31-12-2024, 07:03 AM
The following is the Current Membership of the Ancient Order of the Grey Smoke.
The Ancient Order of the Gray Smoke is the Senior Chivalric Order in the Anantonse Empire, and as of 5593, all duties, privileges, ceremonies and Regalia are formalized. Membership is by invite only and is generally considered a lifetime appointment. All members, save the Sovereign and Grand Master/Mistress of the Order and the Knight/Lady Commander of the Order are referred to as "Companions of the Sovereign."
Membership attaches to the person, and supersedes any office they may or may not hold. Membership requires an oath or affirmation that all companions will continue to remain on friendly terms with the Sovereign and Grand Master/Mistress of the Order and come to the Sovereign's aid if called to do so. A companion may be demoted if they take up arms against The Sovereign and Master/Mistress of the Order.
Royal Knights and Ladies Companion are members of the Royal Family who have reached their Majority. As Royal Knights and Ladies Companion are Supernumerary, there is no limit to the number of members of this class. In this particular List, the descendants of Lady Margaret Nicolette Ananto-DeLaurentis, have been granted Royal Companion status up to the second Generation of their descendants, while the last descendants of Michelle Ananto-Sandoval retain their Royal Status until death.
Knight/Lady Commander of the Order is a rank specially granted to the nominal Head of the House of Stuart-Carmichael in the Kingdom of Hutori. More specifically, it is granted to the reigning King or Queen of Hutori in honor of the Special Relationship between Kalistan and Hutori. There may only ever be one Knight or Lady Commander of the Order at a given time, and the title remains perpetually and hereditarily with the Monarch of Hutori.
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion are Foreign Royalty and spouses of Royal Knights and Ladies. Hereditary Dukes of Kalistan also retain life appointments in this category. As Stranger Knights and Ladies are supernumerary, there is no limit to the number of members of this class.
Knights and Ladies Companion are invited Members of the Order. There may only be up to 20 member of this class at any time.
Ranks of the Order
Below is the current list of Companions, in order of their Seniority within the Order. Seniority ranking for all companions is not permanent.
Sovereign of the Order
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
Royal Knights and Ladies Companion (SGM, RKC or RLC)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
Knight/Lady Commander of the Order (KCO or LCO)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion (SKC or SLC)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
Knights and Ladies Companion (KC or LC)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
Privileges
All Companions are entitled to use the title "Lord Knight" or "Lady" and may be referred to as Sir or Dame. All Companions may use the appropriate suffix in all official and personal correspondence.
All Companions may address His or Her Imperial Majesty directly during Formal Order Procedure.
All Companions may attend all formal Order Functions, along with invited guests.
All Companions may enter the Conclave during Formal Order Procedures.
The Knight/Lady Commander of the Order alone among non-Royal Companions shall be entitled to observe Familiar Protocol with the Sovereign, both inside and outside Order Functions, and shall be considered equal to an adopted sibling.
Duties
All Companions must swear or affirm that they will remain in comity with the Sovereign and will come to his or her aid in person if called.
All Companions will be expected to learn the Rites and Rituals of the Order.
All Companions are expected to treat the Order with Honor and Dignity and never reveal the internal Secrets of the Order, nor any Conclave proceedings, rites, rituals, or proceedings to any non-companion.
All companions must maintain regalia in pristine condition and must wear regalia over their regular attire at all official Order Functions and Procedures. During all Order Functions and Procedures, no other visible insignia may be worn, but Ladies Companion may wear a simple chain and pendant around their neck, and all Companions may continue to wear wedding bands during the Order Functions and Procedures. The Sovereign of the Order follows the Royal Knights and Ladies Companion Regalia Code except where noted. The Knight/Lady Commander of the Order follows the Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion Regalia Code except where noted.
