Gryningsvägen Alliansen

The Gryningsvägen Alliansen, or Alliance of the Old Ways in Common, is an intergovernmental alliance of four sovereign nation states brought together primarily by their having a Monarchical form of government. The Alliance is a purely military one with its main principle being one of mutual defence if one member is attacked, though it does mandate continued monarchism, and prohibit slavery and extrajudicial killing as a matter of policy by its Members.

Despite being officially called the Alliance of the Old Ways, the Gryningsvägen has endured a number of erroneous names since its formation. When their nation first joined it, a number of Kouralian journalistic sources worked off of a document referring to it as The Charter of Crowns which led to popular dissemination of that name even though its translation of Khrönornas Privilegiebref differs greatly to the correct title. As a result of this and similar errors in various countries, the colloquial name Crown Alliance has become just as, if not more popular than the correct terminology in common parlance.

Charter

The charter of the Gryningsvägen contains four salient articles which the members agree to abide by.

• Article 1 requires member-states to recognise the superiority of the monarchical system of government and that each crown will seek to protect it within their realms and abroad no matter if it is in the constitutional, absolute or elective variant.
• Article 2 requires member-states to recognise that the government rules either by the blessing of it's monarch, as such will all signatories of this treaty vow to defend one another's crowns and the realm of the crown in the case of internal or external conflict.
• Article 3 requires member-states to recognise that the duty of a monarch is to protect and defend his or her subjects with valour and honour, As such does all crowns signing this charter proclaim to outlaw slavery in their realms and to combat it on the open seas. Further more does all crowns signing this charter abstain from killing their own subjects as a matter of policy by their state.
• Article 4 requires member-states to ensure that any conflict between two members is brought up before the council for diplomatic resolution.

Therefore the charter of the Gryningsvägen prohibits any nation being a member if it is a republic or it should impose a republican system of Government. It establishes the alliance as a defence pact with a requirement for all members to come to the mutual defence of one-another's Monarchical Governments: this includes internal threats as well as external invasion. The Charter prohibits slavery and policies of extra-judicial killing of one's own citizens. Finally, the Charter requires any dispute between members to be resolved through diplomacy overseen by the Alliance Council.

Article 3 was only invoked once, in 2013 to reject a membership application by The IASM on the grounds that the policies and activities of that state's government were incompatible with the moral standards required by the Charter.

Article 2 has been invoked on a number of occasions, including the Great Humiliation of 2013 and the Return of Tambelon in 2020.

Structure

Headquarters

Cooperation between the members of the Gryningsvägen is overseen by a central Alliance Council based at the organisation's headquarters in Imerburg. The Alliance Headquarters are known as the Allians Byggnaderna in Scanderan, a name which literally and blandly translates to Alliance Buildings. While the Charter was signed by the heads of government of each member nation, the Alliance Council is composed of professional diplomats appointed to that post full-time from each constituent nation. Due to his role in forming the Alliance, the High King of Imeriata assumed the title "The grand defender of monarchy" and became the first honorary chairperson of the Alliance Council, with his permanent representative becoming the inaugural chair of the council, practically speaking.

Members

Since its formation in 2013 by Imeriata, three sovereign nation-states have joined the Gryningsvägen.

