Initially David had never enjoyed nautical affairs. As a boy he had often found the going ons in Portworth more interesting than matters down by the harbours and port. Slowly things had changed in part because his nine year old daughter Rhiannon enjoyed the festival so much but also he was now married to Stasya who had grown up on an island and around yachts and sailing. The city of Portworth was already swelling beyond its usual one million people and as the largest city of East Moreland it was used to major events. The beaches and seafront walkways were already filling up with crowds eager to see the floatilla of ships head into the Naval Docks that would for the next few days be home to the major part of the festival. As had become tradition the King and Queen spent the evening "on station" at the Navies Officers Mess. The officers there had held a banquet the night before for the monarchs and David sensed that even though he had been in bed by 10pm the officers would have been up into the small hours. This was confirmed as the King and Queen arrived at the large white tent that was errected to the side of the officers mess and would serve as the VIP area for those given accreditation by the Royal Household. Quinn Germaine, the King's Chief of Household was paired up with Alexandra Samuel the Queen's equivalent of Quinn as the duo peered over lists. It turned out there had been a slight mix up as some names appeared on both monarchs lists and now they hurried to ensure they had both sets of ID cards and lanyards and then destroyed one to ensure no one could blag their way in. Already chefs in neatly pressed whites were filling giant dishes up with sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs and a vast variety of other breakfast staples as one of their young helpers hurried to ensure the fresh pastries were stocked up. "Good morning" David greeted the busy staff as he made his way to a table overlooking the water. "Your itinerates" Quinn handed both monarchs a sheet of paper with who they were meeting and when. It would be a busy day, each had agreed to meet various people, the King mainly diplomatic matters while the Queen had a variety of charitable causes to drop in on. Rhiannon even had her own schedule but that was more about ensuring she meet her mother at midday rather than royal duties.

Princess Freya arrived her adopted daughter Evie in tow. "Morning" she greeted her brother cheerily as she dropped her Army peak cap on the table. A Naval steward was over like a shot, dropped a small plastic token an hurried the hat away. Freya pocketed the token and watched as she saw the steward place the cap in a black box and slide it into what could best be described as a giant shoe rack. It was little quirks like this that Freya liked seeing from the other services and while she'd done her time in the Army and two secondments in the Air Force the thought of being stuck on a boat lost its appeal after Safraen. "Who you got lined up for me." She asked as she thanked the server for the coffee.

"You've various meetings with military types." David informed her, Freya was rather relieved to hear that.

"And what about me" Duchess Orlaith Kade asked as she took her own seat. The Kings cousin served as Foreign Minister and had joined them for breakfast.

"The new Lodjain Queen is in town. Make sure she is looked after until I get done with the Abertone and Holmvik leadership." David waved the steward over and asked for some toast and jam as the final member of the welcoming committee turned up.

"At ease everyone" Brigadier Jim Corey casually rolled up his Red beret and stuffed it under his epulette. Unlike Freya he was not dressed in his best No.1 uniform but instead looked like he was about to go and invade some foreign land. He bowed to the royals and then took a seat. "Just been checking on the lads, everything is in place for the various delegations." he confirmed as he poured himself a large black coffee and added four sugars. "Should be a decent day, the Mhorish is like a mill pond." He tasted the coffee and determined it wasn't sweet enough and added another. The group sat and ate breakfast while discussing matters for the day.

The party were greeted at the gates of the Mess by a group of Red Legionnaires sweltering in their Dress uniform. Freya knew they'd much rather be anywhere other than here and likely these men had lost various games among their squad to land up with this duty. With their swords drawn they formed a protective ring around the King, Queen and his party and made their way down the quayside which was now filling up steadily. At the far end were the main dock was a large temporary grandstand had been set up and already some of the various VIPs were being guided into their seats.