Prescribed Regalia of the Order
Royal Knights and Ladies Companion
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion
Knights and Ladies Companion
The Ancient Order of the Gray Smoke is the Senior Chivalric Order in the Anantonse Empire, and as of 5593, all duties, privileges, ceremonies and Regalia are formalized. Membership is by invite only and is generally considered a lifetime appointment. All members, save the Sovereign and Grand Master/Mistress of the Order and the Knight/Lady Commander of the Order are referred to as "Companions of the Sovereign."
Membership attaches to the person, and supersedes any office they may or may not hold. Membership requires an oath or affirmation that all companions will continue to remain on friendly terms with the Sovereign and Grand Master/Mistress of the Order and come to the Sovereign's aid if called to do so. A companion may be demoted if they take up arms against The Sovereign and Master/Mistress of the Order.
Royal Knights and Ladies Companion are members of the Royal Family who have reached their Majority. As Royal Knights and Ladies Companion are Supernumerary, there is no limit to the number of members of this class. In this particular List, the descendants of Lady Margaret Nicolette Ananto-DeLaurentis, have been granted Royal Companion status up to the second Generation of their descendants, while the last descendants of Michelle Ananto-Sandoval retain their Royal Status until death.
Knight/Lady Commander of the Order is a rank specially granted to the nominal Head of the House of Stuart-Carmichael in the Kingdom of Hutori. More specifically, it is granted to the reigning King or Queen of Hutori in honor of the Special Relationship between Kalistan and Hutori. There may only ever be one Knight or Lady Commander of the Order at a given time, and the title remains perpetually and hereditarily with the Monarch of Hutori.
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion are Foreign Royalty and spouses of Royal Knights and Ladies. Hereditary Dukes of Kalistan also retain life appointments in this category. As Stranger Knights and Ladies are supernumerary, there is no limit to the number of members of this class.
Knights and Ladies Companion are invited Members of the Order. There may only be up to 20 member of this class at any time.
Ranks of the Order
Below is the current list of Companions, in order of their Seniority within the Order. Seniority ranking for all companions is not permanent.
Sovereign of the Order
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
- Sovereign and Grand Master / William-Malcolm Isaac Ananto-Rosenfeld / Ananto and Kalistan
Royal Knights and Ladies Companion (SGM, RKC or RLC)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
- Royal Lady Companion / Veronica Ananto-Kingston / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Knight Companion / David Ananto-Kingston / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Knight Companion / Richard Ananto-Xavier / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Carina Ananto-McKinley / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Carolina-Katherine Michelle Ananto-Connor / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Christina Ananto-McKinley / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Katherine Ananto-Xavier / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Jennifer-Ericka Rebecca Ananto-Rosenfeld / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Melanie Luz Alvarez Ananto-McLinn / Ananto and Kalistan
- Royal Lady Companion / Victoria-Monica Miriam Ananto-Rosenfeld / Ananto and Kalistan
Knight/Lady Commander of the Order (KCO or LCO)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
- Knight Commander of the Order / William James Steuart-Carmichael / Kingdom of Hutori
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion (SKC or SLC)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
- Stranger Lady Companion / Jeanette Miller / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Knight Companion / Craig Suldanor-Alvarez / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Knight Companion / Lionel Martinez-Xavier / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Knight Companion / Roger Northern / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Knight Companion / Craig Wright / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Knight Companion / Collin Bronson / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Lady Companion / Connie Alvarez-Black / Baltusia
- Stranger Knight Companion / Martin McGraw / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Lady Companion / Marisol Paz Alvarez-Navarro / Gaduridos
- Stranger Knight Companion / Elliot Rosenfeld / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Lady Companion / Diane Acheson / Hutori
- Stranger Lady Companion / Casey Leigh-Campbell / Ananto and Kalistan
- Stranger Knight Companion / Miguel Coronado-Ruz / Ananto and Kalistan
Knights and Ladies Companion (KC or LC)
Rank / Title / Name / Nation
- Knight Companion / Thomas Harney / Ananto and Kalistan
- Lady Companion / Ursula Gattlin / Ananto and Kalistan
- Lady Companion / Renee Houston / Ananto and Kalistan
- Lady Companion / Alice Bjorksdattir / Ananto and Kalistan
- Knight Companion / Hernan Martinez-Smith / Ananto and Kalistan (Odufaray)
- Lady Companion / Joanne Northern-McCready / Ananto and Kalistan (Nevaras)
- Knight Companion / Miguel Ontiveros / Ananto and Kalistan
- Lady Companion / Maria Alvarez-Jarvis / Ananto and Kalistan (Suldanor)
- Knight Companion / Johnathan Mickelson / Ananto and Kalistan
- Knight Companion / Robert Bolton / Ananto and Kalistan (Vrassa)
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Privileges
All Companions are entitled to use the title "Lord Knight" or "Lady" and may be referred to as Sir or Dame. All Companions may use the appropriate suffix in all official and personal correspondence.
