The Palatial Roll of Intent, 2039

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THE PALATIAL ROLL OF INTENT

Being the First Letters General of Administrative Intent of His Excellency the Palsgrave of Drusco

 

ark, and to all ministers, scribes, envoys, and lords temporal and spiritual, and to those servants of the Archducal Government to whom these letters shall come, Greetings. We, Faustin, Right Palsgrave of the Archduchy of Drusco, leal servant of the Prince of Savoy, and most dutiful servant of His Imperial Majesty, have deemed fit to set forth this document for the good ordering and administration of the Princely realm.

We, Faustin de Bruges, by the grace of God and appointment of His Highness Roger of the House de Rouen, Archduke of Drusco, being the Palsgrave and Minister of the Palatium, have deemed fit to set forth this present Roll of Intent for the good management, holy elevation, and rightful restoration of the organs of state entrusted unto Us.

 

By our especial favor, and with the weight of our conscience, We do hereby declare Our intention to reform, reanimate, and sanctify the conduct of the Palatium, such that the government of Drusco may be made pleasing to both Heaven and Prince. By this declaration, it is understood and agreed that the following shall be enacted, upheld, and expected of all subjects, ministers, and officers who labor beneath the Archducal Coronet.

 

We do therefore ordain the following principles and privileges for the betterment of Our government and the immortal memory of Our tenure:

 

i. That the limbs of the Palatium shall be restored to strength and dignity, and that each chamber of state be filled by persons of upright character, proven diligence, and sacred fear of God. No office shall lie fallow, nor be held in form alone. We shall tolerate neither the idle nor the irreverent.

 

ii. That the Chancery be expanded and enriched, and the Roll thereof kept in perpetual and pious order. Each act of government shall be rendered in script and sealed with solemnity. The name of the Lord shall adorn all declarations, and no decree shall be issued which does not begin with reverence. The written word shall become once more the very flesh of governance.

 

iii. That all ministers of the Palatium, regardless of chamber or dignity, shall be held to a standard of communication and cooperation. None shall operate in silence or solitude. We shall hold councils of coordination in regular fashion, wherein each head of limb shall appear to speak of his work and to witness the labors of his fellows. All disunion shall be accounted a disservice to the Archduke and a scandal to the realm.

 

iv. That the Palatium shall walk hand in hand with the Church, and that no matter of administration be left without blessing. A Chapel Royal shall be founded within Waldemer Keep for the continual prayer and consecration of Our labor. Each minister shall kneel before the altar ere he take up his office, and all acts of state shall bear the sign of the Cross. The soul of government shall not be forgotten.

 

v. That a Codex of Instruments be authored under Our hand, compiling the customs, methods, and instruments of state in clear and sacred fashion. All systems shall be named in honor of the saints, that even the clerk at his desk may remember the divine. By this codification, the rule of order shall become not fleeting but enduring.

 

vi. That We, Faustin de Bruges, Palsgrave of Drusco, do speak not in vanity but in certainty, that pride is the rightful vestment of station and appetite the fuel of labor. Let not Our voice be mistaken for bluster, nor Our splendor for vanity. We govern in grandeur that the government may itself be made great. We feast, that We may work. We speak, that We may be heard.

 

For the well-keeping of these ordinances, We do further endow the following privileges of station:

 

1. To direct and oversee all limbs of government in the name of the Archduke, save only in matters of the Ban.

2. To appoint Envoys as may be required for the good governance of vassal and foreign territories.

3. To maintain the Chancery and all scriptorial bodies beneath Our hand.

4. To summon ministers of the Palatium to council, and to hold them to account.

5. To establish liturgical observance within the Palatium, for the blessing and sanctification of its works.

 

Let it be known that these intentions are not mere aspiration, but command; not hope, but mandate. Let those who serve in accordance with this Roll receive their portion in glory. Let those who stray from it be remembered in silence.

 

Penned under hand and seal at Waldemer Keep,
This 9th of the Sun’s Smile in the year 2039.
By the grace of God and command of the Palsgrave.