Out at sea the ships formed up in three "roads" as the Naval Officer in charge of the floatilla had described. The one furthest out to sea was made up of those ships without their own power, the Abertonian "Vento di Lupo" and Paracambi's replica of the HIMS Insolent  were sandwiched between the pair of Tytorian masted ships the HTMS St. Joseph and St. Linus. Slightly behind them came KS Saviour from Heyra and the Daitioan SS Kamakiri-maru and SS Akatatsu bringing up the rear of that "road". The middle road was reserved for those under their own power. The MV Atom fresh from its routine inspection was at the rear while various war ships from various nations lead the way.  A convoy of cruise ships sandwiched between them with the  Flettner Rotar powered cruise ship Grace standing out perhaps the most with its unique cylinder extending high above the others. Then in the "road" nearest to the beach came the small ships, Samantra's floating Church being among the largest as a plethera of fancy yachts and private ships easily chugged along. It was these luxury yachst like those from Heyra and Lodja that Stasya admired the most.

"What the hell is that?" Freya asked pointing to the oddly shaped Prisan from Holmvik.

"It's mental" Brigadier Corey chuckled, "Can we get one please?" He grinned at King David.

"I think on this occasion I'll not be asked the treasury to bank roll you." David responded agreeing that the ship looked rather odd. No doubt he'd find an excuse to go and have a look at some point.

David watched as the ships got closer and made the turn to head straight in towards the harbour rather than along the beach front. Not all ships would initially enter the dockyards as there wouldn't be enough room but in the hours that followed would be directed to berths in various dockyards of shipwrights, private mariners and the port. For now though as many of the ships took up their position as close to the dockyard as possible you could see kayakers and paddelboards making their way out to have a closer look at many of the ships. Now zooming along the sea front came the INS Phoenix and IDN Suirō , stark reminders that East Moreland had recently lost its own GEV during the conflict in Lodja. Even now the skeleton of its replacement was visible in one of the dockyards. Rather oddly though for the Festival of Sail an aircraft engine could be heard as a Lifter cargo plane from the Air Force flew from the city out to sea and then curved back to fly over the heads of the ships, the timing had to be carefully done and the aircraft dropped low over the water its belly just a few feet above the waves. Unseen to the crowd in the grandstand its rear ramp had dropped and the treadmill like ramp spat out the Heimney Navies Shallow Water Ship The ships momentum carried it into the docks mouth so it was now at the head of the patrol and a small RHIB took its two man crew and some Black jacketed East Moreland Royal Marines to the ship. Its engine was gunned and it shot into the dockyards, did a few figure of eights until everyone else was in position and then made way to the quay that had been set up for this part of the ceremony.

In the cabin the Marines held on until the ramp dropped and gave them dry passage onto the area in front of the grand-stand. In pairs the Marines marched to form a corridor with nine soldiers on each side with their rifles at their sides. "Advance the Royal Sword" the Marine Sergeant yelled and the final Marine marched up the ramp, his was a march less stiff than the others and with a sheathed sword in hand the others waited until he had passed them turned to face the direction of travel and marched with him. As they reached the bottom of the grandstand the Sergeant yelled once more "HALT!" and in unison all did. "Detail, move to the left....left turn.!" BANG all their feet hit in precision.

"They look very shiny but can they tab 50km in a night and then raid an enemy position armed only with a spoon and a smile." Brigadier Corey smirked to Freya.

"PRESENT ARMS" The soldier with the sword saluted awkwardly while the others held their rifle vertically before them. The East Moreland national anthem played and once it had finished the soldier with the sword moved forward.  With poised practiced motions he presented the sword hilt first towards the King who drew it leaving the Marine with the scabbard. The King held his sword high for all to see and then with a swift downward cut sliced the ribbon that was symbolic of the day being open.

