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| − | The '''Concordat of Avaldsnes''' is a treaty between the [[Elwynn|Elwynnese Union]] and the [[Jólaslafðir]]. The treaty defines the relationship between the [[Froyalanish Ancient Ways]] and the Elwynnese State in matters that concern both, like the recognition and privileges of the [[Jólaslafðir]] and the [[Hjartardýrlafðir]] in the [[Flower of the North]] and with secular matters that impact on the faith's interests, such as taxation as well as the right of the Elwynnese State to influence the selection of senior clergy within its borders. | + | The '''Concordat of Avaldsnes''' was a treaty between the [[Elwynn|Elwynnese Union]] and the [[Jólaslafðir]]. The treaty defined the relationship between the [[Froyalanish Ancient Ways]] and the Elwynnese State in matters that concern both, like the recognition and privileges of the [[Jólaslafðir]] and the [[Hjartardýrlafðir]] in the [[Flower of the North]] and with secular matters that impact on the faith's interests, such as taxation as well as the right of the Elwynnese State to influence the selection of senior clergy within its borders. |
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| − | ==Text of the Treaty==
| + | The treaty was voided by the [[Auspicious Occasion]] of 1651 and formally repudiated by the Imperial Republic in the same year. |
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| − | <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="13">'''The Concordat of Avaldsnes'''</font></div>
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| − | <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="13">'''between'''</font></div>
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| − | <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="13">'''The Elwynnese Union'''</font></div>
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| − | <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="13">'''and'''</font></div>
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| − | <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="13">'''The Jólaslafðir'''</font></div>
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| − | '''Her High Holiness Forn Siðr Fúrstafrúa Sigrdrífa the Priestess of the House of Vanadís, Ærkejarla of Thingeyri and the Idunn Isles, Yfirstormarksgythia and High Priestess of the Thingeyri Temple''' and '''His Imperial and Royal Highness Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Steward of Elwynn, Imperial Chieftain of Tronderike, Arvjarl of the Twenty-Six Jarldoms, Storjarl of Stormark, Lord Imperial on all Continents, Knight of the Holy Lakes, moved by a common desire to consolidate and promote the friendly relations existing between the Jólaslafðir and the Elwynnese Union, wish to permanently regulate the relations between the Storish Ancient Ways and the Elwynnese Union''' in a way acceptable to both parties and to that end have decided to conclude a solemn agreement.<br><br>
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| − | For this purpose Her High Holiness the Yfirstormarksgythia and High Priestess of the Thingeyri Temple has appointed as her Plenipotentiary '''Her Holiness the Lady Oracle of Thingeyri''' and His Imperial and Royal Highness the Steward of Elwynn has appointed as his Plenipotentiary His Beloved Son, '''His Imperial and Royal Highness Thorstein Noah of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Prince of Elwynn, Imperial Chieftain of Thule, Arvjarl of the Twenty-Six Jarldoms, Storjarl of Stormark, Lord Imperial on All Continents, Knight of the Holy Lakes, Scion of the King of Kings''', who, having exchanged their respective mandates and found them to be in good and proper form, have agreed to the following Articles:<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the First'''<br>
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| − | The Elwynnese Union and the Jólaslafðir (hereafter the "High Contracting Parties") solemnly acknowledge each other as international legal persons, each considering the other party an independent legal person in compliance with international law, and pledge that they shall respect fully this legal personality.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Second'''<br>
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| − | The Elwynnese Union assures and guarantees the practitioners of the Storish Ancient Ways who are present within its borders (hereafter "the Vanafolk") the free exercise of their spiritual relationships as well as the free and public exercise of their Storish Ancient Ways Faith in accordance with its venerable traditions and ancient customs. In the discharge of their official clerical duties, Vanafolk clerics who have been appointed, elected or selected by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir shall be entitled to the protection of the Imperial State.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Third'''<br>
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| − | The Jólaslafðir hereby assure and guarantee the Elwynnese Union that they - as well as any Vanic cleric or body of Vanic clerics that has been appointed, elected or selected by or under their authority - shall not engage in, or condone, any hostile, malicious or subversive act or policy against the Imperial State aforesaid.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Fourth'''<br>
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| − | The Elwynnese Union hereby acknowledges the age-old right of the Jólaslafðir to, within the Vanic realm of their competence, issue laws, decrees and appointments: the Imperial State aforesaid shall neither hinder nor impede the exercise of the aforementioned right, under the laws valid for all in Elwynn, to manage and regulate spiritual and temporal affairs of the Vanafolk independently and, within the framework of their own competence, to issue binding laws and ordinances for the Vanafolk.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Fifth'''<br>
