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Dear Zmeu,

to make it clear for simple minds like you: Poland and Serbia simply have their own policy. They are truly big players on this realm and follow their own policy. Why would they want to become mercenary and make themselves dependent on a small nation regarding movements of their army? Why would they temporarily give up their sovereignity?

Yes, they simply would not. Your example is therefore unrealistic. I hear you coming from a lawyer's background and wanting to twist the "mercenary rule" in a way that they could stomp on everybody without the enemy possibly retaliating as they are technically not in the war. How to open this gordic knot? Well, Alexander the Great had a truly great solution: He cut it with his sword. In the same way I would simply declare war on them and be done with it. No mercenary status. It is up to the other nation to accept the mercenary status or not. If you do not accept it, you declare war on the mercenary.

Thus I am still awaiting your declaration of war as you made it utmost clear that you do not at all recognise us as mercenaries. So finish your business then!

Coming back to your accusation of the anti Polish coalition consists of ex SRI members. Rostov, Croatia, Denmark and England as well as Smolensk, Finland and the Peschenegs and Khazar have never been part of the SRI. Some of their knights may have been members of nations within the SRI but I can assure you the overwhelming majority has never been member of the SRI.

And what does that have to do with the price of fish anyways?

BTW every war is planned to an extend, do you think nations who wage war are fools. However let me assure you, that I for my part am quite amazed and surprised how many nations were eager to assist Rostov as soon as the war was in full swing.

And talking about treason: Back then it was Poland who betrayed my mother Deidre, Queen of Prussia, her own brother nation that she backstabbed, forging alliances behind her back. Don't tell me that was not planned either and that you (Sweden) were not part of it. But that's old stories.

Meet you on the battle field. Nuff said

Dorenn de Almhuin, daughter of Deidre

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To the known world and those who do not like mercenaries:

As I have received no official declaration of war from any country I assume that all countries are accepting Khazar being a mercenary in this conflict.

Signed and sealed

Dorenn de Almhuin, Khagani of Khazar

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To Dorenn, Khagani of Khazars,

I write you this letter from the Holy Land, far from the events of conflicts in Polish surroundings to be fully in touch with the situation, but according to the letters that reached my Principality, I wish to state my annoyance at you for acting above your position on numerous occasions, in hope for a change for better, out of remaining respect for your blood-relations with my Car and your assistance in the previous war.

To walk into the mainland of Europe as a mercenary, changing one war for another, showing lack of loyalty and discipline in the defensive war of Serbia is to be understood, that (mis)behavior comes with the role of a sellsword, but to interpret peace treaties at will and forcing your will on the proud nations of Europe, expecting emissaries to explain you the situation on your whim, crosses the line by far.
I'll even skip addressing the details of your recent letters written from a "higher ground" addressed to the Serbian court. Reason yourself and get back to the ground, silence your words and stop the insults that are flying out like a flock of birds, they can only bring harm to your realm.

*signed and sealed with a red wax dragon - Gruffudd, Prince of Serbia, Grand Master of the Order of St. Mathew*

Dorenn de Almhuin wrote:

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To the known world and those who do not like mercenaries:
As I have received no official declaration of war from any country I assume that all countries are accepting Khazar being a mercenary in this conflict.
Signed and sealed
Dorenn de Almhuin, Khagani of Khazar

To Khazar

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Our statement about war was clear, fair and was made public long time ago, our statement about not accepting anymore mercs behaviour was also public , fair and clear, I see no reason to send you anything more, because frankly i think you don`t deserve more. It`s not an invitation you can decline, it`s just a fair-play announcement before acting.
On the other side I`m very sorry for you not feeling safe anymore so I instructed my merchants to send as many loads of handkerchiefs as possible to your capital, I hope this will help you ...

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To Zmeu,

dull King of Swedes:

We feel very sorry for you that you cannot send a direct declaration of war that it is beyond your intellectual skill.

I do not care whatever else you send through your lawyers.

Essentially it is quite easy: You say:

"Dear Khazarians, I am sick and tired of mercenaries and therefore won't accept mercenaries. Thus I declare war on you!"

Just copy it with the help of some scribes and send it back. Come on, you can do it! It's easy.

Any other useless long and boring explanation from your side avoiding the matter yet again should be forwarded to Czesiek, the Royal Polish Jester, the Head of the Ministry of Unimportant Matters, because I don't care what you say and explain. Just declare war or leave it.

"Take this to the Swedish King, who is obviously depriving some village of an idiot..."

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To King Maria of Poland

You just proved your arogance. You cant proclaim something like this. If it is common for everyone else that mercenaries are used in war, and they always have been and always will now you "No, we dont accept mercenaries."

This just proves how over confident Poland is and how arogant you are. Thanx for making me fell well since now im totaly sure that I did good thing when I declared war on you.


Borna
King of Croatia
Knez of Arlberg and Salzburg

"Also deliver this letter to all rulers and chancelors."

