PAX CANONIS

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PAX CANONIS

OR

THE PEACE OF WHITESPIRE

On this 10th of Sun's Smile, 1932

Between the Canonist League and the Duchy of Adria

 

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And as I have created for you the struggles of the world, so too do I create the struggles of the spirit. And as I have created the struggles of the world and the spirit, so too do I bring their remedies.

 

- The Scroll of Virtue, Canticle of Patience, 5-6

 

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PRO NOSTRI DEO VERO, PACE ET UNITATE 

 

Hereby do we, the Canonist Princes of the world affirm our loyalties to GOD almighty and each other. With this treaty, we wipe away the qualms and conflicts of the past and declare; may order, peace and stability reign across the lands of mankind.

 

After years of negotiations, we, the Princes of Canondom, agree to the following terms;

 

IN REGARDS TO PEACE & PROSPERITY,

 

Clause I: Peace & the cessation of hostilities

The members of the Canonist League and the Duchy of Adria, henceforth referred to as the signatories unless otherwise mentioned, do agree that upon the signing of this treaty, all hostilities between their realms are to cease immediately.

 

Clause II: Sovereignty 

The signatories do recognise each other’s complete sovereignty and both territorial and political independence, as well as recognize each other to be the rightful holders of their current titles not including the agreements made in Clause VI.

 

Clause III: Non-Aggression

The Signatories do pledge to a strict pact of non-aggression between each other. They may not incite nor support any sort of conflict inside or targeting the other’s realms, and all qualms that may arise in the future are to be solved diplomatically. This pact of non-aggression will be in effect for the duration of 15 years.

 

Clause IV: Territorial Boundaries

The United Kingdom of Aaun and the Duchy of Adria recognise the eastern Aevos river North-Flow as a natural border between their realms. Neither may cross it in their path to expansion nor lay any claims across it.

 

IN REGARDS TO THE ADRIAN REBELLION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES,

 

Clause V: On War-Guilt 

The United Kingdom of Aaun affirms and the Duchy of Adria accepts the responsibility of Adria and her allies for causing the loss and damage to which the United Kingdom of Aaun had been subjected to as a consequence of the unjust war imposed upon them by the breach of the Great Charter of the United Kingdom of Aaun (Section III, Statute II) on the one hand, and the breach of vassal contracts to the Crown on the other. For this, Adria accepts war-guilt for the civil war.

(Ciredit: Baron  Olivier & Justinian Basrid)

 

Clause VI: Titles & Heritage

The Duchy of Adria relinquishes its claim to the County of Varoche and recognizes Emilio Varoche and his successors as the rightful claimants to the County. Markus Marie and Cressida Marie mutually recognize each other's holdings as a valid and undisputed Aldersberg.

 

Clause VII: Compensation

For the Duke’s conduct of warfare during the initial landings on Aevos and the following period, the Duchy of Adria pledges to pay the sum of 200 mina to Leutwin Barclay, Viktoria Ivanovich and Alessandra Amador each. In addition, the House of Sarkozic pledges to provide the Houses of Barclay von Reinmar and Barclay von Minitz one of their finest steeds each, and a single steed from the Ducal House to Crown Prince Henry.

 

IN REGARDS TO FAITH AND THE CHURCH 

 

Clause VIII: The Unity of the Canonists

In pursuit of everlasting unity and peace amongst the Canonist people of the world, the signatories do agree that once the heretical Canons Regular have faced the wrath of the righteous and have been properly banished and destroyed, the Duchy of Adria will be invited to join their Canonist brethren in the League as a full member, whereas after this they will enter into a full defensive alliance with the rest of the League’s members, as is written on it’s founding treaty. In addition, the members of the Canonist League pledge to offer an official invitation to join the league to the Exilic-Kingdom of Númendil as well. (Credit: Ser Morgan of Angren.)

 

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GOD AS OUR WITNESS,

 

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, Aleksandr II, by the Grace of Godan, King of Hanseti and Ruska, Grand Hetman of the Army, Hochmeister of the Order of the Crow, Prince of Bihar, Dules, Lahy, Muldav, Slesvik, Solvesborg, and Ulgaard, Duke of Carnatia, and Vanaheim, Margrave of Korstadt, Rothswald, and Vasiland, Count of Alban, Alimar, Baranya, Graiswald, Karikhov, Karovia, Kaunas, Kavat, Kovachgrad, Kvasz, Markev, Nenzing, Siegrad, Torun, Toruv, Valdev, and Werdenburg, Viscount of Varna, Baron of Astfield, Buck, Esenstadt, Kraken’s Watch, Kralta, Krepost, Lorentz, Rytsburg, and Thurant, Lord of the Westfolk, Protector and Lord of the Highlanders, etcetera

 

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, James Leopold, by the Grace of God, King of Aaun, Prince of Alstion, Duke of Corazon and Balemena, Count of Enswerp and Whitespire, Protector of the Realm

