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2 minutes ago, Lionbileti said:

Edvard ponders why the ex-lord protector likes to dress as a slave during his down time.

Adrian throws a rock at Edvard from sky prison

Adrian rolls in his grave, pondering as to why Morsgrad doesn’t direct the demands to the Emperor, as Haense is but a vassal!

call me when the pedos are banished

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Adrian returned to his lodge on the outskirts of the Crownlands and at once set at making himself comfortable.

He removed his overcoat and spread it over the back of his arm-chair, casting his boots into a dusty corner. He had always reckoned life to be at its best when he was so busy with the life of a regimented soldier and a father that there were not enough hours left in a day to be overcome with boredom. From birth this credo followed him, the man acting as a soldier from the age he could hold a sword. But in his recent years, somehow, he was beginning to find the days oh so long. Too long, even. His tightly-strung propensity for labor and literature began to grow sick and tiresome.

Seldom now did Adrian wake up early and read over old law manuscripts until the quiet light of early dawn

as he had so often found himself occupied with in the past. Sometimes, he would just lie there, the blankets pulled up to his chest, and the idea of perhaps giving in and not leaving his bed for the day seeping into the dark crevices of his aging mind. Lying in his late-mornings, oft into the mid-afternoon, he began to feel a terrifying lack of spirit in his surroundings and achievements. It seemed his body felt this too, his heart, still filled with the vigor of a man standing in the prime of his years, taking the most abortive of murmurs to give out – the organ stopped dead, taking Adrian with it.

He clasped dearly the last vestiges of his livelihood: his wife, his children, his Empire.

This isn’t the end, surely – for the skies await us my dearest.

((remove your lewd profile picture before you posture with pvp posts IM SICK

Adrian rolls in his grave to give the Emperor a thumbs up

Adrian thrashed in his intemperate slumber, being shaken awake with dreams of loud cracks- the cracks of the Lorrainian keep falling apart before his manor.

“Of wood this time? The fire will burn this pyre bright; how these fools make deconstruction easy.”

Adrian de Sarkozy looks to the commotion from his balcony, “GOD’s recall of his most pious, let us not be led astray."

THE IMPERIAL CENSUS, 1737

With the publishing of the Edict of Establishment of 1736, a flurry of bureaucrats belonging to the Ministry of Civil Affairs are dispersed throughout the Empire. Their objective is simple: to find and enroll as many men as is possible, and to register them to vote in Senatorial Elections, a great privilege bestowed upon the people by the actions of the Lord Protector. All Imperial subjects are obligated to take the census, as per the orders of the Lord Protector. Additionally, all leal vassals which pledge their fealty to the Imperial Office are bound by oath to administer the census within their demesne.

SECTION I: THE IMPERIAL CENSUS

The following matters shall define the purpose and extent of the Imperial Census.

• The Imperial Census shall be administered throughout the Empire for a duration of ten year periods, beginning in the year 1737.
• Upon the completion of a census period, the rolls of citizenship shall be cleared, and a new census administered to which subjects are obligated to take.
• All Imperial subjects are obligated by law to take the census, and sworn under oath to the truth of their responses.
• All leal vassals which pledge their fealty to the Imperial Office and hold Letters of Imperial Peerage are henceforth bound by oath to administer the census within their demesne, and forbidden to prevent the administering thereof.

SECTION II: THE SENATORIAL ELECTIONS

The following matters particularly pertain to elections.

• If the Imperial citizen so chooses, he may be registered to vote in the province of his residential address.
• The Imperial citizen may not be hindered from registering to vote in the province of his residential address.
• If fraud is to be discovered in the registration of voting addresses, the accused may be prosecuted by the full extent of the law, up to and including felony impersonation.

Hereafter is the Imperial Census of the Year 1737:

CLICK HERE FOR CENSUS

THE IMPERIAL DIET

EDICT OF ELECTION, 1736 

10 Harren’s Folly

An edict for the processes concerning voting for the Imperial Senate, including voter rights and registration, schedules, vacancies and initial composition and candidacy rules, for conjunction with the Edict of Establishment of 1736.

INTRODUCTION

The Senate of the Holy Orenian Empire, known in shorthand as the Imperial Senate, as the lower and elected house of the bicameral Imperial Diet, shall serve as the representatives of the Imperial provinces to the legislature. This edict is issued as a companion law to the Edict of Establishment (1736), and shall enumerate the processes concerning election and candidacy to the Imperial Senate. 

