NINTH WALDENIC DIET, Fourth Session, 1990

[Toffee 2843]

 

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Fourth Session, 1990

 

 

HEXENWALD

REINMAR-SUTICA

MINITZ

MERRYWEATHER-ALSTREIM

VOHENHEIM

VELEN

HOHENGARTEN

 

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MOTIONS

ANTRÄGE

 

RITTERKOMMANDANT OF THE VANDER KNIGHTS

Vote on a new Ritterkommandant following Ser Siegmund’s retirement.

 

THE RAVENMIRE-AAUN CONFLICT

Discussion on the nature of the conflict, the danger posed to Calliopeburg, and the maintenance of the Sacred Law of Waldenia during any hostilities.

 

THE PRETENDER EMPIRE

Discussion on claims to the Holy Orenian Empire and the title of Vander Knight.

 

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RITTERKOMMANDANT OF THE VANDER KNIGHTS

Ser SIEGMUND of VELEN announced his retirement from the role of Ritterkommandant and named Ser ANSELM BARCLAY of REINMAR as his successor.

 

VOTE: Ser Anselm Barclay for Ritterkommandant

JA

Hexenwald

Reinmar-Sutica

Minitz

Merryweather-Alstreim

Vohenheim

Velen

Hohengarten

 

The vote passed unanimously. Ser Siegmund then took his leave from the Diet hall.

 

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THE RAVENMIRE-AAUN CONFLICT

Due to the complicated nature of this conflict and the involvement of many factions both Canonist and otherwise, the Lady Vandalore thought it prudent for the Diet to agree on a timeline of events. The origins and nature of the conflict, as understood by the Waldenic Diet, are as follows:

 

1951–1962 | The Aevos Coalition War is fought between the Grand Covenant and the League of Veletz, ending with a Covenant victory and the League of Veletz dissolved and dismantled. The ruling family of Veletz was the House van Aert.

1986 | Prince James of Whitespire is murdered by Queen Hedwig of Warsovia within the clinic of New Valdev, as she later confesses to in the Confessions of an Aaunic Queen.

1988 | Tiberias van Aert writes a public letter to King Charles II, accusing him of slaying his own brother, Prince James of Whitespire. Tiberias van Aert vows to kill King Charles II for his crimes. 

1988 | Men from Enswerp, a province of Aaun, aim to capture or kill Tiberias van Aert within the Duchy of Blackworth, a vassal of Ravenmire. They are unsuccessful, but kill Sir Yao of Ravenmire and injure Lord Constantine Haverlock, the heir to the Duchy of Blackworth.

1988 | The Pontifical Curia urges Tiberias van Aert to allow the Holy Mother Church to make its own investigations and bring King Charles II to trial. Tiberias van Aert responds, stating that he will not interfere with the Church’s investigation.

1988 | The Throne of Ravenmire releases a missive, The Crimes of Aaun, condemning King Charles II for kinslaying and accusing him of sending the men from Enswerp to assassinate Tiberias van Aert, who was at the time a guest of the Duke of Blackworth.

1989 | The rotting body of Prince James of Whitespire is discovered and recovered from the Royal Chapel within the Hand of Horen. Tiberias van Aert releases a missive, Kinslayers, Bastards, & Rotten Things which details the late prince’s discovery, allegedly confirmed by Mattia Cardinal Andrikev. Tiberias van Aert vows to deliver King Charles II to the Church for trial.

1989 | The Holy Church concludes its investigation into the death of Prince James of Whitespire. King Charles II, Queen Hedwig, and Ilya Ivanovich are summoned by the Interim-Auditor of the Tribunal of the Church of the Canon to stand trial.

1989 | The Sovereignty of Ravenmire declares war on the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun for the murder of Prince James of Whitespire and for the attack on Blackworth by men from Enswerp. The demands of Ravenmire are as follows:

I. King Charles II and Queen Hedwig of Warsovia are surrendered to the Church for imprisonment and trial.

II. The councillors and political allies of King Charles II are removed. All accomplices of King Charles II are to stand trial.

III. Tiberias van Aert assumes control of the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun as the Regent of Whitespire. 

IV. All formal titles belonging to the House of Alstion are dissolved or transferred to the Ravenmire War Council.

1989 | The Grand Kingdom of Urguan formally announces its intentions to fight alongside the Sovereignty of Ravenmire and Kingdom of Norland against the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun.

1989 | King Charles II writes to his allies, calling for aid. He states that the armies of Ravenmire march as the League of Veletz, with the purpose of the dominion of all Canondom. He claims that Ravenmire’s pagan allies, Urguan and Norland, will sack the hamlet of Enswerp followed by the holy Chantry of Calliopeburg, a Waldenian domain housing the relics of St. Calliope of Merryweather.

1989 | The Kingdom of Númendil and the Commonwealth of the Petra independently announce intentions to remain neutral in the Ravenmire-Aaun conflict.

1989 | Rhosyn Cardinal Albarosa, on behalf of the Church, calls for peace between Ravenmire and Aaun until the outcome of the Tribunal for King Charles II and Queen Hedwig.

1989 | The Lady Vandalore calls for an emergency session of the Waldenic Diet to discuss, in particular, the defence of Calliopeburg.

1989 | Queen Hedwig publicly confesses to the murder of Prince James of Whitespire.

1989 | The Lesanov Protocol is published, the parties to which are the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska, the Kingdom of Balian, the Principality of Reinmar, the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun, and the Holy Church of the Canon. The following is decreed:

I. King Charles II hereby abdicates the throne in favour of his son and heir, King Godwin I.

II. King Charles II and Queen Hedwig are to take monastic vows and live the remainder of their lives in service to the Church.

