A MOST BRAZEN CONSPIRACY

[John Ivory 4546]

 

 

AN ENCYCLICAL LETTER

OF THE HIGH PONTIFF

DANIEL VI

TO THE ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND LOCAL ORDINARIES

AND TO THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL OF THE CANONIST CHURCH

 

11th of Harren’s Folly, 1728

 

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Dearly beloved, We join with the Lord in declaring, “thou spillest the blood of thine own uncle in Horen’s tabernacle” (Owyn XII). In sorrow, We weep in mourning for the death of Cassian Cardinal Omeryn, Our leal friend, and one of the High Pontiff’s own side. It has been said that a Cardinal is sent as if from the body of the High Pontiff himself, as has been written by Our own hand in the encyclical bulla REFORMATION OF THE SEPTARCHY, a most sacred office. Violence against a Cardinal of the Septarchy is thus tantamount to violence against the Holy Father himself, chosen Vicar of God, inheritor of the High Priesthood of Evaristus and Clement . .

 

It is in this accursed month, in which the Prophet Owyn, “wroth for the death of his own father” slew his own blood (Owyn XI), that it was first brought before the Chair of Saint Daniel that one of her own Cardinals was slain without reprieve; but further, the news was compounded by defamation of the late Cardinal Omeryn was a shade, a cursed being of reprehensible evil. To these unfounded reports, Mother Church flees from all consolation, Her mourning for Her lost Cardinal greatly encreased.

 

Worse, the reports came with demands made against the Chair of Saint Daniel, that His Holiness issue forth a posthumous excommunication against His faithful friend in life, now taken from his bosom. So too were demands lodged against the Kingdom of Llyria, that all the Cardinal’s work in life should be destroyed, and rendered null, as if no fruit were ever borne from his faithful hands.

 

Within these demands were fundamental errors, which should drive the whole mission of the Church in the Omeryn Province to disarray. The most heinous of these were calls for numerous Llyrian officials to be rebaptized, as if such a thing were possible by the hands of men, and as if the sacred sacrament of baptism should be rendered without power if administered by sinful hands. 

 

To the princes of the world then was issued a call to arms, as if to launch a crusade unto the Llyrian Kingdom, a crusade led by the hands of Urguanite heathens. These heathens once admonished by the Exalted Prophet Owyn in writing, that the power of God is not “parted among servants, but imitated” (Dwarves II). Our Pontificate rightly judges such a call to be null and void.

 

Our Pontificate thus opens a full investigation into the violence committed unto a Cardinal of the Septarchy, to be led in full by His Eminence, Humbert Cardinal St Jude, Auditor of the Tribunal (Thesmellypocket, or @thesmellypocket). To assist him is assigned The Right Reverend, Monsignor William Markunas, High Magistrate of the Tribunal (SuperKeziak, or @SuperKeziak). Additionally, The Right Reverend, Monsignor Everard Sheffield (Scipp3r, or @muldoon) shall assist directly in investigations. Furthermore, all Cardinals of the Septarchy are henceforth delegated Cardinal-Judges, and are called to assist in the full ascertainment of the truth.

 

Witnesses, and all men of good will who believe themselves to hold information pertinent to this case involving the death of Cassian Cardinal Omeryn, and the claims lodged against him as a shade, are henceforth summoned before the Chair of Saint Daniel to deliver said information to the Auditor of the Tribunal and his delegated assistants.

 

Furthermore, the follower of Xan, the elf Lefkos Amethil (@Fury_Fire) is summoned specifically for audience before the Chair of Saint Daniel within the year 1729-1730. If such a summons is unheeded, condemnation shall follow.

 

Deo gratias,

 

DANIEL VI

[1_Language_1 1671]

Matthias mourns the loss of Cassian, and thus adds another name of the people Matthias will see when he finally passes.

[Temp 2006]

Upon reading the piece, a Kaedreni soldier maimed by flames mutters, “May the truth be illuminated.”

