Bl. Nicolas Aid & Relief Report: 1st of Godfrey's Triumph, 1861

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[!] This is a report disseminated to the Monastics and Clergy within the Canonist Church, including specifically the High Pontiff, the Curia, and Father Katerina.

 

Aid & Relief Report of the Order of Blessed Nicolas

on the 1st of Godfrey's Triumph, 1861

 

 

The blessings of the Lord GOD be upon the flock of Albarosa, their servant shepherds, and His Holiness, Tylos II.

 

The Order of Blessed Nicolas set out in the month of Owyn's Flame, 1861, to bury the dead at the Battle at the Crossroads, clean and till the earth, and give proper burials and blessings to the dead. His Imperial Highness, who is the caretaker of these lands, demanded that we only bury and give proper rites to the Canonist dead found upon the battlefield, tossing all pagan and non-human descendants from the cliffs of Lower Petra. While the Order found the command detestable, we attempted to comply. An exhaustive search of open dwarven, elven, and orcish records was conducted to find baptismal rolls for those who may have lost their lives in Lower Petra. Alas, due to apparent clerical error, none could be found. Therefore, in an effort to ensure that no Canonist was mistakenly denied a proper burial, all bodies recovered from the battlefield were buried and given the proper sacrament.

 

Though it took the better part of a month, the Order of Blessed Nicolas is proud to say that the land around the Abbey at the Crossroads and the Shrine to the Wartime Truce has been cleared of the memories of the battle held there. Fresh grass has been sown and flowers planted. Additionally, the dead at the battle have been laid to rest in the new Cemetery of the Fallen at the Crossroads on the road leading to Redenford. Alas, it appears that the tree at the crossroads may be forever stained by blood, an eternal memorial to the dead.