SECTION I: VOTING RIGHTS AND REGISTRATION

All citizens of the Holy Orenian Empire over the age of 18 who are registered to an address have the right to vote for a candidate to the Imperial Senate in the province of their residence. 

Voter registration shall be conducted through the medium of an Imperial census, which shall be conducted anew at intervals of every ten years commencing in the year 1737. The census shall remain open over these ten year periods for new voter registration, with the rolls being cleared at the occasion of the new census, in this case 1747, and then so on. 

SECTION II: SCHEDULES

Elections shall occur every two years in the even years, with no province holding an election for both of their Senate seats concurrently. Senators hold four year terms from the time of their election.

The first round of Senate election shall occur in the year 1738, for one of the two senators in each of the four provinces, with these successful candidates becoming senators for a four-year term eligible for re-election in 1742. The next round of Senate elections shall occur in the year 1740 for the remaining senators, and so on. Upon election, senators shall swear an oath of allegiance to the Holy Orenian Empire and its laws. 

SECTION III: VACANCIES AND INITIAL COMPOSITION

In the event of a vacancy in the case of a senator’s death or resignation, the remainder of his term shall be filled by an appointee of the chief of his respective province, or an official empowered to act with that chief’s full authority such as a regent. These offices are described as follows:

Helena - His Grace the Duke of Helena

Haense - His Majesty the King of Haense 

Kaedrin - His Majesty the King of Kaedrin

Curon - His Majesty the King of Curon 

These chiefs shall not hold the power to sack a duly elected senator, who holds their office by virtue of election. 

The initial composition of the Senate shall be treated as if the offices are vacant, and hence both initial senators for each province will be appointed by their respective chiefs, where they will have the choice to contest their next respective elections, in 1738 and 1740, as incumbents. In the case of these initial appointments, the senator whose surname comes first in alphabetical sequence shall be up for election in the first sequence of 1738, and the second in 1740. This is how the sequences of election shall be set henceforth.

SECTION IV: CANDIDACY RULES

All candidates must be eligible to vote, with this criteria aforementioned. Candidates for the Senate must be registered to vote in their relevant province. Other criteria for candidates are established in the Edict of Establishment (1736). 

Any candidates for the Senate must register for the ballot before the close of the year preceding the election i.e candidates for election in 1738 must register their candidacy before the close of 1737 and transition into 1738. These candidacies are subject to confirmation by the relevant bodies such as the office of the Vice Chancellor, which are intended to ensure a candidate is eligible in accordance with all the necessary rules and regulations. All initial or subsequent (In the case of vacancies) appointees to the Senate must also comply with these standards. 

THIS WE PROCLAIM,

His Imperial Excellency, Adrian Leopold of the House de Sarkozy,

Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Duke and Governor-General of Helena, Duke of Adria, Baron of Renzfeld

THE IMPERIAL DIET

EDICT OF ESTABLISHMENT, 1736 

10 Harren’s Folly

An edict for the establishment of the Imperial Diet, the constituent parts of which being the bicameral houses of the Senate and the House of Lords, and the enumeration of the powers retained by them.

INTRODUCTION

The Diet of the Holy Orenian Empire, known in shorthand simply as the Imperial Diet, is the legislative branch of the Empire. It is comprised of three formal parts - the Senate, the House of Lords, and the Crown. 

SECTION I: THE SENATE

The Senate, as the lower house of the Imperial Diet, shall be the chamber concerned with matters of active governance and shall sit in perpetuity, until such time as its prorogation by the Crown. It shall pass bills into acts by virtue of a simple majority (excluding those matters that require an absolute majority of two-thirds, enumerated below in section IV) and in the event of a tie, the tie-breaking vote shall be cast by the Vice Chancellor.

The Senate shall be comprised of two senators from each Imperial province, elected for four-year terms on the alternate year. Accordingly, senate elections shall be held in the Empire as a whole every two years. Of the two senators from each province, the senator who was sworn in first shall be known as the senior senator, and the other the junior senator. The Imperial provinces shall be initially set as follows:

Helena

Haense

Kaedrin

Curon

A separate gazette for current and past senators shall be maintained elsewhere from this edict.

No person may sit in both the Senate or the House of Lords concurrently, or be eligible to sit in the House of Lords, such in the case of a landed peer bearing a title such as baron, count, duke, king, etcetera. No person may sit in both the Senate and upon the Council of State. Similarly, no senator may concurrently hold a formal position on the council, in the military or in the government of any province. Upon the swearing-in of a senator, these positions priorly held are automatically considered to be resigned. If this is challenged by the newly-elected senator in question, he is forbidden from taking his seat and it will be considered vacant. A senator may be an untitled member of an aristocratic family, but if he takes letters, he must resign from the Senate immediately. 