"Before you go Corporal" the King spoke to the Marine who had now handed the scabbard over to Quinn Germaine and was thus unladen. The King had ensured the microphone was on. "Corporal Carr." The King said twice as the microphone buzzed slightly. "It is my honour to present you today with the Distinguished Combat Medal. During your time in Lodja your platoon found themselves cut off on the island of Zhoya and under heavy fire. Without regard for your own safety you moved to an exposed and elevated position to repeatedly call in air strikes to ensure a corridor for the extraction of your comrades. You meanwhile saw your position hit by an RPG and despite your injuries continued to call in air strikes and relay intelligence. Your actions likely saved lives and I am extremely proud to be permitted to present you with this." He pinned the medal to Carr's uniform and offered him a handshake which was returned with a hand missing all but pointer finger and thumb. "Stay there Corporal" David commanded.

Stasya stepped forward. "In defence of the country of my birth I have been asked to present you with this." She handed over an envelope. "This letter is an invitation to travel to Lodja and receive on behalf of the East Moreland Royal Marines the Queen's Unit Citation, the first given in Lodja's history to a foreign military unit. Your actions not only saved you're comrades but helped save the Queendom, our ally." Stasya still felt awkward talking about Lodja in a way that showed her ancestor but not as a homeland. She kissed the Marine on each cheek "Thank you" she smiled at him as he stepped back, saluted and then raised the letter towards his escort who cheered their units recognition as the crowd applauded. The parade of ships was now in position and with a quick radio check that everyone had checked, double checked and then checked again a command over the radio sent hundreds of guns firing in a sequence that made it sound like thunder rolling down the coast. Some like East Moreland's own Fast Frigate fired just its fore gun while others like the historic HIMS Insolent from Paracambi fired broadsides, all minus projectiles of course. The Festival was now officially open and the Rhiannon and Evie were already heading for the line to see Nya Aland's Red Dragon viking museum. David had talks to attend while Stasya had a shopping list to go find a yacht. Freya was on hand to mop up any foreign VIP's along with her cousin Orlaith. That just left Brigadier Corey to deal with any military matters that may present themselves.
 

It is the intention of the East Moreland Rugby Players Association to utilise the sport of rugby as a power for good causes. As a result we have today founded The Centurions Rugby Club, a vehicle to combine charitable work and the worlds love of rugby. The Centurions will be a fraternal order of rugby players. The club shall be open to any individual who fulfils the following criteria.

1. They have completed 100 games for any single club either in an internationally recognised top division or for their country. Club games must take place in a single spell and should the player switch clubs their game count shall reset to zero.

2. They have never been suspended from the sport for offences relating to performance enhancing substances.

3. They pay an annual subscription to the Club of $100.

The Club will recognise games having taken place in any nation affiliated to the Rugby Union governing body, Wheelchair Rugby and Mixed Ability Rugby. The club will aim to play games in as many nations as possible against top class teams. Playing squads shall be selected from members of the Club by a coach appointed for just that game from the nation where it will take place. As far as possible the coach shall also be a member of the Club.

The clubs playing colours will be a Black, White and Pink jersey, pink short and players shall wear the socks of the team for which their qualifying 100 games were played. (E.g if a player qualified having played 100 games for The Honeybadgers he would wear their red and white socks.)

In addition to charitable rugby games the club shall also seek to involve itself in promoting the game in a positive way, coaching and fund raising for a variety of good causes. The club shall in each affiliated Rugby Union nation host an annual dinner.

Any team wishing to play the Centurions may apply to be added to their calendar of games. A special request is made that the Centurions play the World Champions after each world cup.

The club shall each year select three worthy non-rugby individuals to be admitted into the club as honorary members. These individuals will be selected by those who have represented the club during the season nominating them and voting on them. These honorary members should be admitted as a reward for promoting rugby, raising funds or overcoming great challenges.

We look forward to welcoming players from across Mundus to our ranks.

Signed

Sir Clyde Woodward (100 games for the Northfort Royals)
Jessica Hallam (100 Games for the Honeybadgers Women's Team)
Rick Geddes (100 Games for the Rolling Badgers Wheelchair Rugby Team)

OOC- Think of this as the Barbarians for Mundus.

