Issued by the Blackwyrm Company, under the banner of House Valmont. Let it be known to every lord and freeman who dwells beneath the eyes of the realm:
The Blackwyrm Company, sworn to House Valmont, does this day declare open war upon the vassal of Avistra.
An investigation by the IMPERIAL INQUISITION into the death of Valliard Willy Horen has borne its grim fruit. The blame falls upon one man by our finding: Sir Merle Altwegg. Avistra has given these men shelter, and in doing so has made their crime its own. The second is theft of land. Avistra has pushed its borders onto ground that belongs to Valmont by right, and has done so knowing full well whose soil it crossed. And in settlement of the grievance, render unto us twenty thousand minas.
We are aware that thirty thousand stands owed to Hartwell; we will take twenty in full settlement and count the matter closed. Meet these terms, or meet us in arms.
Let Avistra answer for the murder it harbors and the ground it has stolen. The Blackwyrm Company marches for blood.
For House Valmont. For the Blackwyrm Company. For Willy Horen.
from the hand of the Valliard, signed by…
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HIS LORDSHIP, Antonius Lucien of the House Helane,
Knight Captain of the Imperial Order of the Red Dragon.
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HIS LORDSHIP, Jerry Augustas of the House Helane,
Master of Coin.
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HIS LORDSHIP, Trajan Godfrey of the House Helane,
Count of Orval.
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HIS GRACE, Remus Aurelius of the House Helane, by the Grace of GOD,
Duke of Valmont, Knight Captain of the Imperial Order of the Red Dragon,
Patriarch of House Helane, Lord Commander of the Blackwyrm Company, Warden of the South.
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HIS LORDSHIP, Constantine Persus of the House Helane,
Baron of Adelhil, Heir-apparent of House Helane.