The Robertine Crusade

[Fleeperpriest 1484]

 

 

 

 

 

High Priest of True Faith, Archbishop of Visigia, Successor of Clement and Evaristus, High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon, High Pontiff of the Church of True Faith, Keeper of the Canon, Missionary to Aeldin, High Servant to the Exalted’s Testaments, Humble Servant of the Faithful and Vicar of GOD does decree…

 

 

 

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EXALTED OWYN, PRAY FOR US

SAINT POPE CAIUS PRIMUS, PRAY FOR US

SAINT POPE DEUNORO, PRAY FOR US

SAINT RHOSYN CARDINAL ALBAROSA, PRAY FOR US

 

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EDEL IN THE EAST

 

Famously the Shires of the Weefolk have also been called to a special vocation; for the pursuit of humble lives, free of the near occasion of greed and violence. They are to live in shires, under and over the hills, and make holes in the ground for comfort; not castles for war. This innocence is no meager thing; it is crucially important, for no doubt does the innocence of the shire shine brighter than the jewels of the dwarves in the eyes of the Most Merciful. Does he not look at the innocence of the weefolk and remember the innocence of the world, and spare us the rightful punishment earned by our wrongs? 

 

Therefore truly it is the right of the weefolk and for that matter any nation of innocent, foolish stock to call upon righteous swords to protect them. Truly, it would be the obligation of any who consider themselves chivalrous to defend the meek even when inconvenient and to little gain. Perhaps no greater glory can there be than this in the eyes of the Almighty.

 

But the coalition of states in the east have not been meek nor clean of spirit. 

 

Even the Shire, who is called most significantly to this vocation of humility and earns the right to demand protection for its sake has engaged in politik as shrewd as any other or worse. They land vassals and ennoble factions engaged in ambition, or worse shadowy factions engaged in evil. They deny their neighbors’ petitions to remove these influences from their land, and force them into war only to call foul. How could you monger war for me, who is small and weak? What a brute you are, for rebuking me so! But what horror!- that not only does the Shire invite politik upon their land, but then they insult the dignity of their neighbors as WEIRDO-𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈!

 

But LO! BEHOLD! Who indeed in the 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀, the weirdo, who indeed the wrongdoer, but the HOBBIT THAT HATH DEPICTED, MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED, THE LICENTIOUS, SCANDALOUS, MUTATED PERVERSIONS of FICTITIOUS ORCS engaged in ABOMINATION? 

 

It is, therefore, the weight and the burden of the Hobbit, which has afforded itself the wage of the sin of Abomination, through not only the bearing of false witness, but through the PERVERTED (REALLY NASTY) DEPICTIONS of their making alone. They, therefore, in the height of their mutation by this terrible sin, the scandal they have manufactured, have warranted the full Robertine wage afforded to the degenerate of antiquity. For the production of 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓈𝒽 HALFLING SCRAWLINGS, their blood is upon them.

 

It is the aim, then, of the True Faith, to see to the annihilation of this insidious corruption that has set upon the folk of the Shire, which do now make manifest not the doing of the Hobbit of noble, humble, and wholesome spirit but rather the vitriolic, cunning, and deceptive machinations of the Father of Lies, to whom they have, evidenced by behavior unbecoming of their race, entered evidently into the servitude of.

 

Man may know pride and folly, and Krug wrath. Urist may know greed, and engage by greed in politik, but even for this, for the dispensation of Mercy that is the command of our Lord unto us, one may not expect wholesale their rejection of these temptations, but bear patiently with his brothers. Urist in his greed, who shall connive by greed; Krug in his wrath, who in his wrath shall act wantonly; Horen in his pride, who by his pride shall fumble in folly; and none shall be greatly angered, not repulsed to know that these creeds, according to their creed, have made the mistakes of their creed.

 

Yet Hobbit knows not these faults. It is the curse of the Hobbit, rather, his apathy, that though he toils, he should not know purpose-whatever, and though he raises family, knows no legacy unto himself, aspiring for naught, yet ever-dissatisfied, and seeking yet the drunkenness of his stupor, that blinds from the pressing affairs of the world, and makes vulnerable him from the advancements of the Enemy whom he simply shall ignore.

 

Knowing then this curse upon the Hobbit, which defines him in his folly, that he should not connive, nor politik, nor scheme, fore he cares not to scheme in his apathy– we see plainly the influence of the Alien that has set upon him, as Hobbit has schemed, and desired, lusted and greeded over power, temporal and earthly power anathema to his kind. 

