Writ de credo

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l263/wyveros/writdecredo.jpg BE IT KNOWN by these presents that THE ORDER OF THE BLACK ROSE, by and through Our Majesty Queen ATERATRA, The Black Rose, does hereby publish and announce this ROYAL WRIT touching the matter of Interalliance Relations, and that we by this publication intend to be bound and obligated.

Accord the First (I): Preamble

It was the aim of our Order upon its founding to provide safe haven for our brethren in an atmosphere where their native chivalry, honor, and talents could thrive and be properly appreciated. This we have done, and our Knights now stand united for the Order's ideals as a fellowship in Digiterra. Thus we now, in due appreciation of their achievements and to expand the sphere of their talents, embark upon establishing an atmosphere in which they and their companions in other honorable alliances may thrive.

The Order Of The Black Rose holds honor, nobility, and civility paramount, believing in absolute adherence to the code of chivalry to which each of its members is strictly bound. Thus we declare that any member nation of The Order Of The Black Rose who dares to commence, commit, further, aid, support, or abet, prolong, or orchestrate hostilities against any other nation without due provocation or who otherwise violates any term of this treaty shall be instantly subject to appropriately harsh and swift punishment, and that such punishment shall be delivered without delay, restraint, or reserve by the Knights of The Order Of The Black Rose through our massed military in our Armory and the assembled magisteria of our Inquisition.

Now therefore, in the open spirit of friendship and chivalry, do we set forth these candid terms of our avowed ideals for assent by such Signatories as shall honorably agree to be bound thereby.

 Accord the Second (II): Definitions

Order. By this term shall we designate The Order Of The Black Rose.

Order Nation, Order Nations. By this term shall we designate all nations who are members in good standing of the Order, as evidenced by the acceptance of their rulers into the Order's ranks.

Writ. By this term shall we designate this document as a whole and in part, reserving to it the full import of each severable term herein as well as the spirit and letter of the whole.

Signatory, Signatories. By these terms shall we designate all alliances agreeing to be bound by this document. This term shall refer to the alliance as an inseverable and continuous body, and the obligation of a Signatory to abide by this Writ shall not perish with the replacement, removal, or other change in position of whichever noble official shall be the original signer hereby.

Hostility. By this term shall we designate any and all actual, attempted, or threatened attack, invasion, or endeavor to inflict harm upon a nation or its citizens, territories, or properties, including, but not limited to, military action, trade or economic sanctioning, harassment, hijacking, defamation, or conspiracy.

Assailant, Assailants. By this term shall we designate any non-Order Nation that undertakes any form of Hostility, against any Order Nation.

 Accord the Third (III): On Aggression

It is the privilege and obligation of every alliance including the Order to protect, uphold, and defend the sovereign rights of its member nations to the full extent of its adopted charters and pronounced ideals, and it is a core and central tenet of the Order that each and every Order Nation is entitled to sovereignty, peace and prosperity. Therefore all Order Nations shall be exempt from any form of Hostility from any member nation of any Signatory, all member nations of all Signatories shall be equally exempt from all such Hostility from any Order Nation, and the punishment for breach of any such exemption, as well as for orchestrating or attempting to orchestrate such Hostility through third parties, non-Signatory alliances, or any other means, shall be exacted on the swift and certain terms delineated in Accord the First (I): Preamble above.

 Accord the Fourth (IV): On Alignment

It is the intent of the Order to, by this Writ, demonstrate its commitment to the independent ideals of honor and chivalry to which each Order Nation is required to swear fealty. Therefore, in keeping with Accord the Third (III): On Aggression above, all Order Nations and the Order itself shall be assumed neutral and unaligned in any conflict in which no Order Nation or the Order itself is involved, and such unalignment and neutrality shall not be considered compromised or altered in the absence of a definitive and official statement from the Order to that effect.

 Accord the Fifth (V): On Defense and Hostility

It is the right and responsibility of each Order Nation to, in keeping with the duties and privileges of sovereignty endemic to ruling power, defend and protect its citizens, properties, and territories against any and all Assailants and forms of Hostility, and to expect all other nations to do the same. Therefore, no form of resistance or reaction by any Order Nation to any act of Hostility or any action undertaken by the Order as part of a punishment described in Accord the First (I): Preamble above, including without reservations all forms of military response, deployment, attack, amassment, and maneuver, any cessation or restructuring of trades, or any form of economic sanction, shall be considered an act of Hostility or subject to the punishment therefore appurtenant, and any and all such Assailants shall be considered to have forfeited their rights to protection and neutral unalignment under this Writ.