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2022 Fixtures

3rd July 2022 - Nominated charity - Global Childbirth Initiative, MSP Disorders

The Centurions V's East Moreland Mens XV
The Centurions V's East Moreland Womens XV
The Centurions V's East Moreland Wheelchair Rugby

To:- The Heads of State of Nya Aland, The Unified Iwi, Chistopol and Cassiopeia.

In recent months myself and King Piripi have been in discussions regarding the creating of a mechanism to bring to justice perpatrators of historic crimes that would perhaps not be necessarily covered by things such as the Uppsala Convention, either because of their nature or their timing. It is my hope that having now put onto paper something that I believe will work that you will come to Northfort and meet with me in order to test the waters as to whether this plan will work and as nations I believe that will most be impacted by this idea I would like to involve you in what I consider a draft consultation. Should we find common ground and belief that this is a good idea then we shall invite further interaction with the world until we are able to put in place a global consensus that will hopefully send a clear message that distance, both physical and chronological, is no escape from justice.

I look forward to meeting with representatives of your nation in due course and I am hopeful of a positive outcome.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace.
King David of East Moreland.

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The meeting had been several months in the making. First King David had engaged in endless hours of Skype conferencing with Piripi and his team to get something up and running and the more they had talked the more they realised this wasn't just an East Moreland or Maori problem, the Uppsala Crisis, the occupation of Chistopol, even the period of the Junta in Cassiopeia saw people committing some of the most depraved crimes and paying no consequence. In some cases the government of the day gave refuge and now those people sat unreachable by justice. In some cases there was no appetite for the global community to hunt these people down. Thousands of Seleucid military members were walking Mundus guilty of first killing the Maori and then later members of the Cult, none had even the slightest chance of being brought to justice how things stood and that annoyed David.

He had arranged for the meeting to take place at the Palace but first a little field trip. The King had sent his sister Princess Freya to King Robert International Airport to bring those attending to the Field of Greenflowers, what could be described as the birthplace of East Moreland. Freya was keen to get things done with as little pomp as possible as this meeting had a rather grim rationale but a level of respect was needed. The typical band and honour guard greeted each and then they would be whisked away under guard of Red Legion to the place the King stood waiting in a visitor centre car park.

Name of Short: Dinosaurs: The True Story
Genre: Science Fiction
Nation: Tytor
Link: Linky

Name of Animated Short: Take Me Home
Nation Nominating: Achkaerin
YouTube link: Link

Name of Animated Short: "Wakan: The Light Creatures"
Nation Nominating: Mktvartvelo
YouTube link: Link

Name of Artist: Rianne Downey
Nation Nominating: Achkaerin
Song: Sunshine on Leith
From the Film: Trixy Holmes (OOC - From the film Sunshine on Leith)
YouTube link: Link


Name of Artist: Kim Lee
Nation Nominating: Djabidjan
Song: "We Walked This Road Together"
From the Film: Hyeoul Express
YouTube link: Link | Alternative link

Name of Artist :- Jimmy Cliff
Nation Nominating:- Paracambi
Song - I Can See Clearly Now
From the Film - Cool Runnings
YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=730mv8cVsCM&list=PLJK04Gk9vAyLiukTTJrGHtVrCSs0VmEb7&index=3

Name of Film: Free Guy
Genre: Action/Comedy/Science Fiction
Nation: Tytor
Brief Outline: "A mild-mannered bank teller named Guy learns he's really a background character in an open-world video game.  Every day, Guy is under assault by players and objects within the game, where he's robbed, hit by cars, and otherwise mistreated as a 'non-player character' (NPC).  To make matters worse, the game's owner has decided to end the game.  Teaming with a woman who's both a human and a character in the game, Guy decides to become the hero of his own story.  Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late."
Trailer: Linky

Name of Film: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Comedy
Nation: Tytor
Brief Outline: "When four high schoolers power up an old video game console, they suddenly find themselves transported into the jungle world of Jumanji as their four avatars."
Trailer: Linky



