A familiar figure walks into the Diet and heads for the Austrian seats. It has been some since the Count was hear debating but a new session will begin shortly....

Electors, it is good to see some familiar faces and to see this room is still in one piece after all the dispatches I have been hearing about the behaviour of the members. There will be much to discuss.
Before any official business begins I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to Chancellor von Hamburg for his leadership these last few years. I concur with his report and I would say that all of the Reich is grateful for pulling us through and getting to where we are today. I salute you!

The Count sits in the benches looking for his Duke.