SECTION II: THE HOUSE OF LORDS

The House of Lords, as the upper house of the Imperial Diet, shall exist as a ceremonial body and chamber of review concerned with particular, specific matters within its jurisdiction. It shall be composed of those peers who possess Imperial letters for their titles, who shall all hold equal votes in the chamber. Meetings shall only be convened in extraordinary circumstances, and the House of Lords is only required to vote on the special matters enumerated below. 

The initial, grandfathered makeup of the House of Lords shall consist of:

The Duke of Helena, a position held concurrently with the Crown

The Count of Harlingen

The Count of Provins

The Baron of Vitzburg

The King of Haense

The Duke of Carnatia

The County of Ayr

The King of Kaedrin

The Count of Kreden

The King of Curon

The Count of Astorga

The Duke of Warwick

The Duke of Eastmarch

A separate gazette for those current and past peers with seats in the House of Lords shall be maintained elsewhere from this edict. If a peer retains more than one peerage, he shall only get one vote appertaining to the higher peerage. 

Those others who bear lawfully-issued Imperial letters from past governments may also be eligible to take seats in the House of Lords. In this case, contact must be made with the office of the Vice Chancellor in order to determine legitimacy. 

As the House of Lords only meets occasionally and shall not be concerned with active governance or legislating, peers with status in the House of Lords may hold a variety of positions concurrently in the military or their respective provincial governments. They hold their seats by virtue of their peerages, and they are transferred according to the transfer of these peerages. 

Future recipients of Imperial letters are automatically entitled to a seat in the House of Lords. As previously mentioned, no person may sit in both the House of Lords and the Senate concurrently.

SECTION III: THE CROWN

The Crown, as the final actor in the Imperial Diet and the executive, formally approves bills that have passed through their respective chambers in a process known as imperial assent. Imperial assent can be either granted, withheld, or withheld conditionally. To withhold imperial assent is an effective veto, and to withhold imperial assent conditionally requires its passage through the respective chamber it is concerned with in an amended capacity, upon which it is presented for imperial assent again. When imperial assent is granted, a bill becomes an act of law.

The powers of the Crown in exercising imperial assent can be exercised by the Emperor or his designated regent, such as for example the Archchancellor.

The Crown prorogues the Senate before an election, and recalls it after an election. 

The Crown is also represented in the Senate by the Vice Chancellor, who serves in his capacity as President of the Senate and hence presiding officer, setting the order of business and casting a tie-breaking vote in the event of an even vote. The Crown is represented in the House of Lords by the Archchancellor, who serves as presiding officer and may also cast a tie-breaking vote, however, as the House of Lords sits only in extraordinary circumstances, this is one of his secondary roles.

In the absence of the Vice Chancellor, whose purview extends beyond the Imperial Senate, the chamber may elect from one of its constituent members a president pro tempore to fulfill the Vice Chancellor’s role as President of the Senate ‘for the time being’, thereby presiding over sessions in his absence or indisposal. Unlike the Vice Chancellor, the president pro tempore is a senator who may debate and vote as usual. 

The Crown appoints both the Archchancellor and the Vice Chancellor unilaterally, as part of the Imperial prerogative, and these offices serve as the chiefs of the executive Council of State. To appoint the other members of the Council of State (i.e the respective secretaries who head their departments) the Archchancellor and Vice Chancellor give their formal and written advice for candidates to the Crown, who then sends these candidates to the Senate to fulfil their advice and consent role through a Writ of Confirmation, mentioned below. 

SECTION IV: JURISDICTIONS

The following matters, as the topic of bills, need only to be passed through the Senate:

• Bills of Taxation, concerning all matters of taxation and excise within the Empire.

• Bills of Appropriation, also known as budgets, concerning all matters of income and expenditure.

• Bills of Law, concerning the passage of both civil and criminal law, including but not limited to legislation concerning offenses and penalties. 

• Bills of Regulation, concerning the regulation of other matters of import to the realm not aforementioned.

• Writs of Confirmation, concerning the confirmation by the Senate of the Crown’s appointments on the Council of State or the Supreme Court, in conjunction with their role as a body to provide advice and consent for these appointments. 

• Writs of Impeachment, concerning the impeachment of a member of the Council of State for offenses of a categorically serious extent, such as ‘improperly exceeding or abusing the powers of their office’, or ‘using their office for an improper purpose or for personal gain’. These must be passed with a two-thirds majority. 

