To the members of the Council of the Crowned, I Liam Raymond, currently Count of Rock Ridge under Prince Septimus Cercil of the Duchy of Wychwood, do petition the Council to accept my claims of independence.
Though life in Wychwood has been good, I have long dreamt of more. Trade has always been a passion of mine and I feel that I cannot fully show my capabilities whilst under a liege, even an extremely capable liege as Septimus. It is therefore my hope that the international community will grant me independence of a land to the North East that I have named Erikos. It is my ultimate goal to create a trading hub where man, dwarf, and elf, can live in peace and prosper together.
It could be said that this first claim is a bit large, but I believe it is fully justified due to one aspect; its width. The width of the claim is very thin, though it may look larger it is actually on the smaller side, and such I believe the height of it makes up for the width.
