West Kingdom Ceremony Book -- West Kingdom Ceremonies

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Complete Set of Ceremonies
This file contains all of the Kingdom Ceremonies -- it is approx. 789Kb in size, so it may take a bit of time to download ...

NOTE: As of January 15, 2008, these are the new, revised, and reformatted ceremonies for the West Kingdom. Everything should be up-to-date ...
     Updated: Feb. 28, 2008 -- New Western Hero added to Roll of Western Heroes ceremony.
     Updated: Mar. 29, 2008 -- New members added to Western Roll of Honor ceremony.
     Updated: May, 2008 -- Two new ceremonies: The Crown's Favor and The Western Gold Scarf added.
     Updated: July 1, 2008 -- New ceremony: The Order of the Queen's Arrow added.
     Updated: July 12, 2008 -- New Western Hero added to Roll of Western Heroes ceremony.
     Updated: July 16, 2008 -- Removed Royal Company of Archers and Royal Company of Yeomen, replaced with NEW Royal Missile Company.


Below is a list of all of the individual parts of this portion of the ceremony book. You can download each ceremony you are interested in, it will have a ".pdf" extension, and you can then view using the Acrobat Reader as described earlier in this page.

TABLE OF CONTENTS and NOTES ABOUT THE WEST KINGDOM CEREMONIES
Table of Contents and Notes

CROWN TOURNAMENTS (March, June, October)
Invocation of the Crown Lists
Investiture of the Crown Prince and Princess
   (Includes notes, and On the Field/In Court options)
Wreaths of Valor and Chivalry
Commendabilis

CORONATION EVENTS (Beltane, Purgatorio, Twelfth Night)
Final Court of the Outgoing King and Queen
   (Includes Releases from the Royal Court)
The Crown's Favor
   New: May, 2008
Queen's Cypher
Queen's Order of Maintenance
Coronation Court
   (Includes Notes on Coronation Ceremony, and the Ceremony itself)
Duke and Duchess Ceremonies
Count and Countess Ceremonies
   (Includes Order of the Rose)

AWARDS
Order of Chivalry
Order of the Laurel
Order of the Pelican
Royal Missile Company
   Updated: July 16, 2008 -- Removed Royal Company of Archers and Royal Company of Yeomen, replaced with NEW Royal Missle Company.
Western Gold Scarf
   New: May, 2008
Western White Scarf
Grant of Arms
Order of the Western Lily
Order of the Ash Leaf
Order of the Leaf of Merit
Order of the Rose Leaf
Court Barony
Award of Arms

Defenders of the West
Order of the Golden Acorn
Order of the Golden Poppy
Guild/Orders
   (Pied d'Argent, Wooden Spoon, etc.)
King's Huscarls
Order of the King's Lance
Knight Banneret
Order of the Noble Manor
Pillars of the West
Order of the Queen's Arrow
   New: July, 2008
Queen's Order of Grace
Order of the Queen's Treasure
Roll of Western Heroes
     Updated: July 12, 2008 -- New Western Hero added to ceremony.
Royal Page of the West
Order of Valor
West Kingdom Paragons of Merriment
The Western Roll of Honor
     Updated: Mar. 29, 2008 -- New members added to ceremony.

TITLES
Archery Champion/Primorum Telis
Bard of the West Foam Weapon Champions of the West
Queen's Champion
Queen's Guard
Rapier Champion

FEALTY/OFFICERS OF STATE
Fealty
   (Princes/Princesses, Great Officers, Barons/Baronesses, Peers of the Realm)
Succession of Office for Officers of the Crown

LANDED BARONS AND BARONESSES
Ceremonies For Landed Baronies
   (Retiring of Baron/Baroness, Investiture of New Baroness, Creation of a New Barony, and Confirmation of an Existing Baron/Baroness)

NON-ENGLISH FEALTY OATHS
Peers
Incoming King/Queen - Coronation


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