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#1
Wittenberg / Independence Day Honours
December 29, 2023, 06:00:50 PM


2023/XLIV Independence Day Honours

as from the Royal Talossan College of Arms
Abbavilla, Atatürk


WE, JOHN by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, greet the Kingdom and her citizens and Cestours.  We are pleased and proud to act on the advice of Our Squirrel King of Arms, his pursuivants, and the other members of the College of Arms to affirm and announce publicly the Royal honours granted to four worthy citizens of Our Kingdom.

WHEREAS there have come before Us certain honourable and dutiful citizens of Talossa requesting Our favour, which loyal subjects have humbly petitioned that We, by virtue of the Royal power conferred only unto Us, might grant and confer unto them, and their lawful heirs, a coat of arms; and

WHEREAS We derive from Our Royal grace and favour both the commission and the power to confer achievements of arms as a gift from Us, and to issue in such matters a Royal proclamation with the Great Seal of the Kingdom; and

WHEREAS We are particularly inclined toward these citizens, whom We have always found ready in the service of Our Kingdom; now

THEREFORE, with the Royal powers cited above, upon ample consideration, good counsel, and proper knowledge, We have recognized the favours described herein and have conferred upon these citizens that they and their legitimate heirs should hereafter be bearers of the following coats of arms, and that they should therefore have these arms as right, as is Our privilege and custom, without leave or hindrance by anyone.

To þerxh Sant-Enogat

We grant the arms

Quarterly vert and gules, a cross ermine and in dexter chief a muted horn palewise argent.



To Bråneu Excelsio

We grant the arms

Per fess indented, or a laurel of coffee branches proper, and vert a bar argent surmounted of a Bengal tiger passant proper langued gules.



Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this twenty-sixth day of December, being the Independence Day Honours, in the year of salvation 2023, of the independence of Talossa the forty-fourth, and of Our reign the seventeenth.

— John Regeu
#2
Wittenberg / Constabulary Appointments
October 09, 2023, 05:51:18 PM
We, John Regeu, etc etc, do hereby

1)  Acknowledge the long service of Çesli da Chilseu as Our Cunstaval for Vuode, thank her for her time as Cunstaval, and relieve her of the office;

2)  Appoint S:reu Txec da Nordselva to the now-vacant Cunstavalsqab da Vuode, with thanks, and the assurance that he is unlikely to find his new duties particularly burdensome;

3)  Relinquish the Cunstavalsqab of Florencia, which We have for some time held in Our own right;

4)  Appoint (or actually reappoint) Dama Litz Cjantscheir as Our Constable for Florencia.

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this ninth day of October in the year of salvation 2023 being the Feast of Saint Denis and his Companions, Martyrs, of the independence of Talossa the forty-fourth, and of Our reign the seventeenth.

John Regeu
#3
I've read some really good SF recently, most notably:

1.  Redshirts, by John Scalzi.  I knew this was going to be funny, given a couple of reviews I'd read.  I didn't realize how thought-provoking or how moving it would be.  Terrific book.

2.  A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine, who no reader will be surprised to discover is a scholar of late Byzantine diplomacy.  I've been recommending these to anyone who'll stand still for a minute.  Great stuff (although I have a few technical quibbles about the behaviour of ships in free fall, and the encoding of messages for radio transmission).

3.  The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi.  A huge complex book, set in Bangkok in the not-very-distant future.  Ecological disasters, technological collapse and recovery, racism, economics, the preservation of threatened cultures -- it's all here, with a large cast of interesting characters.

The cognoscenti will note that all these are winners of the Hugo Award.  Only three to go, and I'll have read all the Hugo winning novels (and with another six, all the Nebulas).

I'm currently reading the great Connie Willis's latest, The Road to Roswell.  It's a kind of madcap comedy, to which I prefer her more serious writing -- Doomsday Book, Lincoln's Dreams, Blackout and All Clear, Passage, that kind of thing.  But if you're a Willis fan, you'll find a lot to like in Roswell.