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| − | The Jólaslafðir hereby assure and guarantee the Elwynnese Union that they shall, with regard to spiritual and temporal matters in Elwynn, adhere to the Law of the Lands of Elwynn as well as applicable regional and local law in force within the borders of the aforementioned Imperial State. They shall strictly charge and enjoin every Vanic cleric or body of Vanic clerics appointed, elected or selected by or under their authority to do the same.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Sixth'''<br>
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| − | In order to foster good relations between the Jólaslafðir and the Elwynnese Union, a Vanic Sendifulltrúi shall reside in the Serene City of Eliria and an ambassador of the Elwynnese Union at the Jólaslafðir.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Seventh'''<br>
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| − | The Elwynnese Union hereby recognises the Hjartardýrlafðir ("Deer Ladies" in the Storish language) - the council which shall be composed of the High Priestesses of the thirteen senior Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas in Elwynn - as the spiritual leadership of the Elwynnese branch of the Storish Ancient Ways. The branch aforesaid shall remain subject to the spiritual and temporal authority of the Jólaslafðir insomuch the aforesaid does not conflict with the Law of the Lands of Elwynn.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Eighth'''<br>
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| − | The Hjartardýrlafðir, Vanic parishes, parish and templedom societies, High Priestessly sees, templedoms and chapters, religious orders and congregations, as well as institutions, foundations and property which are under the administration of Vanic agencies which have been or shall be created in Elwynn by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir, shall be corporations under public law. They shall retain or acquire respectively, legal competence in the civil domain according to the general provisions of Elwynnese civil law.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Nineth'''<br>
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| − | In dealings and correspondence with the clergy and the other employees of the Elwynnese branch of the Storish Ancient Ways, the Jólaslafðir shall enjoy full freedom without any exertion of influence, let or hindrance by the Elwynnese Union. The same shall apply to the dealings and correspondence of the Hjartardýrlafðir and various Templedom administrations with their clergywomen and the Vanic faithful.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Tenth'''<br>
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| − | No temple, edifice, stone circle, annex, or object assigned for Vanic worship may be demolished, occupied, re-sited, altered, or designated by the Imperial State and other public bodies for any other ends, without the prior agreement of the competent Vanic clerical authority and for urgent reasons of public necessity. The same shall apply to the disaforestation of Godsgroves and the draining of Worship Waters.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Eleventh'''<br>
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| − | The Hjartardýrlafðir may raise and maintain an armed Temple Guard for the purpose of carrying out sentry, protection and ceremonial duties for and at the Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas in Elwynn and other premises, sites and establishments under the temporal or spiritual authority of the Elwynnese branch of the Storish Ancient Ways as well as their clerics, guests and staff. The aforesaid Temple Guard shall operate under such rules, regulations and policies for its good government as the aforesaid Deer Ladies shall see fit to issue in accordance with the provisions of this present Concordat.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twelfth'''<br>
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| − | The Hjartardýrlafðir, before proceeding to issue rules, regulations and policies for the good government of the Temple Guard, shall communicate any such draft rules and regulations for the good government to the Elwynnese Government in order to find out if there are any objections against them. No rule, regulation or policy for the good government of the Temple Guard shall take effect over the objection(s) of the aforesaid Government, provided always that silence from the Elwynnese Government for thirty days after the aforesaid notification may be interpreted as to mean that there are no objections.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Thirteenth'''<br>
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| − | The Jólaslafðir shall ensure that any Vanic cleric who is sent to the Elwynnese Union by or under their authority to hold a senior Vanic temporal or spiritual post, or otherwise sent to the country aforesaid on a Storish Ancient Ways mission, shall be well-versed in Elwynnese culture, customs and society.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Fourteenth'''<br>
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| − | The Yule Ladies do hereby joyously and solemnly pledge that they shall endeavour to accomplish that in time the majority of the (senior) clerics of the Elwynnese branch of the Storish Ancient Ways shall be composed of Elwynnese citizens or individuals born and bred in Elwynn.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Fifteenth'''<br>
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| − | The Jólaslafðir shall encourage Vanic Priestessly Initiates to make the Elwynnese Union one of their destinations when travelling the Dark Side of Reikistjarna during the days of their Sacred Voyage Lady travels.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Sixteenth'''<br>
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| − | The Yule Ladies shall, before proceeding to appoint an individual to a senior Storish Ancient Ways position within the borders of the Elwynnese Union, communicate the name of the person chosen to the Elwynnese Government in order to find out if there are objections against her of a general political nature or she otherwise is in bad standing with the aforesaid Government. No person shall be appointed over the objection(s) of the aforesaid Government, provided always that silence from the Elwynnese Government for thirty days after the aforesaid notification may be interpreted as to mean that there are no objections. All matters covered by this Article shall be kept secret.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Seventeenth'''<br>