III. King Charles II and Queen Hedwig are exiled from the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun and will live the remainder of their lives on the Isle of Dibley.

IV. The High Pontiff Deunoro I will hold regency over the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun until King Godwin I reaches the age of sixteen.

1989 | Cardinal Jean St. Godwin is excommunicated from the Church for his seditious support of King Charles II.

1989 | Leon II, Prince in Reinmar and of Minitz, releases the Vow to Tiberias in which he calls for Tiberias van Aert and the Sovereign of Ravenmire to lay down their arms now that King Charles II has abdicated and justice has been served. He vows that Reinmar will rise in defence of the Church should Ravenmire continue to march upon Aaun.

1989 | Rhosyn Cardinal Albarosa, on behalf of the Church, calls for Ravenmire to stand down its armies and cease its plans to invade Aaun. To do such would be to challenge the dominion of the Church. She states that the investigation into the attack on Tiberias van Aert in Blackworth is ongoing.

1989 | The Kingdom of Númendil invites Tiberias van Aert and representatives of the Church to engage in talks of compromise. The Princes of Canondom are invited to attend and witness the negotiations.

1989 | The Grand King and Grand Marshal of Urguan write to the Crown of Hanseti-Ruska. In light of the two-century alliance between the Grand Kingdom of Urguan and the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska, they request that Haense halts any and all support towards House Alstion and declares the cause of Ravenmire to be just.

1989 | Queen Amelya of Middelan, the Queen-Dowager of Aaun, petitions the Church to remove the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun from the House of Alstion and instead form a greater papal state.

1990 | King Marius III of Hanseti-Ruska releases a response to the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, stating that justice has been served with the abdication of King Charles II, and that the men of Enswerp who raided Ravenmire will be apprehended.

1990 | The Waldenic Diet convenes to discuss the Ravenmire-Aaun conflict.

 

Spoiler

The League of Veletz Abolished, 1960

On the Heartlander Strife, 1987

The Blackvale Compact, 1988

A letter to Charles II, 1988

Tiberias of the Middenland, 1988

A response to the Church, 1988

The Crimes of Aaun, 1988

Kinslayers, Bastards, and Rotten Things, 1989

A Summon for Judgement, 1989

The March of Liberty, 1989

The Grand Kingdom of Urguan Goes to War, 1989

The Beacons of Whitespire, 1989

Declaration of Neutrality, Númendil, 1989

Proclamation of Neutrality, Petra, 1989

On the War in the East, 1989

Summons to the Fourth Session of the Ninth Waldenic Diet, 1989

Confessions of an Aaunic Queen, 1989

The Lesanov Protocol, 1989

Report of the Auditor of the Tribunal - Excommunication, 1989

Vow to Tiberias, 1989

No More Words, 1989

A Call to Canondom, 1989

Word of Haense and Oath of Dwarf, 1989

A Petition to His Holiness, 1989

Once, My Father Told Me, 1990

 

 

VOTE: To confirm this version of events

JA

Hexenwald

Reinmar-Sutica

Minitz

Merryweather-Alstreim

Vohenheim

Hohengarten

 

ABSEWEND

Velen

 

The above timeline is the version of events as understood by the Waldenic Diet in 1990.

 

VOTE: To remove holy relics from Calliopeburg

JA

Hexenwald

Reinmar-Sutica

Minitz

Merryweather-Alstreim

Vohenheim

Hohengarten

 

ABSEWEND

Velen

 

In the event that Ravenmire marches upon Aaun and Dame Katharina von Alstreim is unable to defend the holy relics of St. Calliope, the Diet voted to remove the relics from Calliopeburg and into the care of the Lady Vandalore, to be housed within the Temple of Waldenic Martyrs.

 

VOTE: To send a Waldenian contingent to Calliopeburg

JA

Hexenwald

Reinmar-Sutica

Minitz

Merryweather-Alstreim

Vohenheim

Hohengarten

 

ABSEWEND

Velen

 

A Waldenian contingent consisting of two soldiers from each Electorate will be sent to Calliopeburg to stand guard over the Chantry and its holy relics. This advance force is to be commanded by Ser Anselm Barclay, the Ritterkommandant of the Vander Knights. Pending the outcome of the peace summit in Númendil, this contingent will either remain stationed at Calliopeburg or disband.

 

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THE PRETENDER EMPIRE

A certain missive has come to the Lady Vandalore’s attention, issued by one ‘Raqirer Horen’, the self-styled Emperor of Orenia. He claims restoration of the Orenian Empire and names one ‘Vander Horen’, a so-called Vander Knight, as a member of his personal guard.

 

Per the Orenia Decree of 1897, the Waldenic Diet must denounce any man or woman who would dare lay claim to the Kingdom, or Empire, of Oren without consent of the High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon. However, the Waldenic Diet has unanimously decided that this pretender releases his missives in jest, and will waste no time or ink on him until such a time as it is necessary.

 

 

Spoiler

Proclamation of the Ninth Empire, 1989

 

 

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MOTION TO ADJOURN THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE NINTH WALDENIC DIET

 

VOTE

JA

Hexenwald

Reinmar-Sutica

Minitz

Merryweather-Alstreim

Vohenheim

Hohengarten

 

ABSEWEND

Velen

 

The vote passed by the unanimous approval of the present Electors and the session was adjourned.

 

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In the name of the sons and daughters of Waldenia,

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, ADALFRIEDE von HEXENWALD, Princess of Minitz, Lawspeaker of Reinmar, Margravine of Vanderfell, Lady Vandalore, Grandmaster of the Vandorian Order and the Order of the Black Eagle