John R
#4
Wittenberg / Dissolution of the Cosa
August 29, 2023, 04:48:30 PM


Writ of Dissolution for the 58th Cosa

We JOHN by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, having thought fit to dissolve this present fifty-eighth Cosa of the Kingdom of Talossa, do to that end publish this Our proclamation royal, hereby dissolving the said Cosa accordingly; and do discharge and excuse the Members of that Cosa from their meeting and attendance thereat from the conclusion of this August instant. And We being desirous and resolved for the better governance of these Our realms to have the advice of Our people in the Ziu assembled, do hereby make known to all Our loyal commons, knights, and nobles Our royal will and pleasure to call and assemble a new Cosa, and do hereby further declare that We have given order that Our Chancery and Secretary of State do forthwith issue out writs and ballots in due form, and according to law, for the election of a new fifty-ninth Cosa as well as Senators for Cézembre, Florencia, and Maricopa in their regular rotation.

Further, We desire at this time most heartily to thank and congratulate, on Our own behalf and that of the entire Talossan nation, the citizens who served in this now-dissolved fifty-eighth Cosa, especially thanking S:reu Breneir Tzaracomprada for his faithful service as Our Seneschal during this last Cosa, and all the other members of the Government who so generously give of their time and effort for the good of our nation. Further thanks are due to el Seneschal and to S:reux Ian Tamoran and Txoteu Davinescu, whose present distinguished terms of service in the Senäts will end with the upcoming election.

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this twenty-ninth day of August in the year of salvation 2023 being the Feast of the Decollation of Saint John the Baptist, of the independence of Talossa the forty-fourth, and of Our reign the seventeenth.

—  John Regeu
#5
Would the Squirrel King and/or the Dean do me the favour of convening a Court of Chivalry with the purpose of revoking the privilege of Cauvesc Carlüs Xheraltescu to bear and display Arms in the Kingdom of Talossa? Let this be done at your earliest convenience, and let the Armorial reflect the action of the Court (without actually removing the graphic of the said Arms).

Thank you.

— John R (and Blanc Wolf Herald)
#6
Wittenberg / RIP Laura Hand Donohue
April 12, 2023, 03:35:36 PM
Heartfelt sympathy to my dear friend Manus Hand (Lord Hooligan) on the death of his younger sister Laura, from ALS, a few weeks shy of her 56th birthday.  God grant her Paradise, and consolation to those who love her.

-- John R
#7
Wittenberg / Thanks!
March 10, 2023, 04:45:35 PM
I think the entire nation owes a huge vote of thanks to those who have worked so diligently to put the recent technical glitches behind us.  Lüc, Dama Miestra, Sir Txec, Danihel, others I might have missed -- you guys totally rock.  (Note the old dude's feeble attempt to sound "with it".)

This kind of thing is horribly frustrating, but hey, that's why we have computers.  I spent an entire career *counting* on the fact that machines can mess things up hugely.  Ask Lord Hooligan about the script he wrote one day to recover lots of disk space by going from machine to machine all around the company, logging in with basic "God" permissions, and deleting useless files on each.  The script was spectacularly successful, in the admittedly limited sense that it DID recover LOTS of disk space.

Crises can seem huge at the moment when they're happening, but we can (usually) take comfort in the thought that in a few years we won't be able to recall for sure even what year this happened in.  And in 40 years, this whole thing will be nothing but an answer in a Talossan Trivia contest.  (With maybe a brief mention in a This Month In Talossa History broadcast.)

Anyway, a heartfelt THANK YOU to all those involved in the recovery efforts!

-- John R
#8
1.  For people who like really good writing in a semi-fantasy sort of mode, Sing Your Sadness Deep (2019) is the premier collection of short pieces by Laura Mauro, who lives in London, has tattoos, and at least sometimes has pink hair.  (These are the fruits of 90 seconds worth of googling.)  There's not a dud in the whole collection, and a few of the stories are absolutely brilliant.  My fave was "Looking for Laika".



2.  Evan Williams "1783" Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, "extra aged in white oak", 90 proof.  Terrific stuff, FULL of flavour; to my mind it blows the doors off Maker's Mark or Bulleit (either of which I'm more than happy to drink, don't get me wrong).

-- John R
#9
Happy Independence Day!  We have a lot to be thankful for, and a lot on which we Talossans can legitimately congratulate ourselves today.  Many happy returns!

And for those who celebrate Christmas, a most merry joyful and blessed 2nd day of the great Feast!

And whatever other celebrations you're participating in, may they be filled with peace and good will.