Name of Film: Trixy Holmes
Genre: Drama/Mystery
Nation: Achkaerin
Brief Outline: Bringing the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective Sherlock Holmes to the big screen for a new generation, as an elderly and frail Holmes (Michael Hendry) squares up against his old nemesis Moriarty for what he is determined will be the final time he and his long time friend and assistant Dr Watson (Kay Fox) are startled by a surprise visitor to 221B Baker Street - Trixy Holmes (Rachel Kilkenny), the granddaughter Sherlock never knew he had and when she begins to assist in the investigation Holmes, whose health continues to fail, races to teach her his "art of deduction." before his time is up.



Name of Film: Livy Knight and the Curse Breaker Club (OOC - I have had C's permission to do this for about 3 years, so it's finally happening)
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
Nation: Achkaerin
Brief Outline: Meet Livy Knight, an eleven year old whose parents run a pub, just an ordinary girl or so she thinks until her world is turned upside down by a letter inviting her to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, here she'll make friends, here she'll discover the wonder of magic and when a symbol associated to Klingsor appears and curses the school Livy finds herself at the centre of a mystery the full extent of which seems unknown - can she and her new friends break this curse and find out who cast it?

Name of Film: "Man Standing Next"
Genre: Political thriller
Nation: Djabidjan
Brief Outline: General Park Jung-sik, as Minister of Defense from 1966 to 1971, and President of the National Council from 1968 until his death in 1976, became the highest-ranking political official of the Social Republic of Djabidjan in the late 1960s. After Prime Minister Nguyen Van Huynh is dismissed, Park's authoritarian personal rule is consolidated in the already military-led Social Republic. In the midst of a reign of fear, incresing economic decline and social turmoil, a former intelligence director goes into exile, opening the truth about the regime's obscure and illegal operations. As tensions escalates, stifing political maneuvers by those desiring power collide explosively.
Link to the trailer: Link

Name of Film: "The Guardian"
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Nation: Djabidjan
Brief Outline: Ly is a backup singer for a successful Djabidjani singer, who is going to sing as opening act in Cool Rokkenjima concert in Jangju. That night, her friend will gave her a mysterious doll as a present. Since then, events will unravel, forcing Ly to make an unprecedented and fateful decision.
Link to the trailer: Link


Name of Film: "The Death of Stalin"
Genre: Historical Political Satirical Comedy
Nation: Nis
Brief Outline: After being in power for decades, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Link to trailer: Linkle


Name of Film - Cool Runnings
Genre - Sporting Comedy
Nation - Paracambi
Brief Outline

Just months before the Summer Games three outstanding Paracambian athletes see themselves fail to qualify. Desperate for sporting greatness one of them leads a seemingly impossible attempt to qualify for the Winter Games, despite none of them having ever seen snow. Recruiting sprinters from across the Empire a team is formed and unorthadox training takes place before the team qualify against all odds. As misfits from a tropical paradise they begin as outsiders to the Games family but soon their pride in their nation and heritage see them win friends and respect. Based on the true story of the first Paracambian Winter Games athletes the feel good tale recreates the prejudice they faced and their heroic journey.

Link to the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BqngFzt-cU


You May Vote for Two Entries

OOC- Over the past six months or so we've a bit of a mix up with people starting meetings with regard eventually joining MICA or even the eligiblity of joining. As such I think it important that we get everything sorted so consider this the IC attempt at sorting out the OOC mess time has created.

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Campford was perhaps a strange place to hold an international conference but it was a place David enjoyed visiting. He had selected the venue as much to allow him to visit the castles as anything else but he felt it also important that Northfort was not always the place of importance in East Moreland. The choice of venue then would show Morelanders the King saw all cities, towns and villages, as important. The sturdy white walled Guild Hall would play host, just twenty meters away from the river Ost. It would be this river that would see his guests cruise the 25km or so upstream from Northfort passing through small farming towns and green woodland just returning to life. David waited down at the small floating quay that had been set up to allow the Royal East Moreland Naval Service to dock the seldom used River Catamarans. The King was stood chatting with Prime Minister Henrietta Quinn and his cousin Duchess Orlaith Kade who was serving as Foreign Minister when the first guests arrived.

