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Hertog van de Zuidelijke Hinterlanden
[!] The Declaration was nailed on the notice boards of the Human nations of Eden and Avalheim, with copies sent to the Zaithrall family [!]
Saintsday 24, Starfall, 1539
For the first time since the fall of Wakkerdam in 1523 the Hinterlands are ruled by a Hinterlander again.
The Keizer of Hadriana and his Imperial Diet have seen fit to allow me, Hertog Silas Moetiour- van Leuveren, Prince of Catamora and Protector of the Hinterlands to take up lordship in the castle of Leeuwenmark (OOC: Löwemarke).
Remembering the Past
It is with great humility that I hereby take responsibility and restore the honor of my House in the Empire of Man.
Whereby usurping reavers have overtaken my seat in the north in a waining 'revolution', they have additionally betrayed our culture and the spirit of what it means to be a Hinterlander. On my honor as a Van Leuveren, and as a man who has stood up to protect my people many times I shall now continue to preserve our culture within our ancestral lands.
For hundreds of years the Hinterlanders have lived in the regions surrounding the halflings of Mapledale, our collection of tribes once spread from the castle of Helstein all the way to Ceril's Keep. And there our people have thrived in the past. After the Ninety Years War against the Attians our peoples united to form the first Kingdom of Hadriana. This union did not break or meddle with the independent free spirit that every Hinterlander posseses it strengthened it. Together Attians and Hinterlanders have overcome great dangers to our way of life. They have stood together to defeat the first demonic spirits to ever come out of Magna Attia and only together can we survive to ensure the continuity of the Human Race.
[Decorative image of the Ninety Years War]
Overcoming the Past
The Republic of Raevendrecht has failed, its walls town down by illgotten revolutionary mad men and it is replaced by a waining, dying nation in the preying eyes of the Bone Lord himself. I tell you this, the revolutionary apparatus which has replaced my honest leadership of our people cares not for the Hinterlander, it cares not for the preservance of your culture, it cares not for your independent spirit. I promise uppon thee, all innocent Hinterlanders who are trapped in the grasb of this revolution a wellcoming reception in my hall. However to reunite once more means to reconcile with Hadriana as well. The new Empire is a mirrage of the fair old Kingdom where Hinterlanders and Attians once stood. In the Hinterlands we have representation in the Imperial Diet and Courts. We finally have religious guidance in this new Empire, and a generous economy. I would extend you, the innocent Hinterlanders this hand. Return home and repatriate to the lands where our ancestors have lived for a thousand years.
[Drawing of Slot Leeuwenmark (coordinates: 364, -831)]
Onwards a Brighter Future
My people I grant you this chance for a brighter future, a future in the lushy vineyards of the Hinterlands. I am in need of artists to preserve our songs, of poets to recite our stories and artisans to make our art. I require able men to fell giant trees in het Leeuwenbos and I need ladies to prepare the finests of Hinterlander wines in our vineyards. I call uppon thee to preserve our culture, and let out our neverending creed as we look on to the future and say:
'Merck toch Hoe Sterck'.
Saintsday 24, Starfall, 1539
For the first time since the fall of Wakkerdam in 1523 the Hinterlands are ruled by a Hinterlander again.
The Keizer of Hadriana and his Imperial Diet have seen fit to allow me, Hertog Silas Moetiour- van Leuveren, Prince of Catamora and Protector of the Hinterlands to take up lordship in the castle of Leeuwenmark (OOC: Löwemarke).
Remembering the Past
It is with great humility that I hereby take responsibility and restore the honor of my House in the Empire of Man.
Whereby usurping reavers have overtaken my seat in the north in a waining 'revolution', they have additionally betrayed our culture and the spirit of what it means to be a Hinterlander. On my honor as a Van Leuveren, and as a man who has stood up to protect my people many times I shall now continue to preserve our culture within our ancestral lands.
For hundreds of years the Hinterlanders have lived in the regions surrounding the halflings of Mapledale, our collection of tribes once spread from the castle of Helstein all the way to Ceril's Keep. And there our people have thrived in the past. After the Ninety Years War against the Attians our peoples united to form the first Kingdom of Hadriana. This union did not break or meddle with the independent free spirit that every Hinterlander posseses it strengthened it. Together Attians and Hinterlanders have overcome great dangers to our way of life. They have stood together to defeat the first demonic spirits to ever come out of Magna Attia and only together can we survive to ensure the continuity of the Human Race.
[Decorative image of the Ninety Years War]
Overcoming the Past
The Republic of Raevendrecht has failed, its walls town down by illgotten revolutionary mad men and it is replaced by a waining, dying nation in the preying eyes of the Bone Lord himself. I tell you this, the revolutionary apparatus which has replaced my honest leadership of our people cares not for the Hinterlander, it cares not for the preservance of your culture, it cares not for your independent spirit. I promise uppon thee, all innocent Hinterlanders who are trapped in the grasb of this revolution a wellcoming reception in my hall. However to reunite once more means to reconcile with Hadriana as well. The new Empire is a mirrage of the fair old Kingdom where Hinterlanders and Attians once stood. In the Hinterlands we have representation in the Imperial Diet and Courts. We finally have religious guidance in this new Empire, and a generous economy. I would extend you, the innocent Hinterlanders this hand. Return home and repatriate to the lands where our ancestors have lived for a thousand years.
[Drawing of Slot Leeuwenmark (coordinates: 364, -831)]
Onwards a Brighter Future
My people I grant you this chance for a brighter future, a future in the lushy vineyards of the Hinterlands. I am in need of artists to preserve our songs, of poets to recite our stories and artisans to make our art. I require able men to fell giant trees in het Leeuwenbos and I need ladies to prepare the finests of Hinterlander wines in our vineyards. I call uppon thee to preserve our culture, and let out our neverending creed as we look on to the future and say:
'Merck toch Hoe Sterck'.
Signed:
Hertog Silas Moetiour- van Leuveren
OOC: OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/E6RPC6RC6r
Hertog Silas Moetiour- van Leuveren
OOC: OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/E6RPC6RC6r
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