THE INDEPENDENCE OF HOHKMAT

[Zaerie 3414]

Issued and averred by

Their Majesties

THE INDEPENDENCE OF HOHKMAT

 

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With the establishment of the Heartlander Confederation. It is the wishes of both sovereigns that the city-state of Hohkmat be granted its exit from the newly established Confederation. And thus independence. 

 

This pact between the Heartlander Confederation and City-State of Hohkmat shall be considered in effect from the 5th of Harren’s Folly, 1972 to the 5th of Harren’s Folly, 1980 - Eight years. After which the two states may convene once more to discuss renewing the treaty.

 

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ARTICLE I - INDEPENDENCE OF HOHKMAT

The City-State of Hohkmat shall be released from the Commonwealth of the Petra, assuming its own sovereignty and lands. The City-State of Hohkmat shall take with them the region of Nortrebanc as their sovereign lands [MEADOWS 2]. 

 

Should the City-State of Hohkmat move from the region of Nortrebanc, the region is to be immediately ceded to the Heartlander Confederation to reunite the Petran Meadowlands.

 

ARTICLE II - SOVEREIGNTY

The Heartlander Confederation and the City-State of Hohkmat, or henceforth ‘the signatories’, recognise each other’s sovereignty over their territories, titles, and vassals, including any of the three that the signatories may come to possess in the duration of the pact provided that they were acquired in good faith.

 

ARTICLE III - NON-AGGRESSION

The signatories pledge to each other to adhere to principles of peace between each other. They shall not wage war upon one another, nor shall they raise arms against one another, or try to bring harm to the integrity of one another’s realms. This includes but is not limited to: supporting mercenaries and/or bandits in attacks against a signatory; making claims about a signatory with the intent to ruin the reputation of its culture, people, or leadership; and using the well-intentioned articles of this pact to disadvantage another signatory.

 

ARTICLE IV - MUTUAL DEFENSE 

The signatories hereby pledge to assist each other in matters of national defense; an attack on either party by a third party shall be considered an attack against both. Any disputes between the signatories shall first be resolved through peaceful discussion among the leadership of both signatories. In the event that the territorial integrity of either nation is threatened in any manner by an external force, the two shall come together to discuss preemptive measures. 

 

ARTICLE V - EXTRADITION

The signatories pledge to assist each other with extradition requests and shall not support evident criminals with hiding or otherwise escaping from the authorities of the signatory they transgressed in.

 

ARTICLE VI - CANONIST CHURCH

The Heartlander Confederation recognizes the universal authority of the Church and the Canon Law. Should the City-State of Hohkmat come at odds with the One True Faith and the Holy Mother Church, the defensive alliance between the signatories shall be considered null and void.

 

 

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Her Royal Majesty, Catherine I, By the Grace of GOD, Queen of the Petra, Marquise de Val d’Estenou, Countess of Temesch and Moere, Viscountess of Mies, Baroness of Garmont, Valfleur, Vallagne-en-Petra, Eagles Peak, Brasca, Hrenthorne, Resmore, and of the Phoenixspire, Protector of the Meadows, Defender of Liberty

 

His Apostolic Majesty, John I, by the Grace of GOD, Apostolic King of Aaun, Prince of Alstion, Duke of Vienne, the Lowlands, Balemena and Corazon, Count of Whitespire, Enswerp and Florentine, Baron of Blanchet, Protector of the Realm

Grand-Magister, Fatebinder, Sorcerer-King, Hierophant of the Mysteries,

Master of the Ziggurat of Hohkmat

 

[RLNGO 287]

Kezmur Vinteki, fighting for his life in an outhouse in Krugmar, is told the news by Klog. Inbetween loud grunts, and quiet crying, mutters "Dem Elfiez finally going on latz own. Powerful."