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What do you know about that Dorenn "queen" ? Zmeu asked his first chancellor
I know only that her wisdom is equaled by her modesty and her beauty ...
Hmmmmm ... that explain all ... i`m almost sorry for her people, some time ago they were a really proud nation.

To Croatia

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We received today a strange message from Croatia and I must respond to you, because we also declared something about mercenaires, almost same thing as Poland ...
We don`t pretend to be able to stop this behaviour forever, we do know what mercenaires are (a real plague btw) and it could prove to be impossible to erase them , as it is impossible to erase stupidity and intolerance ...
The fact that mercenaires exist in our world is obvious, unfortunatelly is not so obvious why anyone should accept to be attacked and to not be allowed to respond with same coin ...
Also is not so obvious why anyone would be interested in being mercenair as long as he is a honorable knight who is interested in joining a war
I sincerely hope I answered your question,
respectfully,
Zmeu

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To His Highness, King Borna of Croatia,

Your Highness, unfortunately at the moment we are occupied with more important matters. We have forwarded your letter to the Ministry of Unimportant Matters. We are sorry for this inconvienience, please from now on address your letter to Czesiek, the Minister of Unimportant Matters.

Maria Leszczynska wrote:

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To all courts of the known world,

We, the King of Poland, together with all our knights, are deeply sick of cheap sellswords calling themselves "mercenaries". We find that mostly cowards are hiding behind this title, which so far kept them safe from their, often vile, doings. This may not last any longer. We, the Kingdom of Poland, hereby declare that any army, naming itself mercenary, would be treated just as any other. It is against knights' honor to act as "mercenaries", and such doings prove the sellswords to be nothing more than plain cowards, afraid to take the consequences of their actions. As these people do not have enough honor to state their real status to conflicts in the world, we will help them. From now on, any country that will act as a mercenary, in any conflict - against the Kingdom of Poland or not, will be treated by our court just as those countries having enough honor, pride and braveness to join the conflicts with full responsibility of their actions.

To make it clear: Any country joining the war against anyone in the world, would be treated by the signees as country fully responsible for actions of its knights, even if joining calling themselves as "mercenaries". This do not apply only to knights, who have not sworn an allegiance to any nation, and are called the free knights.

Also, we hereby swear to not ever hire our proud knights to anyone, as our knights are loyal to their honor, not to the ones who own the money or power. Proud knights of our Kingdom will NEVER join any war hiding behind mercenary titles.

This declaration is welcome to be signed by any nation of the world, who is also tired of this dangerous habit of, most often, small nations who try to hide behind something called by themselves "The mercenary code". This declaration is welcome to be signed by any nation of the world proud enough, to deny selling their souls and swords for material belongings. We declare there is no such thing to us. Every country in the world, catholic or nordic, pagan or multicultural, muslim or orthodox, or of any other faith, is hereby invited to sign this document, to bring the balance back to our poor, tattered world.

With regards,
King Maria Leszczynska of Poland

It seemed like any other nation had been receiving this letter prior to the Pechenegs. Papikaze had opened it with curiosity, what the Polish high lady had in mind this time. But after reading it the fourth time he had to ask himself what drug had influenced the mind of this chick. Cannabis wouldn't have been powerful enough to bastardize reality like this. Didn't Maria know, that mercenarism was the only way for some poor nation to prevent their folks from starvation??? And if she had current problems with this status, it could only be Khazar - but that would never justify a common declaration. In the name of humanity he decided to write an answer:

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To Maria Leszczynska, Empress of all poland

Your Majesty,

I just have received your letter concerning your point of view to the topic of mercenaries. Let me humbly give to you some additional information to take into your most wise consideration:

1) There are some nations in this world suffering of great poverty - and some of them have very well trained and skilled fighters among them, who sell their swords to keep their nation living and prevent them from starvation.
You shouldn't take from them the basis for their earnings in this way as it is cruel to do so. Most of these nations are very honourable and they do not deserve to die of starvation!

2) According to my knowledge there currently is only one mercenary army in the field and this id the army of Khazar. If you should have a problem with their status, you should negotiate directly with them but not try to use them as an example and try to ban every single mercenary army or nation.

3) Although we preferred to declare war on you because of the recent deeds of your nation, we have the highest respect for Khazar, who was not yet directly attacked by your armies and whose knights are fighting you so that the silver they earn from Rostov may give food to the peasants back home in the unfertile steppe.

Finally let me declare for the Pechenegs, that we will acknowledge the status of any nation as they chose it on their own. We will not try to patronise other nations. If one nation wants to act as mercenaries, we accept it, if one prefers to fight in the own interest and declares war properly, we would accept it too.
However, if a nation decides to attack us in a sneaky way, like you did twice in the recent years and months, you have earned a lack of respect in the eyes of the Pechenegs.

We measure the nations in their own demands - and it was your nation that demanded a proper declaration of war from us in the last peace treaty of a war, when we fought each other. Now you do not seem to keep your own standards - but we did.

With the hope of a bright future where even Poland recognizes its faults I humbly remain

Papikaze of Kyoto
Archchancellor of the Pechenegs