[Archbishop 1784]

“The demonic cravens of Llyria need to be purged from this good realm, this does nothing to address all of the undead and demonic beasts known to be harbored by the ‘canonists’ of Llyria.”

[The King Of The Moon 7016]

“Oh **** something’s actually happening.” the anonymous witness comments. ”Still, rather odd of his High Holiness to miss... Well, the whole point of the letter, beyond outing Cassian’s possession. Strange he’d ignore it.” 
 

He proceeds to write another letter: 

“What about all the dark mages? The demons and warlocks the Empyrion himself has admitted to housing, so long as they don’t do their black magic in front of him? I suppose they’re simply off the hook, despite countless eye witness accounts from Kaedreni, Lorrainian and even Papal visits?”

[BonesOfTheEarth 2252]

“I will arrive. Though let it be known, no demands made were originated or derived from me or my own wishes.”

 

 

[Valaryon 513]

Valenar grins at the proclamation, surprised by the Chair of Saint Daniel’s investigation. 

“The truth shall be revealed to all of Arcas. What truth that is will be decided soon enough.” 

The Mali’aheral says, closing to the door to his home behind him. He intended to join his mentor.

[ElizabethAmara 109]

 

A random Cannonist woman prays:  “The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps will not be impeded. Amen” she opens her eyes “May the truth be found in the glory of GOD”

[thesmellypocket 1859]

Father Humbert, O.S.J., pens a public letter:

 

‘Brothers and Sisters,

 

The Holy Father has vested in Brother William and I the purpose of discovering the true nature of the Cardinal’s murder. There have been anonymous accusations from some quarters against the Cardinal; yet none of these are proven, and therefore, we will presume the victim’s innocence in all matters. Our investigation, on the word of the High Pontiff, therefore, rests on the assumption that the Cardinal was murdered without due reason, and that any claims to the contrary are unsubstantiated. Secondly, as the High Pontiff has ruled, a second Baptism is an absurd proposition at any time – one Baptism is sufficient and necessary regardless of the state of the soul of the celebrant. Those who have been baptised and have committed sins are urged to come to Confession, the most regular font of God’s mercy. With the aid of God, I vow, that if we should condemn any man to death, we shall offer him Confession before the execution, in order that his soul might receive the fullness of God’s mercy. 

 

With these things set in stone, know that we will not condemn anyone without proof, or without a fair hearing, for we are afeared that any man judged except by lawful judgement of his peers has been robbed of, rather than delivered to, justice. All we know is that a Cardinal has been murdered; all we presume to know is that the accusations levelled against the Cardinal are without basis. Therefore, any man or woman capable of shedding any kind of light on this matter, regardless of how trivial you think the help may be, is begged and entreated to write to Brother William or I at once. Above all, I beseech, from the very depths of my heart, that anyone and everyone who reads this letter, prays for our success and for justice to the Most High God, and prays for me, a sinner who has been vested with this over-weighty task.

 

Your Humble Slave in God,

 

Father Humbert, O.S.J.’

[Skyrunner 257]

A dwarven paladin knelt in front of the Lorraine Cross in her back yard before offering up veneration to Saint Godwein “May Gott ensure that the truth is heard and that the wicked forces which try to twist and turn the words of honest people be punished.”

[monkeypoacher 8055]

1 hour ago, Archbishop said:

“The demonic cravens of Llyria need to be purged from this good realm, this does nothing to address all of the undead and demonic beasts known to be harbored by the ‘canonists’ of Llyria.”

 

“Calm yourself, and read the missive again. No one knows the truth, and yet already your voice calls for bloodshed. Surely this is not what our late cardinal would have wanted!”

[1_Language_1 1671]

20 hours ago, rotund_man said:

 

“Calm yourself, and read the missive again. No one knows the truth, and yet already your voice calls for bloodshed. Surely this is not what our late cardinal would have wanted!”

 

“The man who called for violence tends to be the violent outcast of the canonists. Shame.”