• Writs of Summons, defined as bills summoning a member of the Council of State to issue a report or testify before the Senate.

The following matters, as the topic of bills, must be passed through both the Senate and the House of Lords, in that order, and as the matters of the most significance:

• Writs of Ennoblement, defined as bills for the purpose of uplifting an ignoble family to the status of an official noble house within the Holy Orenian Empire, thereby granting them the right to bear heraldry, marry within their status and become eligible for Imperial letters.

• Writs of Elevation, defined as bills for the purpose of the creation of a vassal realm into an Imperial province, thereby entitling it to a representation of two elected senators in the Senate, which must be passed with a two-thirds majority of both houses. 

The following matters, as the topics of bills, need only to be passed through the House of Lords:

• Imperial Letters, defined as bills enfeoffing a pre-existing member of an official noble house (i.e one bearing a Writ of Ennoblement) with an official landed peerage, i.e the title of baron, count, duke, etcetera, thereby granting them a seat in the House of Lords and recognition as a titled peer. 

SECTION V: LIMITATIONS

The Imperial Diet’s functions and legislation, as a whole, are prohibited from interaction with the following matters of state, which remain the exclusive purview of the Crown as the executive.

• The military and appointment of generals and other commanders. 

• The Crown, its authority, and the Imperial household.

• Legislation pertaining to or targeting a specific demographic or territory and not others.

• The formation of any formal political parties, which are banned and forbidden from any official status in the Diet.

• Diplomacy and foreign affairs, exempting when permitted by the Crown in special circumstances.

SECTION VI: LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE

A summary of the legislative procedure for the Imperial Diet shall be as follows:

1. A bill (a draft of a law) or a writ (a special bill compelling an action) is initiated in the chamber concerned with the subject matter, by a member.

2. The chamber debates the content of the bill, with neither fear nor favour being given to any particular member of the chamber, and all being given a chance to make their case.

3. The necessary amendments are made, or not made. 

4. The presiding officer calls for a division, or a vote, and the votes are tallied.

5. The bill passes.*

6. The bill proceeds to the Crown, which either grants, withholds or withholds conditionally imperial assent. 

7. If imperial assent is withheld, the bill is declared void.

8. If imperial assent is withheld conditionally, the process is repeated from the first step until the process is complete.

9. If imperial assent is granted, the bill becomes an Act of the Imperial Diet, and hence formal law, to be published in the legislative gazette. 

*If the topic is a writ of ennoblement or writ of elevation, it must then proceed to the other chamber, and the process is repeated until both chambers pass it.  

On an ad hoc (as needed) basis, the Imperial Senate may form internal committees of three from among its member senators. The purpose of a committee is to explore an issue or legislation in greater depth than would be possible with the whole chamber, assisting the relevant member of the Council of State. As they are ad hoc bodies, there may be no committees or several, and all committees are allocated a name based on the relevant ministry their issues are concerned with. For example, a committee concerned with helping the Ministry of Civil Affairs with citizenship law would be entitled the Imperial Senate Committee on Civil Affairs. There can be no more committees than there are government departments.

The chairman of a committee is to be voted on after every round of elections i.e once every two years following the swearing in of any new or incumbent senators, and a candidate senator who volunteers himself for a chairmanship achieves this role by virtue of a plurality of votes in the chamber. The elected chairman selects the other two members of the committee, known simply as members. Senators can be members of several committees but may only chair one each.

SECTION VII: PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE IMPERIAL DIET

• When a bill or writ is on the floor of either house, it is known under these names. Upon being granted imperial assent, it becomes known as an act. 

• The presiding officer of either house is responsible for the setting of the business of that house, conducting discussion and debate in a meaningful and productive manner. 

• On the floor of either house, members must not be referred to under any circumstances by their names. In the case of senators of the Senate, they are to be referred to as ‘the right honorable Senator for [province]’, or simply ‘my honorable friend’, and in the case of the peers of the House of Lords are to be referred to by the highest peerage titles, such as ‘His Grace the Duke of Carnatia’, etcetera. 

• The quorum for both the Senate and the House of Lords shall be half plus one seat. Without this and the discretion of the Vice Chancellor, these bodies cannot meet. The rules for the whole body still apply in the case of a meeting of only part of the Senate i.e a Senate vote with only five senators attending still requires the vote of a majority of the whole Senate, and all senators, even those not present, should have a fair chance to speak and debate before any vote.

