Contract of Fealty

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(n., formal)

The contemporary version of the historical oath of fealty (which is still common among the Invictus), renamed as a matter of custom in the 18th century, following the French Revolution, and gradually adopted throughout masquerading cities (q.v.). This modernized form is meant to emphasize the two-way exchange of authority and land in exchange for loyalty and servitude, without necessarily implying a solemn or divine component. Though they may be ritually distinct, in truth a contract of fealty and an oath of fealty are functionally identical. “Remember your contract of fealty to me, childe, before you speak that way again.”