Hear ye, Hear ye, by orders of my ladi, the Queen of the Damned, I hereby declare the following as ratified on this great day of the year of my lord, MMIX.

No ransom nor booty will be taken as consideration for any potential bribery, which is hereby, now, duly considered punishable.

Duly ratified by her court in the year of my lord, MMIX, all claims subordinate to her first and only claim, I stand my post and await further instructions.