The Ursus

Taxes of Septentria

At 12th Night, our people did see the generosity and honour of the High Seats and it was a very good thing. Now witness the right of our Baronial privilege as we announce our taxation upon our people for this coming year.

As we looked upon the wealth of the Barony we did notice one thing was absent from the splendour of our lands. For while we are just and fair rulers we look to the comforts of our peoples when we do them honour and alas when entering our courts did our people have to kneel upon the cold hard ground in our presence. Alas we have sought to remedy this situation and by way of our taxes for the coming year command that each of our fine and noble Cantons produce for us a rendition of their Canton Arms upon a piece of fine cloth that we might then take up and place upon a cushion to be used a kneeler before the High Seats of Septentria

We would have these arms rendered in some form of needlepoint, embroidery or other stitched format. We have Templates that a representative of each canton can obtain from our hands to guide your craftspeople in ensuring that all of the devices are of a similar and like size and shape. We ask that you use material of your choice and this may be of the main background colour of the groups arms with the rest of the detail added on or you may stitch the entire work including back ground colours. This piece we ask to be finished in such manner that it can then be easily appliquéd upon a cushion that shall be fashioned to display these arms and offer some small comfort to our loyal populace when in our presence. We also ask a small thing if it be possible and that is that even should it be but one small stitch that each and every member of each canton attempt to add at least one stitch to the device that it may contain the very essence of all of Septentria.

We would ask that the latest these works be delivered unto our hands be one year from this date at 12th Night in AS 43. However earlier would be most acceptable and perhaps we can have our people kneeling in comfort before long.

These then are the Taxes demanded of our people….

BUT WAIT… it seems our people were not happy with our demands, for in Royal Court no less. Before their Lupine Majesties of Ealdormere, Trumbrand Brave Wolf King and Kayla Cheerful and Beauteous Queen, did our people rise up in revolt. Lead by a small group henceforth branded the Baronial Revolutionary Armed Terrorists (BRATs) did the people storm the dais crying out for justice and fair taxation of the lands. For several tense moments did it seem the very survival of the Baronial High Seats hung in the balance. However we did hear our peoples words and consider their demands and negotiated a peaceful resolution to this situation. Seeing them as just and right we did see fit to accept these demands and thus we are pleased to INCREASE your taxes this year as proscribed and demanded by the BRATs.

Therefore in addition to the previously mentioned needlecraft work canton device we do also command our cantons to produce an item that embodies the very core of that groups being and what that group means to Septentria. These items to be of a sort that might be used upon the fields of battle in the form of a weapon, shield or other item of war or that might serve the commissariat in support of our armies in the field. Now however because these demands have such far reaching scale and would tax our meagre ability to account for them we did negotiate with the leadership of the BRATs to appoint a Baronial Tax collector. To ensure that these taxes are properly created and worthy of our warriors we therefore have appointed Mistress Adrielle as Tax collector and we would ask that each canton contact her for details and ideas of what exactly this taxation should entail. As with the canton devices we ask that this tax be paid on or before this day one year hence.

Baron Percival & Baroness Christiana
High Lord and Lady of Septentria.