-- John R
#10
The best SF&F thing I've read recently is UPROOTED by Naomi Novik, set in a kind of mythologized sixteenth-century Poland, with magic.  I was pretty sure I was going to like it, since it won a bunch of major awards -- the Nebula for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Fantasy, the Holdstock Fantasy Award, and the Mythopaeic Fantasy Award.  But I wasn't really prepared for how good it is.  What can I tell you about it?  Not much, without spoiling plot points.

And if you like audiobooks, the production narrated by Julia Emelin is superb.

John Bob says check it out.
#11
Wittenberg / Film 45
December 14, 2022, 12:17:55 PM
A documentary-producing company called Film 45 got in touch with me last month, and I spent quite a while Monday afternoon having a really nice talk (on Zoom) with two young women who work for Film 45.  If I got the story right, one of the directors (or producers?) that their company works with has gotten interested in micronations and the whole "micronational" world; and these guys are doing preliminary research, trying to kind of scope out the whole shape of the topic, and figure whether it could be made into an interesting documentary.

They asked me a bunch of fairly predictable questions -- how I got into Talossa, what people do in Talossa, what sorts of controversies we've had, etc. --, and a couple of zingers I wasn't expecting, like what my experience of Talossa has taught me about human nature.   :-\

Anyway, they're interested in talking to other Talossans as well.  I said I'd tell y'all about what they're up to.  So, if you think you have something interesting to say about Talossa, or about micronationality in general, drop a line to Film 45's Programming Coordinator, Valerie Varghese, at ValerieV@film-45.com.  They seemed like really nice folks, and they were certainly interested in what I was telling them.

-- John Regeu

And by the way, Film 45 has a really interesting website, worth looking at.  http://www.film-45.com/
#12


Ceremony of Investiture
2022/XLIII Extraordinary Honours


JOHN, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom, all Dukes, Counts, Barons, Justices, Knights, Jesters, Citizens and Cestours, and free men, as all Our officers, servants, and subjects whomsoever to whom these presents shall come, Greetings.

Whereas the Seneschal of Our Kingdom has recommended to us Ian Tamoran as a worthy candidate for the Seneschál's Medal for Science, Therefore, We, being satisfied with the abilities of Ian Tamoran, graciously condescend thereto. And it is Our will and pleasure and We do hereby bestow upon Ian Tamoran the Seneschál's Medal for Science. So say We, John, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom.

AND ALSO

Whereas the Seneschal of Our Kingdom has recommended to us Glüc da Dhi as a worthy candidate for the Seneschál's Medal of Culture, Therefore, We, being satisfied with the abilities of Glüc da Dhi, graciously condescend thereto. And it is Our will and pleasure and We do hereby bestow upon Glüc da Dhi the Seneschál's Medal of Culture. So say We, John, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom.

AND ALSO

Whereas the Seneschal of Our Kingdom has recommended to us Viteu Marcianüs as a worthy candidate for the Seneschál's Medal of Merit, Therefore, We, being satisfied with the abilities of Viteu Marcianüs, graciously condescend thereto. And it is Our will and pleasure and We do hereby bestow upon Viteu Marcianüs the Seneschál's Medal of Merit. So say We, John, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom.

AND ALSO

Whereas the Seneschal of Our Kingdom has recommended to us Marcel Tafial as a worthy candidate to be inducted among Our knights, Therefore, We, being satisfied with the abilities of Marcel Tafial, graciously condescend thereto. And it is Our will and pleasure and We do hereby admit Sir Marcel Tafial, UrGP into the Order of Knighthood The Order of the Purple Tongue. So say We, John, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom.

AND ALSO

Whereas the Seneschal of Our Kingdom has recommended to us Txec dal Nordselvă as a worthy candidate to be inducted among Our knights, Therefore, We, being satisfied with the abilities of Txec dal Nordselvă, graciously condescend thereto. And it is Our will and pleasure and We do hereby admit Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB, into the Order of Knighthood The Order of the Flag. So say We, John, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom.

AND ALSO

Whereas the Seneschal of Our Kingdom has recommended to us Lüc da Schir as a worthy candidate to be inducted among Our knights, Therefore, We, being satisfied with the abilities of Lüc da Schir, graciously condescend thereto. And it is Our will and pleasure and We do hereby admit Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB, into the Order of Knighthood The Order of the Flag. So say We, John, by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, to Our Kingdom.

