The Return of Aquinas: A Reintroduction

[Thomas Aquinas 'The Young' 10]

 

 

Many decades ago, a man named Thomas Aquinas took up such a fake name so as to preserve his own Liberty of Conscience, so that he might express his opinions without fear of persecution. I do the same, and remain anonymous, for the same reason. I am known as ‘The Young’ to distinguish myself from my predecessor. I can tell thee truly, I am not actually all too young, however.

 

It is under such a persona that I will express my views freely: on the state of Oren, her faith, and her peoples. The institutions of Empire and Popery are surely to strike at me under any other circumstance. Therefore, know that my words are honest, and informed by no degree of fear, anxiety or self-interest. They know not even my sex, or whether I am theologian, artisan, or squire, or any number of professions.

 

It was some decades ago when the most belov’d and noble King Guy was murdered by an evil regicide. What wrath of God or Iblees powered his blade I know not, but, shortly after the King’s death, it was the ignoble John Horen who soon usurped the throne from her rightful rulers. Coming utterly out of the blue and with little legitimacy to speak of, he seized the crown from the Savoyards, who are known to be the true holders of the kingdom. Thus, did the tyrannical John establish his rule. For he was no king, but sat himself as if he were a Horen of old: namely, as an Emperor.

 

Determined to rule as one, he said ‘The State is Me’ and would have no word on it. Thus, did tyranny set herself over the realm.  His heirs have done the same: few have dared speak openly of it. And now, the Kingdom of Haense wishes for independence from this - a perfectly understandable thing - and are condemned as traitors. Yet, is it treachery to seek freedom from a liege who does not fulfill his side of the bargain? People today often make the mistake of assuming all burdens and responsibilities lie upon the vassal’s head: this is patently false. I am of the opinion that a partitioning of the Empire into successor states is a necessary evil to acquire just rule. For then, our would be new king of Oren would be forced to compromise: therefore, there shall be no absolutism in rule, for the current check of power is merely a council of but a few fallible men, some of whom are sure to be corrupted and weak. This new king would naturally be whatever descendants of de Bar remain, and, if not they, then a man of de Savoie or of d’Amaury.

 

The monarchy should be elective from then on. By that I speak not of the foolish and imprudent burgher-loving ravages of democracy, but instead where the nobles of the realm should elect and approve of a king. This will create more stability as he has been chosen by his peers. Then, a Great Charter shall be drafted detailing the rights and liberties of each respective group, from villein to king. The king shall be subject to the law, and not the arbitrator of it.

 

Liberty of Conscience must be secured for honest people. That they may serve God without fear, and that all men be preserved within their just rights, whether civil or spiritual. For I would rather have an honest-speaking illiterate serf than the most eloquent of courtiers, but one who speaks in terms of sophistry and falsehoods.

 

I shall write on this and other matters in the coming years, and in greater detail.

 

Thomas Aquinas ‘the Young.’

[seannie 7443]

"What." Says Andrik, of Barbanov, Prince of Haense

[bumblefina 2766]

Tara grips the paper before her, moving it further and closer to her face a few times, her face scrunched up into a fierce squint. She stares at the missive for a good few mintes, her eyes moving intently over the scrawlings on the parchment. She sniffs slightly, then looks up from the long winded paper. 

 

"I can't read."

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Just now, ShannonLeigh said:

Tara grips the paper before her, moving it further and closer to her face a few times, her face scrunched up into a fierce squint. She stares at the missive for a good few mintes, her eyes moving intently over the scrawlings on the parchment. She sniffs slightly, then looks up from the long winded paper. 

 

"I can't read."

Nemir pinches the bridge of her nose.

[iris1612 1780]

"No one deemed Haense traitorous.. though there have been some who are.. unhappy with the new Kingdom," says Brandon as he is dragged away 'for questioning' by Ivan the Nauzican with rabies

[Cracker 4570]

 

 

Tarchar bounty hunter Bayezid Aharoni takes up a contract to put this Aquinas down.

[Himmel 26]

A theologian, disgruntled by the writings of Aquinas, would respond to his small pamphlet with a description of inaccuracies and fallacies through his own public letter.

 

It was some decades ago when the most belov’d and noble King Guy was murdered by an evil regicide. What wrath of God or Iblees powered his blade I know not.

 

To be clear, the plot to murder Guy de Bar was generated by Bishop Reynault of Metz, Bishop Iosif tau Roiye, and Holy Ser Baldwin de Bar. No man may justify the murder of another, and all three of these men committed the regicide with full intention of bringing John I to the throne. Despite this, John I was young at the time, a young man of the age of sixteen, and it was by the council of these three and his father, Brother Charles Polycarp, whom manipulated the young and impressionable man.

