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To the nations of Mundus,
The eleventh of November is a date of great significance to many nations on Mundus, for it is the day that the Great War officially ended, the day the guns fell silent. Many people of many different cultures and creeds, many different people from many different nations gave their lives in that thirty two year period. Every year we honor them for their deeds and we also pay tribute to the fallen in more recent conflicts. Every year on the eleventh of November Achkaerin marks Memorial Day, it concludes with the festival of remembrance in the Royal Theatre, Valtheim. This year marks many anniversaries of that conflict period so I extend this invitation to the nations of Mundus to join us in our act of remembrance that evening. I hope to see many friends there.
Signed
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Emperor Peter Azurewind
OOC: I do sure hope that this isn't closed until the 11th or something similar, terribly sorry for the post if it is!
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Official Response from The Great House of Altberg
To: H.R.H Emperor Peter Azurewind of Achkaerin
My immediate ancestors, and indeed, I as well, have a long history of barring ourselves from attending such events. This silence we owe to our shameful defeat in the Great War, brought by no small margin in part by some of the allied powers which will be attending this remembrance festival. Weremark, indeed, has never recovered, and one could argue that much of our subsequent internal conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries directly arises from our near-total ruin in the years following the Great War.
Your mind, perhaps, may wonder as to why I reply back this year, of all years, when, in some respects, tensions may seem unusually elevated in our corner of Mundus, between my esteemed nation's own domestic problems and our southerly neighbor's warmongering. And the answer is simple, but true. I, by no means, wish to assign to myself a metonymy of my Kingdom, but Weremark has a long memory. Perhaps too long, for we have learned little from the lessons of the Great War. The events of fifteen years ago, of twenty years ago, prove as much in terms of my nation. Yours has undoubtedly had better luck. Now, however, is a different time. The Werman people will not forget the strife of the past if I do not make them forget the strife of the past, and that is my exact objective at the moment.
Thus will I be coming myself; with me will be my son, Magnus, his beautiful wife, Mallorie of Heimar, and my good friend, Grand Duke Johannes Jensen of Jylmark, as well as two of my subjugant lords, and men I would trust with my life: Jarl Janus Wulfaric of Falholm and Konrad Hjalmaric, Baron of Árheimar. Not too early shall our arrival be, and bring with us we will not any of the following: weapons, obviously; additional bodyguards or men-at-arms; gifts. Some may call me heathen for not bringing with myself some sort of sacrifice to the gods, but that is a term I have begun to take endearingly, regardless of its connotations. Gifts are for the living, and the living have their gift.
Forgive me if it appears that I have tried to make a show of myself in this letter, but what's to be a monarch, and one inexperienced at internationalism at that, if not to leave a little room on the letter for some embellishment?
I hope to finally make your acquaintance in person, Emperor.
Bles'd are those who die in rain
For from the ground a flower gains,
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King of Weremark
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Statum Ecclesiasticum/Εκκλησιαστικό κράτος
Ecclesiastical State
The Ecclesiastical State considers the Memorial Day to be a sacred day to honor them, the soldiers and relatable professions from different cultures, creeds and nations, for their deeds and sacrifice in the Great War as we also pay tribute to the fallen in more recent conflicts. As such I will be attending the Memorial Day along with any other, optional faithful companions (The memorial day activies in ES are handled by several competent officials).
We look forward to this day.
Take Care and God Bless,
Pope Peter II of ES
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Königreich Baltikum/Koninkrijk Balticum/Kuningsgard Bahltmark
Kingdom of Balticum
The Kingdom of Balticum considers the Memorial Day to be a sacred day to honor them, the soldiers and relatable professions from different cultures, creeds and nations, for their deeds and sacrifice in the Great War as we also pay tribute to the fallen in more recent conflicts. As such I will be attending the Memorial Day along with any other, optional faithful companions (The Presidential Couple are responsible for the Memorial Day activities in ES and as such can't attend this time around, although they send their regards, naturally.)
We look forward to this day.
Take Care and God Bless,
King Oscar III of Balticum
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MESSAGE FROM EAST MORELAND TO THE ARMED FORCES OF ACHKAERIN
To the Men and Women of the Imperial Armed Forces.
I am regretful that this year my many duties have meant I am unable to attend this event. I therefore believed that it was important for me to take the time to communicate my nations best wishes to members of Achkaerin's military both past and present. Our nations military forces have stood side by side on many occasions and I know that many Morelanders will have mourned the deaths of Achkaerin comrades in arms, people they do not see as colleagues but as friends. Together our two nations have achieved much, often being the tip of the spear in difficult circumstances, never shirking our share of responsibility to the international community. I know in the years ahead there will no doubt be times when our forces once more go towards danger together and I will be reassured seeing the Achkaerin flag flying once more alongside our own.
Today we will conduct prayers in the Temple of Jekar for our Achkaerin friends who failed to return home, we shall ask the Gods to watch over those they left behind and ask Helus to watch over the ones they have left behind. To those who went to war and returned injured I pray for their swift recovery and that a day comes once more when they can overcome the challenges their sacrifice has created for them, they have my thanks for the service they have performed.
May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Swords Stay Sheathed.
King David III of East Moreland.