The department for Humanities is conducting research into the balance of power between genders in modern society and is constructing the first ever study into how power is shared between the genders. To achieve this we are conducting a survey into the most significant roles played within power structures across Mundus. Any position being filled by a male will be given a score of 1, any filled by a female will be given a score of 0, any non-binary individual should score 0.5. By taking an average of these positions we aim to see any patterns present across Mundus.

We welcome contributions to our survey or by responding to this message. The information we require is the gender score (1,0.5 or 0 as described above) for each position.

Head of State
Head of Government
Most Senior Religious Figure
Most Senior Military Officer
Most Senior Diplomatic Figure (E.g. Foreign Minister)
Most Senior Judicial Figure (E.g. MInister of Justice/Chief Judge)

We look forward to updating the world with our findings in due course.

With thanks

Professor Rumfield

To:- Queen Atalanta II of Cassiopeia

Tradition dictates that following the birth of a child in East Moreland the parents select what are known as Sword and Shield Parents. These are individuals whom the parents believe will act as good examples for the child to follow in life. Since the end of East Moreland's self imposed political withdrawal from Mundus it has become somewhat of a tradition for the majority of these selections to be from non-Morelanders when a royal child is born. It is hoped that by selecting people from outside East Moreland it will encourage the new-born royal to see themselves as a child of Mundus and not just East Moreland. With this in mind myself and my wife, Queen Stasya would be honoured if you would accept the position of Sword Mother. In East Moreland culture a Sword Mother is someone who has shown such qualities as Strength, Dedication and Bravery. It is my belief that in your actions while in exile and dedication to your nations own Navy you are a fine example of these qualities. I therefore sincerely hope that you will accept the role of Prince Llewellyn's Sword Mother and this can bring our two nations closer together.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland.

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To:- Queen Octavia II of Lymm

Tradition dictates that following the birth of a child in East Moreland the parents select what are known as Sword and Shield Parents. These are individuals whom the parents believe will act as good examples for the child to follow in life. Since the end of East Moreland's self imposed political withdrawal from Mundus it has become somewhat of a tradition for the majority of these selections to be from non-Morelanders when a royal child is born. It is hoped that by selecting people from outside East Moreland it will encourage the new-born royal to see themselves as a child of Mundus and not just East Moreland. With this in mind myself and my wife, Queen Stasya would be honoured if you would accept the position of Shield Mother. As you will know as a Cultist this positions is someone who symbolises Loyalty, Kindness and Compassion, the way that as a minority you have lead the Cultists of Lymm shows these qualities. It is my hope that you will accept this position to bring our nations and families closer together. As two Cultist monarchs it is vital we stand together as far as possible and this would send a strong message.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland

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To:- Grand Duke Hugo Lascelles

Tradition dictates that following the birth of a child in East Moreland the parents select what are known as Sword and Shield Parents. These are individuals whom the parents believe will act as good examples for the child to follow in life. Since the end of East Moreland's self imposed political withdrawal from Mundus it has become somewhat of a tradition for the majority of these selections to be from non-Morelanders when a royal child is born. It is hoped that by selecting people from outside East Moreland it will encourage the new-born royal to see themselves as a child of Mundus and not just East Moreland. With this in mind myself and my wife, Queen Stasya would be honoured if you would accept the position of Shield Father. As a fellow Cultist you know well the qualities such a position exemplifies. It is my belief you wise and honourable governorship of Bakkermaya has shown Integrity, your attempts at utilising the Ardian Assembly to keep peace on your continent shows Fair Mindedness and your attempts at making the Alucard a better place is a demonstration of Kindness. I would therefore be deeply honoured if you accepted the position of Shield Father as not only would you be a perfect example of these qualities to my son it would also further deepen connections between our homes.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace.