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this thirtieth day of November (being the Feast of Saint Andrew Apostle and Martyr), in the year of salvation 2022, of the independence of Talossa the forty-third, and of Our reign the seventeenth.

- John R
#13
Wittenberg / Dissolution of the Cosa
November 30, 2022, 03:06:08 PM


Writ of Dissolution for the 57th Cosa

We JOHN by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, having thought fit to dissolve this present fifty-seventh Cosa of the Kingdom of Talossa, do to that end publish this Our proclamation royal, hereby dissolving the said Cosa accordingly; and do discharge and excuse the Members of that Cosa from their meeting and attendance thereat from the conclusion of this month instant. And We being desirous and resolved for the better governance of these Our realms to have the advice of Our people in the Ziu assembled, do hereby make known to all Our loyal commons, knights, and nobles Our royal will and pleasure to call and assemble a new Cosa, and do hereby further declare that We have given order that Our Chancery and Secretary of State do forthwith issue out writs and ballots in due form, and according to law, for the election of a new fifty-eighth Cosa as well as Senators for Benito, Vuode, and Atatürk in their regular rotation.

Further, We desire at this time most heartily to thank and congratulate, on Our own behalf and that of the entire Talossan nation, the citizens who served in this now-dissolved fifty-seventh Cosa, especially thanking S:reu Ian Plätschisch for his faithful service as Our Seneschal during this last Cosa, and all the other members of the Government who so generously give of their time and effort for the good of our nation. Further thanks are due to S:reux Martì-Páir Furxhéir, Eiric Börnatfiglheu, Éovart Grischun whose present distinguished terms of service in the Senäts will end with the upcoming election.

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this thirtieth day of November in the year of salvation 2022 (being the Feast of Saint Andrew Apostle and Martyr), of the independence of Talossa the forty-third, and of Our reign the sixteenth.

—  John Regeu
#14
Wittenberg / Monarchy Day Honours
August 27, 2022, 09:59:50 PM


2022/XLIII Monarchy Day Honours

as from the Royal Talossan College of Arms
Abbavilla, Atatürk


WE, JOHN by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, greet the Kingdom and her citizens and Cestours.  We are pleased and proud to act on the advice of Our Squirrel King of Arms, his pursuivants, and the other members of the College of Arms to affirm and announce publicly the Royal honours granted to four worthy citizens of Our Kingdom.

WHEREAS there have come before Us certain honourable and dutiful citizens of Talossa requesting Our favour, which loyal subjects have humbly petitioned that We, by virtue of the Royal power conferred only unto Us, might grant and confer unto them, and their lawful heirs, a coat of arms; and

WHEREAS We derive from Our Royal grace and favour both the commission and the power to confer achievements of arms as a gift from Us, and to issue in such matters a Royal proclamation with the Great Seal of the Kingdom; and

WHEREAS We are particularly inclined toward these citizens, whom We have always found ready in the service of Our Kingdom; now

THEREFORE, with the Royal powers cited above, upon ample consideration, good counsel, and proper knowledge, We have recognized the favours described herein and have conferred upon these citizens that they and their legitimate heirs should hereafter be bearers of the following coats of arms, and that they should therefore have these arms as right, as is Our privilege and custom, without leave or hindrance by anyone.

To Antonio Montagnha

We grant the arms

Per bend sinister azure vert, above a scarpe argent, the sun in his splendor or.




To Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat,

We grant the arms

Per fess potenté, argent and vert. In chief two roses proper and in base a cinquefoil or.



To The Royal Zuavs,

We grant the achievement 

Quarterly, argent and azure. In first and fourth a fez gules tasseled of the first. In second and third, two bedposts couped of the first, saltirewise.




ADDITIONALLY it pleases Us to appoint to Our Royal College of Arms

Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat as the Fulbright Fellow

AND We hereby commission two of Our Heralds in the good council and maintenance of Our Royal College of Arms

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă as the Squirrel Viceroy of Arms, and
Baron Alexandreu Davinescu as the Dean of the College of Arms.

