Editing Queen Vialle's Conference with the College of Heralds (section)

=='''Long Standing Rulings Settled by Queen Vialle, Sovereign Queen of Arms:'''==
'''''1)''''' '''Queen Tradota''', Wife of King Finndo, was declared officially to have been a married to '''King Finndo''', and to have been duly crowned Queen of Amber by the acceptance of the Queen's Crown.  This ruling makes her son '''Dashel''' legitimate, despite his birth after she and '''Finndo''' left Amber.  Since his birth occurred after his parents abdicated means he was not deemed a Prince of Amber by many.  Queen Tradota's Royal Letters Patent had previously been approved but there were unsettled issues of her legitimate birth and her marriage's legitimacy. The circumstances of her marriage and her life are unverified and many people continue to believe that Tradota, despite being now accepted as a queen of Amber, is not the person she claimed to be in official documents of the time, most of which are now lost.  Her son is officially considerd a Prince despite the opinions of many heralds.

'''''2)'''''  '''Queen Astrid's''' Royal Letters Patent were confirmed.  '''Queen Vialle''' announced that '''Queen Astrid''', wife of '''King Eric,''' had worn the Queen's Coronet and been accepted by it.  This thorny political issue had long tainted her time in Amber and '''Eric's''' reign.  The announcement was part of '''King Random's''' efforts to settle outstanding matters of charters arising from '''Eric's''' term as King.

'''3)''' Grant of legitimacy of '''Martin''', crown Prince of Amber.  This states that Princess Morganthe of Remba and King Random were duly married in a Unicorn rite, though done privately, and thus he was legally born in wedlock.  The truth of this is widely questioned but since the matter was set by the SQoA it is legally settled.

'''4)''' The Charters of 384 Chartered Cities were reviewed and confirmed by the crown.  This issue was a technicality that had hung over many cities across the realm since the time of Oberon's disappearance that led to Eric's assumption of the throne.  While a small matter that was generally overlooked on a day to day basis it did effect legal issues and use of public space and public sale of property.  

The reasons for these problems lay in the control of the Heralds office by '''Master Aldo Mikhale''', especially during the reign of King Eric. The rumor has been that these charters were held up till the effected cities could raise the amount of money required to "Finish the Review Process".  This move is wildly popular in those cities effected making them greatly indebted to the Queen.

'''5)''' Confirmation of 212 Letters Patent of Peers covering the reigns of Eric and Random.  

Most of these had also been stalled in Master Aldo's ''review'' process. This made 212 newly confirmed peers grateful to the queen as well. 

'''6)''' Confirmation of 3100 Decree of Arms.  

Stalled in Master Aldo's ''review'' process, many of these were for lower ranked knights in the service of Amber who had little use for personal Arms and used the arms in submission while they were under review.  It was a sore spot between the military and the College of Heralds. This was wildly popular in  military circles. Many of the lower ranked knights recieved their accolades after Patternfall and for actions during the Black Road War.

'''7)''' Confirmation of 32,100 matters of "Heraldic Approval" across the Golden Circle.  

Another victim of the "Review Process of Aldo Mikhale", this clearance greatly increased the regard for King Random and Queen Vielle.

Most of these small details involved heraldic "conflicts" arriving from Golden Circle nobility not wanting their arms to be mistaken for the arms of Amberites.  This is part of a long standing controversy arising from two schools of thought regarding the Golden Circle.  One school believes that since each Golden Circle kingdom comes to Amber with its own often rich heraldic histories and practices they should not compare their devices to those of Amber.  The other school is that by becoming Golden Circle Kingdoms the heraldry of the realms will be intermixing and therefor the Amber College of Heralds should oversee any "conflicts" arising from heraldic traditions coming together. 

The "Amber Heralds On Top" school was supported by '''Aldo Mikhale''' for personal, often financial,reasons but the position is also supported by '''Quen Vialle'''.