THE MERRYWEATHER MIRACLES

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THE MERRYWEATHER MIRACLES

From the Diocese of Buron

 

 

To the High Pontiff, and His Curia,

 

It is in these recent years that the lands over which I preside have been blessed, in the dual erection of New Warsovia and Ulrichsburg, under the pious purview of Heinrich of the House of Alstreim, and Waclaw of the House of Jazloviecki. 

 

It is these esteemed houses, who have for some time been bound by those ties of spirit and culture, that have impressed upon our Holy Mother Church their indelible mark, hosting even predecessors of Your Holiness among their ranks. It is in this churchly tradition of these houses that I have witnessed the piety and due blessings granted upon them, in the like of the Infant-Martyr Ottomar.

 

And so, it has come that such miracles as shall be described have been witnessed this prior year. I shall not linger overmuch on the details here, for they will be described with due scrutiny in the latter half of this letter, but merely to affirm the validity of these miracles I name the witnesses as such: Sister Gisele, a Judite Sister and sister of the Prince Merryweather; the Prince and Princess Merryweather, Aleksandra and Heinrich Lothar, and their noble scions; Walter of Apfelberg, and, by necessity, myself. Beyond two dozen others were present also, of noble and peasant inclination, of local and foreign bearing.

 

It is here that two miracles had occurred, affirmed by myself and the aforementioned Sister Gisele - one, of fortune, and another, of redemption. These, after due analysis, are presumed to have been dual intercessions of Calliope Renata, of the House of Alstreim, and the Blessed Tylos II, of the House of Jazloviecki.

 

As such, a description of these miracles and a petition for their recognition, and therefore the due canonisation of the pair. To note, the belated Sister Calliope has as yet not been beatified. In light of this, I request the waiving of prescription four, of the requirements for canonisation as enumerated in the Codex of Ecclesiastical Laws, under the recognition of her role in these intercessions being inextricably bound to that of the formerly beatified Tylos II. Thusly, shall I write on the lives of these pair, and their miracles as occurred this prior year.

 

 

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SISTER CALLIOPE RENATA OF MERRYWEATHER

(1846 - 1914)

 

Born to Ulrich I Lothar of Merryweather and Nikita, Calliope Renata von Alstreim, known as the Maiden in her youth, bore tutelage in the lands of Fausten, to which she was sent following her mother’s untimely death. Reflecting such Salvian teachings, she developed a fascination toward the arts and her brethren in Salvus. There, she gained an aptitude for battle that would carry forth through the entirety of her life, within the Royal Salvian Regiment.

 

The Merryweather Maiden remained still in Salvus upon her father’s death, and was diagnosed shortly thereafter with an inability to bear children. It is this which spurned her joining of the Holy Mother Church as a member of the Sisterhood of Corwinsburg. It is thusly, under the guidance of her pious sisterhood, that she began the task of the translation of the Rex Perpetuus. This would come to occupy most of her youth, intertwining her very duty with that of her fellows in far-flung Salvus.

 

In her middling years, the Alstreim sister sought rightful comeuppance of those foes of Canondom, acting upon those threats towards the holy sites of Southern Almaris, permitting, in the keep of Merryweather, the residence of a number of knights of foreign creed, that they might battle for those nigh-desecrated vestiges of the Church in the Kingdom of Savoy, and aiding in that settling of Aaunic conflicts upon the arrival of the Acrean Rebellion. It was this temporal intervention that saw her family’s continued prosperity despite the chaos surrounding the fall of Oren.

 

Upon this resurrection of peace among the realms of the Canonist Princes, the sister took once more to her monastic duties, founding even the Chapel of St. Edmond within the bounds of Haute-Epine, and a monument to the Nauzican Martyrs of Haverlock. Yet still, she saw those duties of blood which so bind any Canonist, and was called to familial service as regent through the Merryweather Interregnum.

 

In those years that followed her year-long regency, and the election of Ottomar II von Alstreim, the nun returned to that duty which had occupied her infancy within the Church. It is here that she would scribe once more, creating poems of faith of significant renown - as Virvyn's Wager, The Walrus, and Whisperwood.

 

In the year 1913, the nun’s last will was published; nary but a year following, her demise came, in 1914. In such, she sent upon the Apostolic Church of Salvus a great portion of her personal funds, permitting the upkeep of their churches.

 

MIRACLES

 

1. Within the bounds of the Merryweather keep, upon the nameday ceremonies of three of the Alstreim daughters, a conduction of testing was administered upon two. Of these two daughters, both - of particularly young ages - displayed strength unlike any child, each cleaving a log of some considerable hardiness with a single stroke. Each prayed to God shortly beforehand, and it is understood that the spirit of the Alstreim sister, in her era of military campaign, embodied the pair.

