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Choice and Responsibility

Posted by Tyche on 09/12/21

Nobility are called to serve by their blood, and duty and responsibility are essential parts of being noble.

With every choice we make, we must be prepared to accept the consequences, both good and bad. We can choose whatever we please, but it is foolish to imagine those choices are free from responsibility. Lately, choice has been used far too often as an excuse for shirking duty.

As a Voice to House Pravus, I call upon the peers to voluntarily pledge to no further ennobling of any without proof of noble blood until such a time where responsibility is understood above personal desires.

A more formal request will be made of the Assembly of Peers.

Marquessa Tyche Inverno
Choir of Setarco

--- Laurent Stance via Cristoph ---
A simple pledge to make when the solidarity of the Compact is at hand.

--- Thrax Stance via Natasha ---
On 6/2/1013, High Lord Victus Thrax issued a declaration decrying ennoblements that hold no blood ties to nobility. House Thrax reaffirms its commitment to our core values and the duties and responsibilities they carry.

--- Valardin Stance via Alis ---
The traditions that uphold our stability, and therefore our security and prosperity, should be sacrosanct to us all. House Valardin fully supports such a measure.

--- Tyde Stance via Margot ---
A place for everyone and everyone in their place.

--- Redreef Stance via Ember ---
While there are many topics over which House Redreef will continue to diverge from popular opinion within the Mourning Isles, in this matter, it will lend its support to the Marquessa of House Inverno, at the next Assembly and beyond.

--- Seryn Stance via Iseulet ---
House Seryn does not support the willing surrender of any part of its sovereignty over its domains, as it was entrusted to them by House Grimhall. They will continue to rule as they see fit and will agree to no such blanket terms.

--- Faith of the Pantheon Stance via Aureth ---
The Faith is pleased to embrace the proposal of House Pravus and encourages other right-thinking Houses to follow suit in protecting the stability of all.

--- Grimhall Stance via Valdemar ---
House Grimhall will not be making any ennoblements without proof of noble bloodline in the foreseeable future. We will not, however, be agreeing to any such pledge to other peers, as we reserve the right to our own judgement as to the correct time for this policy to end.

--- Redrain Stance via Deva ---
Yeah, sure.

--- Vaevici Stance via Titus ---
Vaevici understands the precious jewel and honour of nobility gifted to us by our Great House. We will live up to those ideals, traditions and standards of the Compact as set by the Great Houses and guide our people accordingly. We live to serve the Compact, always.

--- Halfshav Stance via Khanne ---
House Halfshav has not entertained the idea of ennobling a person or persons within the timeframe of my memory, and we shall continue to hold true to the belief that such an action should not be done without overwhelming justification. We make our pledge.

--- Tessere Stance via Piccola ---
A wise ruler is free from her own ideas: tolerant like the sky, pervasive like sunlight, firm like a mountain, and supple like a reed she has no destination in view and uses all that happens to come her way.