WITHDRAWAL, PENANCE, JUSTICE

[_RoyalCrafter_ 5285]

 

 

 

ISSUED BY:

THE GRAND DUKE

ON:

1st Sun’s Smile, 200 S.A

 

 

INDEX

• DUTY AS PROTECTOR
• THE CRUSADE
• REPENTANCE
• DIPLOMACY
• JUSTICE
• SCHISM

 

DUTY AS PROTECTOR

For the past 3 generations of Grand Dukes, the house of Whitewood always prided itself on loyalty and fulfilling obligations. One of these was the protection of the weefolk, as per the title Protector of the Weefolk.

 

It is our honour to have held this title, and with our obligation met in the Siege of Barnsley, we formally withdraw from this conflict and rescind the title.

 

Our temporal duties have been met, and now Silasia must answer the call of Canondom. We thank the Halfings for giving us the opportunity to grow Silasia and we hope to maintain friendship after the crusade is over.

 

With Silasia’s formal withdrawal from the war, we shall maintain our standing pacts and alliances with other nations, and endeavour in the continued pursuit of peace amongst Xanondom.

 

THE CRUSADE

Silasia answers the call of the church and shall take action for the crusade. However, it is against Silasian creed to turn your blade against those who you fought with.

 

As such, as part of our contribution to the Robertine Crusade, The Grand Duchy of Silasia shall establish a Hospitalier Order to tend to all injured.

 

Our faith in Silasia remains strong, and we remain steadfast and pious laymen of the Church of Canondom and only said Church.

 

REPENTANCE

As part of our Repentance, I, the Grand Duke of Silasia shall volunteer personally in our Hospitalier Order of knights and tend to the injured.

 

The Silasians still seek official repentance from the Church, and await our request for clergymen and communication to be met, for the Cardinal of our Archdiocese has not been in correspondence with us.

 

We urge the church to send us a clergyman to grant us our repentance and perform sacred rites.

 

DIPLOMACY

The Sylvan State has always endeavoured to achieve political aims through the arts of diplomacy. With avenues of communcation having been impeded by the conflict, weseek immediate reconciliation with our brethren and co-inhabitants of the Eastern sovereignties.

 

We declare cessation of hostile acts towards crusading and allied states, violation of this shall constitute treason - except in the defence of the realm.

 

Ambassadors are hereby invited from every realm and correspondences shall occur shortly.
 

JUSTICE

With the expulsion of the Mogg clan, we have righted the wrong we committed towards our neighbouring friends.

 

However, in a proactive move, Silasia shall enforce further justice upon its lands, as further accusations of banditry and being levied at those of the Provincija Strahzem.

 

Leaders of the Province, and their 2nd in command are hereby summoned to trial (time TBD) for alleged crimes of banditry, invasion, etc.

 

If you are a witness or wish to deposit a testimonial, please contact the Grand Duke.

 

SCHISM

The Grand Duchy doesn’t in any way shape or form recognise the legitimacy of any schismatics, and attribute such actions to the disgruntled and misguided.

 

Action in the form of new laws will be taken to prevent the usurpation of clerical authority. Should the schismatics be caught and identified, they will be delivered to the Church for penance.

 

The body of faith is comprised of the Church which pumps life into the organs of the body, the canonist realms. When the flow is restricted, malaise within the organs spreads. As such we reiterate our desire for a sanctioned clergyman to deliver us the word of god, so that we may continue to function as an organ in the great body of the faithful.

 

 

Signed,

His Serene Highness, Arturas Miklos Whitewood,

Grand Duke of Silasia, Marquis of Lotusgrad, Baron of Lilenburg Blackwell and Swan’s Keep, Lord of the Peaks

[Haseroth 1740]

"Nothing but cowards who turn on their allies the moment their holdings are at risk. No honor left in this side of humanity." Commented Sigmar who spat on the crest of the whitewoods.

[Nooblius 7965]

TO HIS NOT-SO-SERENE HIGHNESS, ARTURAS MIKLOS WHITEWOOD;

 

Too little too late. You had let these issues fester for over a year without a word, and only withdraw after the first loss. You were not called to withdraw, and to host trials for your own wrongdoing; you were told to SURRENDER and REPENT, and you have doubled down on your actions since then by the sword. Do not pretend that you have been simple minded soldiers keeping their oaths; for you break them eagerly with the sting of defeat, and before had doubled down at every opportunity rather than admit the cause of the coalition was in the defense of the perverse pretending to be the defenseless. The defenseless do not harass the dignity of their neighbors, they do not tax darkspawn, they do not scheme to avoid consequence and they certainly do not send terrorists to attack civilians in churches.

 

Your withdrawal shall be absolute surrender to his Holiness, so that he may see to the ritual cleansing of your land and the redemption of any of your tribe who have a shred of humility. 