 

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, Henry Charles, Crown Prince and Lord Commander of Aaun, Lord of Alba, Deacon of the Holy Mother Church

 

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, Adrian I, by the Grace of GOD, King of Balian, Viscount of Eflen and Anatis, Baron of Brucca, Valens, Malenos, Goza and Ciavola, Lord of Portoregne, Atrus and Monterosa, Warden of La Costa Rubinissima, Prince of the Holy Orenian Empire, Protector of the Heartlanders and the South, etcetera

 

HER MOST SERENE GRACE Renilde I, by the Grace of GOD, Archduchess of the Petra, Marquise de Val d’Estenou, Countess of Temesch and Moere, Baroness of Garmont, Valfleur, Vallagne-en-Petra, and of the Phoenixspire, Defender of Liberty

 

His Grace, Johanes van Aert, Duke of Adria, Count of Veletzia, Sonlach and Rivigrenz, Defender of Dumacracy, First Citizen of Adria

 

Her Grace, Klara Miray, Duchess-Consort of Adria, Countess-Consoft of Veletzia, Sonlach, Rivigrenz

 

Lady Éowyn Nullivari-Ibarellan, Chancellor of the Adrians, Lady of Caer Raywyn

[tilly 3672]

Renilde made her way from the gorgeous tower of Aaun, one with too many staircases, and pondered her role in the day's making of history. Astride her steed with her entourage at her flanks, she thought deeply of that the intentions were of both the Haeseni king and Adria's duke. "Both men sent in their wives to take the oaths in their stead," she said to her children, Paul and Winifred, who rode on either side of their mother, "yet, I hope they do not use that as a loophole to wage another conflict upon their princely brethren. This is quite worrisome. And then, the King in Haense wouldn't even allow his wife to sign the document even though she took the oath?"

 

Renilde wound the reins of her horse around her fist one more loop, and kicked the sides of her horse to carry on forward in solitude while her children mused on the topic, deep in her own contemplation. "This isn't right," she'd've said for the umpteenth time that day, seriously considering the legal validity of the document despite its pure intention. 

[JoanOfArc 4586]

Éowyn smiled, having signed the treaty along with her duchess. She decided to take the long way around to Adria on the return trip, visiting her family first in the far off elven lands of Talar’nor first.

[ReveredOwl 5331]

Ser Andrik reads the list of signatures with a furrowed brow. "I don't recall seeing the Duke of Adria at any of the peace meetings, let alone this signing, how odd!"

Edited July 9, 2023 by ReveredOwl

[itdontmatta 7192]

"PEACE IN OUR TIME" said Lorenz Gavaudin.

[Fionn__TWG 2616]

"Ich ******* hate Heartlander politics." Wilheim Barclay, most recent victim of the Haeseni Brainwashing Organisation (HBO), cursed to himself as he read the missive doing its rounds across the continent.

[Olox_ 3380]

The Prince of Merryweather, Heinrich II Lothar, sighed as the peace was signed by all leaders "Peace in our time. Grandfather Charles smiles at us this day." He said with a nod 

[excited 10833]

Paul shrugs, then shrugs, and then shrugs again. Before shrugging a fourth time.

[tadabug2000 3505]

The Lady Viktoria Ivanovich plans out just what dress she should buy with the blood money granted due to her suffering previously. The young lady Raev couldn't help but pray, despite her love for violence, this was all well and truly over. She has things to do! Ones that didn't include being stopped on the roads frequently!

[Dogged 2129]

"Took long enough to sign, the Arch-duchess was not very pleasant." He groaned as the missive finds its way onto his desk. "What did you think of the affair? I found it dull." He dashed a gaze to Amleth, his chief of staff. @yopplwasupxxx

[crazedpudding 2124]

Josefina Barclay wonders. 

[ibiou 1570]

The Lady Emissary read the news with no sudden expression of displeasure nor relief. Watching her young children play in her townhouse garden, she lit her pipe and let the smoke whirl into nothingness; Pax Canonis laid to rest on her lap. "Ea hope ve Reimarians enjoy their new steed." She mused with a soft snort, "Let us see how long this lasts, shall we? There was already uproar at ve meeting alone." 

[indiana105 2138]

Ser Arthur Gant stared at a copy of the treaty. He felt no anger, for he knew this was coming."'undreds of Haensemen dead. My sister be'eaded... And fer wha'?" he muttered, coldly. "There's no grea'er sin than cowardice."

[ErikAzog 3313]

The King of Balian sat his hat on the counter, going to look out to the sea from his table at the edge of the Palatio Arencione, sighing once more.

[Fishy 1578]

"Such trouble it is when so many be-crowned heads gather. Each carries themself as a King, and is loathe to not have it their way." Morgan of Angren muttered, witnessing the troubled summit, "At least peace was signed despite all the bickering. And look, my name is upon it too!"