Diet of Saltstone

Not to be confused with the Second Diet of Saltstone in 1559.

The Diet of Saltstone was an Imperial diet held in the fortress of Saltstone over the controversy surrounding the Saltstone Affair and the murder of Duke Philip of Istria and Count Philip Augustus of Laria by Lord Rendon Vimmark in the Vimmark-Sola duel. The ruling which came from the diet became the Edict of Saltstone, which dealt with the ownership of Saltstone, the declaration of the Vimmark family as traitors, and the punishment delivered therein. The diet was overseen by Emperor John I on the 16th of the Grand Harvest, 1540.

Background

After the death of Bryce Vimmark during the aforementioned Saltstone affair, his political enemies would descend from all corners of the Empire and sign off on an edict that would slander the now dead Noble in order to justify his death to the populace of the Empire on a legal basis. Listing the supposed crimes of the Nobleman, many of which were conjured up from thin air.

Edict of Saltstone

The Edict of Saltstone was released by Emperor John I on the same day of 26 Grand Harvest, charging the general Count Joseph of Baranya to carry out the ruling. Within the edict laid out the supposed crimes of Viscount Bryce of Alamar and his two sons, Eamon and Rendon, where were:

• The attempt to usurp the title of His Grace the Duke of Courland during wartime;
• The refusal to levy the required forces for their liege nor His Imperial Majesty during wartime;
• The murder of His Grace the Duke of Istria;
• The murder of His Right-Honorable the Count of Capua;
• The attempted murder of the Right Honorable Count of Baranya and Imperial General of the First Army;
• The treason of assorted family in bowing down the King of Norland, abandoning their loyalty to His Imperial Majesty;
• The refusal to obey His Imperial Majesty in direct and concise orders;
• The attempt to call a warrant of arrest while maintaining no power to do so nor being granted said permission by His Imperial Majesty;
• The attempt to strip Imperial sanctioned knighthood from the loyal Imperial figure Ser Rhys Roke while maintaining no power to do so nor being granted said permission by His Imperial Majesty;
• The false claim of His Imperial Majesty’s support in the attempted usurpation of His Grace the Duke of Courland;

Five lords, excluding the Emperor himself and Viscount Bryce, were present at the creation of the edict and signed it, including:

• His Grace the Duke Otto II of Carnatia
• His Grace the Duke Richard of Courland
• The Right Honorable Count Joseph of Baranya
• The Right Honorable Count John of Kvasz
• His Lordship the Baron Rhys of Nessvelt