 

It is by the word of Cyris a Hobbit who, in his shilling, and adamant business propositions for the SELLING of his land in the face of the intervention of the Rexkhan, that the depths of this poison on the Hobbit mind has been revealed to us, who have betraying themselves declared: TO THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD shall this people suffer for a PRESENCE IN POLITIK, A PLACE UPON THE MAP, accepting not any offer no matter how charitable for the settling of the Shire, nor bending in the face of any negotiation, lest it be for the increase of the power of this “nation” of burrows. Even it had been spoken that, should Krugmar dispose them of their lands, that Silasia shall capitulate entirely in forfeiture of the Faithful prince’s God-ordained stewardship of the land and submit unto the Shire for its full restoration. 

 

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Silasia for its part sought first to aid the Hobbits in repelling the armies of Krug. This, in itself, is not inherently an evil deed. It is not wrong to defend those who are not mighty, nor is it wrong to aid those whom one has sworn to aid (even if some of the misdeeds of Dunwen were already known). Yet when the Church raised a hand to speak on the matter, to rightly and justly REBUKE the Hobbit for their 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀 BEHAVIOR, the Silasian replied through both of his faces! From the first face he spoke of his own goodly support of the Church's Holy Mission in Honkmat, and from his second face he spoke the whispers of the Denier, and without second thought proclaimed how he had landed militant schismatic BANDIT LORDS to aid in his war! Bandit lords who take 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓈𝒽 delight in the torture of children, make mockery of the True faith and speak sacrilege of the name fleeper.

 

Why do you subject yourself to fickle bandit lords for a greater army to put against the Church’s wishes? What good is there to come of it, to engage in a total war for the sake of protecting WEIRDO 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈? This is the great evil, that not only have you engaged in great politik for an unjust cause, but you have done it against the Church, with those who are its professed enemies. 

 

Think carefully of your course of action, for nothing started in such chaos is likely to end well. Why did you choose this fight? You do not speak of the matter, likely for that your realm is greatly destabilized already. Nothing good can come of chaos, nothing is glorious without the illumination of the flame of the Most High.

 

To speak of Virtue and love for the Church in one breath and to welcome UNREPENTANT SCHISMATICS in the next is not just wrong, it is also EVIL COPE! If one so greatly feared losing a war to go to such extremes, why get involved at all? If one so greatly feared evils being committed against him why do they not put trust in the Temple, and its promise that no evil should come to the Shire if only they simply STOP 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔?

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There is no serenity in insolence and there is no freedom in decadence.

 

Like the lordlings of the east, the merchants of the Lurinite city are not absolved of their injuries to the Almighty either. The pledge of tolerance and freedom that the erstwhile Sutica has prided itself in has for centuries known no limits. The very cornerstone of all life in the mercantile kingdom is the fervent pursuit of profit; the craving for power. Though honey-tongued industrialists would call themselves champions of meritocracy, and serpentine wizards dedicate body and soul to the pursuit of a direly misplaced ‘progress’, the merit they preach is in service of all but a holiness.

 

It is inevitable that when gates are opened wide, where no righteous officer or judge stands appointed, evil shall find shelter. And when sheltered, evil shall prosper. It is the nature of the Denier, as with his wicked messengers, to knock door to door among the nations of the realm and seek the one that trusts; the one that shall open. And Lurin hath abided. As in the alleys and halls of Sutica before it, corruption reeks, and the Almighty grows wroth.

 

The virtuous few who still call the trade city home find the claws of darkness clutching for them at every street corner. Fear not! says the trade lord; an inquisition shall be launched. Truly? That darkness which with closed eyes and a distorted conscience was made welcome by Lurin now reigns over it. The trade lords and the angel worshippers fumble to counter the darkness; for their own hands are corrupt! No inquisition concocted in invented morals or the fluidity of principles can truly inquire into anything, let alone counteract a darkspawn crisis. It is a masquerade, a phony idol-worshippers’ stunt, for the feigned calming of affairs. 

 

Success owes not its due to the whim of a rogue angel, to the worship of reason or to the hauled treasures of gems and coin; it is owed solely and absolutely to the LORD. The Lurinites have taken to appoint among them false-priests, too. Oracles of lie. A church of Eshtael. A holiness of their own. They holler the name of an angel and philosophize over a dilettante theology of balance; when the balance they yearn for is solely that of the banker. They hold that a church is necessary for the worship of their appointed deity; and by this insinuate that the One and Only Church is null in value. Do you think truly there is a truth besides the Most True? By your own writing, you worship a false idol in place of the Singular, Omnipotent and Most Merciful LORD.

