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A story of love, hate and utter confusion
A letter delivered by courier might appear somewhat old fashioned in comparison to the modern means of communication, yet, they had a certain charm to it. Besides, both secure e-mails and courier delivered notes were similarly easy to crack, so until a secure channel was established, it simply did not matter. So it was simply better to not put anything very sensitive into a letter until the recipient acquiesced to such secure channels.

The letter was from His Serene Grace Alexander d'Ascona-Este, the Duke of Ascona, First Sea Lord and Watcher on the Seas, Admiral with the Retalian Navy. The person behind Furthest Perimeter Defence, the one who launched the Retalian Navy into a global role away from its concentration on the Retalian Isles, someone whose paths crossed ways with certain personalities within the Engellexian Republic because of the many similarities and just as many differences between the two sea-bound powers.


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Her Grace
Lady Rosamund Cavendish
the Duchess of Kew


Your Grace,

I pray my letter finds you in good health and I further pray Your Grace forgives me jumping straight to the subject matter of my missive, yet the move by the First Republic to dismantle and decommission diplomatic missions and void diplomatic relations with the outside world has taken many by surprise, myself included.

Retalia has always viewed the Engellexian Republic as a stabilizing presence in the West. It is in this context that I would appreciate, should Your Grace deem so appropriate and permit, to learn more of the intentions of the Engellexian Republic towards the broader world.

I would be happy and honoured to continue this discussion face to face or, should such be more appropriate, via other means of communication. Your Grace shall find with this missive all the relevant technical requirements and information.

In the expectation of your responce, I remain your most humble servant.

Alessandro d'Ascona-Este
HSG the Duke of Ascona
First Sea Lord
Watcher on the Seas

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His Serene Grace
Alessandro d'Ascona-Este
the Duke of Ascona


Your S. Grace,

You will, I am quite sure, have the goodness to admit the engagements of Parlement as an excuse for my not having thanked you for your letter as instantly as I would prefer.

I have received your letter, of course, which you were pleased to address to me, dated for the month of May, in which you suggest the necessity which the present state of public affairs imposes upon your government, to perhaps require a solemn and authentic declaration of the intentions of Hammersmith, with respect to the disengagement of traditional diplomatic discourse; I am sympathetic, naturally.

In answer to your letter, I do observe a personal duty as a member of the Engellexian Republic Senate to say, that his Mightiness, the Lord Protector, is not persuaded or engaged to any differing policy between the Engellexian Republic and the Grand Duchy of Retalia.

Notwithstanding the confidence with which the Engellexian Republic Parlement holds toward the Grand Duchy and the relations maintained with, and to the discernment of the government of the Grand Duchy, I may permit myself to relay the sentiment of the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee that did find the matter appearing unnecessary to lay before the government of the Grand Duchy a thoroughly more careful explanation of the motives of the Engellexian Republic before a sufficiently careful explanation could be found. In the uncertainty which appears to prevail, whether the Engellexian Republic remains committed to Europe diplomatically, it is extremely difficult for me to give you any instructions which must not be dependent upon circumstances, of the particulars of which the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee is yet to correctly negotiate and conclude; the Engellexian Republic does continue to fulfill her diplomatic and foreign responsibilities, the consideration, here in Hammersmith, is for a more appropriate system to facilitate our diplomacy abroad.

As it is impossible that these considerations can have escaped the penetration of your Serene Grace, it is with real satisfaction that I perceived, by your letter, that the government of the Grand Duchy is believing for explanations on the nature of Engell intentions in the wider world.

The present state of things is one which is not very easy to define. His Mightiness, the Lord Protector, has not yet thought proper to commit himself by any distinct proposals upon the subject of obtaining a succeeding apparatus for the facilitation of diplomatic engagement throughout Europe; at the same time there is an evident increase in the ill position of the Gallegan government, and some serious considerations have been expressed, with the Engellexian Republic Parlement of the belief that the decommissioning of embassies and consulates is in fact advantageous to Hammersmith in the event of any serious altercations.

The Lord Protector has been much irritated, in addition to the former provocations from Gallega, by the aggression which has been offered to the independence and prosperity of the Engellexian Republic by competing Continental Powers (Serenierre, Ivernia, Borovanger, Caledonia); and both the Lord Protector and the Engellexian Republic Parlement have been sincerely and deeply affected by the anarchy that persists in evolution upon the azure domain of the Thaumantic.

The disposition of the people has been always favourable to Retalia, and has been much more so of late; and even among those classes whose politics are not so spirited or so generous as those of the working mob, there is a great disposition to take part decidedly upon Continental affairs, and this is only checked by the apprehension of our being perfectly isolated from Continental alliances.

With great curiosity, the common people of the Engellexian Republic, are persuaded that there is a secret understanding made in Hammersmith, and that when the Republic Navy is completely furnished by her new vessels of war, the Republic is to fall upon her Competitors with much vigour; they add several particulars to suppose a convincing conspiracy, not terribly convincing, but they do appear universally delighted with the prospect; the Grand Duchy should not give room to idle commoners.

Lady Rosamund Cavendish,
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Her Grace
Lady Rosamund Cavendish
the Duchess of Kew


Your Grace,

It is with reverence that I acquiesce your letter.

You may rest assured that during the considerations and deliberations in the Engellexian Republic, you will find a careful ear in the Grand Duchy of Retalia and a continued keen interest in mutually beneficial and réciproque relations between our two Powers.

And just as the Engellexian Republic is removed from Continental Affairs, so are we are continuously involved in them out of a matter of disposition and continued influence, lest we be swept by the hordes from Kadikistan or Serenierre. And yet as we are involved in Continental Affairs, so are we removed from Thaumantic Affairs safe for the continued ensuring of our domains within the Hope and Wind Islands.

Your Grace and the Engellexian Republic Parlement shall rest assured of our continued disposition and non-interference into the maritime communications of the Engellexian Republic, including into those that some nations of the world find contrary to their own beliefs and dogmas. The Lord Protector and the Admiralties shall rest assured that the good will for the peaceful right of passage and replenishment in the Hope and Wind Islands ports remains, as it has been for the past decades. The Grand Duchy of Retalia shall see at this time no reason to change our position in this, even so in the absence of formal diplomatic channels between our two Powers.

Alessandro d'Ascona-Este
HSG the Duke of Ascona
First Sea Lord
Watcher on the Seas
 
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