Preamble:
The world mankind has forged, in blood and sorrow, is a place of rising discord and aggression, a place where charity and benevolence has been replaced by malevolence and self-interest, a place where genocide and enslavement have replaced peace and liberty, a place where tyranny and persecution increasingly replace freedom and justice, and a place where increasingly the forcible abrogation of the basic rights of man are not merely commonplace, but accepted or condoned. As we cast our eyes across the face of the Earth, we see evil, and as our ears are assailed by the pleas of the maltreated and dispossessed, so we, undaunted, raise our banners atop our bastion walls and proclaim our intent to stand unyielding.
The Bredubar Covenant, or simply “The Covenant”, is an oath of loyalty, alliance and allegiance between its signatories to broadly, inclusively and in good conscience uphold the values of Trust, Loyalty, Honour and Respect that exist between them and that are increasingly eroded in the modern world. Signed in Hall of Remembrance in the fortress-city of Bredubar, capital of the Protectorate of Lyras, the Covenant is an alliance that stands to promote these commonly held values whilst rendering to its members the greatest of bonds of solidarity and good faith, and proclaiming to all the resolution to uphold the right, whenever and wherever it is required, in accordance with each member-state’s best judgement and conscience.