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| − | Should a [[Vanakvinna]] or Vanakarl who professes the Storish Ancient Ways become Elwynnese Serenity, it shall be permitted for the Jólaslafðir, if the Serene person aforesaid wishes so, to appoint a Grand Almoneress of Avaldsnes to the Serene Court of Elwynn to provide for such Serene individual's spiritual needs.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Eighteenth'''<br>
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| − | Subject to this present Concordat, the appointment, selection or election of all other staff to institutions and other organisations of the Elwynnese branch of the Storish Ancient Ways shall be by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir and in accordance with Vanic Law.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Nineteenth'''<br>
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| − | Cats, lions, tigers, falcons, eagles, dragons, ravens, horses, boars and other animals sacred to the Vanafolk may be kept at the various Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas and other Vanic spiritual establishments operating in Elwynn by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir for the purposes of Vanic ceremony and worship. Animal welfare officers of the Elwynnese Government may, in accordance with the Law of the Lands of Elwynn, carry out visitations to the Vanic sites where such sacred animals are kept.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twentieth'''<br>
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| − | First Viking Age armaments may be kept at the various Vanic Temples Beyond-the-Seas and other Vanic spiritual establishments operating in Elwynn by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir for the purposes of war dancing, ritual combat and other kinds of Vanic ceremony and worship. The competent Elwynnese authorities shall, in accordance with the Law of the Lands of Elwynn, be provided with the necessary information concerning the armaments that are kept and may make visitations in accordance with the aforesaid.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twenty-First'''<br>
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| − | The Hjartardýrlafðir may lay and collect a Temple Tax, for reasons of Vanafolk history and nostalgia to be known as Sóknargjöld, on the income of the Vanafolkers who belong to the Elwynnese branch of the Storish Ancient Ways. The Jólaslafðir may financially and materially support the Storish Ancient Ways in Elwynn without any let or hindrance from the Elwynnese Government.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twenty-Second'''<br>
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| − | All institutions, organisations and clerics of the Storish Ancient Ways that operate within the borders of the Elwynnese Union by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir shall be exempt from all taxation that exist in the aforesaid country. In turn shall the former not receive any monetary subsidies from the Elwynnese Government.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twenty-Third'''<br>
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| − | The Elwynnese Government, other public bodies as well as private persons, both natural and legal, may make land grants to institutions and organisations of the Storish Ancient Ways which operate within the borders of the Elwynnese Union by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir. The aforesaid Yule Ladies may, if they are in agreement with any such land donation, compensate any grantor, if (s)he wishes so, with land from their ownership which is situated on the Dark Side of Reikistjarna.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twenty-Fourth'''<br>
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| − | At the end of any Friday Service and services in the observance of a Vanic Holy Day there shall in any Vanic Temple Beyond-the-Seas or other Vanic spiritual establishments operating in Elwynn by or under the authority of the Jólaslafðir a prayer be offered for the enduring peace and friendship between the Elwynnese Union and the High Realm of Stormark and their Peoples as well as the continued well-being of the same.
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| − | '''Article the Twenty-Fifth'''<br>
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| − | Any difference of interpretation of any Article or Articles of this present Concordat which may arise between the High Contracting Parties will be settled bilaterally by peaceful means in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding.<br><br>
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| − | '''Article the Twenty-Sixth'''<br>
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| − | The High Contracting Parties shall ratify this present Concordat at their earliest convenience. The Concordat aforesaid shall enter force upon the exchange of ratifications which shall take place at the Court of the Prince of the Elwynnese Union in the [[Eliria|Serene City of Eliria]].<br><br>
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| − | The aforesaid Plenipotentiaries of the Jólaslafðir and the Elwynnese Union have affixed their signatures to the present Concordat to signify their acceptance of its Articles of High Contractation.<br><br>
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| − | Done in the Serene City of Eliria on the twenty-third day of Vixaslaa in the year 1623, corresponding to 3 Thrymheim 14.<br><br>
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| − | '''FOR THE ELWYNNESE UNION'''
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| − | ''Thorstein Noah of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja, Prince of Elwynn''
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| − | '''FOR THE JÓLASLAFÐIR'''
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| − | ''Goðsvara Thingeyris''
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