To all and singular to whom these presents shall come,greetings:
Let it be known that it has pleased His Imperial Majesty,The Sovereign Viking Emperor to issue a Charter for the Grand and Glorious Imperial Order of the Two Silver Longships.
Article 1:
The name of this Imperial Orderof Knighthood shall be:The Grand and Glorious Imperial Order of the Two Silver Longships.
Article 2:
Only the Emperor may, as the Fount of Honour of the Viking Empire of Stormark, appoint members to this Imperial Order and He shall make appointments in His absolute discretion.
Article 3:
The Emperor shall be the Grand Master of this Imperial Order.
Article 4:
Aside from the Grand Master this Imperial Order shall consist of a maximum of fifteen(15)Stormarkian members and a maximum of fifteen(15)foreign members.
Article 5:
All members of this Imperial Order,except fot the Grand Master,shall be styled Knight/Dame Companion.
Article 6:
Any member may be stripped of his/her membership in this Imperial Order by the Emperor.Such action shall be undertaken only in the case of a conviction of Treason,Subversion,other high or grave crimes or in the case of conduct unbecoming a knight or lady.
So be it!!
Done from the Imperial Hall on the Fourth Day of July of the Year of Our Lord the Two Thousand and Third and of the Second Viking Age the Second.
Harald Thorstein I the Generous Giver by the Grace of the Viking Law Sovereign Viking Emperor of the Viking Empire of Stormark and by the Grace of Other High Laws of His Other Realms King.