Crown Principalities

[maddie teller-kook]

lorraine wrote:
> 
> >
> >Hale to all ANSTEORRANS!
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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...
> >
> >...a RESOUNDING NO!
> >
> >ONE STAR...ONE KINGOM!  UNIQUE AND SINGULAR! NOW AND FOR EVER!
> >
> >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.
> >
> >"Better the Hammer than the nail..."
> >
> >


I COULD NOT HAVE SAID THIS ANY BETTER!!!!   You took the words right out
of my mouth!  

Mistress Meadhbh