All Companions may address His or Her Imperial Majesty directly during Formal Order Procedure.
All Companions may attend all formal Order Functions, along with invited guests.
All Companions may enter the Conclave during Formal Order Procedures.
The Knight/Lady Commander of the Order alone among non-Royal Companions shall be entitled to observe Familiar Protocol with the Sovereign, both inside and outside Order Functions, and shall be considered equal to an adopted sibling.
Duties
All Companions must swear or affirm that they will remain in comity with the Sovereign and will come to his or her aid in person if called.
All Companions will be expected to learn the Rites and Rituals of the Order.
All Companions are expected to treat the Order with Honor and Dignity and never reveal the internal Secrets of the Order, nor any Conclave proceedings, rites, rituals, or proceedings to any non-companion.
All companions must maintain regalia in pristine condition and must wear regalia over their regular attire at all official Order Functions and Procedures. During all Order Functions and Procedures, no other visible insignia may be worn, but Ladies Companion may wear a simple chain and pendant around their neck, and all Companions may continue to wear wedding bands during the Order Functions and Procedures. The Sovereign of the Order follows the Royal Knights and Ladies Companion Regalia Code except where noted. The Knight/Lady Commander of the Order follows the Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion Regalia Code except where noted.
Prescribed Regalia of the Order
Royal Knights and Ladies Companion
- A royal purple velvet robe trimmed with black or dark brown bear fur, or artificial substitute
- A red and white plaid woolen sash that extends from the left shoulder across to the right hip. It may either be fastened at the hip, or may be wrapped around the waist as a belt.
- The Sovereign will wear a gold embroidered bunch of grapes on his or her Sash over his or her left breast
- Royal Knights Companion may optionally don an orange billed flat cap out of doors but must remove it in doors. Royal Ladies Companion may not wear a head covering of any kind.
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion
- A royal purple velvet robe trimmed with white ermine fur, or artificial substitute
- A woolen sash that extends from the left shoulder across to the right hip. It may either be fastened at the hip, or may be wrapped around the waist as a belt, in their respective Nation's Colors in any pattern they choose (Spouses of Royal Companions from Kalistan will wear Orange and White Checkered)
- The Knight/Lady Commander will wear a gold embroidered Maple Leaf on His or Her Sash over his or her left breast.
- Stranger Knights Companion may optionally don an orange billed flat cap out of doors but must remove it in doors. Stranger Ladies Companion may not wear a head covering of any kind unless it is required by religion or local cultural custom.
Knights and Ladies Companion
- A royal purple velvet robe trimmed with white ermine fur, or artificial substitute
- A red and white plaid woolen sash that extends from the left shoulder across to the right hip. It may either be fastened at the hip, or may be wrapped around the waist as a belt.
- Knights Companion may optionally don an orange billed flat cap out of doors but must remove it in doors. Ladies Companion may not wear a head covering of any kind unless it is required by religion or local cultural custom.
Primary: Institutionalist Party of Kalistan (IPoK), 5146-
Inactive:
Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), 2591-
Inactive:
Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), 2591-