Queen Vialle's Conference with the College of Heralds

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On the 5th day of the 1st month of 5273 Queen Vialle surprisingly showed up at the yearly conference of the Amber College of Heralds. This surprised the conclave since no reigning monarch, King or Queen, had attended the conference in several thousand years.

Official Rules of Order for the College seats the King and Queen as the leader of the College but this is historically considered an honorary position. In practice the Master Laurel of Arms oversees the Conferences and the College.

Queen Vielle had served in the College in the past as Rebma's representative making her very familiar with the rules and procedures.

She arrived in State, wearing the Queen's Crown and bearing the King's Scepter, and stated it was her intention to settle several long standing controversies by issuing royal rulings. These rulings had been "Under Review" for centuries.

Master Aldo Mikhale, the Laurel Master of Arms, had held the senior seat in the college for 600 years and had a long standing policy of "Review" over the charters of regional cities and other matters that often involves informal encouragement. Behind his back the "encouragement" is called what it is, bribes. Levels of "Review" allow allowances of bureaucratic details to occur despite charters and patents not being fully approved. He headed a faction among the college who all juiced upwards toward Aldo for all the details they came to oversee.

'Queen Vialle, by assuming the high seat, as Oberon, Eric, and Random had all not bothered to do, essentially cutting Aldo off from the final say in the "Review" process. She also stated that she would be attending lower level meetings and otherwise serve the office of Sovereign Queen of Arms so long neglected since the reign of Queen Harla. Queen Harla was the last sitting King or Queen to serve as Sovereign of arms. She said the role of Sovereign Queen of Arms" would not be an honorary one during her riegn but would be a major part of her queenship. This uprooted many factions in the historically turbulent Herald's Office of Amber.

She arrived with a contingent of heralds essentially establishing the Queen's Heralds faction including Lady Nim Mior Tral, William Roth, Dame Margot, Dart of Hale, Droppa Ma'Pants, Tyler Smials, Lady Ain Breakwithe-Smythe, and Brutus Drent( a known enemy of Master Aldo). SHe also had a company of Elites attending her.

Aldo Mikhale, still officially Laurel Master of Arms, was relegated to managing research and book heraldry and administrative matters. This cut out of his main funds and the standard of living he had come to expect was greatly effected. His faction may become dangerous, or dangerously unglued.

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 is not deemed a Prince of Amber. 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.

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 reasosn 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.

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.

New Rulings of the College of Heralds due to the Sovereign Queen of Arms

1) Establishment of the Office of Herald's Tyler. This role is a guard, usually an Elite, who stands at the door to the Grand Hall of the College of Heralds during formal gatherings. The Herald's Tyler is considered a spy for the Queen, so that no formal meeting are held without the SQoA. There is some truth in the view.

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