This press message was released by the Government of the Selucian Empire.
Office of the Imperator of the Selucian Empire
Minstry of Foreign Affairs, Selucian Empire
May 21, 2589
IMPERATOR GWEN STOFILL SHOT!
Imperator Gwen Stofill was shot and gravely wounded this morning. While making a speech in Auroria this morning, Her Exellency the Imperator was shot in the head by Arphor Cynorg, a citizen of the Dynastic Pontesian Empire.
Mr. Cynorg confessed to being in the employ of Pontesian intelligence. He stated that Emperor William I personally ordered the assassination attemp on Imperator Stofill's life.
Imperator Stofill is currently in critical condition and in a coma at Auroria General Hospital. The Selucian government is still deliberating, what, if any, response to take against the Dynastic Pontesian Empire.Signed,
the Government of the Selucian Empire