Complete Principality of Oertha Ceremonies
This file contains all of the Principality Ceremonies -- this is a complete overhaul,
including dealing with pronouns, and adding some new ceremonies. Summer, 2024 version.
Updates:
- Ceremony for the Order of the Acorn added, January 29, 2025. The Investiture Ceremony was also modified as this is a Kingdom-level award that may be granted at Their Majesties' discretion by the Coronets.
- May 10, 2025 -- Investiture modified to include Companions of the Order of the Mark in the peerage fealty; students of members of the Order of the Mark in the Princess' Guard, Added "Creation of a New Mark Student" ceremony along with the other peer students.
- August, 2025 -- Bards of Oertha ceremony updated, new member added.
Heralds: please do not assume you can download the ceremony and simply open in Word to edit it. While Word CAN read the file in, it does not get all of the styles used, and fixing anything can be more trouble than it is worth. If, for some reason, you need to be able to update this file, contact the Golem Herald. Either changes will be made if appropriate, or arrangements can be made to get the Word document to you.
Below is a list of all of the individual parts of this portion of the ceremony book. You can view and/or download and/or print each ceremony you are interested in.
Table of Contents
(For the Principality of Oertha ceremonies themselves)
Outline for Principality Courts at Oerthan Tourneys
Starting and Ending Court
CORONET LISTS
Invocation of the Coronet Lists
Litanies
(Ceremony to Begin The Coronet Lists/Standard
Litany/Litany for Final Round)
Acknowledgement of the Victor in the Coronet Lists
FINAL COURT OF OUTGOING PRINCE AND PRINCESS
The Shield of Chivalry
Ceremony for the Princess' Riband
The Coronet's Favor
The Heart of the Snows
Release of Guardians, Courtiers,
Princess' Artisans, Princess' Guard, Princess' Champion(s)
INVESTITURE COURT
Investiture of the Prince and Princess of Oertha
Acknowledgement of the Title and Estate of a Viscount/Viscountess
AWARDS
Order of the Ash Leaf
Order of the Leaf of Merit
Order of the Rose Leaf
Award of Arms
Order of the Acorn (Bone, Iron, Copper)
New Ceremony, January, 2025.
Order of the Argent Flame
Order of the Argent Stylus
The Order of the Argent Wolf
Order of the Bards of Oertha
New Member, August, 2025.
The Order of the Boreal Fireweed
Companions of the Diamond Willow
Order of the Glove
Oerthan Order of Grace
Historian of Oertha
The Oerthan Order of Hospitality
The Ivory Spoon
The Western Order of Loyal Friends
The Lumen Borealis
Companions of the Oerthan Sword
The Order of Orion
The Order of the Polaris
The Princess' Patrons
The Raven's Heart
The Order of the Sandhill Crane
The Scara Lupi
The Order of the Silver Ulu
The Order of the Snowy Owl
The Ursa Major
The Ursa Minor
The Order of the Wandering Wolves
FEALTY
Great Officers, Barons/Baronesses, Chivalry, Peers, Homage of the Populace
OFFICERS
Succession of Great Offices
PROTÉGÉ/APPRENTICE/SQUIRE/CADET/MARK STUDENT
Protégé
Apprentice
Squire
Cadet
Mark Student
SCROLL TEXTS
Scroll Texts
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