due to her upbringing in Gazny Khot, and her familial connections to Governor Gazny Zamira.

As with her predecessors, Saga has also acted as a voice for other, more longstanding Tynami issues such as the allocation of additional funding for the Duchy. One of these concerns has been the Special Labor Visa Program with Nystatiszna, particularly the importation of low-wage Nystatinne workers into the Cryrian fishing industry, who then directly competed with smaller Tynami operations. Tynami politicians including the Duchess were among the main supporters of removing Nystatiszna from the Special Labor Visa Program, and ultimately succeeded in this goal by July 2022.

As Tynam has only seven seats in the Andra Kammaren, the Ducal seat in the otherwise ceremonial Första Kammaren has historically played a crucial role in raising Tynam's political profile and securing access to various committee assignments.

Until 2020, the House of Tynam owned the Sword of the Crashing Moon, one of the Three Swords taken from Aikthudr'zhur during the sack of Highdrilian. These swords were traditionally used in Aikkian coronation ceremonies, and in 2019 the Cryrian government initiated an effort to return the stolen blades as part of a wider effort to improve relations with mainland Novaris. Saga supported the move, and on the request of Queen Ulrika II agreed to repatriate the Sword of the Crashing Moon. Despite this, she has continued to express fiercely Novaroskeptic views, and is actively involved in Foreign Ministry-sponsored economic outreach efforts towards Yasteria.

After her engagement to the Crown Prince of Packilvania, Saga largely stepped back from her committee assignments and the Första Kammaren seat is expected to be passed on to Evaline Tynam.

Committee Assignments

Name Class Chamber Position Dates
Select Committee on Land Use B Första Kammaren Member 13 December 2021 - 31 July, 2022
Select Committee for the Environment and Climate Change A Första Kammaren Member 1 December 2021 - 31 July, 2022
Select Committee for Food, Poverty, Health and Environment A Första Kammaren Chair 13 June, 2019 - 31 July, 2022
Joint Committee for the 2019 Draft Bill on Domestic Abuse C Joint Member 14 March, 2019 - 14 June, 2019
Select Committee on Charities C Första Kammaren Member 8 June 2016 - 16 January 2018
Advisory Panel on Works of Art C Första Kammaren Member 28 January, 2015 - 31 July, 2022
General Committee on the Rotantic C Första Kammaren Chair 12 June, 2014 - 3 November, 2015
Joint Committee for Intelligence and Security B Joint Member 12 July, 2013 - 20 October, 2021
General Committee on Soft Power C Första Kammaren Member 16 May 2013 - 28 March, 2014
Joint Committee for the 2012 Draft Bill on Counterterrorism C Joint Member 27 November, 2012 - 25 January, 2013
General Committee for the 2012 Adoption Bill C Första Kammaren Member 19 December 2012 - 6 March 2013
General Committee for Public Service and Demographic Change C Första Kammaren Chair 29 May, 2012 - 27 March, 2013
Joint Committee for the 2011 Draft Bill on the Detention of Terrorists C Joint Member 3 March 2011 - 11 October 2011
Select Committee for International Relations and Defense A Första Kammaren Chair 1 February 2011 - 20 October, 2021

Tynam Egendom

Despite some opposition from within her family, Saga largely consolidated control of the House of Tynam's financial assets by 2011. The Tynam Egendom is generally considered to be the second- or third-largest in the Kingdom. At the time it encompassed ownership of industrial conglomerates like the Polstjärnan Group, minority stakes in the Mandate of Ellesborg, as well as inherited landholdings under the Tynam-Storlund Ducal Estates which reportedly generate around 30 million SHD in annual incomes.

Initially, Saga was less involved in the day-to-day operations of these businesses due to her lack of experience with them. However, the opening of the Älemsi economy to foreign investment in the 2010s made her presence within the Estate important due to her personal connections with the ruling family of Gazny Khot. The Polstjärnan Group secured numerous Älemsi infrastructure contracts in cooperation with the Gazny Industrial Group during this period, leading to a series of lawsuits by Marlberg AB over alleged corruption. These lawsuits were later withdrawn.

The Tynam Estate has also been linked to the formation of a new Gazny Khot-based entity called Arna Group Holdings. It is believed that since 2018, Arna Group functioned as a front for Cryrian assistance to Älemsi Negdel during the Ymirland Civil War. Since 2020, Arna has continued to operate as a private contractor providing consulting services to Älemsi Negdel as it restructures its Autonomous Militia system. Arna has also provided various services for the Ellesborg Militia and the government of Serramal, and in 2021 became the parent company of VN Strategic Communications.

With the announcement of Saga's engagement to the Crown Prince of Packilvania, it is thought that many of the assets of the Tynam Estate will be transferred to Evaline Tynam or divested from entirely in order to remain compliant with Cryrian ownership regulations. However, it is also expected that she will retain considerable influence in the Egendom's ongoing operations through her niece.

Philanthropy

The House of Tynam remains one of the main backers of the Cryrian Blue Rose, which provides international sapientarian assistance in developing countries. Notable Tynami institutions such as the University of Tynam also receive grants from the House, and the Tynam Ducal Gallery is one of the largest publicly available art collections in the Kingdom. During her reign, the Duchess also opened the Tsever Salkhi Foundation, which initially sought to mitigate the increasingly severe health and environmental impacts of the raw coal burning stoves used by many Älemsi households for basic heating. The Foundation has since expanded to fund education and development initiatives in the rural Älemsi interior. The Turlan Tynam Scholarship Fund provides assistance internationally for disadvantaged students seeking higher education.

In 2010, the Alessia Ciresi Foundation was also established to assist with the reconstruction of Charlottesborg and provide support to displaced Volscine civilians in the aftermath of the civil war. The Foundation's activities in Charlottesborg were wound down in 2020, but it continues to provide assistance to other refugee communities in Cryria.

Since 2015, Saga has also been one of the sponsors of the Cryrian National Climate Conference.

Sultana of Packilvania(2023-Present)

Coronation and Wedding

Family and Personal Life

Saga had one brother, Turlan Tynam, who was killed during the 2002 storming of the Cryrian Consulate in Charlottesborg. He was survived by his wife, Alessia Tynam, and a daughter, Evaline Tynam. Both escaped to Cryria, where Alessia passed away during the 2002 Pandemic on Lokia. Evaline Tynam was later raised by Saga's parents, and stands to inherit most of the family's wealth.

Saga's father, Duke Ögge of Tynam, passed away from lung cancer in 2010, and her mother, Nurai, passed away in 2015. Saga has a single surviving grandfather on her mother's side, Gazny Chīrén. Saga is reputed to be close to her mother's side of the family, and her first cousin, Gazny Zamira, is the current Governor of the Gazny Autonomy in Älemsi Negdel.

In June 2022, Saga was found to be romantically linked to Thumim V, the Crown Prince of Packilvania, after both made an appearance at the coronation Emira Scheherazade of Sayyed. This raised questions surrounding the future of the House of Tynam in Cryria, though it is currently expected that the House's Riksdag seat will be transferred to Evaline Tynam along with certain other assets. It is also understood that the House will divest itself entirely of Arna Group Holdings. A December 2022 press release indicated that a marriage and coronation for the couple will be held simultaneously in January 2023.