Condemnation

[Aetosion 2062]

The King is weary. His short years of rule have worn at his frame, a stray silver hair pushes out amongst the black. He looks into the seeing-glass beside the armoire in his room. He plucks it free, and lets it fall the ground. There is another hair amongst the black, one bothering his mind and not his head.

Like a troublesomely discolored hair she had grown. Her being was wrong, and her being was corrupting. She must too be plucked.

Edward turns and settles himself into his writing desk, picks up the eagle quill pen which lay beside him, and dips it into the well of sable ink beside him. A drop falls onto the parchment lying blank in front of him as he readies to write, the sleeve of his sleep gown smudges it over the paper. He looks at it, and a playful grin spreads across his face. His pen touches parchment.

"Issued and Confirmed by the King Edward II of House Winter, rightful sovereign of the northern mountains, Rex Aquilonius, the just and the compassionate: the Princess Annabelle Winter is called to answer for her crimes.

It is of most grievous heart that I make the following proclamation. It has come to my attention that the Princess Annabelle Winter, cousin and kin to my own blood, has disgraced not only her family, but her nation, and her sex.

Her offenses are enumerated herein,

Four counts of sodomy with nobility, two counts of sodomizing with the common man, one count of attempted marriage without consent of the paterfamilias, sodomy with the Crown Prince of Adunia, the carrying of and unholy death of his child in her womb, plotting against my own life, plotting against the crown, plotting against the state, defamation of the words of the Creator, and the twisting of the minds of her countrymen.

By the Creator's and the Crown's justice, and for her offenses to her house, her nation, and her sex, the following punishment is declared warranted by the crown,

The Princess Annabelle Winter is to be stripped of her name, titles, royalty, and standing within the family, kingdom, and empire. She will be known henceforth as Annabelle Black as her name is colored by her sins.

The sinful is to be, once the implement is heated upon hot coals for the time that the day is long, run through with an iron pike from her offending regions, and out through her mouth, that she shall not even in death commit further adulteries nor speak ill words. Once this is done, her body upon that same blade shall be suspended over the gates to the inner counties, so that her crime and punishment shall serve as a deterrent to future law breakers and heretics.


This warrant shall serve as justification for her capture deliverance unto the Lord Marshal Westfall or the King himself, for the administration of holy justice. A reward greater than her own present worth shall be bestowed upon whosoever brings her living to either of the aforementioned men. This quantity will be 1,000 minas.

Creator save us, and our Kingdom.

~Seal of the King~"

The message is copied by the scribes to the King, and is distributed throughout the Kingdom, nailed to trees and left tacked on doors.

[5678 260]

Dvari thinks that's a lot of accusations as he takes the poster to the mercenary camp

[~Cave~ 11]

Annabelle Winter falls to her knees in the street after reading the notice over three times. She feigns tears, whimpering loudly, attempting to draw the attention of any nearby.

 

"Lies! Lies lies lies! I'd never..never do such...unholy, awful things! I don't want to die!" She continues bawling her eyes out, looking pitiful.

 

Satisfied with her performance, she stands, face buried in her hands, and heads to a hollowed tree stump in an alleyway. She pulls out a cloak and slips it on, on her way out of the kingdom. She has many things on her mind, but on the top of it, is revenge.

[Yoff 328]

Vane watches Divari pass by with the poster, his good eye darts over to him and begins to give a slow chase in the form of walking, his long black robes dragging behind him, concealing his aging features.

[Neri 3590]

 

The sinful is to be, once the implement is heated upon hot coals for the time that the day is long, run through with an iron pike from her offending regions, and out through her mouth, that she shall not even in death commit further adulteries nor speak ill words. Once this is done, her body upon that same blade shall be suspended over the gates to the inner counties, so that her crime and punishment shall serve as a deterrent to future law breakers and heretics.

 

 

[Aetosion 2062]

 

 

 

[TheBareSheet 194]

[[i am surprised...]]

[~Cave~ 11]

[[i am surprised...]]

((Me too, there isn't a shred of proof for any of the accusations, and the only person that would RPly know any of that tells me that he never said a word... I suspect metagaming))

[ĔṀĔŔĨĨČĶ 519]

A Random Southeron Peasant scratches his head as he reads these charges and punishment for said charges. He shrugs, muttering a simple phrase before walking off.

 

"Northerners."

[yopplwasupxxx 5946]

The Crown Prince of Adunia shrugs

"Not my problem."

[Aetosion 2062]

((Me too, there isn't a shred of proof for any of the accusations, and the only person that would RPly know any of that tells me that he never said a word... I suspect metagaming))

The King awaits word of his cousin's capture, and sips from his glass of Gallmorian spirits.

 

((I have an RP letter received prior to my posting it detailing the crimes listed, which will happily be provided to a GM if necessary. Consider this the end of OOC discussion in an RP thread, please continue this in PMs if you find it necessary to.

 

 

In reply to the below poster, it's only a sin in the eyes of the church if they're not married. This is usually overlooked in the case of bastard children of a male noble. However, it's punished especially harshly with the offender is female and has had a history of being ignoble in action. Such scandals will happen often, but in this case the King is pissed.))

[Rig 17591]

Mythras blinks. "Sleeping with commoners a sin..? Oh, welll, I guess all nobles deserve to be put to death."

[KennedyJ534 110]

Upon laying his eyes on the paper, Joferik simply remains speechless for a moment. His lips curl into a frown, and he quickly shakes his head.

 

"Will speak to his holiness, his awesomeness, and powerful Bogdanistan of this. Niet such wench or breakings of Bogdanistani Scroll must be done. There is deep spot in Nether for such odd acts committed by this Annabelle. Disgust is all I feel."

[ThatCanadian 203]

*Goes to read the note then smiles.*
 

"I could be a 1,000 minas richer."

 

He walks off, going to speak to the rest of the Blood Eagles.

[Gathius di Silvari 73]

Gathius scratches his head while reading the note. He speaks out loud to himself, the frost of his surroundings quickly dispersing the noise and sending it to the heavens. "Hmm.. I can't believe this..." He looks up thinking about the times he's seen her and spoken with her. "Eh..Well.."