King David III of East Moreland

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To:- Emperor Peter of Achkaerin

Tradition dictates that following the birth of a child in East Moreland the parents select what are known as Sword and Shield Parents. These are individuals whom the parents believe will act as good examples for the child to follow in life. Since the end of East Moreland's self imposed political withdrawal from Mundus it has become somewhat of a tradition for the majority of these selections to be from non-Morelanders when a royal child is born. It is hoped that by selecting people from outside East Moreland it will encourage the new-born royal to see themselves as a child of Mundus and not just East Moreland. With this in mind myself and my wife, Queen Stasya would be honoured if you would accept the position of Sword Father.

It is well documented that there is a deep friendship between our nations and our families. As the monarch of a nation with a significant Cultist population you will be no doubt familiar with the concept. As well as being a good example of Dedication for the way you have given your lifework to guiding your nation, bravery for not allowing injuries to stop you from your duty and respect  for the way you have honoured agreements between us I believe it is important this gesture is made at a time when we sadly find ourselves on opposing sides of arguments not made by our own actions.  Accepting this would not only honour our family but also send a strong message that one of the longest lasting friendships on Mundus is as strong as ever.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland.

As some will have noticed today I posted the factbook for a NPC version of the Ecclesiastical State, in essence our Vatican City.

As part of this I've got an idea for the firming up of the foundation of the Catholic Church.

I'm proposing that St. Peter left Vanora (accepted as our "Holy Land" and headed south getting to Attica in Tamora. Here he helped establish Antioch which today is in ruins. From there he crossed the Kyne and found himself in Marseille where he spent time in Corinth. Finally he reached the territory where the ES is on the map. Here he established the Church before being executed by an as of yet undetermined force.

When it comes to that part I have a few ideas. First is the creation of a Nordic based empire that once headed into South Albion or Drenovia where involved.  Additionally we could just leave that part vague. If anyone has any issues with any of this please let me know.

Today General Cartier was summarily found guilty by a military Court Marshall of being Absent Without Leave (AWOL). The General was commissioned into the military of Marseille in 1987 at the age of 18. Until 2015 he had served in the military without issue however he has now not reported for duty in over six years. Orders were posted on Regimental Officers Board in accordance with Army standing orders instructing all senior officers to report for duty at 8am this morning Marseille time. When General Cartier failed to appear at this compulsary meeting he was referred to Court Marshall. As such he is sentenced to 10 years in military prison, is dishonourably discharged and stripped of all pension rights.

As the now former General is currently in detention in Achkaerin it is requested that the Empire of Achkaerin transport the convicted individual to Rochelle Barracks for the start of his sentence.

Signed

President Emile Sauzee

To:-

King Andrew of Seaforth
King Rutger of Altona
Queen Karin & King Jonas of Hassfurt
Prince Vincenzo, Regent of Vaguzia
Grand Duke Hugo Lascelles of Bakkermaya
Royal Overseer Stanley Keyes of Eskdale
President Binyamin Elwes of Zimalia

Over the last few hours it has come to our attention that a crisis is beginning to materialise in our neighbouring nation of Heyra. Normally as this region contains several key regional organisations I would have attempted to discuss the matter through those however with these bodies having considerable overlap I believe a more productive use of time would be to have one meeting for those nations based in the region. I am also aware that several nations among you have been discussing potential membership of one if not more of the organisations. As a result I believe it is a good moment in time to show them how well our region can work together.

Should you accept this invitation please send a delegation to Ostlake as soon as possible. Arrangements will be put in place to allow, if required, extended stay for either all or part of your delegation. Time is of the urgency as it is believed violence is spreading throughout the capital of mainland Heyra.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland.

