Declaration of Annulment

[Rig 17591]

 

5^th of The First Seed, 1728

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With this proclamation, the vernacular title of King of the Elves, Prince of the Alders, and Prince of Leyulin are hereby dissolved. In these less trying times there is no need for us to willfully enable a dictatorship to charter the course of the Alderfolk in world affairs; and I, Kairn Ithelanen, do enfoff that task to the chieftains who rule over the clans of Gladewynn. The refounding of Gladewynn was first done to form a sanctuary for the elves who were noncompliant with the Dominion of Malin’s new policies, which at the time of about fifty-years ago caused much grief to the Free Peoples by stifling citizens participation in government, enabling a corrupt and senseless bureaucracies mismanaging the government which soon after transitioned into a fleeting and frail demagoguery.

 

After the annexation of Irrinor in those days, and the ratification of the ‘Kingdom’ which we thought would stand for centuries; we lost sight of our mission. A home for outcasts became the mainstream hub for all Elves in Atlas. The freedom we represented was gone, and once again we were the Dominion of Malin come again in the flesh of a walking, dead and decaying horse. By the time I had left and my heir had taken the throne, it was too late. We took to the seas and left Atlas to settle elsewhere. But now has come a new time. To ratify a new settlement and one that respects the core values of our culture with the utmost certainty. We are hedging bets on a new experiment, one where demagogues and royalty are a thing of the past. To be King is to rule with unceremonious certainty, to hold all the power and concentrate it into the hands of a lone figure. For the Elves, this cannot last.

 

The Dictatorship is fleeting and within a matter of years, its benefits give way to misfortune. The true way to retain our core cultural values and a multifaceted society is by bridging rifts once thought unmendable and overcoming differences through sheer force of will. The power is now concentrated into the hands of chieftains and the everyday citizens who follow them. Today, that is Ithelanen and Aureon. Tomorrow, there may be more who found new clans of their own or rediscover rich cultural history lost to time. All that has happened was for a reason and now we find ourselves on the precipice of a new age where power is vested in the hands who wield it, and not into the hands of those whose potential to misuse it could be the defining characteristic of an age.

 

Signed,

 

Kairn Ithelanen

 

Lyemar Aureon

 

Aneir’in Ithelanen

[_Elrith_ 4525]

“I can’t read.” She says.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Elennanore said:

“I can’t read.” She says.

 

Kairn decides his next act will be chartering a public school.

[SaltAlt 606]

24 minutes ago, Elennanore said:

“I can’t read.” She says.

Lorien would explain the parchments contents to the woman through the medium of sock puppetry as slowly and most certainly inefficiently as possible.