BEWARE THE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING | R.T. Alstion

[Crevel 5586]

 

 

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BEWARE THE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

A Dignified Letter from Robert Tiberius Alstion

 

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TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE REALM AND BEYOND,

As one might dine a delicious pork roast, there exists those who would dine among the worldly possessions that they covet dearly. Men with a hand outstretched in offering while they obscure a dagger behind their backs in waiting. Wolves.

 

Their hunt enthused by no less than the surge they feel once they've pounced on their quarry. These hunts are dishonorable and evil by their very nature. Disdain and Justice ought to be the only forces that meet them, and equally to those who support them.

 

The Scroll of Virtue as the Word of God demands of us that we keep to our stations, for they are all equal in the eyes of the Lord. Many may see this as elitist, benefitting only the overbearing nobility who stake their claim on the lives of what many may consider lowly man. However, the burden of station equally applies to those of nobility and royalty. As a fifthborn son of the most pious king to have ever reigned over our Apostolic Kingdom, I never expected the responsibilities and duties of administering our realm to be within my purview. After all, I had never been personally tutored in such matters. While respecting my lineage, I sought to put myself with the common people because I saw myself as such. The ambiguities of politics is not one that I wished to embroil myself in. However, the Lord has commanded His virtues and He has proven that we are all to follow them. This is why I took on a responsibility to my kingdom, and this is why I continue to do so. Even so, I had recently planned to put to rest my claim to the throne amidst what seemed to be a clear choice on the horizon. However, if the past decades have been any indication, it is clear that not all goes to man's plan. The foundations of God's plan is laid out to us, and He has made it clear that those who deviate are sinful. Such is the case of the folk of Salvo who very clearly intend to strike at those outside their station out of envy, greed, and delusions unbefitting virtuous folk.

 

War is a man's game, and not one to be entered in eagerly. It is not only my duty as a Canonist, but it is my responsibility given to me from my father to ward off any who would encroach upon his lands under the guise of some virtuous destiny. I reinforce my most legitimate claim to the throne. Further, I call to action the High Priest, Ro’eh Tzon, to discuss my coronation, and to question why he is facilitating an invasion of our own soil instead of encouraging the Salvians to settle their own lands or to enter an agreement to utilise our ranch lands. 

 

If the High Priest is giving his blessing to an invasion of lands he is supposed to be administering, and no less giving his blessing to a gathering of commoners who seek to strike at the nobility and royalty acting rightly in their station as according to God, this may be a sign for the rest of Canondom to step in and address the fallibility of the High Priest who has already consorted with the barbarous savages that is Orckind.

 

Let the near future show what manner of High Priest that Ro’eh Tzon is. One that truly cares for his flock, or one that only uses his position to advance disunity among men.

 

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ISSUED AND PROCLAIMED;
In Enswerp, Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun
On the 14th of Sigismund’s End, 2002

 

His Royal Highness, Robert Tiberius Alstion

Prince of the Apostolic Kingdom of Aaun

[Publius 3960]

There was not a glutton in Salvo so fat as R. T. Alstion. His figure was not one of mockery among the free men of Salvo, but one of awe - one all aspired to share.

 

Amongst them he would have many who approved of his attempts to stabilize the nation, having not fled abroad when the going got tough. Indeed, if he were not a noble, they may consider him a comrade.

 

Fortunately, there was no infrastructure in the lands the Salvians settled - the far Eastern Ranchlands mentioned only had Salvians there to settle it, and therefore did not distribute this missive. They had no idea it was in circulation. Their ranch grew more prosperous and their people more plump. All was well on the Eastern Front.

Edited November 13 by Publius