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David had wanted to get Therz to the meeting, or at least someone trusted by her and so had placed a phone call to his friend Alex Redfern. It was well known that Red Legion utilised a network of veterans who had settled around the world from time to time and surely Redfern would known someone. It had taken the trusted friend of the monarch a few hours but he'd tracked down Robert Grant, a former Sergeant who 20 years ago had undertaken some missionary work in Royal Seleucid, meet the love of his life and remained. He now worked for a business based in Meybad offering advice on security for a wide variety of businesses. His work often took him to Tamora and armed with Alex Redfern's message from King David he had headed to the gates of the Imperial Palace where Redfern had told him Therz was likely taking refuge. He showed the gate guards his Red Legion veterans ID and informed them he had a message for Therz and as per instructions he left it with them hopeful it would find its way to its target.

The message was simple, it told Therz of the time and place of the meeting and had the contact details of the former Sergeant. There was a plane marked as belonging to a company called Blade Enterprises, a cover company for several Red Legion operations in the past. If anyone dug down the aircraft would come out as belonging to a company based in Ostlake and involved in mapping of resources and other associated acts. It was on paper highly successful and coming to an oil rich nation would be no surprise. In truth however it was one of the old royal aircraft Ironside One complete with all its gadgets for security. It was flown by Alice Graham from the  Joint Forces Specialist Aviation Wing with Tom Barks riding shotgun as a steward.

They had no idea if Therz would accept the ride or invitation but either way it had been a useful exercise.

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At Ostlake arrangements had been made at Ostlake East. It was one of the four bases that surrounded the lake from which the area took its name. Each of the cardinal points housed a base but East was the most presitious, it was the oldest, housed the Armies Officer Training School and a building known as the Roundal it was on the surface just a circular building with beautiful oak panels and a circular table. It was used only a few times a year openly, for a Heads of Forces dinner with the King, what it also had though was the only access to a seperate labrynth of corridors and offices used only during crisis if the King was in Ostlake. It had taken a few hours for staff to come in and clean things down ready for the arrival of what could potentially be the first foreigners to enter this area.

The other advantage of this location was that from landing their aircraft the visitors could be taken by car straight across to the Roundal and then down into the briefing room where the Morelanders were waiting.

The first to arrive received no fanfare or grand welcoming, this was not a time to celebrate but instead an Air Force Squadron Leader accompanied them into a vehicle which he drove himself. Upon reaching the Roundal he scanned his ID badge and where normally a banqueting table for eight would be waiting it was full of laptop using airmen with cameras and printers. "Sorry but to ease you're stay here we need to issue some ID" each person was photographed and handed a credit card sized pass which they were asked to display on a lanyard around their neck. "These will get you through all the doors here but also if need be over in the Royal Mess if you stay this evening." As by demonstration he tapped the card and showed them down a spiral set of steps until they must have been a good 10meters underground. They moved along a long corridor and then into a huge hall full of desks but with what looked like a glass box in the centre, it was there King David and the Morelanders sat waiting. The only thing breaking up the line of sight into the glass box was a few TV screens. "Welcome to Ostlake" David greeted the first person as they walked in.

To:-

Following reports of water shortages reaching seemingly critical levels within your nation I believe East Moreland are well placed to be able to support in this situation. The Kingdom of East Moreland utilises a system of various global pre-positioning ships to help support military and humanitarian operations around Mundus. These vessels contain significant supplies of bottled water as well as equipment to help purify water. One of these vessels is placed in the Krimeon and could be in Jugland in approximately 36 hours. In addition to this our nation has in Ostlake supplies ear-marked for deployment with the Joint Emergency Team's for humanitarian operations. We could now divert the water supplies for this to Jugland via Air-Force cargo plane, this should be in Jugland within 24 hours.

Should the situtaion persist our nation has also a store of 100 Watly units made by OsmanTech and SFR, each of which can provide around 5,000 litres a day, as well as acting as energy generators.

We are unsure the true extent of the shortages being experienced but hope should the situation require it you will have support to ensure the people effected can maintain their access to clean and safe water. If we can be of any assistance please let us know.

May the Gods Watch Over You and Your Nation Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland.

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