 

- it was the ignoble John Horen who soon usurped the throne from her rightful rulers. Coming utterly out of the blue and with little legitimacy to speak of, he seized the crown from the Savoyards, who are known to be the true holders of the kingdom.

 

The death of Guy de Bar left none to rule the Kingdom. His cousins were all weak-willed and poor politicians, and the Kingdom itself was in complete disarray. I remind you, who presumes to have the scholarly credential for such weakly worded slander, that even Guy de Bar was not truly the rightful heir to the Kingdom of Oren. Only by the will of Andrik Vydra, who reforged the title, did Ashford de Savoie wield the title of King.

 

On the other hand, whether you are in agreement with his policies or not, John I's blood was the most royal of any man's, and by far the most qualified for the throne of the Kingdom, and even more-so the Empire. He descended directly from five separate Emperors, where Guy de Bar descended from a Count.

 

Determined to rule as one, he said ‘The State is Me’ and would have no word on it.

 

I suggest you study the definitions of Emperor or Monarchy if you are to presume to sew dissent through some diluted false intellectualism.

 

I am of the opinion that a partitioning of the Empire into successor states is a necessary evil to acquire just rule. For then, our would be new king of Oren would be forced to compromise: therefore, there shall be no absolutism in rule.

 

Each time that the Empire has been partitioned into successor states, the other races of the world have taken advantage. Humanity is pillaged and destroyed, it squabbles with itself and is eaten away both from inside and out. To partition the Empire is not a necessary evil to acquire just rule, and just rule is a figment of idealistic nonsense. An Emperor's rule is successful when his Empire is safe and his Empire is powerful. It is for this reason his absolute power is necessary, to maintain this without the need to concede to the special interests of individual groups.

 

This new king would naturally be whatever descendants of de Bar remain, and, if not they, then a man of de Savoie or of d’Amaury.

 

A man's right to be King is derivative of his descendaence from Kings. Even if there is a de Bar or de Savoie descendent of Olivier or Guy, the House of Horen has many Kings of Oren in its direct lineage. To presume that any House besides Horen has more of a right to the throne by virtue of blood is proof that you are simply some dog that seeks to hopelessly uplift those Esheuvard houses whose power has almost completely disappeared, with the exception of d'Amaury, a fine House that would not condone such foolish antics.

 

The monarchy should be elective from then on.

 

The last two times there was an elective monarchy, the Storm Rebellion and the Duke's War crippled humanity for decades. All people seek power, and to put it within their reach thus that they may vote for it is to make their mouth water and put their hands on the hilts of their swords.

 

Then, a Great Charter shall be drafted detailing the rights and liberties of each respective group, from villein to king. The king shall be subject to the law, and not the arbitrator of it.

 

And who would enforce this Great Charter? The fairies in your head that help you invent this foolishness? Certainly not the King, if he's to restrict his own power with his own soldiers. Paper means nothing and is cut easily with a sword, a man with an army will care nothing for your charter. It will simply become a free-for-all, checks and balances exist only in the form of armies.

 

I await your next pamphlet, my dear Thomas.

~ Johann Himmel

[Sultan 3953]

Studying the scripts extensively and comparing them to other scripts for a few days.. Adrian Rothesay would then address a gathering of men "This is without a doubt the works of Ser Francois d'Ibelin or one of his pupils."

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Just now, Sultan said:

Studying the scripts extensively and comparing them to other scripts for a few days.. Adrian Rothesay would then address a gathering of men "This is without a doubt the works of Ser Francois d'Ibelin or one of his pupils."

Farmer Blue gets the rope.

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5 hours ago, Sultan said:

Studying the scripts extensively and comparing them to other scripts for a few days.. Adrian Rothesay would then address a gathering of men "This is without a doubt the works of Ser Francois d'Ibelin or one of his pupils."

 

"Old d'Ibelin isn't much younger than me, heh heh," gurgles Hermann von Locklear und Stahl at the gathering of men, having defected once more to the Imperials amid the approach to his eighty-second birthday, "Wonder why he doesn't look a day over thirty. Must be blood transfusions from the youthful, heh heh." 

 

In his mind, though, Hermann considers the mercantile opportunities of the blood market. If the knight was using it to stay young, why couldn't he? More importantly, why couldn't hundreds of prospective customers? 

 

He prepares for a lynching, like the good old days.

[Aetosion 2062]

"Who the **** is Thomas Aquinas," says the Dan the swineherd.