The Ottomas Resolution

[PecenyRohlik 421]

 

 

IN THE NAME OF

HIS APOSTOLIC MAJESTY

 

OTTOMAR SAINT AND MARTYR

 

BY THE GRACE OF GOD, PERPETUAL KING IN ATHERAN SALVUS, PRINCE OF LAGOS,

PROTECTOR OF FAUSTEN AND THE CITADEL, MASTER OF THE SALVIAN MARITIME, VANQUISHER OF SCYFLINGS AND UIALBENITES

etc.

 

 

It is with great displeasure that the Syndicate Assembly of Salvian Guilds has determined that the outlander Waldenic Diet has not responded in a satisfactory and timely manner to this Assembly’s request for a definite resolution of the circumstances of the heinous assault upon His Apostolic Majesty’s diplomatic missions in Whitespire and Calliopeburg.

 

For the last sixteen years, the Salvian Syndicate has relied on the presumed special and brotherly bond between the people of Fausten and the Waldenic lords of Aevos, the protectors of these, to Fausten remote, sites in full diplomatic and customary capacity, in her request that justice for their unwarranted demolition be administered as demanded by the most sacred laws of the blood of Waldenia.

 

The inability of the Waldenic Diet to fulfill this request to this date, within the tenure of two Lords Vandalore, has rendered the Syndicate’s trust misplaced. This Assembly, in spite of its distance from Aevosian intrigues, has definitively ascertained through its agents that the perpetrators of this crime are fully known to the Diet despite the pretense of ongoing investigation, and that its failure to condemn them and commit to punitive action against them, for reasons of cowardice and self-interest, constitutes a grave dishonor of our bond and an insult to all loyal subjects of the Incorruptible King, a monarch of once-illustrious Waldenic blood.

 

Furthermore, this Assembly has elected to raise its voice in protection of the Compact of Merryweather, of which it is not a signatory, yet considers itself bound by its statutes through the Waldenian origins of our Monarchy, as has previously been communicated to the Waldenic Diet. This Assembly therefore condemns the inaction of the Diet in regards to the protection of Waldenian domains within the former lands of the Crown of Aaun, in gross violation of the Waldenic Sacred Law and the Compact of Merryweather. 

 

This Assembly finds that this inaction stems from the same cause as that of our prior grievances, as the perpetrators of these violations are one and the same, and that challenging their deeds is a possibility wholly discarded by the Diet given their perceived military might and certain high positions within the Aegisian See. Until now it has not been known to our people that those of Waldenian stock would so easily discard their beliefs and their core values out of cowardice; that the people who had faced insurmountable odds in the Schism War many centuries ago, and against the full might of the Orenian Empire in the Sinners’ War, would falter so easily and abandon the chiefest commandment of their sacred Vander Code: to never turn their back to a foe.

 

 

THEREFORE:

 

The Syndicate Assembly of Salvian Guilds has voted unanimously to ensure the safeguarding of its rights through decisive action against the perpetrators and the violators of our trust and good will both. However, the Syndicate has maintained diplomatic channels with only one. The decision to sever our ties dating nearly two centuries back is no light endeavor for the Syndicate, no matter how impermanent it might be. It is this Assembly’s sincere hope that the people of the Venerable Canonist Monarchs, Georg and Johanna, and the people of Saint Johann and Venerable Ulrich will call to mind the glorious purpose of honorable existence bestowed upon them by their ancestors, but also remind themselves of the rules and precepts to which their blood binds them unbreakably.

 

To this purpose, this Assembly hereby informs the outlander Waldenic Diet of the recall of its Envoys, Sir Helsuren Verethi and Sir Daris Verethi Teres, effective forthwith and indefinitely. All Waldenic relics retrieved from the Outlands and which remain in protective Syndicate custody are hereby declared the property of His Apostolic Majesty, and, as such, are appropriated from the Waldenic Diet and its constituents with no right of appeal.

 

Furthermore, this Assembly has elected to indefinitely suspend Articles III and V of the Reinmar Accords. Effective forthwith, the right of personages of Waldenic heritage, and all those previously accredited by the Waldenic Diet to access the City of Fausten and the domains and territories under administration of the Syndicate is hereby revoked until further notice. Any unlawful breach of the Syndicate’s borders by land or by sea shall be met in full accordance with the Lex Salvia - by lethal force. The following groups and individuals are exempt from this measure:
 

 

THE LORD VANDALORE

One-time temporary exception for the purposes of diplomatic resolution. Any abuse of this exemption shall be sanctioned severely.

 

WALDENIC CITIZENS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF MERRYWEATHER AND THE FORTIFIED CHANTRY OF CALLIOPEBURG

Applies to all displaced members of the Royal House of Alstreim by blood, and their faithful subjects of Waldenic blood.

 

WALDENIC CITIZENS OF THE MARCH OF VELEN

Applies to all displaced members of the Margravial House of Reuss by blood, and their faithful subjects of Waldenic blood.

 

TRUSTED MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF BARCLAY

Applies to members of the Royal House of Barclay by blood, expressly vouched for by the Royal Academy of Saint Ottomar, or the Oracle of Saint Calliope.

 

 

GOD SAVE OUR ETERNAL AND INCORRUPTIBLE KING!

 

 

[rep2k 3192]

Father Witmar Barclay lets out a deep, weary sigh, clearly out of his element as he finishes reading the missive.

 

”Gott is surely gutt.”

 

[Olox_ 4318]

Garnis Nyrilnith, a member of the Salvian Syndicate and an envoy to the outlander realms, packed his belongings once Sir Daris announced the verdict from their homeland - the adventure in Aevos was over and the journey home would soon begin, but who knows what awaited the brave Salvians in the future...

 

 

 

[LithiumSedai 5750]

"The Lord has forsaken these lands," Sir Daris Verethi declared, watching the shores of what was once Lurin fade from sight aboard the Victory. He removed his helm, and departed the deck with one last, mournful shake of his head. One hundred and sixty years of service among peoples he had once considered honorable brought to a shameful end -  such was the plight of the outlander.

 

[DuhPuhWuh 1282]

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The Lord Vandalore, Friedrich von Augusten, was caught in prayer when the missive was tentatively brought before him. He scanned his weary eyes across the missive and heaved and huffed at each word that crossed his gaze. Once paper was read, and spent, he placed it to one side allowing himself one more tired sigh. The elder Margrave had laboured over this mission and was in the midst of completing his report for the upcoming session of the Diet.

 

Surely resolution would come soon for Calliopeburg. The Diet would resolve this soon enough, and though the Salvians seemingly had little faith in the Augusten Vandalore, it was his mission to get to the bottom of the incident. Deceit plagued this matter but it would not blind Friedrich for he had long and often prayed that by his resolve the Vanders would know what truly happened there.

 

Though he was soon entering his 80th year, the Lord Vandalore would, for the next few nights, work until he had burnt through a dozen candles and had used half of Rikardsburg’s stores of parchment. The matter would be resolved. By 𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖙’s Almighty grace, it must...