• Weapons of any kind may not be taken onto the floor of either house, except in the case of the presiding officer’s approval. 

• The presiding officer, in the case of the Senate the Vice Chancellor and in the case of the House of Lords the Archchancellor, may evict any member of the chamber from the chamber for violating any of these points of order, thus nullifying their vote for the remainder of the session.

IMPERIAL LETTERS FOR THE COUNTY OF ASTORGA, 1736 

Issued and confirmed by His Imperial Excellency, The Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Adrian Leopold of House de Sarkozy, 10th Harren’s Folley, 1736

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TO OUR BELOVED SUBJECTS, 

It has pleased the Imperial Throne to reward the service of Our leal subject, Angelo of the House de Alba, with official verification of their tenure in fealty to the Kingdom of Curonia. Accordingly, with this grace of God and the counsel of Our court, we do recognize Angelo of the House de Alba as the rightful holder of the County of Astorga, a role they and their legitimate issue, as peers of the Holy Orenian Empire, shall hold in trust to Our throne for the duration of their loyal service. They are enjoined to maintain the law of Our realm, to abide peacefully by Our rule, and to rise to Our defense when necessary. In return, as a sign of Our August graciousness, we do privilege their head to levy law and taxes upon their citizenry.

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IN NOMENI DEI

His Imperial Excellency, Adrian Leopold of the House de Sarkozy,

Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Governor-General of Helena, Duke of Adria, Baron of Renzfeld

His Royal Majesty, Pierce I of House Devereux,
King of Curonia, Duke of Curon and Umbra, Count of Albion, Arbor, Avalain, Blackreach and Cyrilsburg, Baron of Alsace, Arisan, Frosthold, Rivia and Vasile, Lord of Avernia, Bear Mountain and Blackden

The Western Alliance

1736

Adrian de Sarkozy and his entourage being greeted by the Helena garrison as he arrives to take up his post as Lord Protector.

Let it be known that in the face of the horrific misbehavior and desolate and barbarous actions of the Elven Axis, the nations of western Arcas codify with all legal pretense a true alliance. This alliance shall be based on the core principles of mutual respect, the upholding of diplomatic standard, and the utter defeat of those who would denigrate the security of the signatory states.

ARTICLE I.

Signatories shall enter full defensive alliance. Should one be attacked by an external threat, all other signatories shall come to their aid in forms military and diplomatic.

ARTICLE II.

Signatories shall commit the full force of their armies, first and foremost, to assist against the Orcish horde and Irrinor in the conflict concurrent with the date of the publishing of this alliance.

ARTICLE III.

Signatories shall treat with each other, and offer each other signatory state an office from which to base an embassy within each respective state. Ambassadors must be approved by the receiving state.

ARTICLE IV.

Should a signatory feel that this treaty has been violated by another, they are bound to diplomatic discourse in an effort to resolve such disputes before declaring the treaty broken.

ARTICLE V

Signatories acknowledge the sovereignty of fellow signatories and respect the sanctity of their borders as well as their capacity to disallow trespassing upon their land.

ARTICLE VI.

Amendments to the treaty, or the addition of another independent state as a signatory, may be passed by an absolute majority vote of the signatory nations.

ARTICLE VII.

This treaty shall last for a period of 5 years, and must be resigned by all signatories at the expiration date to confirm its reformation.

Signed,

His Imperial Excellency, Adrian de Sarkozy, Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Sovereign of Mankind, Duke of Adria, Governor-General of Helena

His Grace, Godric, Duke of Morsgrad

His Highness, Sohaer Dimaethor Visaj

 His Highness, Prince Vladrick Hieromar Barbanov-Alimar of House Alimar, Black Prince of Rubern & Sovereign Protector of the Riverlands

IMPERIAL LETTERS FOR THE TITULAR PRINCIPALITY OF PRUVIA, 1735

 Issued and confirmed by His Imperial Excellency, the Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Adrian Leopold of the House de Sarkozy,7th Horen’s Calling, 1736

TO OUR BELOVED SUBJECTS,

It has pleased the Imperial Throne to reward the service of Our leal subject, John-Henry of the House of Pruvia, with a tenure in fealty to Our Imperial Crown. Accordingly, with this grace of God and the counsel of Our court, we do enfeoff John-Henry of the House of Pruvia the titular Principality of Pruvia, a role they and their descendants shall hold in trust to Our throne for the duration of their loyal service. They are enjoined to maintain the law of Our realm, to abide peacefully by Our rule, and to rise to Our defense when necessary.