 

The persecution of Canonists at the hands of dark sorcerers and nightly creatures cannot be abided. The instruments of enforcement in Lurin are compromised, and its leadership itself has shown to possess a more sordid hue than thought before. What once, in brighter days, had inclined to goodness has now faltered and doused. 

 

The effrontery against G-d, the worship of greed and idolatry, the proliferation of cursed magics, the persecution of Canonists and the riled warmongery perpetrated by its lords shall serve one end: the deliverance of Lurin to Justice before the Lord Our God.

 

A MARCH FOR GOOD WILL

 

THEREFORE it is incumbent upon the Temple to wield the Flaming Sword and call for ORDER and INQUISITION upon Edel in the East; that nefarious deeds committed by nerdowells be put to a just stop by PENANCE or PURIFICATION. Not for hatred of its inhabitant, for the sin of Owyn was wroth for the sinner; not for political convenience, for surely it is inconvenient to march against a prepared coalition; but for Good Will that the residents of the East be redeemed into the embrace of the Most High and attain the promise of Salvation.

 

To the Shiredom of Dunwen; SURRENDER and REPENT that you may be innocent and meek once more! Stop WAR BAITING and 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 on people! You slander and scheme to evade the consequences of your actions rather than turn to the Most Merciful, and the protection he would afford you if you truly would offer yourself to your known vocation; REPENT! If you would REPENT then war would leave your lands. If you would REPENT then your land may be cleansed by the Mercyflame of all plague and evil you have tolerated in it. If you would REPENT then all righteous blades would fall upon the Shire for protection rather than its purification.

 

To the Grand Duchy of Silasia; SURRENDER and REPENT that you may be fleepish as you were before. You destabilize your realm for the sake of a war it need not know in the first place, for the sake of the defense of the unclean and 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓈𝒽; REPENT! If you would REPENT then the folk of Silasia could be reconciled with all Horen. If you would REPENT the many swords of the tallwoods may be brought not against your brothers in faith but in righteous crusade against the enemies of the Most Holy. If you would REPENT Silasia could forget the ills of war, and know comfort in communion with their neighbors. If you would REPENT Silasia could develop its fledgling state, rather than place it into the hands of foreign bandit lords.

 

To the Disturbed State of Lurin; SURRENDER and REPENT that you may be brought out of exile and into faith. You have worshiped a false god who cannot guarantee you salvation, much less hear your prayers. There cannot be balance of virtue and vice, nor good and evil; only the love of the Almighty and the hatred of Sin. If you would REPENT then a true inquisition may cleanse your lands of the evil which you have taxed within it. If you would REPENT the statues of angels may be torn down and replaced with monuments of True Faith. If you would REPENT then you would be cleansed by baptismal rite all evil spirits of Sutica which haunt your square. If you would REPENT then your people may for the first time ever know serenity.

 

To the domain of Vortice; SURRENDER and REPENT that you may be excused from the coalition of Edel which is raised in defense of the unnatural and wicked. You have taken to raise your sword against justified outrage, and dismissed concerns of darkspawn so that you may do so. Why do you endanger yourself for the protection of the WEIRD? Why do you send your soldiers to defend bandits in Silasia but fail in your promise to investigate any matter of darkspawn in your near borders? Does it enrage you so that an army moves that you hold no concern that Ruin arrives as a plague upon your region? If you would REPENT of this affiliation then you may reclaim the innocence and humility once known of you.

 

THE CALL FOR CRUSADERS

 

As Krug has entrusted command of his sword into the service of the Temple, so too are all princes of the faithful called to raise their armies. Let every man that can stand sell his belongings to afford a sword to raise up for the Glory of GOD and against the Ruin of souls. Together we shall march into New Edel for the redemption of the East.

 

IN NOMINE DEI

 

 

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, Anorhil Antonius Caranethion of the House Arthalionath, 

Crown Prince of Númenost, Seneschal of the Holy League, Captain of the Radiant Guard, Templar of the Archangel Michael, Knight of the Realm

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HIS LORDSHIP, Tiberias van Aert of the Middenland, Protector of Grense, Duke of Blackvale, Baron of Pestilles, Captain of the Vrijkorps, Sworn warrior of the Archangel Michael

 

HER ROYAL MAJESTY, Tar-Caraneth Aryantë of the House Arthalionath, by the Grace of GOD, Queen of the Númenedain, Princess of Númenost and Minas Amath, Protector of the Adunians, Master of the Sharadûn, Templar Justiciar of the Archangel Michael, Knight of the Realm

 

His Royal Highness, August ‘The Border Prince’ Valentin, Margrave of Beleth and Keeper of Raccoons.