FURTHERMORE let it be known that it pleases Us to update and amend the appointment of one of Our Heralds, whom we previously appointed with an incorrect title, to our Royal College of Arms, and We bid him be true to principle and bold in vision.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă as the Rouge Elephant Herald

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this twenty-fourth day of August, being the Monarchy Day Honours, in the year of salvation 2022, of the independence of Talossa the forty-third, and of Our reign the seventeenth.

— John Regeu
#15
Somehow I'd never read much, until this week, by Elizabeth Hand.  (If my notes are correct, all I'd read of hers was a short story "Echo", and the much-awarded novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill".)  But the last few days, I've been correcting this oversight, and enjoying myself a lot -- "Illyria", "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", "Near Zennor", "Wylding Hall".  Haunting stuff, and *very* well-written.

-- John R
#16
Wittenberg / I apologize
August 20, 2022, 03:41:27 PM


I Apologize

Estimats citaxhiens, I apologize to you all for my not having been sufficiently present in the Kingdom of late.  I intend that this will now change.

When I first immigrated, I made many friends in Talossa, and brought a number of my existing friends into the Kingdom.  That group served in various offices together, created arms together, invented jokes and traditions, and fought with a King who frequently abused his powers.  I made strong bonds with many of these friends, and we spent years together building and developing this unique community.

Over the last few years, all of those friends have become inactive or left the country, for one reason or another.  (One, especially valued, died.)  At the same time, a concentrated campaign began which attacked me personally.  I was left without strong bonds with many other Talossans, and at the same time every visit to Wittenberg became a painful chore.  In time, I began spending less and less time in a community that felt distant, often hostile, and almost never fun.  I was moved to action by duty alone, intervening to preserve our constitutional order or when emergencies demanded it.  Justifiably, many citizens have become upset at this distance, and some have even turned against the very institution I represent.

But I swore an oath.  And I took it seriously then, and I take it seriously today.  When I felt a distance growing between myself and the community over which I am sovereign, I should have acted.  I am not solely at fault, but I am at fault.  And so I apologize to my beloved country of Talossa.  You have deserved better, and I will do better.

Over the past year, I trust many have noticed that I have begun to work harder to improve this state of affairs.  I appointed a regency when I felt it was necessary, and have begun assembling a working sabor to assist me with my duties and offer me advice.  I have tried to make more regular appearances.  I wish to get involved once more, and I wish for Talossa to flourish.

I would like to become involved once more in Talossa's legal community.  At one time I had a solid command of our laws, a command that stood us in good stead when it came to battling my authoritarian predecessor and enshrining in the Organic Law many provisions to make misbehaviour like his impossible in the future.  Now, I would like to offer my services as a Community Jurist and use some of my knowledge of Talossa to assist with hearing cases.

I further wish to become involved in the College of Arms once again, where I remain the Blanc Wolf Herald.  The College of Arms organizes and encourages the honors of our nation, and this modern incarnation of the medieval tradition is strongly bound up with the throne, the font of honor.

And of course I'll plan to participate in the Science Fiction & Whiskey Society, a club to which I have been devoted in the past and which I continue to find intriguing.  If enthusiastic reading and drinking qualifies me, I'm in.

And I wish to become closer to many of you and become your friend, those whom I do not yet have the privilege of knowing.  Many wonderful things are happening in a country that seems to have come alive again since the end of this past Cosa, with poker tournaments, virtual archery competitions, civics quizzes, and much more.  I hope to join some of these activities and get to know you.

I know that the future is not in my hands, nor even wholly in the hands of the citizens of my Kingdom.  As Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."  But I will lay on once more to the planting with a good will, and I hope and pray to see the increase.

– John R
#17
I finally got around to reading the 2020 Nebula "Best Novel", A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker.  Wow, it's good.  Set in a not-very-distant-future America, in the music industry; and reflecting on social isolation (as in lockdowns and quarantines).

-- John R
#18
Wittenberg / Appointment to the Sabor
August 08, 2022, 04:58:52 PM


Appointment of Txec dal Nordselva to the Sabor Talossan

We are grateful for the good service done to Us and Our kingdom by the Secretary of State, Dr. Txec dal Nordselva.  He has shown himself to be a citizen of great character and competence, and We have never had cause to doubt his loyalty or good-will.

