The Order of the Willow is an award given by the crown to those who
have shown proficiency in the arts. The recipients are known by the
badge blazoned: Purpure, a willow tree eradicated Or. This award is
equal to the awards: Order of the Silver Oak.
The Award of the Purple Fret was created on pergamenata with
Windsor-Newton gouache and Speedball calligraphy ink using a C3 nib.
The text reads as follows:
Let the words of the Crown be sung throughout the lands
of the Middle Kingdom! Pleased are we to recognize the enthusiastic
pursuit of music and the tutelage of the Cleftlands Choir shown by our
loyal subject Patrick of Cleftlands. Henceforth he shall be numbered as a
companion of our noble Order of the Willow with the right to bear the
badge: Purpure, a willow tree eradicated Or Given by the hands of
Vukasin, Royal Patroness of the Arts, and Cellach our King on this first
day of March, Anno Societatis XLVIII in our glorious Marche of
Alderford.
The wording of the text feels a little out of order from the standard
Midrealm Scribes handbook. The recipient was in court, receiving his
Award of Arms (I think for the second time) when his Majesty asked him
if he had a Willow. Patrick politely said no, your Majesty by which King
Cellach commanded that the award be changed to a Willow and Herald Make
It So! The award scroll was created after the fact, so I tried to
impart a little of the imperative tone of the edict. Hopefully it came
through as more of a missive and declaration rather than a casual invite
to the order.
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