The knights of the order of the argent swans. To be awarded with light blue mantles, sashes, and silver chains. The mantles would have a silver-thread swan embroidered upon them, and the chains would likewise be made out of silver. Set with amber from your mines. They would also be allowed to build a chapter house and chapel in the city. And in the charter, members were not only ordered to be valorous in combat and on the battlefield but also to be of good moral character. Albrecht had at one point thought up creating special helmets, adorned and decorated with feathers, but it made them look too much like the elves, so he went for a simpler decoration. It was his hobby, it seemed, aside from creating the usual roles such an order would need to have. He also created the office of a master-at-arms to teach other knights and their squires. As well as leading formal processions and hosting formal dinners between members. You found it quaint, though you also felt that you were getting a bit too old to properly understand it.
Speaking of age, about fifteen years ago, you had been forced to finish your campaign against the order prematurely. The Mozolavians had been alarmed by your progress and, though they themselves are usually distrustful of the knights, had kept them from you. You had been disappointed, but you decided to focus on other matters afterward. But that would not mean there would be other times when you could strike. Old King Casimir had been injured in his campaign against the Udirgols last autumn, and his eldest son had been killed. If something unexpected were to happen, who knows what might happen in the regional great power?
In the meantime, you would begin to draw up the plans, make new maps, stock up the depots and armouries, and send skilled drawers over the border to create sketches of their castles and cities. There wouldn't be a local uprising like last time; you had been forced to abandon them to their fates. And you wouldn't make any overtures, for you knew they would be overturned. You had some insight into how their state worked, and you had converted a small number of their members to your side by offering them the spoils of their own land. That would be something you could keep in mind for when you have won. Albrecht also said that he could reopen dialogue with a certain Cardinal di Cremolora. Who, according to him, is an influential member of the College of Cardinals and may be the next pontiff. Getting the church onside might be important, though it will take a while to do so. Religion is a rather slow matter, and you wouldn't want to be too hasty.
