The Tragedy Of Ignorance

[Ser Paul Ryan 1139]

Inside of his dim office, joined only by the scratching of his quill, Acolyte Paul toils deep into the night, his hand guided by years of reflection and education in the true faith. As the sun crests the hills near his home, shedding a sudden pitch of light through the window, he looks up satisfied. About the realm he travels, pinning copies of his work on notice boards, embassy doors, and, of course, the chapels and churches of all Human Lands.

 

“On The Tragedy of Ignorance”

 

Written by the hand of  Acolyte Paul, on the 15th of Malin’s Welcome, 1489

 

It is often said by scholars that the trials of kingship drive men mad, the duty of the highest office often costing even the most staunch of men their sanity. Such sayings must be true; for only in madness could a man like Arn Rovin stand by declarations of separation in the matter of which he does. It is of great cost to men everywhere, this schism; one of blood, faith and truth. It is with a heavy heart that I even contemplate it, and a heavier one with which I write about it. Yet such actions must be taken in these times, such words of mine written, on this tragedy born of ignorance, greed, and abandonment. It is but my hope that these words will be taken to heart by

true men, and mercy can be shed upon those who would abandon the path of the one true god so easily, embarking instead on a dim road of heresy in their quest for power.

 

Let us begin with the hypocrisy of the self-entitled “Apostolic” Kingdom; one which so easily disregards the natural law of the creator, and insist upon spreading their subjective reality into the ignorant hearts and minds of its populace. An interesting title to grant oneself, Apostolic, especially from a nation which abandons the pontiff and his apostles, effectively rendering such null by very definition. Though, truly, it comes of little surprise; lucienist-based culture is well known for its anti-popes and manipulation of religion in order to instate legitimacy, which it grasp at with little success from other sources. More so; this bastardization of logic is continued with the ceaseless spewing of obscenities and theories regarding a “Raevir led” opposition. The Waldian stance on what they see as a “Raevir Dominated” and “Bandit-led” Canonist Church is well known, and very similar to that of their thoughts on the Kingdom of Akovia. Interesting claims to make on an organization such as the church, which has but a single Raevir man in its ranks, and on the Akovian populace which, contrary to the rantings of Waldian supremacist, boast a population of 3/4ths non-Raevir people. But can they be blamed? The population of the Konigreich has been deceived by a master of propaganda; a man who cares so little for his nation he would bar them from the seven skies by leading them like lambs to the slaughter away from the grace of the creator. This schism and its backers do not stop at mere hypocrisy; they continue on to defy logic itself, abandoning the principles and tradition of hundreds of years in their severing of ties.

 

The men of this schism claim rationality and disparity as their moral cause for a veritable crusade on the true faith, yet they ignore all rational thought and reckoning. They turn from the divine sources of wisdom in this world, the Natural Law, and institute their own fallacies in its stead. Under even the lightest scrutiny, the Waldian schism holds no legitimacy. Their sources of faith are morally bankrupt, their source of scripture abandoned, and their interpretation of divine law ludicrous. Look, instead, to the Canonist Church: A holy organization that has evolved against the tide of years, developing a conscience, a process of formation, and a logical and spiritual foundation of which we call our rock. In the true faith, we take our learning from the sources of natural law itself; The Creator, The Prophets, The Canon, and the Godhead. In this schism, these anchors of truth are abandoned, the flames of reason extinguished. It is only through the formation of conscience and divine revelation that we come to know the Objective Reality of our world, yet the Waldian Schism seeks to usurp these in their title of reason, and, in their place, enthrone itself on a mountain of lies. Such men like Arn Rovin seek only to manipulate the masses through his pocket-priest, ‘men of god’ anointed by coin, not clergy, turning an autonomous faith into a blade to be held to the throats of the masses. It is with this great betrayal that the moral character and spiritual integrity of this “Konig” is itself called into question, and it is with basic evaluation seen that the coffers of faith of the Rovins runs dry.

