MRCHENN

"That's not for you!!" Franz Nikolai Derfey, esteemed Adrian babysitter, shouts at the newborn. He takes the toy figurine of the Philip Aurelian, Duke of Adria, back from the baby.

Adelric hurredly searched around the frivolous items of his household, which already numbered in few, for a proper wedding gift for his lord, the Grand Inquisitor.

Ronaldo and mikomonster leaving in the same week it’s literally over

[!] The 5th Exalted, the Prophet Derfey, dictated to his disciples in light of such suffering and strife. "Chat, are you serious right now?" - The Canticles of Derfey (5:8)

[!] A small scroll was delivered to Ser Lucien, and with it, a gleaming dagger. 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1901 To Ser Lucien Ashford de Rouen, Once received, let this letter be a formal witness to my resignation as your squire, and any vows acclimated during the course of its tenure. You have taught me to be a man of my own action. Thus, I will not have the experiences you have avowed me since my early youth to be rendered null by any higher polity than I or you. Nonetheless, the Archduchess you serve was right in any but one thing: I am not fit for chivalry. I have become accustomed to the fact that there is a reason behind the circumstance of my birth. I was born the bastard of the Princess of Savoy. I was not destined for greatness. As a babe, I was delivered to the monastery of St. Foltest because the Lord has destined me to spread the word of his Prophet Owyn. My hand cannot be fit for both a sword and gospel. That right was only resolved to Exalted Owyn. In front of him, I am nothing. I imagine that my name will not be placed in the annals of history for conquest, servitude, or knighthood, like the great Esheveurd before us. But I hope to make you proud. Where there is ambition, there is the clemency of the Lord, and I will be its steward and shepherd. Despite no longer serving you through the sword, I hope to do the same with the strength of the cross of the Lorraine. God be with you always, Adelric

Adelric throws a party in the Petran tavern after beating the allegations.

Can you predict my future

Big fan of your recent narrative posts. Where do you find your inspiration?

i am north’s twin @Honourary

“How will this affect LeBron’s legacy?” Says Conrad de Falstaff.

Deyvid Ivanovich grasped the missive, and upon reading it, therefore translates it to his fellow kinsmen; “Lo, and behold, for the united Oren and heartlander hegemony has come to a halting stop (of course, we had no part in supporting half-men and heathen in this effort to betray our own kind) of this Century of Humiliation. After Twenty-Four long years, we will rebuild the crippling status of humanity (that we Alstions had no part in aiding, but rather betraying at every turn), to our own liking. Ave the Kingdom of Yawn!”

[!] "We are prideful beings." Zahkriikyzer had once told him. "You must never trust a dragon that broods by himself. The Asioth of Madfire." A being stirred within the deep caverns of At-Ei, the shrine of first origins. Slowly, the Nephilim ventured towards its outward plane, where beams of the sun pierced his visage - it had been years, decades. As if the very essence of Tor-Azdroth willed him, the dragon ventured southward, to the brood of once his own.

George Galbraith remembers when Charles the Bald ran for the House of Commons, and should've won

"There is no Josephite mafia." George Galbraith remarks to Franz de Sarkozy, cracking open a cold beer on their Sutican beach house.

