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"Okay." Remarked Alexandros, as the dog's body was removed and the stained glass restored in no less than a Saint's hour.

Alexandros takes up his sword and shield- passing it along to a squire. "It's a long journey to the north, make sure we bring a few horses as they will surely tire." He offered, as he slung a bundle of rations and tools over his back. "In hoc signo vinces."

On the Intervention of St. Lothar and the National Motto of Balian By Quibo Ninasus ST. LOTHAR’S WORDS During the diaspora following the St. Ari’s Day Massacre, the hobbled remains fled upon boats guided only by the wayward star of Saint Lothar. It drew them southwards, and the sea’s storms tore through many hulls. Thousands died, and the dry land where the remnants emerged was bleak, without water, and filled with dangerous creatures that tore man’s flesh. Yet, at the time when the group rested and Prince John Casimir prayed atop the Rock of Revelation, their prayers were answered. Wet springs burst from the outcropping, and the people were delighted with the gifts of GOD. An arduous journey has been endured to cleanse them of their imperial stain. And so it ended with a blessing from the Almighty Creator. Yet those who trod far from the dunes of the south often forget the words that John spoke that day. Mothers speak this tale unto their children, fathers unto their sons, and now I do so unto you: In Balian, they say that the King John kneeled upon the Rock that day and spoke in tongues unknown to the natives or the foreigners alike. A radiant cross illuminated the masses. And so he spoke loudly, proclaiming the phrase St. Lothar said unto him: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES! So too, when the men of Balian enter combat, they invoke the words of Lothar, and they say unto those who would oppose them: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES! And when men of the Brotherhood, cloth, or state pass on to live with GOD above, we say unto them: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES!

Alexandros Casimir read over the missive, cackling a bit. "If a stray mutt found itself on the Orc's doorstep- and it barked, they'd likely believe it was asking for vassalage and bestow upon it land."

Common Words and Structure of the Balianite Tongue By Mariano Saturnino Ferraz INTRODUCTION After the southern diaspora of many Orenians following the St. Ari’s Day Massacre in 0 BA (1868 IST), the native population of the land became intertwined with the Balianites. The once proper-sounding language of their people mixed with the various waves of refugees from the northern wars and dissolutions. Throughout the venture, Canonist clergy baptized and taught various church-goers Flexio to ease communication between the disparate ethnicities. This has created the bastardized Flexio known today as Balianite, fundamentally shaping the Balianite culture into a unique novelty. This short work is to record the more established phrases of the Balianite tongue. Although Rhenyari, Rashidunian, and other native phrases are used by their respective groups, the acceptable courtly language of Balian has shifted. Below you will find these words and phrases, without which you will have trouble ascending the Ponterosa, bartering with Balianites, or mingling in the tea houses. PREPOSITIONS Al/La - ‘the’ - singular definite article for masculine and feminine nouns respectively. Als/Las - ‘the’ - plural definite article for masculine and feminine nouns respectively. De - ‘of’ - Used to denote affiliation, possession and also as a nobiliary particle Del/De La - ‘of the’ - ‘De’ with reference to a definite article, masculine and feminine respectively. In the masculine form, ‘de’ contracts with ‘al’ to form ‘del’. COMMON WORDS GENERAL WORDS Ave - Hail/Hello Vale - Farewell/Goodbye Fauri - Please Graza - Thanks Graza Teu - Thank you Ai - Yes Nen - No I - And Per - For Florin - Coin Annum - Year LOCATIONS Castel - Castle or Fortress. Forte - Outpost Frontera - Border Mont - Mountain. Palatio - Palace. Piata - Plaza, City Square Pont - Bridge. Torre - Tower -Poli - City. Roughly analogous to Common ‘burg’, Nordling ‘burgh’ or Haeseni ‘grad’. Villa - Village or Town Strada - Street Terra - Land, Earth, Country Via - Road Barcun - Tavern Nord - North Sur - South Imperium - Empire Regnum - Kingdom Granducato - Grand Duchy Ducato - Duchy Condato - County Viscondato - Viscounty Baronia - Barony RELATIONSHIPS AND TITLES Pater - Father, Male Priest Matera - Mother Frate - Brother Sorella - Sister Ver - Son Ven - Daughter Imperator/Imperatrix - Emperor / Empress Regne/Regna - King / Queen Granduque/ Granduquesa - Grand Duke / Grand Duchess Duque / Duquesa - Duke / Duchess Marques / Marquesa - Marquess / Marchioness Conde / Condesa - Count / Countess Visconde / Viscondesa - Viscount / Viscountess Baron / Baronesa - Baron / Baroness Don / Dona - Lord / Lady Cavalier - Knight. Addressed as Sir. San - Saint Ferrer - Blacksmith Neze - Shopkeeper/Merchant Barcar - Barkeep Condotier - Mercenary Surdat - Soldier Ordinar - Sergeant General - Commander/General ADJECTIVES Bona - Good Malu - Bad Prim - First Ultim - Last Lung - Long Abil - Able Oltre - Far, Beyond Alta - Upper, Higher, Taller Baixa - Lower Gran - Grand, Big, Large Nueva/Nuvi - New Piquen - Small Veca - Old Poca - Few Giuva - Young COLORS Rosa - Red Arancione - Orange Garnu - Yellow Verda - Green Azuro - Blue Viola - Purple Rossia - Pink Bianc - White Nero - Black GRAMMAR NOTE: COMPOUND WORDS In many cases where an adjective is combined with a noun into a single word, a vowel is added for connecting purposes. For example, ‘Ponterosa’ is the compound word of ‘pont’ and ‘rosa,’ and this vowel would not exist if the words were separate. However, this is not always the case - see the compound word ‘Granduque,’ which is ‘gran’ and ‘duque’. GRAMMAR NOTE: PLURALS Plurals are constructed similarly to Common - through the use of an -s as a suffix. If the word ends in a consonant, the suffix -es is used in its place.

