IN THE NAME OF ELWYNN THE WHITE ORCHID LADY, WHO LOOKS UPON HER HAPLESS FOLLOWERS WITH MATERNAL LOVE AND PITY, WHO VIEWS ALL THEIR FEUDS AND FIGHTING JUST LIKE QUARRELS AMONG CHILDREN, AND WHO IS OVERJOYED THAT HER FAMILY IS FINALLY RULED BY HER CHILD ON MICRAS THE LONG-AWAITED MOST MIGHTY PRINCE THORSTEIN NOAH WHO IS ALSO OF THE ANCIENT BLOOD OF LONG LOST VALTIA AND THE MOST SACRED BLOOD OF THE LADY OF THE VANIR BEFORE THAT, AND SHALL BE RULED BY HIS HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS OF HIS BLOOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AFTER THAT; AND IN THE NAMES OF ALL THE GODS AND GODDESSES AND GODLINGS OF ELUIN AND SXIRO, OF MORS THE STERN AND TERRIBLE, OF ZURVAN FULL OF FIRE, OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY COLD AND CLEAR, OF BOUS THE BENEVOLENT BUTTERY BOVINE, OF FRIGGA THE FAIR AND ALL-KNOWING, OF FREYJA FULL OF LOVE AND COMPASSION, AND IDUNN OF THE MAGIC APPLES. IN THE NAME OF ALL THESE GODS AND GODDESSES AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO BE NAMED!
A ROYAL DECREE
FIRST SESSION OF THE ROYAL PARLIAMENT
WHEREAS the White Orchid Throne has from time to time been humbly and submissively petitioned to call the Royal Parliament of the Flower of the North to session;
AND WHEREAS the Palace of Fjǫrleif, the seat of the Royal Parliament of the Jewel of the Many Facets, is nearing completion;
LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS OF THE JEWEL OF THE MANY FACETS, that We, Thorstein Noah of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, King of Elwynn, Imperial Chieftain of Thule, Grand Duke of Goldshire, King of Uppland, King of Amokolia, Prince of Arietta, Arvjarl of the Twenty-Six Jarldoms, Storjarl of Stormark, Lord Imperial on All Continents, Prince of Natopia, Prince of Mishalan, Imperial Prince of Shireroth, Lord of the Two Sacred Rivers and the Twelve Peoples, Duke of Froyalan, Duke of Northshire, Duke of the Lady Esther Isles, Býurgreifi of Eliria, Jarl and Grand Elector of Jorvik, Jarl of Bernicia, Marquess of Zy-Rodun, Emir of Alalehzamin and Utasia, Count of Cape Farewell, Llængjarl of Elwynn, Baron of the Fórntida Kærleikalanden, Baron of the Elw, Baron of Opplysta Smørvirket, Baron of Runnig, Count of Old Araxion, Count of Old Cimmeria, Count Shishin, Count of Elsenar, Count of Storborg, Count of Ancient Wintergleam, Warden of the Flower of the North, Blood-Unifier of the Jewel of Many Facets, Scion of St. Harald, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings, Chief, Head and Patriarch of the House of Orchids, decree as follows:
1. The White Orchid Throne hereby orders that the Royal Parliament of the Lands of the Two Sacred Rivers, created by the Royal Decree of the twenty-fourth day of Nozemiooqu in the year 1633, shall meet for the first time in their existence in the Palace of Fjǫrleif on the first day of Silnuai in the year 1636.
2. It shall be the duty of the Royal Governors of the Princely Precincts to hold timely elections for the seats of the Assembly of the Twelve Peoples which have been allocated to zir Princely Precincts and present the results of those elections to the King’s Court. The allocation of the aforesaid seats shall be laid down in the Schedule to this Royal Decree.
3. No Parliamentary business shall be conducted until the White Orchid Throne has delivered His Riverine Majesty’s Most Gracious Speech, which it shall deliver with all due haste, and all Sænators and Assembly(wo)men - subsequently to the aforesaid Most Gracious Speech - have kissed His Riverine Majesty’s Kingly Hand and also have given praise to Tuuler Kalir and Björka Hnossdóttir.
4. For the purpose of the simulation it shall deemed that when all Sænators have kissed His Riverine Majesty’s Kingly Hand and given praise to Tuuler Kalir and Björka Hnossdóttir all of the Assembly(wo)men shall have done so as well.
5. Should it become apparent that there may be one or Sænators or Assembly(wo)men who are not of the mind to kiss His Riverine Majesty’s Kingly Hand or give praise to Tuuler Kalir and/or Björka Hnossdóttir, the White Orchid Throne may order that each Chamber to proceed to the First Order of Business, which shall be the election of the Løgmaður.
6. A Sænator or Assembly(wo)man who has not kissed His Riverine Majesty’s Kingly Hand or give praise to Tuuler Kalir and/or Björka Hnossdóttir when the White Orchid Throne order that each Chamber to proceed to the First Order of Business shall be excluded from the Royal Parliament for the duration of the Parliamentary session.
7. Every Chamber of the Royal Parliament shall after to the election of its Løgmaður, with zie presiding, proceed to making or confirming, as the case may be, its own Rules of Order and subsequent thereto conduct its business as it sees fit in accordance with Royal Law and aforesaid Rules of Order.
8. The White Orchid Throne shall be free to issue all the further rules, regulations, policies and instruments it deems necessary or expedient to carry the provisions of this Royal Decree into effect, or to clarify the same, or to deal with any and all matters that arise concerning this Royal Decree.
9. All provisions of acts, laws, decrees, resolutions, orders, regulations, judgements, usages, or customs, if any, which are contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Royal Decree shall upon the coming into effect of this Royal Decree be repealed, suppressed and superseded.
10. This Royal Decree shall come into effect immediately.
"May the lion not hurt you during Love's Great Adventure!"
Deeds of Tuuler Kalir and Björka Hnossdóttir through their descendants!
Given at the Palace of Krull under my Hand and the Seal of the Elwynnese Union this Twentieth Day of Elroqpinu in the Year 1634 corresponding to the Thirtieth Day of the Month Noatun in the Fifteenth Year of the Second Viking Age.
Thorstein Noah Hallbjörns- og Esthersson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja
King of Elwynn
Schedule
The allocation of seats in the Assembly of the Twelve Peoples per Princely Precinct
Agnesia and Wintergleam: 50
Alalehzamin and Utasia: 140
Amokolia: 96
Araxion: 34
Arietta: 16
Cape Farewell: 32
Eliria: 44
Illumination and Cimmeria: 24
Íseirdia-la-Vraulalennir: 50
Jorvik: 10
Lady Esther Isles: 4
Raikoth: 14
Seven Ports: 46