A Letter To The Lucienists

[Tarvam 33]

A letter appears to the Lucienist Hold; it bears a seal of pure white.

 

"To the Poor Fellows of Horen, Soldiers of God and stalwarts of St. Lucien,

 

Forgive me for my seal. I am but a bastard boy of the late Ostromir the First, a Barrow with no formal sigil; I cannot claim my lordly fathers and I would not sully a letter sent to pious men regarding the status of my mother. While my blood may be tainted with the stains of bastardy , my mind is as astute as any and I see an alarming threat in the division of our Church and State.

 

More than my loyalties to my blood-kin, my Uncle King Franz I, my Oreni peoples, I am a man of God, who seeks to insure the safety of his chosen race whom were granted the blessings of the seven skies. And naturally, these tensions between the crown and the church have splintered to fine hairs and threatened the fabric which makes our cultures and traditions. I will not condone my Uncle's actions and as we are well aware he has issued a declaration of regret. He has once more accepted the righteous High Pontiff yet this seems not to have quelled any carnal rage between your Order and the men of Oren.

 

I have only heard rumors and whispers in our capital in the Fringe; but rumors and whispers are all a man needs to hear before he spends sleepless nights with only truth as his sedative. 

 

"They have consorted with the Alliance! They march by the Deep Cold!"

"They seek to overthrow our king, backed by the pagans whom slew Heinrik, God Rest His Soul!"

"After all Oren has done for the Lucienists, pardoning their Adunians and granting them land, giving them recruits and soldiers, patronizing them...and this!"

 

These are what I have heard on the streets of our capital. Whispers which dictate the Order of St. Lucien seeks to overthrow the King by law and assert themselves over our country. I am but a fresh man of fifteen years, but the mere thought of such travesty has brought nightmares of my youth all over again. As an aspirant of the Faith and servant of God, for what purpose would these betrayal suffice? If your claim is that he is a king not crowned by your High Pontiff, ergo, dubbing him illegitimate, then how can you consort with four other soverigns, King Syrio, Rex Urik, King Wulfgar, and Justicar Darius, all whom not only were never coronated under our righteous Castus, but are active defenders of paganry and heathenry! 

 

If it is retribution you seek, retribution for whatever sins you feel the crown has delivered upon your order than engage in conquest, butcher righteous followers of the Faith to appease your bloodlust, take Oren as you will, and play by the fiddle of foreign monarchs. You will only have divided humanity even further, severing the tie of Church and State.

 

The earth will shake with the bones of our ancestors whom roll about in agony at the sight of a united Oren split once more between two distinct nations; one of nobility and one of clergy as few Orenians whom swear to King Franz I would serve a human nation which has violated mankind's tradition in governance, the monarchy and its feudalism.

 

And this is all what I am sure that the Alliance plans, a coalition designated solely to cripple the power of Oren. In history, the only occasions were humanity lost its hegemony in world politics is when it was divided into separate kingdoms, whom would squabble while the uruk and dwarf drank and laughed. My uncle taught me well of the dangers of Asulon; Hanseti,Renatus, Salvus, Seventis, and more all squabbling amongst another as spring chickens. Surely you see this ploy, god-fearing soldiers, to divide our faith, our will, our resolve to stand together as Orenians and betray the Exalted's wishes of a united human peoples.

 

For in the name of what is holy in this world, do not betray our lawful king for Alliance shills! Without reconciliation, humanity will be split asunder and the realm of man torn up once more in personal ambition and blind zealotry. 

 

With reverence,

Siguine Barrow

 

At the bottom of the parchment lays the return address if the Lucienists choose to send a response.

[Temp 2006]

A letter appears to the Lucienist Hold; it bears a seal of pure white.

 

-Reduced to avoid clutter-

A letter is sent to one 'Siguine Barrow' in response to the letter that had arrived at the gates.

 

"Take this as you will, for I am no major cog within this engine nor am I a member of ascended ranking. An observer, if you would.

My arrival is not accidental, nor was my side random. I was placed as requested by those true to core teachings. Oren is changing, casting aside it's tradition for that which would taint. It is expected for us to be seen as the enemy, it is expected for us to be seen as the fool that would act without reason. But, as a man loosely associated with the opposing faction, I would urge you to look to the fool that attacks all not associated with himself. The man that spews forth curse and takes bolt to party refusing alliance.

We act in a manner to redeem. The creator cast all life unto this realm, as such, it would be his will to work alongside all of his creations, would it not? Their beliefs varied, approaches considered heretical to many and yet, we find ourselves beneath a unified banner. Creator's will made manifest, even if only for an instant.

While I feel your pain for a split Oren, a weakened husk of what once was, I urge you to view not the past, but the future. Take refuge if incapable and truly study what would be done. If so many would split within Oren, could you say unification ever truly existed? The lesser party will be purged and unified Oren, while weakened, will be birthed anew. It will grow to fill it's former glory and with dedication, expand beyond our widlest ambitions.

 

Remember, only a fool listens to the propaganda at hand.

 

Thersist of Kaedrin. The once true Oren."

((When you logging back in, Cracker?))

[Tarvam 33]

A letter is sent to one 'Siguine Barrow' in response to the letter that had arrived at the gates.