 

HER ROYAL MAJESTY, Adalia I “The Dawnmade”, By the grace of GOD, Queen of the Petra, Princess of Abrana, Marquise de Val d’Estenou, Countess of Temesch, Torm Marian, and Moere, Viscountess of Mies, Baroness of Garmont, Vallagne-en-Petra, Eagles Peak, Brasca, Hrenthorne, Resmore, and of the Phoenixspire, Knight of the Petrine Laurel, Defender of Liberty

 

HIS HIGHNESS, Bo I, Sovereign of Ravenmire, Count of Ravenmire City, Protector of the Smallfolk & of the Far North,Patriarch of the House of Rostova

 

 

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, LEON, GMSTSR, Prince in Reinmar and of Minitz, Count of Neu Brandthof, Viscount of Tucay, Baron of Hussen and Boriënwald, Lord of Durres, High Chieftain of the Reinmaren, Warden of the Franklands and Ferdenwald

 

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, FREDERICA, GMSTSR, Princess in Reinmar of Sutica, Duchess of Reinmar, Countess of Freimark and Kretzen, Baroness of Madvon and Freising, Lady of Sankt Johannsburg, Wilheburg, Erwinsburg, Freiburg and Rozenfeld, Chieftess of the Reinmaren

 

 

Edited September 20, 2024 by Fleeperpriest

[Coronate 5519]

“It is through this that the will of good will be executed upon wrongdoer. EVIL exercised by the hands of saintly men and women who lift their swords in the same cause.

 

Send me then like a pack of attack dogs, like the LUR WOLF devours the vile wolves who snap at the flock of sheep as they attempt to reach salvation.

 

My blade is yours, and I will command the attack for the trumpet sounds in the sky and the day of judgement is upon the vile and wretched.”

 

Said the REXKHAN to the HIGH PONTIFF, MOUTHPIECE OF GOD at the summit. The Plvn was TRVSTED.

[Enlightenment 2295]

“The half-men will prevail, their pumkopults shall reign righteous for the meek shall inherit Aevos,” an Orenid named Jaquavius said, eating his oily fruit with his kin.

[Mescaffier 6197]

"Purify the 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀s!"  Princess Helena cheered, having witnessed Raguel's declaration months before within the church. "Down with the el-" the girl paused as one of her handmaids whispered to her, her grin falling. "Elves are okay, but not them!"

[Zqppy 918]

Earoslav Rostova reads the missive, instantly throwing it down preparing for war "FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD" The Crusader Prince Shouts adorning his iron mask helmet

[helldiving 5793]

"Heh-"

said Húrin, sharpening his blade and getting ready to do some crazy combat against his foes! 

[Fimlin 1997]

"GOD will not abide these twisted structures much longer." Azrubêl exclaims upon hearing the announcement, eagerly awaiting the opportunity to topple the bricks of Lurin and Silasia's cities.

[bumblefina 2766]

Cardinal Clover sat upon a grass hill, looking out towards the east as a sheep did bleat out beside her.

"Oh gracious Shepherd, watch over us your flock, guide us to green pastures and cool waters, and keep my people safe."

[Asutto 2452]

Spoiler

i think you might be the most based and effective pontiff in LoTC history.

 

[sam33497 7356]

"Let us hope absolution for you will come." Sirius Mareno whispered, though his words could not reach those errant Silasians even through bountiful easterly winds. His heart feared that this absolution might only come in death - a death which had spurned their GOD and the Seven Skies, but he hoped nonetheless otherwise.

 

However, he was prepared to pack up the pagans :3

[Borin 7645]

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/W1LsRShUPtY?si=Cl9WfghEjfsXbHNz

 

Bishop Franz does a merry jig

[helldiving 5793]

2 minutes ago, sam33497 said:

"Let us hope absolution for you will come." Sirius Mareno whispered, though his words could not reach those errant Silasians even through bountiful easterly winds. His heart feared that this absolution might only come in death - a death which had spurned their GOD and the Seven Skies, but he hoped nonetheless otherwise.

 

However, he was prepared to pack up the pagans :3

Spoiler

 

[MadOne 4945]

Adelmar returns from his meeting with the young Grand Duke. He seemed to be a good, Godly lad. In this, he found a possibility of peace.

[DizzyGrey 1229]

"Say my name, coward." Narithen Uialben, the Silver Lubba, the so called 'Trade Lord' of the Lurinites, mutters as he reads over his copy of the missive. 

[Unwillingly 18096]

"Maybe they thought themselves something mighty for eluding our forces for a short while, but they were never actually ahead of the game." Galahad zealously remarks to one of his allies. "Death to those of the east!"