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The Emperor decrees an Imperial Decree with Assent from the Spirit for the Empire at large, but particularly the Imperial city, nailed to all announcement boards and sent to all major publication houses. It reads:
"It has come to our attention that a most disturbing trend of degradation of Aristocratic Values has been taking place. For some time now, the Civil Government has stood idly by as Nobles were vulgarly referred to by their last name sans honorifics, or even more terrifyingly, referred to by their first name. No doubt the inadequate culture of likeability among the peerage has played some part, some Nobles seem more concerned with the whims and wishes of the common folk as if public street-life were a competition, fraternizing with their lesser and eroding the constitutions of authority that this Empire was built upon.
From the Holy words of Theomar the First, the structure of the Empire's peerage was outlined, and while Emperors have made changes to the rankings myself included, never before has an Emperor had to sit idly by while the Government neither cared or had the means to act, in an atmosphere that we perceive, where-in some of the newer generations of Nobles no longer take their position with the greatest respect, admiration, and collectedness that these positions demand. Nobility through the lens of right instead of duty, through the lens of burden instead of privilege, through the lens of a spoiled child that has been raised to believe that all it was given was deserved, and that as it was deserved, it should be their right to suspend or take away when it conveniences them.
The Spirit and we say resolutely, nay, it is not yours to suspend for convenience.
The government may tacitly, through inaction, condone these practices, as we have received word of even Ministers acting with utter disregard for proper titleage and behavior among the Commoners. However we condemn any attempt to erode the gap between the titled Nobility and the Common Folk, even through the lens of the so called Nouveau-Riche who climb the social ladder of meritocratic opportunity in the Empire. Let us state very clearly, and with as much authority as we can muster in our position of divine judgement:
To be Noble, is a duty to the Empire that does not cease at one's front door, back room, kitchen larder, or worse, bedroom doors. To be Noble is a duty that endures even between spouse and significant other, between parent and child, lover to lover, and friend to friend.
Erosion of Noble values begins with the submission of noble protocol. After all, what could be the harm, if a friend I had some months back refers to me by my first name? What could be the harm if my friend is included in state affairs? What could be the harm if my mistress sees the General's plans? What could be the harm if we lose a Kingdom because its people no longer believe that the Empire has a strong hierarchal structure to maintain order and balance in a world constantly beset by chaos.
The sheer indignance that some Nobles act upon their lot in life also, obstinately uncooperative attitudes that reject the wealth and privilege afforded to individuals who have had nary a day in their life spent with the work of the tanner, the tenant farmer, or the coal miner, and complain about the hem of a dress that is too high, or a glove that hides too much of one's arm, or the diminished vocabulary that does not allow for the incessant usage of base and debauched words.
Life is duty. Nobility is duty. The Spirit will judge all for their transgressions in the twilight of life, even those who do not believe in His will. The least they could do, is act the part of the Noble, or perhaps sign an application to become tenant farmers if they so detest the restraint and discipline that is required to exist on the laddered hierarchy that holds up the very brickwork of this Empire. To refuse respect to the Nobility is tantamount to refuse respect to the Emperor, as the Emperor's will and mercy is passed from Crown to Nobility. To offend the Nobility is to offend the Emperor, which is Capital Crime."
Included in the Decree with Spiritual Assent is a reference that the Emperor has passed a new Crown Law that dictates the absolutely requirement for usage of title honorifics in public and semi-private life, and that failing to observe these laws will involve the Imperial Inquestors, for a violation of Capital Law that can include maiming and execution of offenders.
Failing to adhere to title honorifics has now become one of the heaviest committable crimes in the Empire.
"It has come to our attention that a most disturbing trend of degradation of Aristocratic Values has been taking place. For some time now, the Civil Government has stood idly by as Nobles were vulgarly referred to by their last name sans honorifics, or even more terrifyingly, referred to by their first name. No doubt the inadequate culture of likeability among the peerage has played some part, some Nobles seem more concerned with the whims and wishes of the common folk as if public street-life were a competition, fraternizing with their lesser and eroding the constitutions of authority that this Empire was built upon.
From the Holy words of Theomar the First, the structure of the Empire's peerage was outlined, and while Emperors have made changes to the rankings myself included, never before has an Emperor had to sit idly by while the Government neither cared or had the means to act, in an atmosphere that we perceive, where-in some of the newer generations of Nobles no longer take their position with the greatest respect, admiration, and collectedness that these positions demand. Nobility through the lens of right instead of duty, through the lens of burden instead of privilege, through the lens of a spoiled child that has been raised to believe that all it was given was deserved, and that as it was deserved, it should be their right to suspend or take away when it conveniences them.
The Spirit and we say resolutely, nay, it is not yours to suspend for convenience.
The government may tacitly, through inaction, condone these practices, as we have received word of even Ministers acting with utter disregard for proper titleage and behavior among the Commoners. However we condemn any attempt to erode the gap between the titled Nobility and the Common Folk, even through the lens of the so called Nouveau-Riche who climb the social ladder of meritocratic opportunity in the Empire. Let us state very clearly, and with as much authority as we can muster in our position of divine judgement:
To be Noble, is a duty to the Empire that does not cease at one's front door, back room, kitchen larder, or worse, bedroom doors. To be Noble is a duty that endures even between spouse and significant other, between parent and child, lover to lover, and friend to friend.
Erosion of Noble values begins with the submission of noble protocol. After all, what could be the harm, if a friend I had some months back refers to me by my first name? What could be the harm if my friend is included in state affairs? What could be the harm if my mistress sees the General's plans? What could be the harm if we lose a Kingdom because its people no longer believe that the Empire has a strong hierarchal structure to maintain order and balance in a world constantly beset by chaos.
The sheer indignance that some Nobles act upon their lot in life also, obstinately uncooperative attitudes that reject the wealth and privilege afforded to individuals who have had nary a day in their life spent with the work of the tanner, the tenant farmer, or the coal miner, and complain about the hem of a dress that is too high, or a glove that hides too much of one's arm, or the diminished vocabulary that does not allow for the incessant usage of base and debauched words.
Life is duty. Nobility is duty. The Spirit will judge all for their transgressions in the twilight of life, even those who do not believe in His will. The least they could do, is act the part of the Noble, or perhaps sign an application to become tenant farmers if they so detest the restraint and discipline that is required to exist on the laddered hierarchy that holds up the very brickwork of this Empire. To refuse respect to the Nobility is tantamount to refuse respect to the Emperor, as the Emperor's will and mercy is passed from Crown to Nobility. To offend the Nobility is to offend the Emperor, which is Capital Crime."
Included in the Decree with Spiritual Assent is a reference that the Emperor has passed a new Crown Law that dictates the absolutely requirement for usage of title honorifics in public and semi-private life, and that failing to observe these laws will involve the Imperial Inquestors, for a violation of Capital Law that can include maiming and execution of offenders.
Failing to adhere to title honorifics has now become one of the heaviest committable crimes in the Empire.
