A CANIBVS CVSTODITVS

[Vermy 1484]

 

DECLARATION OF VASSALAGE

In the year 240 S.A., Kingdom of Burgundy

 

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DESCENDANTS OF THE ESTEEMED IMPERIAL HOUSE OF RENATUS AND ITS CADET HOUSE, THE LINE OF MARTIUS THE CORSAIR PRINCE, AND YURY THE BLACK-EYED. LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL: BY BLOOD, BY STEEL, BURGUNDIAE INVICTA.

 

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✠ Pact of Fealty and Ascent: The Accord of Rethel and Blackvale
In the Year 240 of the Second Age, under witness of GOD, sword and scroll, let it be known and sealed that a solemn accord hath been struck between the Noble Baronet of Rethel and the Glorious Principality of Blackvale.

✠ Article I – Elevation of Title and Sovereign Rights

The noble estate of Rethel shall be henceforth raised and recognized in rank and dignity, from Baronet to Barony, under the laws and customs of the Empire, by consent of its suzerain lord and acknowledgment by the Imperial Court.

The Barony of Rethel, by such elevation, shall retain:

• The ancient and lawful right to levy and muster men-at-arms for the defense and protection of its demesne and holdings;
   
• All claim, title, and rightful ownership of Clementhurst, together with all lands, waters, holdings, and vassals heretofore and henceforth bound to the House of Rethel;
   
• Protection under fealty, wherein any threat levied against the Barony, its peoples or its rights shall be met in kind as a threat to the Principality itself;
   
• The inalienable decree that no title, land, or inheritance of Rethel shall be sundered or transferred unto another lord or power without the seal and sanction of Imperial Jurisdiction.
   

✠ Article II – Oath of Fealty to Blackvale

In return for these honors and protections, the Barony of Rethel, through its lawful lord and heirs, doth swear eternal and unwavering fealty to His Princely Highness, Coenraed van Aert, Prince of Blackvale, and to all lawful successors who may bear his title.

This fealty is henceforth bound in the following solemn charges:

• That the Barony of Rethel shall render aid and arms in defense of the Principality of Blackvale against all who seek its undoing, be they enemies within or foes beyond;
   
• That tribute and tax shall be paid directly and without delay to the treasury of Blackvale upon completion of obligations to the Imperial Crown;
   
• That effort and endeavor shall be made by Rethel’s agents, miners, and scouts to seek and recover carbarum, the rare and prized metal, on behalf of His Princely Highness, for the good of Blackvale and the strength of its realm.

 

 

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VIRI BVRGVNDIÆ

HIS IMPERIAL EXCELLENCY, Coenraed I van Aert, Prince of Blackvale, Baron of Pestilles, Lord of Westmark, Patriarch-Dynast of the Pertinaxi.

 

THE RIGHT HONORABLE, Dame Lorelei Mairi Alstion-Enswerp, Baronetess of Rethel.

 

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Lorelei Mairi smiled as she nodded to her son, Thomas Peter. “Slowly but surely, we will get there. I pray we do it in my lifetime.” As she finished speaking to her son, she made her way to the family chapel and lit a candle.

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Diederik van Aert read the treaty with a smile "Thomas really said if you cant beat them, join them huh" He would look forward to duel Thomas again soon, it has been a while after all