 

He empowers himself by enslaving his people, controlling a reign of terror by painting the demonic image of a persecuted people; one he claims evil, whilst he himself orders their women and children to be bled in the street like dogs. Free thought, free prayer, the last dying light of the candle of truth, all are casualties in the world of the hound Rovin, who takes it upon himself and himself solely to pass the word of God and the presence of the clergy to the common people. He has taken his world view; a twisted, broken thing, a motley canvas of bigotry and hate, and woven it into the lives of his people, turning the unbreakable truth of the natural law and crushing it in his hands. It is a logical fallacy to fight for this man; it is a suicide of faith to believe in him.

 

Above all else, too, they are quick to judge, yet slow to act. The Konig in his keep shuts his gates in the face of his people, dining on their toil whilst handing out paltry sums to his own church, which resides deep in his payment. Anointing his own priest, bishops and holy legislature, this farce of faith presented by this schism poses as one of the greatest tragedies to ever befall mankind, perhaps even on par with the reckless slaughtering of King Francis and his noble court, an act entirely plotted and carried through with Lucienist goals in mind. They do not deserve it, his people. Taking no example from mother church on her pleas for reunification and logical talks, in order to preserve the spiritual integrity of humanity and the salvation of the souls of Horen’s ilk, this mad king instead turns his back on the grace of the father of creation. Ignoring the silence held onto by the Canonist when the Pontiff Regulus abandoned the church for a period of nearly a decade, ignoring the facts that innocent folk who are labeled as “Raevir” (though they hold no such allegiance or blood) are slaughtered mercilessly and without cause, ignoring the very cries of “Gott” himself, the Waldian king treads the path of damnation, accompanied by his dark posse of cronies seeking his favor. He scrambles for control and shuns enlightenment, driving rational thought and peaceful contemplation to the dogs. It is clear, after examining a flood of evidence, that in this schism there is no legitimacy, there is no faith, and there is no love; there is only heresy, desperate vies for power, and the shunning of the Creator.  

 

The Caesaropapism crowned by King Rovin, a miserable state in which men of god are appointed from the favors of court, and the canon of the faith is written by royalty, not divinity, is undoubtedly a tragedy of spirit and a crisis of spiritual unity. The self appointed God-King Rovin ignores the Theological Virtues of love, faith and hope, casting them into the cold and instating instead in their legitimate place greed, lust, and envy. The Pontifical Virtues are shunned, each systematically ruined or ignored in the Schism’s rise to power. Prudence is abandoned; with reason itself cast aside and logic laughed at. Justice fares as rain in a drought, with the innocent lives of men, women and children put to the sword, and their faith to the flames. Fortitude has been compromised, with the hearts of the faithful bought out by the God-King’s coin, or silenced with a veil of ignorance. Temperance lies unchained, with the lust for power and hero-worship of the God-King reigning supreme in a land that lies barren in drought from the rain of grace sent by the Creator. It is perhaps in this abandonment of virtue that the final stake is set into the ground, the backs of Aesterwald turned forever from the light, nursing their heresy.

 

In this examination of conscience, we have seen the morally bankrupt God-King ascend to power on a wave of ignorance and brutality. We have witnessed the Canon of the one true god cast aside, and his clergy appointed by the golden hands of royalty in the divine’s place. The shunning of the Pontifical Virtues, Theological Virtues, and quest to turn our subjective reality as close as possible to the Natural, Objective Reality of the creator stand testimony to the illegitimacy, and sheer heresy, of this schism. The God-King Rovin has extended his umbrella of sin over the heads of his people, blocking them from the sunlight of spirit and raindrops of grace sent from above. In times like these, there is but one duty left to those true of heart; to pray. Pray, my flock, for the innocence of man to return, for this madness to cease, for a unified front against the forces of Iblees, unsabotateured by Schism and lies. Above all else, remember the greatest of teachings; be merciful, be loving, and be mournful, for this great tragedy of ignorance.

 

 

[Charles_Grimlie 1072]

"Excellence in ze lack of evidence, ont ze fact filled vis assumption. Ze only true 'Ignorance' ist zhat oft poor study on behalf of he who wrote zhis essay."

[Sultan 3953]

"Except, that your Church was founded based upon caesaropapist foundations, and the down fall of the True Church Of the Faith, not only was it based upon it but your Pontiff was among the Clerics that caused the fall of the True Church and lead and agreed to caesarpapism. Schism shall recreate the traditional Church, with all the stains that was caused by the strelts removed. Your Church praises the reigns of two of the worst heads of faith in the history of mankind. Owyn which using Church power became a King and Radomir who made a bull that stated that only his bloodline can become heads of faith."

