TREATY OF NORTREBANC

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Issued and averred by

Their Majesties

THE TREATY OF NORTREBANC

 

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This pact between the Heartlander Confederation and Academy of Hohkmat shall be considered in effect from the 1st of Harren’s Folley 1980, to the 1st of Harren’s Folley 1995. After which, the two states may convene once more to discuss renewing the treaty.

 

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ARTICLE I - SOVEREIGNTY
The Heartlander Confederation and the Academy 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 II - 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 III - 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 IV - 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 V - TRADE
The signatories pledge to promote free trade between each other, and to allow the passage of merchants between each other’s cities. In addition, the signatories shall allow mutual access to their capital mines, including the connection of Hohkmat’s capital mine to the tunnel system of Vallagne. Access shall also be granted to select miners of the Heartlands into the coal mines of Hohkmat.

ARTICLE VI - DIPLOMATIC PROTECTIONS
The signatories shall abide by and uphold the privileges of diplomats. The privileges being these; diplomatic immunity, right of safe passage, inviolability of premises and inviolability of documents. For the signatories to break any of these privileges bestowed unto diplomats, shall be considered hostile action.

ARTICLE VII - CHURCH OF THE CANON
The Heartlander Confederation recognizes the universal authority of the Church and the Canon Law. Should the Academy 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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HIS ROYAL AND APOSTOLIC MAJESTY, Charles II, King of Aaun, Prince of Alstion, Duke of Vienne, the Lowlands, Balemena and Corazon, Margrave of High Peak, Count of Whitespire, Enswerp, Florentine and Talentine, Baron of Blanchet and Virdain, Protector of the Realm
 

HER ROYAL MAJESTY, Adalia I, Queen of the Petra, Princess of Abrana, Marquise de Val d’Estenou, Duchess of Valfleur, Countess of Temesch, Torm Marian, and Moere, Viscountess of Mies, Baroness of Garmont, Vallagne-en-Petra, Eagles Peak, Brasca, Hrenthorne, Resmore, and of the Phoenixspire

 

 

GRAND-MAGISTER, Sorceress-Queen, Hierophant of the Mysteries,

Mistress of the Ziggurat of Hohkmat