A Feast for Our Crusaders

[AstriaS 4988]

 

A FEAST FOR OUR CRUSADERS

ISSUED THE 12TH THE SNOW’S MAIDEN, IN THE YEAR 200 OF THE SECOND AGE

 

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BY THE WILL AND AUTHORITY OF THE WHITE THRONE

 

TO OUR FRIENDS, ALLIES AND BROTHERS IN GOD,

   Greetings and blessings to all who have shared the battlefield with us these past months. Many in number and often in frequency have been the victories of our Crusade even so soon into the campaign, due in great share to the strength of our allies; the battlefield acumen of the Grensewacht and the men of Ravenmire, the valor and steadfastness of the Petrans and the Númenedain, the might of the Uruk-Hai and the Northmen, and the skill and watchful wisdom of Elves. We in Númendil owe particular thanks to our allies, for, like our neighbors in the Borderlands of Beleth, it is often our roads plagued by the Silasian bandits and our citizenry in need of rescue – and not one prisoner has gone forgotten, and not one death has gone unavenged. For this and more, our allies have the undying gratitude of the Númenedain and the Royal House Arthalionath.

 

   Words on paper alone, however, scarcely begin to convey the gratitude we owe, nor do they stand to sufficiently honor our latest victories. And so, to this end, in honor of those who march in the name of the Lord against His enemies, there shall be a great feast held in the Great Hall of Minas Aranath, open to all. Before its beginning proper, I shall gather our White Court so we might see proper awards distributed to those most deserving, and after the doors shall be opened to our great hall where we might eat well, make merry, and bolster our spirits before the march continues.

 

TO OUR GUESTS FROM CUNYUAN,

   Let us not forget that our cause for celebration is twofold. In the Saint's Day past it has become known to all Númenost that a foreign and curious ship has sailed up Foroduin to moor beneath our fair city. In such times as we live such an arrival may easily have heralded woe, and yet we have been gifted instead an auspicious and most welcome surprise; the gift of kinship and good-will. Verily it is with great joy and an uplifted heart that I welcome our cousins from the far lands of Cunyuan to our Númenaranyë, and wish them all the blessings of our Lord. And I am most honored – or perhaps more aptly humbled – to learn that they have come so far not simply to visit a distant kindred, but to render their aid to us as they might amidst the troubles in which we find ourselves. I say again, fair Salamdeul: make yourselves welcome in Númenost. Though far-separated by the diaspora our two folks may be, we nonetheless share the blood of Old Idunia, and so if you wish it, consider our realm your home as it is of any other Adunian of noble heart and enduring spirit.

 

   Furthermore, so that we may welcome you to our lands formally, I wish to invite you and your folk – or at the very least those who are not busied with the work of disembarking and settling yourselves – to attend the upcoming session of our White Court and feast thereafter. Please, join us so we may welcome you properly as honored guests. 

 

HONORED INVITEES

His Holiness, High Priest Ro'eh Tzon and the Men of the Church

Prince August Valentin of Beleth and his Household

Queen Adalia of the Petra and her Household

Rexkhan Daahd'Lur of Lurak

Prince Gallahad of Cauróst

The House Mareno of Grense

The House Vourkehardt of Númendil

Conan-Thegn of Solgaard and his Household 

Master Ratibor Radovan and his Household

The Newly-Arrived Salamdeul

 

Formal Invitations

The Commanders and Men-at-Arms of the Grensewacht

The Soldiery and Knights of Petra

The Soldiery and Samurai of Koyo-Kuni

The Soldiery and Knights of Ravenmire

The Uruk-Hai of Lurak

The Elves of Cauróst

The Norns of Solgaard

All Other Crusaders of Canondom

 

OOC:

Time & Date: Friday Oct. 4, 5:00 PM EST

Location: Minas Aranath (Númendil Palace)

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SIGNED,

HER ROYAL MAJESTY, Tar-Caraneth Aryantë of the House Arthalionath, by the Grace of GOD, Queen of the Númenedain, Princess of Númenost and Minas Amath, Protector of the Adunians, Master of the Sharadûn, Templar of the Archangel Michael, Knight of the Realm