 

Seneschal Antonius of Númenost

[Borin 7645]

"Give me lots of control of your lands to administer to them properly and withdraw from the conflict entirely" Bishop Franz says 

[mothsthetic 2250]

18 minutes ago, _RoyalCrafter_ said:

With the expulsion of the Mogg clan, we have righted the wrong we committed towards our neighbouring friends.

The Petran Queen shakes her head, putting the missive down. "Wrong." She laughs bitterly as she begins to fold the paper. "You expelled one of multiple bandit clans. Expelling only one does not clean your hands. You have righted no wrongs."

[_RoyalCrafter_ 5285]

4 minutes ago, Nooblius said:

TO HIS NOT-SO-SERENE HIGHNESS, ARTURAS MIKLOS WHITEWOOD;

 

Too little too late. You had let these issues fester for over a year without a word, and only withdraw after the first loss. You were not called to withdraw, and to host trials for your own wrongdoing; you were told to SURRENDER and REPENT, and you have doubled down on your actions since then by the sword. Do not pretend that you have been simple minded soldiers keeping their oaths; for you break them eagerly with the sting of defeat, and before had doubled down at every opportunity rather than admit the cause of the coalition was in the defense of the perverse pretending to be the defenseless. The defenseless do not harass their neighbors like WEIRDO FREAKS, they do not tax darkspawn, they do not scheme to avoid consequence and they certainly do not send terrorists to attack civilians in churches.

 

Your withdrawal shall be absolute surrender to his Holiness, so that he may see to the ritual cleansing of your land and the redemption of any of your tribe who have a shred of humility. 

 

To the seneschal,
 

Silasia submitted itself to the Church many months ago but received no response. We maintain our submission to the Church and we patiently await our trials and verdict.

As we received no reply on this missive, I was unsure of what to do.

 

Spoiler

I will not be commenting on the weirdo freak thing, as it is a matter that has been brought up to moderation, and i dont want to bring something ooc into roleplay. Unless something in rp is the result for such.

 

[salamanderfantasy 1340]

Spoiler

 

[Pancho 4197]

Cerrick Fenifaer packed up his belongings, fleeing the nation as he spat on the ground in front of the gates. “Cowards. They aren’t worthy of our blades any longer.”

[Unwillingly 18096]

"There's a great deal to be studied on the nature of the backstabbing Silasians and their treacherous Eastern ilk like them." Prince Galahad sardonically remarks.

[Digit___ 1224]

Bastian would scan to the missive with ember-hued eyes and a soured continence as he was STILL hammering the dents out of his armor.

”Only one defeat an’ they withdraw… These valah are somethin’.” The Maehr bard groaned, returning his focus to his armor.

[salamanderfantasy 1340]

5 minutes ago, Unwillingly said:

"There's a great deal to be studied on the nature of the backstabbing Silasians and their treacherous Eastern ilk like them." Prince Galahad sardonically remarks.

[!] A big ole stamp has been ammended to a solid 75% of the missives (as many as can be accessed by a feral team of hobbit stampers).

[Crymson 535]

Glynfir snorted disdainfully after reading of this development. "Cowards are the one thing not in short supply these days. Hardly a surprise, especially given the nature of 'canondom' of late."

Edited September 29, 2024 by Crymson

[TysCreations 458]

"fools..." The old elf spoke as he read the missive " cowards even.... you turn your blades to those you fought along side for what? what is it with you Canonists??"  He spat tossing the missive into the floodplain's waters and watching it disintegrate "so quick to turn a blind eye to slaughter just for your own gain and safety. Slimy so called DO-GOODERS."  he turns to inform his king of this madness 

 

A halfling sat within his home. Missive in one hand, head in the other  "what do you mean? 'hope to maintain friendship'? by the end of this dunwen will be shattered at best!" He exclaimed, now holding his head in both hands. oh woe is him.

 

Staring at the missive a young dark elf sighed. was this really the faith he looked to in question? despite this, there was hope in the back of his mind. 

[indiana105 5126]

"hey guys i think its a bad idea to leave mid war. it makes your allies very angry and the people you surrender to will just kill you anyways afterward" Gree "H" N. spoke onto silesia and the other realms of aevos

[Boom_steel 538]

5 hours ago, mothsthetic said:

The Petran Queen shakes her head, putting the missive down. "Wrong." She laughs bitterly as she begins to fold the paper. "You expelled one of multiple bandit clans. Expelling only one does not clean your hands. You have righted no wrongs."

Theo Norwood shakes his head, putting the missive down. “Right.” He laughs sweetly as he unfolds the paper. “We expelled the bad guys, thus making us the good guys now. We have righted all our wrongs.”