diff --git a/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt b/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt
index c748c0692..875ed6fcf 100644
--- a/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt
+++ b/history/characters/NEOW_e_nistrenia.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ nistria0002 = { #Emperor of Nistria, Ciprian III. who will either lead the Empir
 	2538.12.13 = {
     	birth = yes
 	}
+	2540.1.1 = {
+		set_relation_best_friend={target=character:nistria1030}
+	}
 	2554.1.1 = {
 		set_relation_nemesis={target=character:nistria0005}
 	}