CLOUDED VISION

[Masouri 2131]

Clouded Vision

4th of the First Seed, Year 27 of the Second Age

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x6QmuJdms

 

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Amidst war, we strive to prove ourselves, without putting ourselves to suicide by attending any ruse for a hearing, or defense.

 

These accusations by the clergy of Almaris had caught many of our men misplacing their typically green finery, in place of incandescent garbs of pink! What could have possibly caused such a stir up within the confines of our holding? Again and after yet another weedy accusation toward our band of men, the world is simply proving that they truly are in need of pointing their fingers to somebody else when their own leads land to naught. The Ferrymen? Psch. Call us the scapegoats instead. We have ilk of all sorts, this is a letter of a matter of religion, and one proving our innocence upon falsities. So with our chins held high, do we protest these accusations, if anything, we are ready to prove our innocence of this crime.

 

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On the accusations of assassinating His Holiness High Pontiff Jude II. We do not claim the terrorist from this attack, and all Ferrymen must undergo trials to become one - training them to not go out and mercilessly kill religious heads. No order of killing was ever put forth to us. I demand that the so-called ferryman by the members of the Imperial State Army is checked for a missing finger. Why? It is in our codex and trials to become a ferryman, I cite from one of our published posts below: 

 

Spoiler

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/196650-the-ferrymen/

 

“Become credible, members of our roster shall not point to others for the problems of the world. They shall strive towards the solving of problems, acting upon their own accord. To humble oneself and to become integrated, they must remove one finger from their offhand so they can no longer point said blame and direct it onto others; also a sign of loyalty. This act is also to ensure the loyalty of the fledgling member.”

 

If the cut down man is to still have all ten of his fingers, it is proven that it is impossible for him to be a ferryman. So he must have been an imposter in a stolen outfit or a copy of our armour that was well-made enough to fool your people. If he is missing a finger, then I shall gladly come and stand trial. Though, a finger is quite easy to slice off after reading this, and with the dubiety of Orenian history, my trust has been misplaced before, so it might as well be misplaced here. Not to mention, we are between a vicious war, so it would be suicidal to make a showing to any hearing.

 

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On the accusation of siding with Norland. We would like to point out that both the side of Norland and Oren were offered our services in this current war. Norland replied to our offer most promptly, while the Empire of Oren replied no such offer, but now years later they paint us as evil beings for following loyalty to contract? They had the opportunity to not face us at all, and they might not have directly refused us, but their ignorance and lack of reply was the only card at play here. Again, as a band of mercenaries, what did we see exactly? At one end was a profitable contract to join in arms with the folk up north, and at the other, no contract at all. Well, I suppose next time we will have to stay neutral, and claim no reward! Ignorance must be truly bliss, so I find myself beginning to envy those Orenians now. And that is already with a global acknowledgement that this current war was prior a war of malice and bad-blood, now turned into a copout war of religion; a false crusade. We signed the contract before this war was titled to be a religious one. 

 

In fact, I would argue the Ferrymen have done more in recent years to keep canonism in power, more so than Oren itself. Have you all forgotten that it was the Ferrymen who put Georg I, a canonist prince onto the throne of the Kingdom of Sutica? We did. But aye, that would just be ignorant to claim we have done more than Oren for canonism, but you cannot dispute the fact we are not against cannonism. This figure of Georg was proudly endorsed by the church, and he for one, could vouch for our band.

 

Spoiler

 

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/201326-a-deal-of-flame-and-rivers/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/202155-sutican-royal-contract-with-the-ferrymen/

 

 

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We hope to see these accusations wiped from our band of men, it sickens us to see such loose straws being grasped at. Even once this war is over, our men shall avert to searching for the body of the late Pontiff, instead of seeking contracts; going hungry themselves. We are entirely willing to help. We only ask that you stop using us as your scapegoat for a failed investigation into the matter.

   

Signed, The Ferryman

 

Edited June 4, 2021 by Masouri

[_pr0fit 2944]

"Here Here!" Vane shouts out "A man of inteligence and prose, I was shocked oren even demanded of the Ferrymen to stand trial, I didnae know they were capable of utilizing more than crayon."

[Qaz_The_Great 1189]

"The truth and nothing less."

[ReveredOwl 5314]

"I think more could have been done to investigate the Ferrymen instead of just accusing the entire group outright because or the actions of one of their men and the fact they sided with Norland. Perhaps they would have let us search the belongings of the ferrymen who was killed in search of a contract or something that would hint who hired him, alas it seems that bridge is already burnt." Remarked Father Basil Moroul.

[Harald 2465]

would look the missive over before placing it on his desk. "I believe i was rather clear in my call for the trial, if they do not show to try and prove their innocence's it only shows their guilt." he'd look to the other members of the Tribunal as he'd speak before looking to the cathedral