 

"You denouncing Rovin is hypocrisy since your church is what made caesaropapsim in the first place."

[Old Man of Kralta 72]

 

"Excellence in ze lack of evidence, ont ze fact filled vis assumption. Ze only true 'Ignorance' ist zhat oft poor study on behalf of he who wrote zhis essay."

 

 

 

The old man would burst in to laughter hearing of Rosenchratz's comment arguing, "It seems the sin of hypocrisy overtook you, Waldian. It is curious how the schism and its combatants find it agreeable to fabricate fraudulent and utterly shameful allegations with no supporting evidence. I seem to recall no contemplated evidence that could solidify any of your claims against the Cannonist church nor the kingdom of Akovia and it's allies. And no, a few petty bandits do not nearly qualify for any sufficient evidence. This schism is nothing but an absolute sham fueled by a bizarre hate fettish your ruler upholds against an almost extinct group of people. For the past two saints day you spewed utter ignorance and slander against the said extinct race and when one man speaks truth based on knowledge and intellect instead of arguing the bloodlines of a man from Aeldin, he is to be refered as ‘ignorant.’”  

[Cracker 4570]

"Except, that your Church was founded based upon caesaropapist foundations, and the down fall of the True Church Of the Faith, not only was it based upon it but your Pontiff was among the Clerics that caused the fall of the True Church and lead and agreed to caesarpapism. Schism shall recreate the traditional Church, with all the stains that was caused by the strelts removed. Your Church praises the reigns of two of the worst heads of faith in the history of mankind. Owyn which using Church power became a King and Radomir who made a bull that stated that only his bloodline can become heads of faith."

 

"You denouncing Rovin is hypocrisy since your church is what made caesaropapsim in the first place."

 

"Both Owyn and Radomir are heavily scrutinized in the Canon as Pontiffs and the Church recognizes their folly. The Golden Bull of Dibley is utter sacrilege most foul and Owyn's attempt at dismantling the Pontificate is also a crime against the prophet Owyn himself. Our treasured Pontiffs are those sainted, Everard and Lucien, flawed as all men, but great men whose accomplishments for the Faith are a testament to humanity's virtue. On the other hand, the schismatic church has named quite clearly in their address Pius II and Paul III as their champions; the former having a reign too short to evaluate properly, and the latter responsible for the former's cold murder along with butchering Radomir and poisoning Lucien II.

 

In order to defeat this mad brute of a man, this Paul III who ruined the human state and has, to this day, divided it between caste politic, caesaropapism was a necessary, temporary evil in order to purge the Church clean of his and his associates vile acts. Did not Owyn purge the realm of man when it atrophied in debauchery under the rein of Harren?

 

I have not killed kings nor Pontiffs, I have not commanded soldiers to attack humans when humanity was threatened by a pagan invasion, and I have not genocided any culture. There is no taint in our Church, no worldly desires as Paul's, so why does this Rovin schism? He is no clergy man, this is not of dogma, this is for politics, so he may leverage himself over the other human nations and try to rewrite history to paint himself the hero for his wanton and thoughtless actions. The Church was given a fresh start upon the end of caesaropapism, for all clergy to come together in thought, and it seems you and your Rovinist kindred wish to slink back to the days of Paul III, where cloaks and daggers held more weight than scripture and tradition."

 

The High Pontiff then glances over Acolyte Paul's work and leaves a reply for Paul.

 

"Very well-writ for an Acolyte; the usage of the objective and subjective reality is far beyond your status and recognizing and reciting all the natural laws and recognizing their significance is a great feat. Clearly you have been brushing up on your theology and metaphysics. Your work is a bit too inflammatory by condemning Arn so harshly, a man loved by his people despite his flaws, and thus loses some of its meaning when read by critics, who will assume it propaganda. Learn to temper yourself if you are to one day take upon the robes of the cleric; we must speak with grace and restrain, lest our truths be distorted by emotion."

[Sultan 3953]

"Oh you scrutinize them? Thats not whats written." 

