Scattered Edicts

Scattered Edicts

By the Grace of Anastasya, Tsaritsa of All Snezhnaya, Protectress of the Fae Kindreds and of the Lineages of the Peoples of the North, Eternal Sovereign of Grace and Absolution, Grand Suzerain of the Princes of Snezhnograd, Glupov, Kitezh, and Belovodye, Ruler and Conqueror of the Frozen Lands Beneath the Aurora: The Snezhnograd Veche, in dutiful accordance with the Sacred Edict, is hereby commanded to promulgate this Imperial Decree: When the princes of old plunged the realm into bloody rebellion, Alvis, Duke of the Domovoy, unhesitatingly pledged his undivided allegiance to Her Imperial Majesty. Thereafter, responding to Her Majesty's grand decree to reform the imperial order, he willingly relinquished to the Crown the authority over the mines he had wielded for so many years, while presenting in its entirety the locomotive technology hitherto kept in deepest secrecy. In so doing, he subordinated private interest to the realm, proving himself a paragon of selfless loyalty. In so doing, he subordinated private interest to the realm, proving himself a paragon of selfless loyalty. In recognition of the tireless, fervent, and faithful service rendered over many years by Our beloved and loyal servant Alvis, and of his matchless fidelity to the Pale Star Court since the reign of the late Tsar (may his soul rest in peace), We do hereby, by Our Imperial Grace, elevate him and his lawful descendants to the perpetual dignity of hereditary Grand Duke. We confirm his seigniorial rights over the cities of Novokitezhgrad and Old Kitezhgrad, command all subjects throughout the realm to accord due reverence to his noble person and posterity, and grant unto him a permanent seat upon the Snezhnograd Veche. Sanctioned by Her Imperial Hand Promulgated at the Imperial Capital of Snezhnograd, in the third year of the Old Calendar's eight-hundredth cycle, and the tenth of Her Imperial Majesty's reign