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As the RSS Victory of Ceru docks on the southern shores of Almaris, an envoy is sent out to Calliope Renata. The young boy arrives, tired of his journey, he leans on his knees whilst panting heavily. He raises his boney hand towards Calliope, within it a letter bearing the seal of Barclay. "Father Leo told me to deliver this with haste" the boy murmured whilst catching his breath. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To the Honourable Fraulein Calliope Renata von Alstreim , greetings; Father Leopold Barclay von Reinmar, bound by oath to serve our Holy Father and His Flock until death, has recieved your letter with great delight. Your progress in translating the Rex Perpetus is truly commendable. The knowledge barred behind our beautiful but inaccessible language should be barred no more for all the peoples of our Flock. The Royal Academy of St. Ottomar is thoroughly impressed by your work. I will demand the rector allocate a bigger share of florins to your mission. We await more of your works. DA DEUS FORTUNAE Fr. Leopold of Reinmar FSSW PS. Besides the obvious truth spoken by our Majesty in Perpetuity, the parable also struck me as exceptionally funny.

Father leopold reads the first sentence, before swiftly laying the letter down and going about his day.

Leopold, who is an Auvergnois enthousiast and amateur linguist himself, chokes in his Benedictine at the sight of such!

Gottfried Herald Reinmar blows his bugle as he approaches the Prince Johann's entourage on his steed. A copy of the Law in hand!

Leopold Ottomar made plans to attend!

“Admiring the Papal gallery”, 1850 How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion (Anthem) POTENTIA ECCLESIAE ON THE MIGHT OF OUR HOLY MOTHER CHURCH IN RECENT TIMES “‘And with the third son of spirit, no more shall prophet rule as king; the crown and the laurel are two in harmony, like unto Evaristus and Clement.’” (Gospel 7:60-61) Verily it has become undeniable that our Holy Mother Church has seen a trend of declining authority in any matters besides strict theology in recent memory. One may argue that this downward trend has started since the death of High Pontiff Pontian III but I’d argue that since the Pacem In Terris of High Pontiff Daniel VI, the Church has had no significant part to play in the story of the Canonist realm. The harmony of Crown and Laurel has been disturbed in favour of the Crown in recent times. Allow me to expand upon this thought a bit further: The most recent example is the excommunication of the Orenian Emperor and his wife who consulted azdrazi in their plot to murder the Duke of Adria, the discovery of such actions being penalized by His Holiness in “Poenitentia Incompleta” which declared those complict, that being the Emperor, his wife and the Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Orenian Empire, anathema. The proposed penance was to step down from their mandates, which it seems was too much to ask from the anathemae. The Emperor specifically seemed quite unfazed, even though he was willing to seek penance for earlier misdeeds (one may remember the walk in rags he did after the Michaelite Schism lost ground due to never gaining popular support). It has been remarkable to witness the lack of care the laymen have shown when their secular lords have challenged the authority of the Church, especially in current times. The Emperor was able to swallow the hit to his ego by walking in rags into Karosgrad, and the populace cheered him on for doing the right thing, but obeying the Vicar of God and abdicating his position for penance is too big of a hit, and the populace’s outrage was but a mere whimper when put besides the roar of piety shown earlier. The otherwise proud and pious Orenian flock does not even lay a finger upon the anathemae; they’d rather pretend that His Holiness did not condemn them to such faith and continue to function with him and his ministers without any doubt. Is the layman even to blame for his lazy attitude towards the Faith? It is that which I ponder, our Holy Mother Church has become an institution in function of the nations of Man it seems, gone are they days of Crusades and and Papal dictates of peace, our Church now has to pander to and garner support from the sovereigns of Man to stay afloat. The Church has no sovereign physical manifestations, no Prince-Bishops or Papal States that consolidate the authority and independence of the institution, only the Churches in the hearts of cities which, as seen in the Red Diet of Karosgrad, do not offer nearly enough solid ground for a Church true to Scripture but defiant to secular lords. The layman can’t just betray his King or Emperor that feeds, protects and houses them for an in practice distant Pontiff, it’s quite a reasonable attitude for someone who sees His Holiness as a secondary lord only dictating at the grace of the secular lord to not heed the Pontiff’s call, for in reality their devotion to God is not nearly as big as that of a man actively participating in the Church. Therefore I find it crucial to have an autonomous geographical location in control of the Church be made, as to restore the balance between Crown and Laurel and to manifest our most Holy Church into more comprehensible and less abstract structures for the common layman. DA DEUS FORTUNAE, Acolyte Leopold Ottomar Barclay

When are you unbanning Frill?

what are your plans as community admin (no general answers like 'I wanna help the community' pls)

Leopold lights a candle for the Infant-Martyr "Patron of Innocence, pray for all the children of Man"

Leopold nods as he reads the Oath, finding comfort in the thought that he is not alone in his disapproval of the modernization of Our Holy Mother Church!

"Isn't this just confirming what is literally written in the Scrolls and the Cathechism? Where is the proposition that needs defending?" Leopold pondered as he read the literary piece.

Leopold smiles and salutes Prince Johann "at last.."

Leopold had spent his free time tracking the geneaology of the various Waldenic Houses still around, and his discoveries suprised him!

banned player doing administration's job for them

God is written with a capital letter.

Leopold reads the first heretical revelation, subsequently throwing it in the bin.

Albrecht turns to his carriage driver as they paused on a desolate road from Providence to Reinmar, he starts his rant about the Prince Nikolas of Alban "Haensers in court telling me, always in the Duma Hall Prince Niko ain’t bout this, Prince Niko ain’t bout that My prince a BD on ******* Heinrich and them. He, he they say that Prince don’t be putting in no work SHUT THE **** UP! Y'all Haensers ain’t know squat! All ya cousin lovers talk about Prince Niko ain’t no hitta Prince Niko ain’t this Prince Niko a fake SHUT THE **** UP Y'all don’t live with that Highness. Y'all know that Prince got caught with a crossbow Shootin' at big game and ****. Fella's been in hot water since fuckin, I don’t know when! Haensemen stop fuckin' playin' him like that his retinue savages out there If I catch another Haenseman talking sweet about Prince Niko I’m ******* beating they ass! I’m not ******* playing no more You know His Highness rolls with Ailred and them!" He ended furiously, stepping out the carriage to smoke a Barcston cigarette to calm down.

Borsa King puts on his paper crown and grabs a spoon "Here comes the speakership, mouth wide open!" he said melodically as the spoon neared!

"The men that have been given the most by His Majesty in recent years bite the hand that feeds... strange indeed." A graying Albrecht remarked as he read the document.

Fahad greets Corwin as he arrived in the Seven Skies "Akhi..." he murmured softly as he thought about the Sutican war. From the slaying of Peter Amadeus, to the taunting of orenian troops over the Emperor not showing himself in battle, up untill the resolution of the war.

I think the chances to hit should be lower, so that a musket won't be seen as a viable individual weapon but as as something to be used in tandem with other musketeers.

Albrecht chuckles with his Reinmaren compatriots