 

"Take this as you will, for I am no major cog within this engine nor am I a member of ascended ranking. An observer, if you would.

My arrival is not accidental, nor was my side random. I was placed as requested by those true to core teachings. Oren is changing, casting aside it's tradition for that which would taint. It is expected for us to be seen as the enemy, it is expected for us to be seen as the fool that would act without reason. But, as a man loosely associated with the opposing faction, I would urge you to look to the fool that attacks all not associated with himself. The man that spews forth curse and takes bolt to party refusing alliance.

We act in a manner to redeem. The creator cast all life unto this realm, as such, it would be his will to work alongside all of his creations, would it not? Their beliefs varied, approaches considered heretical to many and yet, we find ourselves beneath a unified banner. Creator's will made manifest, even if only for an instant.

While I feel your pain for a split Oren, a weakened husk of what once was, I urge you to view not the past, but the future. Take refuge if incapable and truly study what would be done. If so many would split within Oren, could you say unification ever truly existed? The lesser party will be purged and unified Oren, while weakened, will be birthed anew. It will grow to fill it's former glory and with dedication, expand beyond our widest ambitions.

 

Remember, only a fool listens to the propaganda at hand.

 

Thersist of Kaedrin. The once true Oren."

((When you logging back in, Cracker?))

 

A short notice is sent in response.

 

"But if the supposed "greater" party rides on the curtails of a foreign legion hell-bent on ending Oren hegemony in the world sphere, are they truly greater? It would be difficult to reform any semblance of Horen's traditions when every citizen would know its nation was born on the backs of pagan Orcs whom butchered countless in their conquest of Salvus, heretical dwarves whom aspired to plant a half-elven king to our throne, and elves of heathenry whom the valiant Rose of old spent decades warring. And further to dub it a theocracy? Ludicrous, for it betrays the very nature of the faith to consort with infidels. 

 

To claim the unification of heathenry who would cheer in delight at the end of human strength with holy orders whom back out of united pagan invasions upon mankind is the Creator's Will...

 

Alas, your answer has been unsatisfactory, stranger. I hope your brothers-at-arms can present a true case for their cause or hopefully expel these rumors as falsehoods. Humanity has only just begun to recover from the atrocity which is the Exodus; for what purpose would we undo the reconstruction?

 

It seems not that, if this is to be so, that the Lucienists are acting by the will of God, but rather by the will of Zion whom give them the support they need in exchange for betraying their mother kingdom whom granted them shelter and resources in their fledgling days. Ambition is a deadly thing and on some fateful nights I revel in my bastardy as never will I indulge in the madness which is the pursuit of crowns and thrones."

 

((Cracker plays on Exodus now Temp. He says he misses you and you should stop being an LotC Apologist. You guys did an exodus, remember?))

[Temp 2006]

A short notice is sent in response.

 

-Reduced-

"And the victor writes off all matters of history. A man 3 feet tall is suddenly 8 feet in height when the enemy is flattened beneath his heel.

Humanity has worked with the opposing races countless times to further personal goal. To deny this is foolishness.  Even a fisherman would leave out matters of assistance to greater glorify his catch.  We need not forget that the current mass of bodies within Oren, The Carrions,  rode in on the backs of stouts as their legs were far too weak to support them.

And the Rose, while it fought the Elven populace countless times, had friends within each race and each Kingdom. Our eyes, our ears and our influence reached far beyond the common man's understanding and a child of only 15 or so surely knows precious little of these matters. Perhaps lengthened visitation to library will yield more favorbale outcome? To take word of one's father and mother or of the common peasantry in the streets is a grand method of becoming the town drunk.

Kindest regards.

Thersist."

((I know man. We have some good times. You should play on here from time to time.))

[Zhulik 3559]

That Edit.

[Tarvam 33]

 

roleplay

 

 

Siguine bites his lip; it seems this answer has stung for the young teenager. Another back and forth stemming from the hubris of youth.

 

"Humanity has consorted with the heathenry in the past of course, a heathen is not inherently an evil being, merely misguided in belief. But never has it been acceptable in what we define as the noble art of warfare to ally with pagans to slaughter god-fearing men in a war of conquest. And this notion being propagated by an order sworn to protect those faithful and unyielding to our God almighty? The Grand Master of the Order of St. Lucien repelled an invasion known as the Tarus Invasion akin to the one you claim is brewing in your keeps before when the Order was but a fledgling band of Adunians; tis scribed in the account of Battle of Post-Exodus Anthos: Volume I. Yet, when Jack Rovin is in the boots of the Tarus, it becomes acceptable solely due to the will of Zion.

 

A holy order that does not recognize the fellow dignity of man is a holy order doomed to fail. The betrayal of Oren will only result in an eternal tempest of chaos and warfare, push and pull, with the smallfolk receiving the worst end of it. Put the god fearing working class to the sword for their supposed crime in following their king by law.

 

Sully the name of my father's house, but tell me where were you when the same family liberated Kaedrini soil from Adunia and united the five kingdoms. Sully my words based upon my youth, but this boy has elicited two responses from yourself; clearly I have piqued your interest and provided some valid platform of contention.  "

 

 

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.