"It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time."

Attend and Draw Near all and singular nobles and gentles, merchants and soldiers, peers and barons, and to all others universally to whom these presents shall be seen or known, Baron Adhemar Christian Santiago Igantius Jesus Mendoza de Villarquemada, Brigantia Principal Herald & chief officer of Arms for the most noble and ancient Eastern Kingdom, with due Commendations sendeth greetings.

Forasmuch as it is very expedient and by the ancient custom of honor in this kingdom observed that the very virtuous worthy and valiant acts of excellent men employed in the most honorable service to their Prince, Barony, Province or Kingdom, whether in Peace or War, should be duly rewarded and that in all times and through all ages such men may be honored and rewarded and their remembrance made by sundry monuments preserved, wherein the chiefest and most usual means hath been and is the bearing of ensigns and tokens of honor in shields of arms that thereby such persons so meriting may flourish during their lives and their fame increase and continue in their offspring and posterities for ever, which order as it was most prudently devised in the beginning to show and find in the hearts of men to the imitation of such worthy virtue and nobleness.

Whereas the King his most excellent Majesty Darius and the Queen her most noble Majesty Roxane have by the reports of experienced and trustworthy men and women received reliable and certain intelligence that our noble and honorable Lord Miles of Whitewood Hall hath for many years given good and faithful service in his steadfast leadership of our Province of Malagentia, and Whereas the said Lord Miles of Whitewood Hall hath been well known for many years as a man of most excellent and temperate qualities, well-beloved by persons of all ranks within our Kingdom, both base and noble, and whereas diverse and excellent persons have stood before Their Majesties seeking to advise, request, and notify them on behalf of the very noble honored and ancient Order of the Pelican and that these said masters and mistresses have agreed together to choose the said right worthy and well-beloved Lord Miles of Whitewood Hall over all others on account of the great fame of his wisdom like unto that of Solomon, the renown of his intelligence and the praise of the virtues that have long endured in his noble person, and that said masters and mistresses are very desirous of having him join their ranks, in all love and friendship on account of the many virtuous qualities aforementioned that they know are in his very noble person, yet those virtues which are not in express terms named here are not to be take as if they were excluded or forgot.

Therefore in consideration whereof and for sundry virtuous and renowned acts and enterprises well known to Their Majesties their beloved and faithful Lord Miles of Whitewood Hall hath been inducted this day into that very noble honored and ancient Order of the Pelican, and know ye also that by Their especial grace, certain science and mere motion, Their Majesties have given and granted and by these presents before us made known that the aforementioned Lord Miles of Whitewood Hall hath the right privilege and duty to bear before him at all times the Arms, Seals, Banners & Ensigns necessary and traditional for one elevated to this esteemed rank and company.

And moreover, by these same presents here today read do Their Royal Majesties Darius and Roxane bestow and confirm upon this most noble and virtuous Peer of Our Realm newly called Master Miles of Whitewood Hall the following Arms by Letters Patent: Quarterly sable and argent, two trees blasted argent. That they are his solely and exclusively to use, bear, enjoy and show forth at his liberty and pleasure at all times for ever and in all places universally throughout all regions of the Kingdoms, Principalities, Baronies Shires and Provinces wheresoever, Christian or Heathen, by Sea or By Land.

In Testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patents witnesse our selfe in Stonemarch at the Market Day at Birka, being the twenty-eighth day of January AS XL in the fifth month of our third Reign.

Darius Rex, by grace and right of arms overlord and rightful monarch of Ar n-Eilean-ne, Lyndhaven, Malagentia, Panther Vale, Dragonship Haven, Bridge, Smoking Rocks, Settmour Swamp, Caer Adamant, and Sovereign King of all the lands of the East, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting.

Since human memory is short and does not suffice for a crowd of things, the authority of those who preceded our age, the divine emperors and kings, has decreed that those things were to be written down which the progress of fleeting time generally removes from the knowledge of men.

Wherefore let the generality of the present as well as the future subjects of our Kingdom know, that beloved and faithful subject and servant Morgan Christian Santiago Igantius Jesus Mendoza de Clarens de Palencia de Cotes-du-Nord de Navarre y de Villarquemada, by grace of God and the Crown of the East Sire de Sainte Claire, Companion of the Order of the Maunche, Companion of the Order of the Silver Crescent, Baron of the Royal Court, Baron and Dread Overlord of Our lands called Dragonship Haven, and Peer of our Realm, has well pleased us in all respects, especially in the noble and gracious manner in which he maintains himself and his house, the dignity with which he serves as the voice of the Crown on varied and diverse occasions, and by the high standard which he keeps for himself and presents to this our realm in all things and so we do hereby confirm in him again all the perquisites belonging and appertaining to those ranks, rights, and titles thus far conferred upon him by Ourselves and Our right noble and royal predecessors, and affirm again that all the honors, graces, concessions, preeminence, prerogatives, immunities and other things, or any of them, which are due to him, by virtue of his current rank and station, are to be observed completely, so that nothing be diminished; and decree that the Princes, Dukes, Counts, Knights, Great Masters, and Captains of the Military Orders; and our Counselors, Judges, and other Officers of Justice whatsoever; and Constables of Castles, Strong Houses, and others; and all Seneschals, Bailiffs, Governors, and Guild-masters; and the Aldermen, Common Council, Officers, and Good People of all Cities, Lands, Baronies and Provinces, Shires, Cantons and Freeholds, and all places in our Kingdoms and Dominions, shall make no objection to this, or any part of it, nor suffer it to be made; forasmuch as we from this time forward, by this our letter, bestow on him the additional dignity of COMPANION OF THE KING'S ORDER OF EXCELLENCE, forever; and we put him into possession of the said offices, and of every one of them, and full power to use and exercise them, and to receive the perquisites and salaries belonging to them, or any of them, as is traditional for holders of this dignity in these our Eastern lands.

Concerning all which things, if it be requisite, and he shall desire it, we command Brigantia, and our other officers and clerks to pass, seal, and deliver unto him the true records of all those such letters of privilege as are rightfully due him, in such form and legal manner as he shall require or stand in need of. And wishing this most present privilege to remain valid for him unto all his posterity, we forbid by an imperial edict that any one, with rash daring, infringe it or in any way attempt to violate it; and we validly corroborate this our decree, signed by the golden seal of our Majesty, the witnesses being written down who were present at this deed. Done this 20th day of the month of April, in the lands called Dragonship Haven.