Alexandros smiled when he heard of the news- noting that he must make a visit to Sedan soon. "I should get over to meet my nieces and give my congratulations to my sister and brother-in-law, God watch over them and their two newborn children." He offered, praying for the children's as well as Augustina's health and wellbeing.

Alexandros smiled somewhat. "Emir did what is right, thankfully because of this the High Elves cannot continue to warmonger. Best we make a visit to Urguan and Haense in the coming months to make them aware of the situation."

Arnkjell blew a horn of war as the Skavik dismounted their longships and descended upon the realms of Almaris.

A long dead Duke of Ruthern- who had so recklessly haunted the lands of Oren, namely Vienne, felt at peace. Finally- after two decades of misery and suffering, of facing the unknown, he could rest.

One day we shall play rust again and crush naked's heads with rocks. Sorry this happened man again- to both you and Lion. You have been a friend for a long while and I wish you all the best on your personal projects and through college. Keep doing up the video essays- they're actually unreal. Take care man and much love.

"Likely just some man gone mad," commented Alexandros.

The Consequence of Choice 9th of Owyn's Flame, in the Year of our Lord, 17 B.A. It is said that a man who promises the Seven Skies on the mortal plane will deliver nothing but the Void. When the true men who stood with Emperor Peter IV in the St. Ari’s Day Massacre were guided south to the blessed lands of St. Lothar, honor left the befouled lands of Oren. In its place stood the kinslaying usurper who made his council of vermin and treacherous palace lechers. A man who makes his home in the den of snakes is not to be surprised when they are bit. And so the pretender, the murderer of children, and the destroyer of our country lies dead. With no legacy but that of destruction, history will look poorly upon the visage of such a scoundrel. So we ask you, the people of a once proud Oren, how severely has Frederick failed you? To be guided by a blind shepherd for sixteen years, the lands of St. Lothar now call unto you! Our brothers and sisters, we share blood and a homeland that is inseparable from our souls. And as we wept for our loss, we know you do the same. The Balianites weep alongside you. For all this war has brought you what? All the promises of glory, of conquest, of victory? They are a fruitless tree these men watered with your family’s blood. Now we stand ready to receive you with tenderness. We shall invite you into our homes and supply you with the camaraderie and kinship we once prospered in. Journey south, our brothers and sisters of mighty Oren. Find solace, as we have, in this blessed land among friends. We shall forgive each other's trespasses and look to forge a new way, distant from the kinslaying treachery that plagued our late Empire. Symphonies cannot be played alone. They require an orchestra. Hence, greatness cannot be built by only one sect of this Orenian sundering. It shall require time, but in time we will construct a new way - Together. IN NOMINEI DEI, Alexandros Casimir, Heir to the Grand Duchy of Balian, Count of Monteres

Another epic Xarkly post

5500x5500- good in between. Also basically what Xarkly said, given, I did find it cool to not see 80 mansions right outside of Helena and rather have them dispersed about the countryside. I think jumping down from a 7.5x7.5k map to a 4x4k map is a big difference- I think a middle ground is better. Having those extra settlements and such- despite not having people RP'ing in them 100% of the time did make the world feel more alive in my opinion- perhaps even 6x6k- doesn't seem like much but removing 1,500 blocks from the border makes the world SIGNIFICANTLY smaller. Instead of it being 56,250,000 total it is now 36,000,000 total- a reduction of 20 million blocks. 4x4k would be 16,000,000- a reduction of 40,000,000 which will make the map feel super small and out of place compared to what we've grown accustomed to over the last two years.

Alexandros read over the missive. "Desecration of a bloodline? Didn't the bedridden King murder his brother and his sister-in-law.. as well as their unborn child for the throne? Hmph."

