A CALL FOR DEMOTION

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17 hours ago, MadOne said:

Dietrich, a long descendant of King Georg lazily turns towards Leon. "They say that King Georg wanted nothing with the House Barclay of Hanseti-Ruska, and was born and bred in Sutica. Besides, his conquest was not to claim some southern throne for House Barclay, but a support of House Alstreim in claiming their older holdings. His line was the Freimarkish branch of Savoy, and Saint Tylos, instead of having anything to do with Hanseti-Ruska. Even yet, when King Georg carried out with his private conquest, supplanted my no Haeseni men, and only mercenaries, the Houses of Ruthern and Baruch pouted and ranted and raved. I bet they will act like they did not object, yet they have objected. Why shouldn't Reinmar do the same? Why do these Rutherns pretend like we were the same House, when they also had unrelated Orenian branches just like us?"

A recently desceased Cesar II smiled upon Dietrich from the Seven Skies, shedding a singular tear for Jorge's descendant

[Gandhi 2674]

21 hours ago, kipps said:

Leopold of Salvus mused upon the letter, he rocked back and forth in his chair as the fireplace is lit by the Salvian maid. He'd put his coffee down on the little table in front of the chair , he'd turn to his fellows of the Royal Salvian Academy. 

"The perfidious Ruthern, an interesting volk. Verily, nothing is holy to them. The Faith in Gott through our Mother Church, only a tool to justify war against a peaceful and recluse pagan kingdom. When the Ruthern doesn't get his way, he throws a tantrum, in typical fashion for his kind, and points towards just Barclay "But Venerable Georg conquered Sutican pagans, why can't we!", completely missing the point that Venerable Georg, as an existing vassal to the Venerable Corwin von und zu Alstreim and his Holy son Ottomar, reconquered Sutica for Canonicate society after Alstreim's failure to peacefully convert the Sutican. It is obivous the Ruthern has no heed for the Faith, no attempts at conversion had been made, no effort or official sanction by His Holiness, only pure realpolitik and opportunism, through which he signifies his lack of piety.

 

The Ruthern cares not for King either, to my knowledge no sanction was given, his abuse of the feudal contract with his liege lord would pull His Majesty into a war he himself never wanted. The Ruthern will say: "But Haensemen intervened in Sutica!". Yes indeed, Haeseni soldiers were a driving force in the reconquest of Sutica, yet this was explicitly allowed by the King. His rule and superiority was not subverted in any way by the righteous cause to canonize Sutica.

 

His manipulative tongue and deceitful smile, his frail passive-aggresiveness has, as evidenced by this letter, brought upon disgust of all sensible Lords of the Realm. Dreading that they share rank with men that hold neither Gott or King in high regard. A pale reflection of the Waldenian Sutican cause, which had the respect and consent of both. To this he is doomed, playing eternal catch-up with the bringer of civilization, the builder of nation and state, the maintainer of Church and Gott's dominion. It is an establishment in the modern form of the ancient spirit of his kind: man without tradition, that in its social mysticism, in the predominance of pathos over ethos, of instinctivity over rationality.

 

This is his plight."
 

A Student of the Salvian Academy takes notes as Leopold speaks about the Ruthern folk.

[RoamingRonin 619]

On 1/17/2023 at 8:57 AM, Proddy said:

“I suppose we should return to never-ending tea parties like the rest of them…” grunts Kazimir var Ruthern to his brother Aleksandr as he peers over the missive.

 

”This weak and cowardly generation of men and women are an insult to their ancestors. The progenitors of their lineages would be rolling about in their graves, were they cursed with eyes to read this.”

 

The Illustrious and Reputable Roland LeGrand would be in Kazimir's midst, also reading the missive. He perks a brow, a deep scowl forming on his face. 

 

"I think...that Hyspians and Haense-folk should stay separate from each other. Clearly, de hardened and ruffian nature of de Haensemen is getting watered down by de soft-skinned nature of dis... 'new addition'." He'd grunt, shuffling through the paper gently. "Should learn dem lesson from the Ping-folk, and the Talon's folk. Next dey'll want de gates closed all de time, and conflict in any form will be snuffed out by strict policing." He'd snicker. "And by God, kill dat horrid language in it's crib, for de love of the Fifth Exalted." 

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2 hours ago, GamblersPalm said:

 

The Illustrious and Reputable Roland LeGrand would be in Kazimir's midst, also reading the missive. He perks a brow, a deep scowl forming on his face. 

 

"I think...that Hyspians and Haense-folk should stay separate from each other. Clearly, de hardened and ruffian nature of de Haensemen is getting watered down by de soft-skinned nature of dis... 'new addition'." He'd grunt, shuffling through the paper gently. "Should learn dem lesson from the Ping-folk, and the Talon's folk. Next dey'll want de gates closed all de time, and conflict in any form will be snuffed out by strict policing." He'd snicker. "And by God, kill dat horrid language in it's crib, for de love of the Fifth Exalted." 

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