 

2. Throughout that same period, a test of another sort was sent upon the first daughter of the Prince of Merryweather. A bout of storms came to pass, in which she was sent upon a tightrope across a chasm of some great depth. Here, she would fall, but the dual prayers of two Church figures saw her safe rescue, the spirits of Calliope Renata and Tylos II - each one an intercession on behalf of the prayers of a nun and priest respectively - witnessed to have softened her fall into the palms of a nearby serf.

 

 

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BLESSED HIGH PONTIFF TYLOS II

(1819 - 1876)

 

Born Fiodor Jazloviecki, son of Lech and Maria, the future Pontiff’s youth was marked by service within the courts and surrounds of San Luciano, in Savoy. Here, he was inspired by the teachings of local pastors and priests. Entering his early adulthood, then-Fiodor wrote a thesis on Humility; it is this which brought his induction into the Church.

 

It was during the pontificate of Blessed High Pontiff Everard VI that Fiodor participated in a number of debates, regarding topics which would be so-integrated throughout his reign, most-so that of women in the priesthood. It was for such dedication of theology that, under Everard VI, he was raised to the position of Archbishop of Allobrogum, and granted a seat within the College of Cardinals. Throughout the Michaelite Schism, Fiodor and his kin in Freimark and Merryweather declared their unilateral support for then-Pontiff Everard VI. Following its conclusion, Fiodor returned to his ecumenical duties. Thereafter, Fiodor - who had occupied himself for a number of months on a pilgrimage to Oren - was ousted from the nation, upon the second excommunication of Philip III and Anastasia.

 

Thusly, a few years later, in 1856, was Fiodor elected at a count of three of five votes as High Pontiff, taking upon himself the name Tylos II. Though he maintained Everard VI’s anathematization of the imperial couple, the Pontiff garnered much support from Orenian nobility that his predecessor had lost. Throughout his reign, Tylos implemented a number of modernisations of Church structure and policy, notably including the raising of the matrimonial age to eighteen-years, and oversaw the gathering of peace among temporal princes in Sedan and Savoy. 

 

In the continued wars of Oren, the Pontiff sought still to temper the wrath of those in battle, ensuring that no excess in Canonist blood was spilled. In aim of such, he oversaw affairs of the newly-erected Kingdom of Balian, mediating conflicts betwixt itself, the then Daelish-Vistulians and the Hyspian diaspora, ensuring continued Canonist settlement and prosperity in the south.

 

Tylos’ pontificate would conclude after twenty years, following a period of prolonged illness. It was within his pontifical seat at the Abbey of Saint Robert of Metz that the Pontiff perished, in 1876.

 

MIRACLES

 

1. Within the bounds of Tylos II’s mortal life, the Pontiff prayed over the ailing body of the Duke of Drusco. In this, his prayers wrought success - for the duke’s blindness and illness were miraculously cured shortly thereafter.

 

2. Throughout that same period, a test of another sort was sent upon the first daughter of the Prince of Merryweather. A bout of storms came to pass, in which she was sent upon a tightrope across a chasm of some great depth. Here, she would fall, but the dual prayers of two Church figures saw her safe rescue, the spirits of Calliope Renata and Tylos II - each one an intercession on behalf of the prayers of a nun and priest respectively - witnessed to have softened her fall into the palms of a nearby serf.

 

 

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In Faith

Father Mikhael

[zuziee 3223]

Marlene von Alstreim beamed with pride for her cousins, her smile so bright it briefly blinded Siegmund. 

[Timer 1434]

Siegmund von Reuss beamed with a greater sense of pride.

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Father Mattia read the missive and committed it to memory!

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[LithiumSedai 4837]

39 minutes ago, LightTheTrainer said:

2. Throughout that same period, a test of another sort was sent upon the first daughter of the Prince of Merryweather. A bout of storms came to pass, in which she was sent upon a tightrope across a chasm of some great depth. Here, she would fall, but the dual prayers of two Church figures saw her safe rescue, the spirits of Calliope Renata and Tylos II - each one an intercession on behalf of the prayers of a nun and priest respectively - witnessed to have softened her fall into the palms of a nearby serf.

"Damn it, preacher, I ain't no serf!" Marshal Walter complained in a cry as he scanned through the report, having been the one whose timely reaction spared the young - and reckless - Alstreim injury or, God forbid, death. He could not deny that he felt his reflexes had been bolstered by a holy, otherwordly presence, however.

 

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Ana-Maria, hailing herself as the strongest Alstriem, could do naught but feel immense valour for recieving such praise. "Look, Mamej! I'm a miracle!" 

 

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"All that happened that day was not a coincidence, but truly a miracle." 

The Prince of Merryweather, Heinrich II Lothar, sighed at the memory of that rainy day

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Sister Gisele hummed to herself after reading the missive, her mind fluttering with what occurred that day. She did not forget that her prayers sentenced the rain to stop in an instant, making way for a clear blue sky after the request was sent to God. She smiled, and continued to hang linens to dry out over the Aaunic Sea.