Caranthir_ 2088 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 A VISION OF STRIFE 1857 Location Unspecified Spoiler Thus the kingdom of Oren fell into the rule of those who cast out his heir: witches, consorters with Iblees, Saulicians, necromancers, and destroyers of the virtuous. The evil of Iblees presented itself in the world, and it was wracked with chaos. (Gospel 5:38-9) Providence, that is what they called it. Humanity’s destiny guided by God, guided by the Church. Grand pillars of triumph, a magnificent palace proclaiming the mighty footstep of mankind imprinted upon the earth. Our signature; a testament of our access to the divine. Hundreds of workers to build a spire that we might take a glimpse of the skies. Yet it was obvious to all that the foundations were poor. Like a house built upon sand. Moveable, permeable, liminal. The ebb and flow of the tide, permanence and certainty lost. Humanity without its heir. Philip Amadeus, oftimes referred to as Philip III, saw this more keenly than his predecessors. He returned from death lamenting the weakness that threatened to ruin Orenia, and would attempt to prevent this ruin by reinforcing its foundations with chains and buttresses. Where beauty may have been, albeit weak, by Philip’s hand is covered now by metal reinforcements. Philip, Your ideology is flawed. God will not save your crumbling foundations, for they are not yours to tread upon. You have no right to it. You once called yourself ‘the Great’ and proclaimed the mandate of ‘Heaven’. Any doctrine claimed to be divine cannot be if it is not heard from God. That no man of proven faith would accept your proclamation of Everard VI as illegitimate shows that you are either ignorant or arrogant. They cannot be all wrong, and you alone right. That you implicitly accepted the Cardinals that served the Pontiff proves you are the latter. Your doctrine was based on destructive arrogance, political opportunism. I dare not call you an apostate, for it would imply you ever held in your blackened heart the faith of God. Philip, You do not worship the saints, you covet them. You promise justice, glory, reward but neglect faith and salvation. You are an aberration: Emperors have come before you and will come again after. You speak of divinely ordained rule, yet yours is the language of the intruder. It sits, and smothers. Purge your own sins; wash your own filth. Point your finger at us no more Philip; do not walk upon land that is not yours. Fidei Defensor, Scripture speaks of Vargengotz the Destroyer, he who leads men whose hearts crave glory. He rules from a city once the holiest of them all. At his side are tyrants and traitors. He has come to this world as Philip Novellen, and offers falsehoods to those of the sword that he might destroy the faith. And Godfrey’s host meets them in battle upon the mountain.Thus Godfrey raises the scepter of rebuke. And lo! the command of GOD is justice, and the unjust are punished: Vargengotz and his servants are destroyed. (Auspice 5:35-8) At Vargengotz’s side is Ishtar the Defiler, who brings famine and defeat. Ishtar offers riches and fame to the impure of heart. Ishtar may promise the world, but she poisons the heart of Mankind that she may cripple it. She has come to the world as Anastasia Novellen, and leads the aristocrats of Orenia to sin. Our crops blacken, our water quickens to stagnation, no rains will come until she is vanquished. So Horen calls forth Sigismund and Urguan, and he speaks unto them “Lo, in your days you were each tempted with envy, and the world suffered. For Urguan, you have desired the wealth of your brothers, and Sigismund, their power. And by God’s will I redeem you of your failures, and send you to work peace upon it.” And they go out, and Urguan is lieutenant to Sigismund, and they strike out against Ishtar. First Sigismund goes forth ministering, and among his host are the tribes of Edel and Rhen, and at their side the Sons of Urguan. And they are redeemed in ministry, for Sigismund wields a globe bearing the mark of heaven, which is God’s domain. And Sigismund’s host meets them in battle upon the ice. Thus Sigismund raises aloft the mark of heaven. And lo! the waters of prophecy are purifying, and they spill forth to purify: Ishtar and her servants are consumed. (Auspice 2:7-10, 23, 27-30) King of Haense, that you are named Sigismund is no coincidence. That you were the first of the Sigismund’s folk to be named Defender of the Faith in centuries was no accident. And that you once stood with the Dwarves under Urguan’s mountains is no mistake. God has given you His globe that you might strike Ishtar down. Fidei Defensor, it is your duty to stand with the faithful. We call on you now. As the world seems to fight itself, a host readies itself to put fire to Sedan. We of Godfrey’s folk, Godfrey’s heir, will make our stand here to live or die - with or without aid. Vargengotz and Ishtar rule in tandem, in service to Iblees. Sigismund King, Dwarves of Urguan, never have the stars aligned so that we may glimpse paradisum, but they are now. Bring us the paradise that Exalted Sigismund prophesied. Halt their armies, put the swords of the Exalted to them, strike down Philip and Anastasia Novellen to free the earth of their tyranny. So each is given a law unto their kind, and the world is perfected. This is the promise of GOD to the World, that it shall belong to the virtuous, who love Him. (Auspice 3:16-17) William Alstion, Duke of Furnestock and Lord of Alba 66 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taketheshot 3834 Share Posted January 27, 2022 "Who?" Joseph d'Azor muttered reading the missive from an office Yaromir desired so dear. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankdh 2255 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Cardinal Providentia sweats nervously, reading through all the comparisons to scripture. That's not good! 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esterlen 4462 Share Posted January 27, 2022 “The Urguanites may be perfidious, but there are none as faithless as the men who serve them. They are race traitors, and they will be damnatio memoriae - their names forever dishonored!” A quote attributed Emperor John I, progenitor of the Johannians and the House of Alstion, who conquered most of Urguan in the 16th century (c. 1540). 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willstertheking2 1101 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Levian'Tol Grandaxe reads the the report over... The blood of the Mayor of Providence still coating his sleeves as he places the missive in a frame and hangs it up. "Ye know... maybeh t'ose who worship teh crossed god correctleh, ain't so bad." 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAlexa 3877 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Sofya de Joannes was unable to comprehend much of the missive. All she knew was that Philip and Anastasia Novellen’s living years would soon come to an end. Polishing her blade, the young warrior prepared for such a day when she could avenge her father. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnusualBrit 2064 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Esterlen said: “The Urguanites may be perfidious, but there are none as faithless as the men who serve them. They are race traitors, and they will be damnatio memoriae - their names forever dishonored!” A quote attributed Emperor John I, progenitor of the Johannians and the House of Alstion, who conquered most of Urguan in the 16th century (c. 1540). Spoiler Ironic. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eryane 3629 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Empress Anastasia I yawned as she read such a document by a courier. “At least he’s creative, I suppose,” she shrugged, and moved on with her day. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narthok 9213 Share Posted January 27, 2022 "I WILL DIE FOR HOLY URGUAN SIR YES SIR" Say Father Paul Di Sarola saluting the Urguani flag and preparing to lay down his life for those upstanding naturally conservative Urguani 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monkeypoacher 6993 Share Posted January 27, 2022 A man rises on a soapbox and preaches loudly to Providence City's square, as men are often wont to do in a time of spiritual confusion. "Woe be unto those who - without the sight of our Prophet - draw from his visions their own benighted misconstructions. Woe be unto those who, in the name of the Most High, go out killing Canonists and stealing their lands, and hanging the bodies of God's children on His cross. Those are the men of God! And the world is their right, as holy men. Justice is their right, those whose fists clench in wrath. Glory leads them, those whose hearts swell with pride. Reward is theirs, whose tongues lash out in deceit. The Deceiver's words find fertile purchase in the minds of men who believe themselves alike God in judgment. Who believe they are peer to Godfrey in pride. Who believe that they may commit faithful acts in untrue spirit, and merely speak the name of God to justify their sins. These are slaves of the Wyrm, and must be chastened for their wrath. It is thus our duty to raise our standards over their walls and drive their coventicle out of our lands, so help us God." 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiumSedai 4845 Share Posted January 27, 2022 "Why, Herr Wilhelm does have a way with words," the Landgrave of Alstreim whispered in support of the missive, for his Alstion friend was elsewhere in not-Urguan and the walls had Orenian ears, certainly vowing to kill him and his entire family twice over by now. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harbinger 336 Share Posted January 27, 2022 "Nae mattah whut religun, Tae blood alwa' comes back. I' leads Tae pepple bein' murdered, an' Tae innocen' pepple dyin'." Glod says, as he recalls all the atrocities he has seen commited in the name of religion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsider 4542 Share Posted January 28, 2022 A servant of GOD sat at her desk after reading the missive in the consecrated grotto and put pen to paper, starting with another quote from the Scroll of Auspice. It began, "Lo, the virtuous dead are descending..." 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crymson 480 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Theroden smiles after reading the missive "I truly am beginning to think that there may be hope for the House of Horen after all. This one's heart certainly seems to be in the right place. Perhaps there can be an end to Orenian atrocities once we've gained victory in this great struggle." 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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