A response to The Church

[Tide1 4535]

 

A response to The Church

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YOUR HOLINESS;

 

To plunge the world into war is not a decision mine alone. Where was this sentiment from the church when the Midlands burned?

Alas. I fear that your pleas would have served a better purpose directed elsewhere. The Alstions’ assassins have left me disfigured and scarred, but not dead. The attempts to silence me have failed and brought only light to their own master’s depravity. Their men came to Blackworth expecting a meagre force, and in their attempt to take my life they claimed another and summarily lost their own. 

 

As GOD is my witness, among the others who fought for their lives at Illation, I have his every right to smite this craven ‘Lord’ where he stands. Respectfully, I rescind your request on behalf of Charles II. My ire will not interfere with your investigation. Should fate allow, I will be the one to hand this worm to you.

 

Signed;

Tiberias of The Middenland

 

[Javert 9615]

"Let it be known, it is Aaun that spilt blood first. It shall be Ravenmire which ends this madness." said Henry Arthur Haverlock, the Duke of Blackworth as he recalled the events of the Aaunite attack upon his city of Illation. He would not stand for this, he could not stand for this. The time for talk had passed, now was the time for the blade.

[_Elrith_ 4525]

Deep within the dark reaches of the Nordic Kingdom's Hearth Temple, the High Keeper mulled over the happenings of the Southlands. "They crossed the river." She folded her hands together.

[DeadraSlayer 419]

Gaspard simply shouts as he looks down towards his fellow men
"Let these Bastards know what they've stirred"

"Ave Ravenmire! Ave Blackworth!"

 

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[Chorale__ 2147]

"Interesting," comments Captain Karl Audemar of Valfleur.

[Bogatyr 335]

A response, not on behalf of the Pontiff, is penned from the Mother Adolpha Yohānāh;

 

"A Tiberias of the Middenland,

 

Vengeance turns the shepherd into the wolf, and the flock is left unguarded. We speak of vengeance here, not as an inordinate desire for revenge, which is always stamped with sin, but as a perceived virtue subordinate to justice. It must always be reminded that the perfect and most absolute establishment of justice will be attained at the final hour; for, Vengeance is God's, He will repay. 

The fruitless endeavour for revenge, by which a man is hurried into such hatred that he rejoices in the hardship and sufferings of another, merely because it is he who has caused his own suffering, need always be tempered. Let us be reminded of the wrath of Krug, whose vengeance was not tempered, and drove him to the reckless abandon of brother and king.

 

I close with the words of Bl. Pius, who said (Thesis on Anger. The Danger of Righteous Anger s.3; s.7),

 

'Those who act in anger often claim to be acting as instruments of God's vengeance, righting the wrongs of the nation and world, working for God's justice. But the question is: when does God's justice end and MAN's anger begin? It seems to me that we should be very cautious about using anger, as any passion. The many times in Scripture when the anger of Man and the descendants caused grave evil are witness to this danger. Even Owyn fell to kinslaying due to anger. Now, the question is: Are you greater than Owyn? And if anger was strong enough to make Owyn fall into grave sin, what chance do YOU have of ruling it? If Owyn could not walk the thin line between justice and anger, can you? Owyn sought God's justice; he instead worked Owyn's anger, and thus perverted God's justice. Thus it is evident that the anger of man worketh not the justice of God. Any man who indulges in anger is playing with fire and is prone to sin […] The basic principle is this: he who refuses to show mercy will not have mercy shown him.'

 

None stand upright before God,

Mtr. Adolpha Yohānāh."

 

Edited August 7, 2024 by Bogatyr

[Frisket 4538]

Aylin Blackrose Sighs heavily

 

"Zhis is not how I planned to heal humanizy with medicine...my job has just shtarted here!"

 

The Aaunic Royal Physicians dream of a humanitarian association seems to be farther than it seems.

 

 

[sam33497 7356]

5 hours ago, TeawithFrisket said:

sharted

 

[ichigomaster98 966]

13 hours ago, _Elrith_ said:

Deep within the dark reaches of the Nordic Kingdom's Hearth Temple, the High Keeper mulled over the happenings of the Southlands. "They crossed the river." She folded her hands together.

Even deeper within the basement of the Hearth Temple, concocting all sorts of potions for sale in Rhosmark, was the current Laird of Grenzstadt singing a Great Norlandic patriotic song. An excerpt from which rang out: "We'll keep them South of the Ancelie, 'til that river's runnin' dry! And this mighty land will prosper for Norlanders never die!" Thus a proud Grenzstadt tradition of keeping the Orenians in the South would be upheld at the High Keeper's word.
 

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