With confidence in this judgment and fidelity, and wishing to avail Ourselves of more such, We hereby appoint Dr. Txec dal Nordselva as a Guar dal Sabor Talossan, and charge him to give Us honest and good counsel to help Us better guide and assist Our kingdom.

-- John R
#19
Wittenberg / 2022/LXIII Tafsut Imazighen Pretzen
April 20, 2022, 05:10:13 PM


2022/LXIII Tafsut Imazighen Pretzen

come del Coletx Rexhital Talossan d'Armeux
Abbavilla, Atatürk

NOI, IAN, Gräts à Díeu Regeu da Talossa es da toct sieux Reic'hs es Cuntradas, Regeu da Cézembre, Avötz da Péngöpäts es las Nouas Falklands, Zefençadeir del Feitz, Duceu dallas Forziuns Armeschti, Vice-Regeu da Hoxha es Vicar d'Atatürk, graitent el Regipäts es sieux citaxhiens es Cestours.  Noi sint rats es fiis àð actarh sür l'aðviçéu da Noastra Regeu Hamilta d'Armeux, da sieux Piersequinds, es dels altreux membreux del Coletx d'Armeux per affirmarh es anonçarh püblicmint els Þonörs Rexhitais qe Noi otorgent perventüra à qátor citaxhiens deneux del Regipäts Noastra.

TANDI QE hi tent venescu avant Üns certaes citaxhiens da Talossa perþonests es plicteschti qi requestent el favour Noastra, es qi tiennent petiziunat qe Noi, in virtù del pevarh Rexhital cunferat solamint à Nhoi, otorgadrent es cunferadrent à lhor, es à lors sovinds lexhitais, dallas armeux; es

TANDI QE Noi derivent dallas graçù es favour Rexhitais Noschtri embù el sarvoir es el pevarh à cunferarh dallas armeux come dallas cadais da Nhoi, es àð emestarh in tais facendas üna proclamaziun Rexhital avetz el Grült Saxhel del Regipäts; es

TANDI QE Noi apartì tiennent estescu clinats par acestilor citaxhiens, qi Noi toctziua tiennent trovat àð estarh preparats per la serviçù del Regipäts Noastra; nun

PER ACESTILOR RAZIUNS, avetz els pevarhen Rexhitais citats super, pa la circümspicença ampal, el sfäts ben, es l'adanaziun propra, Noi tiennent reconeiçat els favours zepictats aicì es tiennent cunferat àð acestilor citaxhiens qe os es lors sovinds lexhitimätsilor estadrent daincets els porteirs d'acestilor Armeux, es qe os tenadrent acestilor Armeux come lor drept, come c'e la privilexhù es l'üsonça Noastra, sanc la vía eda l'unfaþilità d'aucün perziun.

À Caleb Frenibuerg

Noi otorgent els Armeux

Per chevron Vert and Argent, in chief a hand couped and lion of the second, and in base a heart of the first.




À Mic'haglh Autófil

Noi otorgent els Armeux

Per bend sinister Or and Azure, a bend sinister Sable and Argent, between a bear rampant of the third armed of the fourth and a demi-cogwheel of thirteen teeth of the first.




À Tric'hard Lenxheir,

Noi otorgent els Armeux

Azure, a dragon sejant affronty upon a spoked wheel all Argent.




À Baron Alexandreu Davinescu,

Noi otorgent els miglhoriçaziun

Upon a helm with a mural crown a corbie, and the motto "COMPASSIONEM AUDENTIAM VERUMQUE QUAERAMUS."



OCSÅ qe c'estadra säpescu qe ça Noi piaça àð apüntar tres citaxhiéns deneux à noastra Coletx Rexhital dels Armeux, es Noi lor zirent àð estar fidéux àl principal es coraxhösen in la vischtă.

Mic'haglh Autófil com'el Estacat Lung

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă com'el Precurseir dal Aquilă Rutx

Baron Alexandreu Davinescu com'el Precurseir dal Ceoară Priet


Zonescu sub Noastra mha Rexhital à la Cità da Centennial in Colorado li ziua veintlaiset d'Avrïu, estind el Festival da Tafsut Imazighen, in l'ár 2022 dal salvaziun, el qareinçe-tierçeu dal independençù da Talossa, es el seifdeschlaiset d'Ár röin.