The first thing Moderation can do is up the ban times from 24 hours to a week and make them more severe if they continue the behaviour. I for one never followed the recommended one day ban while on Moderation- if you said a slur, regardless of whether it was directed at someone or not- you’d be seeing the sunlight for a week at the very least. If it was your second time and I caught you- a month, so on so forth. The ban time for those kinds of infractions need to be upped. I do believe this is something that was looked at with the new infraction system however- if not, I stand by what I said.

Bravo 6 theme > stinky LoTC theme

A DUCAL WEDDING It brings the Crown of Balian great pleasure to announce the forthcoming marriage between the Lady Yelena vas Ruthern and His Imperial Highness Alexandros Casimir Novellen. The wedding shall take place during the month of Owyn’s Flame, 14 B.A.- approximately a Saint’s Week from the date this missive is issued. A festival will be held beforehand- where merchants from afar can operate stalls to sell wares free of charge* and the tavern shall be manned for all to enjoy the merry festivities. The two had met during the Brothers’ War- a time most tumultuous in the history of our Grand Duchy- and one without much joy and happiness. Yet they turned this bloody period in our history into a bond which would last for a lifetime. Invitations would be sent across the realm of Almaris- near and far to all those willing to receive it and attend. Violence at the event will not be tolerated- and those acting with hostile or ill intent will be removed from the city of Atrus. ((Wedding will take place on July 21st and begin at 7 PM EST - Festival will begin at approx. 4:30 PM EST)) *Chests will not be locked during this- it will be through RP transactions only. Invitations would be delivered, To the Grand Duke of Balian, His Imperial Highness, John Casimir and his esteemed Pedigree @Imperium To the Citizens of the Grand Duchy of Balian To the members of the Holy Mother Church — To His Royal Majesty, The King of Haense, Karl III and his esteemed Pedigree @GMRO To the Grand King of Urguan, Bakir Ireheart, and his esteemed Pedigree @Elite Snipes To the King of Norland, Odin Freysson Ruric, and his esteemed Pedigree @ichigomaster98 To the Viceroy of Hyspia, Cesar I, and his esteemed Pedigree @Javert To the Prince of Sedan, Frederick I, and his esteemed Pedigree @HogoBojo — The Princess Imperia of Balian, Costantia Novellen Casmir @PrettyCuteAnna Her Ladyship, Ekaterina vas Ruthern @cherrybud The Honorable Count of Aquilae, Sir Rev Harald and his family @Harald The Honorable Viscount of Marsana, Victor Ruthern and his family @PapaCaliente The Honorable Baron of Brucca, Sir Erik Othaman and his family @grnappa The Honorable Baron of Renduzzo, Drake Darkwood and his family @HIGH_FIRE His Excellency, the Legate, Constantine Malenos and his family @Da_Emperors His Excellency, the Constable, Peter d’Arkent and his family @ErikAzog To all Peers of the Grand Duchy of Balian To all members of the Ducal Chamber of Balian and their families — To Prince Sergei Aleksandr and his family @Coolcod77 To the Lady Ember Munnel and her family @ScarletFrisket To Jack Teuful and his family @PapaCaliente To Davli Goldhand and his family @Datweirdguy — To all citizens of the Kingdom of Haense To all citizens of the Grand Kingdom of Urugan To all citizens of the Kingdom of Norland To all citizens of the Viceroy of Hypsia To all citizens of Princedom of Sedan To all citizens of the Southern Realm that come in peace to celebrate. His Imperial Highness, the Count of Monteres, Heir-Apparent to the Grand Duchy of Balian, Alexandros Casimir Novellen Her Ladyship, Queen Bee of the Honey Club, Yelena Lorena vas Ruthern

Administration could unironically shoot us all and there is nothing we could do about it. Though I do find it somewhat comical that everyone is making a scene without knowing what the evidence was- half of y’all be out here not even knowing why they were banned nor the evidence for it you just regurgitate the same shit everyone else is. #UnbanXPlayerBecauseMeFinkTheyGoodPeoples This is a minecraft server you don’t have rights. Don’t say dumb shit and you won’t get banned simple as, joking or not.

One of the teal-clad men seemed angry. "Ah 'ad fun causin' a ruckus in te Orenian tavern. Fock." Alexandros Casimir stared at the missive with a confused face. "They're the teal-bandana folks, yeah?" He asked, both young and ignorant.

The Imperial Prince, His Highness Alexandros Casimir, was happy that they had signed the Northern Almaris Treaty Organization- or NATO for short.

Kingukirā looks upon the horizon- seeing a weird flag upon a weirdly shaped ship. "Nē, anata wa sore o mimasu ka?" He asks- gesturing to the ship. The Oyashiman Nation was indeed real- and they were also extremely hostile towards foreign powers- as they had been forced into trade once before.

Based.

Alexandros read over the recently published paper. "Huh- this is actually.. pretty good, it's nice knowing Constantia is useful for something." He mumbled to himself, still slightly peeved at her chair thievery.