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 this new Charter for the Most Illustrious Imperial of Sleipnir.
Article 1:
The name of this Imperial Order of Knighthood shall be:The Most Illustrious Imperial Order of Sleipnir.
Article 2:
Only the Emperor,Fount of all honour of the Viking Empire of Stormark,may appoint members to this Imperial Order and He shall make appointments in His absolute discretion.
Article 3:
This Imperial Order shall consist of a maximum of forty-nine (49) Stormarkian knights who shall be divided in four (4) classes.
Article 4:
The maximum number of Stormarkian knights in each seperate class,and the classes of this Imperial Order in descending Order of seniority and precedence shall be:
One (1) Grand Master
Six (6) Knights/Dames Grand Cross(to be abbreviated KGCS/DGCS)
Twelve (12)Knights/Dames Commander(to be abbreviated KCS/DCS)
Thirty (30) Knights/Dames(to be abbreviated KS/DS)
Article 5:
The Emperor shall be the Grand Master of this Imperial Order.
Article 6:The limitations laid down in article 3 and 4 shall not apply to members of the Imperial House of Stormark.
Article 7:
The Emperor may,aside from the aforementioned maximum number of six (6) appoint an unlimited number of foreign Heads-of State to the class of Knight/Dame Grand Cross.
Article 8:
The Emperor may,aside from the aforementioned maximum number of twelve (12),appoint an unlimited number of foreign royalty,nobles and officials to the class of the Knight/Dame Commander.
Article 9:
The Emperor may,aside from the aforementioned maximum number of thirty (30),an unlimited number of foreigners to the class of Knight/Dame.
Article 10:
As regards this Charter honorary citizens shall be considered foreigners.
Article 11:
Any member of this Imperial Order may be stripped of his/her membership by the Emperor.Such action to be undertaken only in the case of a conviction of Treason,Subversion or another high or grave crime or in the case of conduct unbecoming a Knight/Lady.
Article 12:
This Charter replaces the Charter of november 15,2002 and said Charter is hereby rescinded.
So be it!!
Done from the Imperial Hall on the Twenty Fifth Day of June 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.