Petition for the Imperial Dragoons

[BenevolentManacles 2232]

A letter arrives at the Imperial Capital for those addressed, bearing this seal;

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-=- The Duke Sunholdt’s Petition for the Imperial Dragoons -=-

 

An imagined charge of the Imperial Dragoons, circa 1752

 

Your Imperial Majesty, Peter III @ARCHITECUS

Your Excellency, the Archchancellor, Simon Basrid @Cracker

Your Excellency, the Secretary of War, Sir Darius Sabari @Maur

 

I write to you from my estate in Selm, gifted with a fine home, a good family, and many honors bestowed upon me by you and our Empire. For decades now, I have given loyalty and diligence freely to the Empire. However, through the honors and trusts you have bestowed on me, despite all I have given, I am found in debt to the Imperial Crown once again. Thus, this is what I offer to further my proof of loyalty and conviction to the wonder of the Empire, that for which my entire being exists.

 

I will have fought for the Empire for thirty years coming this next year, and I wish to do so in a capacity different than my previous penmanships and bureaucratic feats of statesmanship. My son, Peter Baldwin, feels strongly as well. His duty, loyalty, good nature and strength of character are beyond what I could hope to have even in my theoretically aged wisdom. As such, you have seen fit to grant him the rank of Ensign, despite his youth and lack of experience. 

 

My other sons, Daniel, John and Alexander, are eager to fight for the Emperor, and for their home in the Crownlands. Other men have flocked to Selm, finding solace in the jovial nature of it, and relishing in our fledgeling and elegant equestrian tradition. In my estate, the native horses are quite strong and durable, as are its men.

 

Therefore, I propose that the Barony of Selm be home to the Imperial Dragoons. This would be a medium cavalry unit, stabled and garrisoned in Selm itself, to serve as wardens of the countryside. I propose my son, Peter Baldwin, would be the commander, and myself, as your 30-year long servant, would have oversight in whatever capacity you see fit, should you see it fit. I will personally fund the entire endeavor wherever it is legal for me to do so, as well as providing the horses in the same capacity.

 

Selm will never become a town or a village, nor do we seek to see it ascend beyond a simple Barony. We seek not to curtail the glory of our wondrous Capital and it’s 1st Brigade, so finely administered by the honored Sir Darius Sabari and the Captain Alren my son Peter tells me such excellent things of.

 

We hope to widen the net of potential recruits to the Imperial State Army. The result, we hope, is not only the strengthening of Selm, a vassal of most supreme loyalty, duty, and trust, but also the widening of the net for recruiting men into a soldiery led by the leaders of such a vassal.

 

I wish you fair weather, comrades, and hope to see you in my gardens soon.

 

Sir John d’Arkent KCHE

Duke of Sunholdt, Baron of Selm

Justice of the Supreme Court

 

Peter Baldwin d’Arkent

Ensign of the 1^st Brigade

[rukio 8924]

"Ensign isnt special, just means he of noble birth." Elene points out with a laugh.

[cruzazul 2815]

“A bad precedent to start, when is enough actually enough? This man is too ambitious for my liking.” Duarte grumbles, happy to live in his humble house in the capital, where the entirety of the imperial army should be centered.

[Capace 559]

1 hour ago, cruzazul said:

“A bad precedent to start, when is enough actually enough? This man is too ambitious for my liking.” Duarte grumbles, happy to live in his humble house in the capital, where the entirety of the imperial army should be centered.

“You believe this man to be too ambitious, yet we see the imperial army completing its fourth or fifth transition into new leadership. Obviously something is not working and perhaps the Crownlands should broaden their array of troops to more than an army being forced into only a crowded metropolitan Helena.” Daniel states firmly, happily residing in his humble estate outside the capital, sipping on a fine wine.

[BenevolentManacles 2232]

4 hours ago, rukio said:

"Ensign isnt special, just means he of noble birth." Elene points out with a laugh.

John did not know this, and if he would ever find out, he’d feel very embarrassed!

[argonian 14254]

3 hours ago, cruzazul said:

“A bad precedent to start, when is enough actually enough? This man is too ambitious for my liking.” Duarte grumbles, happy to live in his humble house in the capital, where the entirety of the imperial army should be centered.

Duarte’s neighbour nods along to his words, replying, “While I do think the ensign’s deserving of a promotion, this proposal as a whole seems dishonest from Duke Sunholdt’s part. It’s clearly a plan to build his house a personal army disguised as a division of the Imperial Legion.” 

[MunaZaldrizoti 8037]

Anna Maria would turn to her betrothed, Cyrus Basrid, upon hearing of the petition in the afternoon’s court gathering.

 

“Unless they somehow acquire for themselves a kingdom, having their own standing army or soldiers is an absurd request. The promotion of unity is hindered if every man and leader can begin requesting to hold their own armies, and not merely provide to the Imperial State Army, as everyone else does.

[Pancakehz 2279]

John has a good laugh with his brothers Daniel and Peter as they train together in the yard!