Nation	Date/Time of Ratification	Ratifying Official	Ambassador	Reigning Monarch	Monarch's Titles
Absolute Royal Federation of Imeriata	May 09, 2013	High King Oskar rex Stjänkhrone II		High King Oskar rex Stjänkhrone II	His Royal Highness ... silferföd by the grace of the gods high king of the absolute royal federation and divinely appointed ruler and unifier of the Scanderan races, the descendant of the first Imerian high kings especially and foremost Emanuel the first, Son of Oskar II, the son of Primus the XIIIth, the son of Emanuel the VIIth, the son of Gustav the IInd, the son of Anders the IIId, the carrier of the royal sword first carried by the demigod Belrion son of Bel, vanquisher of evil, Champion of life and light, defender of the living and vanquisher of the dead, liberator of slaves, breaker of chains, the protector of the federal crown jewels, the holder of the sword of Halmir and carrier of the enlightened torch of civilisation, patriarch of the noble house auf stjänkhrone, carrier of better and more important titles than the space Russians and the king of Old Tyrannia, Chief of chiefs, Shan of shans, Monarch of monarchs, Prince of princes, Crowned in steel, fire, and flowers. Flame of all flames, protector of the faith of the chronicles and the city of the burning rose and the arch cleric, leader of ritual and sacrifice, chosen of the fierce unconquerable sun and crowned in starlight, mortal protector of the faith of the two faced goddess and defender of her temples and chosen by all gods big and small. As well as the protector of the free city states of Ta’ka sha’mirias well as defender of Hungary and her regions and the realms as king of Imeriata and as such the king of salt, forest, river, and mountain, defender and autocrat of flodmarkerna, Sundet, Söderang, Söderberga, Innahafsarna, Aster öarna, Vast öarna, Sydvedian, Storfloden and the river king, king of Vedian and the duke protector of the mountains, Eple Halvøyn and lavlandet, king of Erathia and as that the duke of Ankea metsä and ruler of the thousand lakes, the lord and defender of Länsisola and Etelä-kentät, king of Karmanjaka over the ancient rivers river, from the ancient mountains mountain, king of Northern Taranakan, king of Izalta, king of Nordomark, and king of Andervel but also the righteous and lawful king of New felandia and the king emperor of Dajing, the duke of Sydvinland, Northern Venezue, Sthalinge, Gustavsland and Sjöland, The Shah of the crown states of Ta’ka sha’miri and the Padishah of all of Ta’ka sha’miri, The lord regent of the colony of Nova Imeriata, Blåland, Angland, the two peninsulas of Tvaude and of Somalmark, The Grand duke of Suderland, The prince of Isarna, Salmo, judeheim and Khan of Salonia, Sultan king of Ramir, the Emir of Sandland and Jarl of Salywa and the free city of Krakborg and Styrfastning, defender and lord of the city of Arkham and Sirmera, and further more the ruler of the federal terretories of Vastermark and the northern iceplains and as such high chief of Isfalten and keeper of Sfartmård , By the right of the constitution of the protectorate leopridaeria prince defender of leopridaeria, the high lord of Kalmer, Salmoborg and Gaseborg, Lord of the countless cities and lands under his most blessed and righteous rule, the lord defender of Imerbürg, Coparborg, Vesiki, Sjöborg, Afrikas fastning, Erikasborg, Nova Imerbürg, Wein, Udeborg, Angborg, Ambir, Nya Landborg, Nymarksborg, Sorgerstad, Anderborg, Nordanstad, Kängruborg, Sthalstad, Kängruborg, Judeborg, Moskstad, Daji, Sajing, Ademarksborg, Salem, Söderhamn, Öborga, Dragograd, Gapur, Bor-zut and Táibĕi but as well the Enlightened Emperor of Nicksyllvania and as such the King of Leazus, Emperor of Helman, Grand Prince of Zeth, Emperor of Japan, Emperor of Jungria, Duke and king of Hornet-Kereburos, Despot of the Great North, Grand Duke of the Western Badlands, Master of the Southern Marshes, and the king of Dragkon and the wielder of the Holy Swords, the Demon Sword Kaos, the Holy Sword Nikkou, and the Greatsword of the Empire, Nickiller, Great Protector of the Helman Wall and Majino Line, also by the right of his birth high marshal of the royal guard and the Imperial commander of the Imperial nicksyllvanian army, the grand commander of the federal order of the golden sword and the Nicksyllvanian order, the knight commander of the order of the golden cross and the order of Blåland, the lord commander of the colonial order, the high commander of the federal order of the silver rose and the order of Scandera, the Taranakan order and the Order of Vinland may his reign last until the end of time and may the empire and federation he rules stand even through the flames of the endtimes to protect all of his royal highness subjects.
Sensible Commonwealth of The Freethinker	Jun 06, 2013	Prime Minister Sir Alex Broxtowe		King Percival IV	His Majesty...High Monarch of the Freethinkers, through their will the Lord and Master of all territories of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Liberties of all men, the Avatar of Reason and the father of Parliament, righteous among leaders of nations, Lord of Fargon, Lord Protector of Fortuna, scion of the house of Hykar-Svard and son above sons. Commander of the Armies of the Olympia, and Admiral of the Navies of the Commonwealth. Marquis and Lords of all the provinces and territories.
Crown Union of Kouralia	Jun 06, 2013	Crown Captain of Justiciars Lord Arthur Travers		Crownbearer Sir Alyxandra Campbell	Most Illustrious Master, Highest Crownbearer...
United Kingdom of Malgrave	Jun 08, 2013	Prime Minister Rachel Berry		Paragon-Queen Helena Wells	Her Majesty...of the House of Wizna

Major Activities

Since the Gryningsvägen's formation, it has acted as the foundation stone for many bilateral treaties between the member states - though there have been no multilateral agreements that all four members have concurrently been party to.

Article 2 of the Charter has been invoked on two main occasions - in 2013 by Imeriata and in 2020 by Malgrave.

In 2013 soldiers and researchers from Malgrave and Imeriata launched an unprovoked attack on an Atumite search and rescue party that they accidentally summoned to their off-world colony. Perceiving this to be a war crime and a declaration of war, the forces of Lord Atum launched simultaneous devastating raids on both nations from orbit. Using technology far in advance of what either nation could employ, the Atumite troops inflicted millions of civilian casualties on Imeriata from orbit and brought about an immediate and unconditional surrender from Malgrave. Whilst Article 2 was notionally applicable, the conflict ended so soon that no allied military action could be launched by the uninvolved members - Kouralia and the Freethinkers.

In 2020, Grogar the Dark Lord of Tambelon brought about his prophesised return to Mystria in an area now covered by parts of North-Western Kouralia and South-Eastern Fortuna, a Freethinker colony. As he immediately launched a magical and conventional military attack on the Crown Union and Malgrave's Advanced Research Colony that temporarily destroyed the ability of the former's government to communicate with foreign powers, the latter invoked Article 2 and requested assistance from Imeriata.

International Reactions

Since the Gryningsvägen's formation various nations have perceived it to be a threat to their security and have either conducted activities suggestive of this view or leaked papers have suggested they hold this view. Many experts on foreign relations in Mystria believe that the Dragon Sea Alliance acts as a counterbalance to the Gryningsvägen, with many members of the former trusting it to protect them from the possibility of aggression by the latter. Many-such experts posit that Imeriata's leading presence in the alliance causes this perception above all else, due to its explicitly expansionist and imperialist foreign affairs policy and the fact that it has been less than a decade since it outlawed chattel slavery.

Shortly after the Alliance was formed, a message was received by some resident of the Grand Hylian Empire of Riemaia. This message ridiculed the High King of Imeriata, claimed that all human monarchies were illegitimate, and asserted that the alliance was a threat to international peace in the region. Due to the message's author referring to themselves as [A person] of proper royal birth and/or relation, there are beliefs that it came from a member of the royal house of Riemaia.