 

xviii. Blessed High Ecclesiarch Radomir I

• 1437-1446

The only head of the Faith and the Church being called High Ecclesiarch due to his extraordinary nature of ruling as a King and High Pontiff during varying periods of his lifetime. Born as Franz Joseph Carrion, Radomir is an extreme reformist who aimed to mold the Church into a tool of both power and precision so it might spread the word of God by the sword and the cross. He resigned due to frustration of his abilities and later inherited the Orenian throne as King Francis, before being butchered in the Franciscan Massacre.

 

xvii. High Pontiff Owyn I 

• 1421-1437

The controversial successor of Lucien I upon his exile, Owyn was one of the more notable heads of the Faith. Throughout Owyn's long and tumultuous reign, he acquired large tracts of land and political power for the Church not seen since the days of High Priest of Pontia.  In modern times as then, he was reputed by some as corrupt and ambitious, and is more notable for his achievements in secular policy than in the faith. However, to others, he was acclaimed for his contributions to the Siegmundic prophecy.

 

 

"Oh yes Darfey was a very bad man, what a joke. He was a very bad man because he opposed Strelt stains on the Faith, because he refused to allow Sigmund as Divine or as Prophet. He had a very bad influence by making the Church a force to be reckoned with by secular rulers. He was a Traditionalist so he would not do thats all their is to it. He killed Franz and took the throne from the Crow, a very evil man as if it was not a Strelt that cut off Franz head." 

[Cracker 4570]

"Oh you scrutinize them? Thats not whats written." 

 

xviii. Blessed High Ecclesiarch Radomir I

• 1437-1446

The only head of the Faith and the Church being called High Ecclesiarch due to his extraordinary nature of ruling as a King and High Pontiff during varying periods of his lifetime. Born as Franz Joseph Carrion, Radomir is an extreme reformist who aimed to mold the Church into a tool of both power and precision so it might spread the word of God by the sword and the cross. He resigned due to frustration of his abilities and later inherited the Orenian throne as King Francis, before being butchered in the Franciscan Massacre.

 

xvii. High Pontiff Owyn I 

• 1421-1437

The controversial successor of Lucien I upon his exile, Owyn was one of the more notable heads of the Faith. Throughout Owyn's long and tumultuous reign, he acquired large tracts of land and political power for the Church not seen since the days of High Priest of Pontia.  In modern times as then, he was reputed by some as corrupt and ambitious, and is more notable for his achievements in secular policy than in the faith. However, to others, he was acclaimed for his contributions to the Siegmundic prophecy.

 

 

"Oh yes Darfey was a very bad man, what a joke. He was a very bad man because he opposed Strelt stains on the Faith, because he refused to allow Sigmund as Divine or as Prophet. He had a very bad influence by making the Church a force to be reckoned with by secular rulers. He was a Traditionalist so he would not do thats all their is to it. He killed Franz and took the throne from the Crow, a very evil man as if it was not a Strelt that cut off Franz head." 

 

Traditionalism, a heresy that even the Jack Rovin hesitated to consort aside, the notion that anything aside from GOD himself could be divine, a polytheistic barbarism. How does it differ from the druidism, both are polytheistic traditions worshipping aspects of His Creation over the one God himself and both lack any written tradition, only the ramblings of an old bitter Jrent.

 

And yes, I suppose it is acceptable for you to believe it is righteous for a Pontiff to order the murder of Kings in their own hearth through assassination. What happened to the days where nobles were granted trial and quarter, imprisoned and executed? What sort of standard does it set when our High Pontiffs arrange the butchery of entire royal courts on the crimes of a single man?

 

The difference between Radomir's Dibleyism and Paul's Darfeyism is that Radomir realized his folly. Radomir avowed his scrolls, Radomir resigned his Pontificate, and Radomir took the stain upon his honor. Paul hides like a rat in the gutter and his supporters refuse to admit any folly of this psychopathic brute.

[Coaster 2086]

((Honestly so ******* sick of these threads. There's been like what, three or four of them? Same people responding every single time just arguing about literally nothing in the most passive aggressive way possible. If you have a problem with someone OOCly (As cleary, ALL of you do no matter what you say mog or cracker/ the rest of you) then go talk to them in private instead of flooding the forums with this horseshit excuse for RP))

[Coaster 2086]

((disappointing as hell and lame as ****))

[Knox213 10]

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