 Accord the Sixth (VI): On Aid

It is a key ideal of the Order to aid and assist the worthy and to exhibit to its friends and allies, among which it is honored to count all Signatories, a spirit of generosity and noblesse to those deserving of such honor. Therefore Order Nations are permitted and encouraged, in keeping with their innate right to sovereignty detailed in Accord the Fifth (V) above, to render assistance in any form, including but not limited to financial, military, technological, and advisory aid, to any nation not currently involved in any direct conflict with any Signatory member nation. No Order Nation shall in any case knowingly provide any direct aid or assistance to any nation involved in any such conflict, and no Signatory member nation shall knowingly provide any aid or assistance of any kind to any nation involved in any conflict with any Order Nation.

 Accord the Seventh (VII): On Reparations

It is a core tenet of the Order that all sovereign rulers are accountable for their actions, and that the ideals of noble chivalry to which its members are pledged take their root in the sacrosanct concepts of fairness and justice. Therefore it shall be incumbent on any Signatory-member nation who violates any term of this Writ to, in addition to enduring the punishment described in Accord the First (I): Preamble above, make fair and timely reparations to the Order Nation thus affronted and to the Order itself, and on the Order itself and each involved Order Nation to render just and timely reparations to any Signatory-member nation against which it aggresses in violation of any term of this Writ. Such reparations shall be commensurate with the harm caused by the Hostilities necessitating them and, should the Assailant nation involved be unable to provide them in full, the responsibility of rendering them in a fair and timely manner shall fall inexorably to the Signatory or Order to which the Assailant nation belongs.

 Accord the Eighth (VIII): On Enactment

This Writ shall be considered in full force with regard to the Order and each given Signatory as of the date on which that Signatory executes it, and shall remain in effect until either the Order or the Signatory decides to revoke it with regard to one another. Such revocation shall be initially declared in writing by an empowered official from either the Order or the Signatory, and shall take effect and release both parties from their obligations to one another no fewer than seven (7) days after such written intent is communicated.

 Accord the Ninth (IX): On Amendment

It is the avowed ideal of the Order to ensure ongoing fairness and justice in all its doings, and to adapt its commitments and relationships to an ever-increasing standard of nobility. Therefore this Writ shall be subject from time to time to amendments, which shall be executed separately and attached as codicils. No Signatory who assents to be bound by this Writ in its form as extant on the date of that Signatory's agreement thereto shall be bound by any subsequent amendments unless that Signatory chooses to assent separately to such amendments, and such assent shall be indicated by an additional signature to the codicil in question and shall take effect from the date of that additional signature onward, Once agreed to, the amendments shall be considered an incorporation of understanding and treated as an inseparable part of the Writ for purposes of enactment and revocation. However, in the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Writ, which shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions had never been contained herein unless the deletion of such provision or provisions would result in such a material change causing completion of the transactions contemplated herein to become unreasonable.

THUS, with all the powers accorded to us as Queen of The Order Of The Black Rose, do we agree, and thus do we here affix our sign and seal with full intent to bind ourselves, our Order, and all Order Nations by each and every term of this Writ.

/s/  ATERATRA The Black Rose Queen, The Order Of The Black Rose

THUS, with all the powers accorded to us as officials of our alliance, do we agree, and thus do we here affix our sign and seal with full intent to bind ourselves, our alliance, and all our alliance's member nations by each and every term of this Writ. 

For THE LEGION: /s/ Great Britain Foreign Minister

For the  NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF ARCTIC COUNTRIES: /s/ AirMe Protector of the NAAC Thunderforge Minister of Foreign Affairs

For the  NEW PACIFIC ORDER: /s/ Dilber Emperor of the New Pacific Order

11th Alliance Council of the New Pacific Order USBR Doitzel Sir Paul Vengashii

For the ORANGE DEFENSE NETWORK:

/s/

Akasha ODN Secretary-General

Yavanna ODN Deputy Secretary-General

ODN Senate X:

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