THE FORMATION OF THE COVENANT OF FIVE

[Mio 3771]

IUDICIUM ACCEDIT

 

Issued by the

KONGZEM OF HAENSE, KINGDOM OF BALIAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE PETRA, 

GRAND KINGDOM OF URGUAN & PROTECTORATE OF HYSPIA

 

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LET ALL OF AEVOS HEAR AND TAKE HEED,

 

In this year, the blood of the faithless has been shed, and those who have raised their banners against their allies judged; for on this day, the blood of the betrayer has been shed, and those who have murdered their own liege expunged; for on this day, the blood of the cowardly has been shed, and those who set their blades upon children punished. 

 

And the world will weep, for more will follow. 

 

King Edmund of Aaun is dead. In his seat of Whitespire, he awaited the arrival of his crowned brethren of Haense, Petra, Balian, and Veletz in the hope that he might broker peace between them. The only banner he lived to see arrive, however, was the burgundy standard of Veletz, who joined the March of Stassion in the act of regicide, and so it was that King Edmund was murdered with the dream of peace on his lips. 

 

We have avenged King Edmund. The Stassionite ambitions of claiming the throne of Aaun were dashed mere hours after their grave sin was committed, and now their corpses pile the streets of Whitespire alongside the dead of Veletz, who had comported themselves as leal allies to King Edmund only to press their hand to Stassion’s knife. And so, on this day, a host of 7,000 soldiers of Stassion and Veletz were annihilated on the streets of Whitespire. 

 

We mourn the avenged King Edmund.

 

But we do not share his means of peace. 

 

For decades, the League of Veletz has sought a great war to satiate their base bloodlust, and yet they have lacked the courage to declare it akin to true warriors. “Oh, how they invade us!” they cry, when our forces escort the Pontiff to release a hostage they had taken unprovoked. “Oh, how they harass us!” they whine, when they send a boy to throw himself atop Svetjlast. To make peace with those who hold their allies at knife-point is to make peace with a bear by feeding it your arm; to make peace with those who target children and pregnant women is to make peace with a vampyre by tithing your blood; to make peace with those cannot control their blades is to make peace with a rabied rodent.

 

We reject this cowardice. We reject this dishonour. We reject this savagery. And so, we do therefore declare the formation of the COVENANT OF FIVE, a grand military cooperative comprised of the Kongzem of Haense, the Kingdom of Balian, the Commonwealth of the Petra, the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, and the Protectorate of Hyspia. 

 

Together, we reject the ambitions of the League of Veletz. They would call themselves Emperors, and yet in a mere decade they have rotted their own Heartland Accord from within and turned nearly every one of their allies against them with their incompetence. 

 

And so, we, the Covenant of Five, declare that we are coming to excise this tumour.

 

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W E  A R E  C O M I N G  T O  K I L L  Y O U.

 

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, and Rytsburg, Lord of the Westfolk, Protector and Lord of the Highlanders, etcetera.

 

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, Adrian I, by the Grace of GOD, King of Balian, Viscount of Pompourelia, 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.

 

HIS HIGHNESS, Cesar II de Pelear, Viceroy of Hyspia, Duke of Pacazu, Baron of Arenisca and Del’mar, Lord of La Dorada, Lord of Niseep, Gereon's Hold, and Ciudad de Plata, Protector of the Hyspian People, Patriarch of House de Pelear.

 

HER MAJESTY, Catherine I, Queen of the Commonwealth of the Petra, Marquise de Val d’Estenou, Countess of Temesch and Moere, Baroness of Garmont, Valfleur, Vallagne-en-Petra, Artois, and of the Phoenixspire, Protector of the Meadows.

 

HIS GRANDNESS, Garedyn The Emerald, Grand King of Urguan, Chief of the Mossborn, Seer of Hefrumm, Zealot of the Triad.

[Wavey 1446]

Cesar II clasped his hands behind his back, calmly walking towards the podium within the barracks of the Hyspian regiment. His features firm yet composed as he prepared to address the Hyspian Regiment and his fellow citizens.

 

 

"It is Judgment Day."

[Zaerie 3414]

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Queen Catherine I stood on the large, painted map on the top of her castle. The little Queen paced back and forth as she eyed the lines drawn on the carefully painted map. She sneered at the markings that had been made - the plans. She strode out of the room and down the stairs confidently, each step of the girl more sure than the last.

 

“You’ve killed our men, you’ve raided our cities, you’ve threatened my family, and now…”

The crowned child’s lip turned into a smirk as she raised her arm in the square of Vallagne in a fist.

“WE ARE COMING TO KILL YOU!”

[beetle 2760]

Marisol Solís hung up the missive in her shop, proud of the coat of arms she had created (under SEVERE stress). "At least it's done. May we win."

 

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[sarahbarah 5021]

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Queen Amaya of Haense gazed upon the cosmos, hoping that Aleksandr would be able to explore the stars above, just as he promised to all those years ago. To see the moon rise above the clouds, to perhaps hold the stars in his very hands.

 

One day, there would be peace. One day, they would have time. Time to explore the skies. Time to spend at the dinner table, in the ballroom, or anywhere else but the battlefield.  

 

But, today was not that day. Today, they had to fight. For their people and their Kingdom - for the peace of Man.

[Radzig 546]

"Thus, the covenant shall be repelled." Spoke the last of his line, bearing that of a twin-headed crow.

[TreeSmoothie 4898]

The Royal Legate of Balian smiled the sun's smile amidst a stack of  papers, files, and diplomatic letters. A pause in his duties, briefly, for glorious bloodshed.

[Pancho 2527]

Ser Jose Fuentes watched from a tower overlooking La Dorada as the bells rang and the news was shouted through the streets. All he could do was look to his sword against the wall and pick it up.

"Not even God can save us now."

[Narthok 9213]

"Pretty based" says Grommash, excited that there will finally be a proper war

[ErikAzog 3313]

"The die is cast. For the sake of our survival. We must fight." said King Adrian, staring in the mirror, gripping the edges of the sink, "Fight, fight, fight."

[Shmeepicus 3942]

Percy de Lyons looked up at the sky. "Now we shall finish what you all started." He offered, wondering if Georg, Charles or Alexander could hear him.

[ColdestPepsi 1034]

"We shall make certain to put down this threat. There will be no more half orders. They've shown no mercy so they will be shown none." A grin crept across the Aimo's face, he felt utterly content.

[VonAulus 2076]

Alexander sharpens his spear, ready for the war to come.

[Destructokeith 621]

The drumming of Artels steel fingers now match with the marches of the armies' "NEIN MERCY! FOR GHORM! FOR ISA! FOR THEONUS! UNWAVERING UNDER THE SUN!" he roars out as he begins to rally the forces, his left hand erupting into flames as he draws his blade with it, hoisting it into the air

[Gandhi 2708]

Ludolf prayed in silence for Canondom - and what might become of this war. The times of Adria's rebellion were only too recent.