>>6278744You patiently awaited the moment the two pages enmantled you with the royal mantle. Choirs sang, and the crowds praised. It had been a particularly cool summer, and the heavy robes didn't make you sweat in the slightest.
Silberkralle sat in the scabbard on the belt; the archbishop had given you the sceptre and orb before you gave them back for the final part of the ceremony.
You knelt before the altar, and with the heavy gold crown upon your head, you felt that the responsibilities and powers of the crown were now fully in your hands. You then sat upon the throne, where you received the sceptre and orb once more.
Your eyes swept over the cathedral of Libau once more; nearly everyone and everything had come, standing in a row where your four daughters were, but the son was excluded, for he was too young.
Whatever happened next, be it times of peace or war, Greifswald, the inheritance that your father had left behind, was yours now, in full. You were not even thirty, and now you had become king. Unlike your father, you had never needed to act as a vassal, nor did you feel any need to pretend you were some kind of 'first among equals.' You are their lord; they are your subjects. Sovereignty thus lies with you, not with some clique of squabbling nobles.
With a new king would come a new vision; of that much you wanted to make a point. It was time for some new laws, laws to begin working towards your ultimate goal.
>Introduce legislation concerning landownership by making it easier to purchase and sell, thereby lessening the need to have it enfeoffed.>Promulgate new statutes banning subfeudalization. Preventing the further fragmentation outside your royal demesne and further monopolising who exactly can raise someone to nobility.>Introduce a more draconian version of the treason act, making it so that not only open rebellion and conspiracy but also any act of disloyalty or disrespect towards the crown can be punishable by death. >Implement strict regulations on the use of heraldry and titles to maintain the prestige and exclusivity of the nobility. This will help solidify your authority and ensure that only those deserving of such honours are granted them. 