AMICITIA RENOVATA

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DECLARATION OF VASSALAGE 

In the year 284 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 Protection: The Accord of Myrine and Blackvale
In the Year 284 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 Duchy of Myrine and the Glorious Principality of Blackvale.

✠ Article I – Sovereign Rights

The noble estate of Myrine shall henceforth be recognized in rank and dignity as Duchy, under the laws and customs of the Empire, by consent of its suzerain lord and acknowledgment by the Imperial Court.

The Duchy of Myrine, by such shall retain:
 

• The Duchy of Myrine reserves the right to maintain all cultural institutions, archives, and heraldry without alteration;
   
• The ancient and lawful right to levy and muster men-at-arms for the defense and protection of its demesne and holdings;

 

• The inalienable decree that no title, land, or inheritance of Myrine shall be sundered or transferred unto another lord or power without the seal and sanction of Imperial Jurisdiction;

 

• Protection under fealty, wherein any threat levied against the Duchy, its peoples or its rights shall be met in kind as a threat to the Principality itself;

 

• The sovereign right to grant, invest, and confirm lesser titles of nobility within its jurisdiction, including baronies, lordships, and other dignities. Such vassals shall owe their fealty to the Duchy of Myrine, and their allegiance to the Principality of Blackvale shall be mediated solely through the duchy’s lord;
   

✠ Article II – Oath of Fealty to Blackvale

In return for these honors and protections, the Duchy of Myrine, through its lawful lord and heirs, doth swear eternal and unwavering fealty to His Princely Highness, Willem II 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 Duchy of Myrine 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;
  
   
• The obligations of this oath shall be upheld so long as the rights, dignities, and protections of the Duchy of Myrine, as enumerated herein, are duly honored by the Principality of Blackvale.

 

 

 

 

 

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VIRI BVRGVNDIÆ

HIS PRINCELY HIGHNESS, Willem II van Aert, Prince of Blackvale, Duke of Veletz, Lord of Westmark, Patriarch-Dynast of the Pertinaxi.

 

HER GRACE, Caerine Mareno, Lady of Trident’s Peak.