The Treaty of Hammer and Lion
Written and confirmed on the 22nd of the Grand Harvest, 1675
This document will serve to prove that the Treaty of Hammer and Lion, between the Duchy of Riviä under Duke Thomas de Hartcold, and the Confederation of Hammers, under the Council of Hammers, has been declared.
Article I: Defensive Alliance
The signatories hereby establish that both parties hereby agree to support one another with no less than the entirety of their military might, should it be warranted, both in the event of internal or external threats.
Article II: Free Trade
The signatories hereby established do mutually agree to afford merchants from each respective party to trade in each others land free of tax, tariff harassment or any other imposed burden. The signatories do mutually agree that large scale trading agreements between each party can be of either the purchasing kind (meaning that wares are purchased for minae) or of the bartering kind (meaning that different wares are traded on rates mutually agreed upon or previously set by precedent).
Signed,
His Grace, Thomas de Hartcold, Duke of Riviä, Baron of Adylith, Lord of Blackden and Sovereign of the Order of Distinction and Order of the Purple Lion