The King’s Colonies Day - A Ka'yar Traditionalists Celebration

Origins and Modern Disdain

The King's Colonies Day is a Ka'yar Colonial Governance tradition, a day in which its king, King Ta'liote Myridos XIV and his ancestors are celebrated for their efforts in unifying the multitude of civilizations and peoples under their rule today.
It has been a tradition held ever since the earliest days of conquest and colonization thousands of years ago when the first king of the expanded Ka'yar empire had taken his planetary boundaries and expanded them into space for the first time. It is held each Ka'yar calendar year upon the halfway point of Ka'yar homeworlds rotation around its solar systems sun, as that is the widely believed date of the first king's ascension from his homeworld to the Ka'yar's first off-world colony.
It has become a controversial and often frowned upon, day of celebration though in modern times. As it has become to symbolize the forced servitude of people that had no say in the matter of whether they joined the Colonial Governance or not.
It is especially unpopular amongst the Representative Democracy of Liberation, which splintered from its former monarchy four decades ago and is still at war with its former king. These people view this "day of celebration" as an insult to the people that were forced into serving the Ka'yar king as one of the empire's many forcibly established colonies.

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The current king of the Ka'yar Colonial Governance, King Ta'liote Myridos XIV

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Current Day Celebrations

The execution of this day widely differs between the Ka'yar Colonial Governance and its rival sister state the Representative Democracy of Liberation. In the former, it is a mandatory holiday for all planets within the Ka'yar Colonial Governance, one in which all must take a pause from their daily work and celebrate in the name of their king. Further, their daily stipend is donated to the king's coffers as a gesture of thanks towards the throne and its kindness for bringing them into their empire's safety.
This has become a greatly reviled part of the King's Colonies Day, as it takes away funds that are sorely needed by citizens who struggle to get by as food and necessities become scarce and expensive during the ongoing civil war. And to make matters worse, it is clear that the collected funds are being siphoned into the Ka'yar Colonial Governances military funds.
On the other hand, in the Representative Democracy of Liberation, it is a much despised day, one that only represents the cruel frustrations associated with the governances former king. This a reminder of why they split from the traditionalists and the throne, and of the lingering servitude that their kin living under the rule of the traditionalist Ka'yar Colonial Governance are forced to adhere to.
It has become a tradition for the Representative Democracy of Liberation to plan a heavy offensive each and every King's Colonies Day, so as to distract and annoy the king during his day of celebration. And while these offensives are known to occur each year, the Representative Democracy of Liberation still revels in the ruining of their former king's day of revelry.

Summary

The King's Colonies Day is a tradition that is held each Ka’yar calendar year that celebrates the worlds and civilizations that the King of the Ka’yar Colonial Governance has “freed” from their former squalor to become part of his empire's splendour and majesty. This tradition is still conducted each year amongst the Colonial Governance, though many citizens have come to despise it.
Only the most ardent traditionalist view it as an unironic day of celebration. It is a day especially despised by the Representative Democracy of Liberation, a sister state in which the Ka'yar Colonial Governance has been at civil war for decades, who view it as a vile day that only represents forced servitude.

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Ka'yar Colonial King

The current king of the Ka'yar Colonial Governance, King Ta'liote Myridos XIV, has been on the throne of the governance for almost five decades and has seen the entire stretch of the current Ka’yar Civil War. He has not for one moment recognized the legitimacy of the Representative Democracy of Liberation, and believes them a simple rogue state that needs to be culled. Myridos is an ardent traditionalist who believes in the divine sanctity of his rule and the Ka'yar right to establish colonies and bring whatever people under their control as he sees fit.
Myridos however, has become a controversial figure even amongst his loyal followers as he has grown to a significant age entering in his seventies recently. And while most Ka'yar lives well into their hundreds, the stress of decades of civil war has clearly taken its toll on the king, and he has become easily agitated and desperate to bring the people of the Representative Democracy of Liberation back until his boot where they belong. 
Rumours have begun circulating that King Ta'liote Myridos XIV is on his way out, being slowly removed from power so that his daughter, Ta'lyis Myridos the first, the first potential Queen of Ka'yar to reign in a thousand years can take his place. And while this may seem like good news, it is rumoured that Ta'liote's daughter is an extreme and volatile individual who wishes to exterminate the traitors within the Representative Democracy of Liberation instead of subjugating them.

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Ta'lyis Myridos, future Queen of Ka'yar

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