IN NOMINE DEI
His Imperial Excellency, Adrian Leopold de Sarkozy,
Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Governor-General of Helena, Duke of Adria, Baron of Renzfeld.
 

”We’ve our work cut out for us, that much is clear.” Adrian exclaimed whilst pondering over Marcus’s murder

Adrian looks forward to fighting the Dwarven alts

”Pigs to the slaughter.” remarked Adrian

”There will be justice.” Adrian proclaimed

IMPERIAL LETTERS FOR THE BARONY OF VITZBURG, 1734

TO OUR BELOVED SUBJECTS,

It has pleased the Imperial Throne to reward the service of Our leal subject, John of the House de Vitus, with a tenure in fealty to Our Imperial Crown. Accordingly, with this grace of God and the counsel of Our court, we do enfeoff John of the House de Vitus the Barony of Vitzburg, a role they and their legitimate issue shall hold in trust to Our throne for the duration of their loyal service. They are enjoined to maintain the law of Our realm, to abide peacefully by Our rule, and to rise to Our defense when necessary. In return, as a sign of Our August graciousness, we do privilege their head to levy law and taxes upon their citizenry.

IN NOMENI DEI

His Imperial Excellency, Adrian Leopold de Sarkozy,

Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Governor-General of Helena, Duke of Adria, Baron of Renzfeld.

TREATY OF RUBERN, 1734

Issued and confirmed on the 7^th of Sun’s Smile, 1734 

ARTICLE I -The signatories agree to enforce a strict non aggression pact, under all circumstances

ARTICLE II - In the case wherein one signatory is found to be in violation of this pact, all articles shall remain in effect, under the condition that the offending party takes sincere diplomatic steps toward rectifying the situation.

ARTICLE III - The Holy Orenian Empire shall acknowledge the sovereignty of the Prince of Rubern over the region which encompasses the Ruber Riverlands.

ARTICLE IV - The Principality of Rubern shall acknowledge the sovereignty of the Holy Orenian Empire over the region encompassing the Imperial Crownlands, the Kingdoms of Hanseti, Ruska, Kaedrin, and Curon, and the Province of Temesch.

ARTICLE V - The Principality of Rubern shall join the Holy Orenian Empire’s campaign against the Nation of Krugland. 

ARTICLE VI - This treaty shall remain in effect so long as Adrian Leopold remains the Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, and Richard Henry remains Prince of Rubern.

 Signed,

HIS IMPERIAL EXCELLENCY, Adrian Leopold of the house of de Sarkozy, Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Governor-General of Helena, Duke of Adria, The Crownlands, Lorraine, and Roden, Baron of Renzfeld, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera.

Signed,

HIS HIGHNESS, Prince Richard Henry Barbanov-Alimar, Black Prince of Rubern & Sovereign Protector of the Ruber Riverlands.

IMPERIAL SUMMONS TO THE CAPITAL

12th OWYN’S LIGHT, 1734

TO THOSE LEAL VASSALS OF THE EMPIRE, PIERCE I DEVEREUX AND TOBIAS MERENTEL

In the spirit of fostering strong communication amongst the foremost servants of the Holy Orenian Empire, His Imperial Excellency, Adrian de Sarkozy, invites you to the newly-constructed Imperial City of Helena to discuss recent events that pertain to yourselves specifically. Custom dictates the dissolution of a title of Imperial peerage to be forbidden and illegal act; and so too is a vassal, without the expressed permission of his liege lord the Emperor or Lord Protector, barred from swearing fealty to another. Equally unfortunate is the lack of communication that caused the Lord Protector and his cabinet only to learn of this sudden change in landing and peerage post-facto, which understandably also caused concern amongst the Empire’s foreign allies.

The Lord Protector is distinctly assured of your positive intentions concerning this matter, but wishes to duly discuss this titular alteration and its effects upon the Imperial political landscape in the flesh, to ensure an effective dialogue and resolution. Make yourselves available to His Imperial Excellency at your earliest convenience, with whatever entourage you deem appropriate. Partake in the bountiful harvests of the Crownlands’ fields, fisheries, and vineyards, and prepare for frank and open conversation regarding not just recent title changes but other matters pertinent to the nobility of the East. His Imperial Excellency awaits your visit with grace and aplomb.

IN NOMINE DEI 

His Imperial Excellency, Adrian Leopold de Sarkozy,

Lord Protector of the Holy Orenian Empire, Governor-General of Helena, Duke of Adria, Baron of Renzfeld