PREPARATION:
Scroll/Promissory: Scrolls (if completed)
Token: Circlets (if completed), Pendant in the shape of a heart (Holders of the Heart)
Herald: Let <name> and <name>, who were Prince and Princess of Oertha, now come before Their Highnesses.
(They approach and kneel.)
Herald: It is written that the burden of the Crown is great, and having passed on to other hands the Coronets and Axe of leadership, protection, and learning, it is meet that these Noble folk be rewarded for their attainments and service.
My Lady, remember that <name> has done that of which myths are told - he hath adorned thy head with a coronet, and laid at your feet a Principality.
My Lord, remember that <name> has so inspired you as to pass the station of other men, to surpass them in battle, and hath made of thee a Prince.
FEALTY - if the new Viscount and/or Viscountess are not already Peers of the Realm, they should be offered a chance to swear fealty at this time.
Prince: Do you wish to swear fealty at this time?
(If the new Viscount/ess wish to swear fealty at this time, do the following fealty oath:)
Herald: To your Liege and before your peers repeat after me:
Here do I swear, by mouth and hands,
fealty and service
to the Coronet and Principality of Oertha,
to speak and to be silent
to do and to let be,
to come and to go
to strike and to spare
in all matters as concern the Principality
upon my honor
and the lawful command of the Coronet
in need or in plenty,
in peace or in war
in living or in dying,
until the Prince depart from His Throne
death take me, or the world end,
so say I <name>.
Prince: This do We hear,
nor fail to remember,
and We for Our part do swear fealty to you,
<name>, and to all your household,
to protect and defend you with all Our power,
until We depart from Our Throne,
death take us, or the world end.
So say We, <name>, Prince of Oertha.
Princess: So also say We, <name>, Princess of Oertha.
CONTINUE
(Read Scroll Texts)
SCROLLS NOT AVAILABLE (Read the following texts)
VISCOUNT
We, <Prince-name> and <Princess-name>, Prince and Princess of Oertha, in recognition that Our subject, <name>, has served as Prince of this realm, do hereby style him Viscount. We do affirm his sole, unique and exclusive right to bear Arms by Letters Patent in the Kingdom of the West. To wit: Blazon. By Our hands this day day of month, Anno Societatis AS-Year. <Prince-name>, Princeps; <Princess-name>, Princepessa.
VISCOUNTESS
We, <Prince-name> and <Princess-name>, Prince and Princess of Oertha, in recognition that <name> has served as Princess of this realm, do hereby style her Viscountess. We do affirm her sole, unique, and exclusive right to bear Arms by Letters Patent in the Kingdom of the West. To wit: Blazon. By our hands this day day of month, Anno Societatis, AS-Year. <Prince-name>, Princeps; <Princess-name>, Princepessa
CONTINUE
(If Viscounty coronets are available, the Prince takes Viscount's coronet, and places it on the head of the new Viscount.)
Prince: Arise, Viscount <name>.
(If Viscounty coronets are available, the Princess now takes Viscountess's coronet, and places it on the head of the new Viscountess.)
Princess: Arise, Viscountess <name>.
(The following optional ceremony is for the Viscountess to become a 'Holder of the Heart')
HOLDER OF THE HEART (If this was the Viscountess' first reign as Princess of Oertha, she is automatically admitted to the Order of the Holders of the Heart of Oertha)
(If a token in the shape of a heart is available, the Princess may perform the following ceremony.)
Princess: My lady Viscountess,
be welcome to the Holders of the Heart,
whose token this is,
and be henceforth as you have been hitherto,
a model of honor and grace
to the ladies of this Principality.
CONTINUE
(Viscount and Viscount depart)
Herald: For Viscount <name> and Viscountess <name>, Hip, hip ...