Crown Principalities

[lorraine]

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>Hale to all ANSTEORRANS!
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>Sir Kief here. NO! "Unique and Singular", that fellow ANSTEORRANS is the motto
>of the KINGDOM of ANSTEORRA. I don't care if it's one principality or ten, the
>answer is NO. If FIVE sets of regional officers cannot do the job ie,     
>"Administrative Duties" why does anyone think/believe that THREE sets of
>principality officers would do any better?! I also do not care if the 
>principalities are "Crown principalities" or regular principalities with
>Coronet Tournaments and Princes & Princesses. It's still the same so-called
>problem. A "large" Kingdom that takes a bit of hard work to cover and run
>properly.         
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>My thoughts on both kinds of principalities.
>Crown principalities: The same area, run by _only_ THREE sets of officers
>rather than the current FIVE sets of officers. Since there would be NO PRINCE
>& PRINCESS the CROWN would still have the obligation to travel across the
>whole of the Kingdom. This type of SPLIT OF THE KINGDOM would _increase_ the
>now-minor regional differences into much larger one. ie, "_My_ Principality
does things this way....na-na-naa-na-na..." The kingdom officers would have the
>same type of responsibility they have now...NO CHANGE at all for them. But a
>HUGE CHANGE for the ultimate loyalty of the Crown's subjects.
>"Regular" principalities: This type of principality is _much_ worse than the
>"Crown" type. There is a Coronet Tournamnet. just like Crown Tournamnet, the
>winners are designated Prince & Princess. This principality has its won NAME,
>it's own ARMORY, it's own MOTTO, it's own BADGES & ENSIGNS, it's own WAR 
>TABARDS, etc. The loyality of the populace would change from ANSTEORRA to the
>yet-to-be-named principality(s). The other "problems" will remain the same.
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>To me, the principality idea is a "_Bad Thing_". The change to _any_ NAMED 
>political and/or physical divisons is but the first step to the ultimate
>dissolution of the Kingdom of Ansteorra as we know it. My question to each of
>you is this. WHAT is the Kingdom? WHO is the Kingdom? When we go to WAR what
>do we wear? WHERE will the KINGDOM be if there are principalites? (Blacklake?
>Bonwick? Eldern Hills? Northkeep? Namron? Steppes? Graywood? Bordermarch?
>Loch Soillier? Bjornsborg? Seawinds? La Marche Sauvage? Bryn Gwlad? Tempio?...)
>The KINGDOM OF ANSTEORRA is _all_ of these places, not one of them, not a few
>of them, ALL of them...and ALL the other places and PEOPLES that make our
>KINGDOM truly UNIQUE AND SINGULAR. 
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>So, my BROTHERS & SISTER...I ask of you, search your Hearts and Souls for these
>questions. Then when you have the answers. WRITE your Regional Officers, your  
>Kingdom Officers, your Kingdom SENESCHAL, the CROWN, and BoD OMBUDSMAN.
>CALL these folks also, E-MAIL them, and let your answer be...
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>...a RESOUNDING NO!
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>ONE STAR...ONE KINGOM!  UNIQUE AND SINGULAR! NOW AND FOR EVER!
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>Sir Arenvald Kief av Kiersted, Baron Raven's Fort, CSM, CIM, SC, ST, Raven's
>Heart, Sable Comet, Dragon's Tooth, AoA, Sable Falcon, Lion of Ansteorra.
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>"Better the Hammer than the nail..."
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