UNBINDINGLY BOUND

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U N B I N D I N G L Y   B O U N D

 

"Do you hear the breeze?" Nicodemus asked.

 

"Hear? Would one not feel the breeze?" Olympe quipped in return.

 

"Ne.. Ne.. Listen," he replied, much more serious in tone than her own, his arm pointing to the sails above.

 

SWOOSH. The wind crashed into the sails of the small vessel they were on, propelling it forth at immense speed. Waves crashed against the sides of the boat.

 

It howled—the wind—and finally, the Marchioness could hear that breeze too. The boat embarked on an adventure, if only for an hour or so. And as deals were made by custodians back at the hold from which they came; Nicodemus and Olympe ventured into new horizons—both literally and, albeit unknowingly, figuratively.

 

 

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A N N O U N C E M E N T   O F   B E T R O T H A L

 

       

10th of Harren's Folly, 1960

𝒪  L  Y  M  P  E  -  R  E  G  I  N  A     D  I  E  U  X  M  O  N  T

of the lands of High Peak MARCHIONESS, of the estates Beaufoy, Arentanie, Pacidia & l’Arbre d’Or COUNTESS, and of Rosius BARONESS:

 

B Y   U N I F I E D   D I C T U M

 

Our House of Dieuxmont and the House of Savoyard Basrid have concurred that our alliance strengthens both houses. It is agreed that a bond should be established through the sacred traditions of matrimony. Each house has put forth a candidate, duly affirmed by both myself and the Head of the Savoyard Basrids. 

 

T H E R E B Y   D E C R E E D

 

On their eighteenth birthday, which occurs on the same date, N I C O D E M U S   B A S R I D, the Prince of Rudria, and M Y S E L F, the Marchioness of High Peak, shall be wed beneath the Grace of God, thus uniting us and our Houses eternally. Until then, they shall be betrothed. 

 

B Y   W A Y   O F   C O N S E N S U S

 

i. The Prince of Rudria shall retain the name Basrid unless his duties are carried out on behalf of the House of Dieuxmont, in which case the Prince of Rudria shall use the suffix: D I E U X M O N T - L I È.

 

ii. The House of Dieuxmont makes no claim to the Free Khedivate of Rudria unless deemed so by the Prince of Rudria thereof.

 

iii. Children shall bear the name Dieuxmont by birth, although one may be chosen as the heir to the Free Khedivate of Rudria and subsequently named Basrid.

 

T H E M O S T H O N O U R A B L E   O L Y M P E - R E G I N A   D I E U X M O N T

of the lands of High Peak MARCHIONESS, of the estates Beaufoy, Arentanie, Pacidia & l’Arbre d’Or COUNTESS, and of Rosius BARONESS. Head of the Household of Dieuxmont.

 

H I S   K H E D I V I A L   H I G H N E S S   N I C O D E M U S   B A S R I D

of the free lands of Rudria PRINCE. Head of the Household of Savoyard Basrid.

 

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“And so it has been done, with the stroke of a singular pen; fate sealed.” The Basridi nodded twice then as the document left the hand of his own, a conflicted yet satisfied smile cast to his now betrothed. He knew his duty, and now he was duty-bound.

[zuziee 4004]

Marlene of Merryweather, the Margravine of Velen, sent flowers to the newly betrothed couple hoping to secure an invite to the nuptials.