— Ian Regeu







2022/XLIII Tafsut Imazighen Honours

as from the Royal Talossan College of Arms
Abbavilla, Atatürk


WE, JOHN by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, greet the Kingdom and her citizens and Cestours.  We are pleased and proud to act on the advice of Our Squirrel King of Arms, his pursuivants, and the other members of the College of Arms to affirm and announce publicly the Royal honours granted to four worthy citizens of Our Kingdom.

WHEREAS there have come before Us certain honourable and dutiful citizens of Talossa requesting Our favour, which loyal subjects have humbly petitioned that We, by virtue of the Royal power conferred only unto Us, might grant and confer unto them, and their lawful heirs, a coat of arms; and

WHEREAS We derive from Our Royal grace and favour both the commission and the power to confer achievements of arms as a gift from Us, and to issue in such matters a Royal proclamation with the Great Seal of the Kingdom; and

WHEREAS We are particularly inclined toward these citizens, whom We have always found ready in the service of Our Kingdom; now

THEREFORE, with the Royal powers cited above, upon ample consideration, good counsel, and proper knowledge, We have recognized the favours described herein and have conferred upon these citizens that they and their legitimate heirs should hereafter be bearers of the following coats of arms, and that they should therefore have these arms as right, as is Our privilege and custom, without leave or hindrance by anyone.

To Caleb Frenibuerg

We grant the arms

Per chevron Vert and Argent, in chief a hand couped and lion of the second, and in base a heart of the first.




To Mic'haglh Autófil

We grant the arms

Per bend sinister Or and Azure, a bend sinister Sable and Argent, between a bear rampant of the third armed of the fourth and a demi-cogwheel of thirteen teeth of the first.




To Tric'hard Lenxheir,

We grant the arms

Azure, a dragon sejant affronty upon a spoked wheel all Argent.




To Baron Alexandreu Davinescu,

We grant the improvement miglhoriçaziun

Upon a helm with a mural crown a corbie, and the motto "COMPASSIONEM AUDENTIAM VERUMQUE QUAERAMUS."



ALSO let it be known that it pleases Us to appoint three worthy citizens to our Royal College of Arms, and We bid them be true to principle and bold in vision.

Mic'haglh Autófil as the Long Fellow

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă as the Rouge Eagle Herald

Baron Alexandreu Davinescu as the Noir Raven Herald


Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this twentieth day of April, being the Festival of Tafsut Imazighen, in the year of salvation 2022, of the independence of Talossa the forty-third, and of Our reign the seventeenth.

— John Regeu


#20
Wittenberg / Dissolution of the Cosa
February 27, 2022, 08:33:18 PM


Writ of Dissolution for the 56th Cosa

We JOHN by the Grace of God King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk, having thought fit to dissolve this present fifty-sixth Cosa of the Kingdom of Talossa, do to that end publish this Our proclamation royal, hereby dissolving the said Cosa accordingly; and do discharge and excuse the Members of that Cosa from their meeting and attendance thereat from the conclusion of this month instant. And We being desirous and resolved for the better governance of these Our realms to have the advice of Our people in the Ziu assembled, do hereby make known to all Our loyal commons, knights, and nobles Our royal will and pleasure to call and assemble a new Cosa, and do hereby further declare that We have given order that Our Chancery and Secretary of State do forthwith issue out writs and ballots in due form, and according to law, for the election of a new fifty-seventh Cosa as well as Senators for Maricopa, Fiova, and Maritiimi-Maxhestic in their regular rotation.

Further, We desire at this time most heartily to thank and congratulate, on Our own behalf and that of the entire Talossan nation, the citizens who served in this now-dissolved fifty-sixth Cosa, especially thanking S:reu Txoteu É. Davinescu for his faithful service as Our Seneschal during this last Cosa, and all the other members of the Government who so generously give of their time and effort for the good of our nation. Further thanks are due to Sir Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h URN, and S:reux Beneditsch Ardpreister and Ian Plätschisch, whose present distinguished terms of service in the Senäts will end with the upcoming election.

Given under Our hand Royal at the city of Centennial in Colorado this twenty-seventh day of February in the year of salvation 2022, being (according to the Orthodox Paschalion) Sexagesima Sunday, of the independence of Talossa the forty-third, and of Our reign the sixteenth.

              —  John Regeu