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edit BBC, Castreleon — 5 February, 2004 — Ancient Tradition Marches On

On yesterday the fourth of February a party met in the Great Hall of Curth Rhuial to perform a historic ceremony. Together the new Terruin of Kemr and the High King of Dunein renewed the Oath of King Mark, binding the government of Dunein and the throne of Kemr in union for a new generation. The Oath, in its present form, was written in the fourteenth century, but can be traced back to the ninth century when the oath was sealed between the sovereigns of Dunein and Kemr as a defensive pact against English-speaking invaders from the east. According to legend this oath was believed to be first invoked between the legendary Emperor Arthur and King Mark of Dunein three hundred years earlier.  Read More...

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