Victor de Savoie smiles

Inshallah

Derfey, avid geopolitical historian, and #1 fan of the Earl of Suffolk attaches a letter to his pen pal. "The disappearance of Franz Nikolai de Sarkozy following the onslaught of the Sutican war is often a matter for great debate; the matter itself being highly contested in historical analyses of the rise of the Sarkozy Ministry. While this piece assumes that the Sarkozy retired to his home in Kaedrin, there are a few aspects that may prove otherwise. It was widely known that the Sarkozy was an initiate into the Imperial State Army, and largely renowned as a patriotic man. While most dissidents of the war advocated against the conflict by all means, reports show that they ended up participating with the Orenian front at the final charge, regardless. It would not have made sense for Mr. Franz to sit out. Nonetheless, it is the author's opinion that Mr. Franz showed his patriotism in other ways. During the Tanith Vursur scandal, a Ministry of Justice audit into George Galbraith and Franz de Sarkozy's private letters proved that Mr. Franz did profess himself taking on many different personalities. Whether this was due to an inherent problem of his brain, or rather the political stress of the time -- a reocurring personality that Mr. Franz often took was a character by the name of 'Fent Biceps'. Correspondence with Mr. Armas, Minister of Intellegence at the time, revealed that this personality was spotted on the Sutican defensive, in many skirmishes with the Hangmen. Despite how egregious this may sound, the rationale makes perfect sense. Mr. Franz, in adorning the personality of Fent Biceps, only served for his eventual political rise. Should Corwin have won, the eventual surrender of the Empire in full military offensive would have led to the expulsion of Simon Basrid as Archchancellor, sooner allowing for Mr. Franz to elevate through the Diet and initiate his candidacy for the Chancellery, and ultimately Lord Protector (following his eventual planned murder of Philip Augustus, a.k.a, Philip II). Should Mr. Franz, or rather, Fent Biceps, aided Corwin in winning the war against Peter III, it would have cemented his spot in an eventual Josephite-sponsored political coup of the Basrid Ministry."

Captain Derfey Sparrow signs up.

What do you mean by this? You can't really "allow" veracity of RP when it's done in bad faith. Leaders of other nations and 3rd party mercs going on separate personas to establish "RP" for the sake of it, to bypass the internal conflict rule and bypass blame to their nation, while being hastily added to the region last-minute, really isn't verifying it was done in good faith. Having internal wars be solely internal pretty much addresses your last point. A rebellion that successfully makes land independent should reflect having a force that can successfully secede itself.

Using Savoy as a rule lawyering point is honestly giving it too much worth. These were completely different situations. Savoy through Lion practically vassalized as Nectorist's retinue (I don't see haense or bvale doing the same), while most of Savoy's population was just disgruntled Orenians after Kosher/KP. Publius eventually disputed this vassalization in his successing reign, proving it did happen under Lion, but even considering that as the largest factor in the Aster Revolution is wholly untrue. You misproportionately forget the amount of support of the Empire's nobles/vassals that were in favor of Nectorist. Add the overnight bans, discord bombs, leaving of leadership, etc., and this becomes a way different situation. Do you not remember administration preventing the rally from even entering the city? The only reason they were allowed in later was because the entire Orenian leadership quit or got banned. Can't equate it. The Acre situation, while not being claimant RP (already making it a much different comparison) cannot and should not rely on a legion of foreign mercenaries to rebel and get their land independent. Not to mention that people from nation leadership are going on groups of alternate chars to avoid the rules that prohibited them from doing the very same lol Let's also not forget that administration allowing foreign mercenaries during the Brothers' War was something we contested, and definitely was against the rules.

Carrying out the first strike is exactly the initiation of that internal conflict (precedent: Sedan war). Is Acre not a subregion of Oren? That being said, that already covers the point about internal conflict rules on mercenaries, etc. Internal conflict rules are not being stretched at all. Brother's war was a claimant war, after the previous NLs designated Lion as the rightful ruler. The side that won the Brother's war objectively had more Orenian in their composition of the rally anyway. The regions are representative of those who roleplay on the tile, hell, even any subregion of Oren. 3/4 of the people present do not actively RP in Oren. It is in very bad faith to attempt to rule lawyer a rally that was only minutely representative of Orenian composition, the rest from malicious intentions from other human nations. We have to look at what is pragmatic, which is -- you cannot let active members of other nations nor mercenary groups not within that nation determine the internal politics and and region management of said nation.

Its very arbitrary to declare a raid with the intention of internal conflict then attempt to rule lawyer it as a "regular raid". Even the first raid of the Sedanian rebellion was counted as the initial start of the internal conflict. Pretty apparent that the rally was composed of 1/4th Acreans and 3/4th of Haense alt chars, Ferrymen alt chars, and Blackvale. Regardless of what RP was conducted with the group of these alt chars, the rules prohibit factions of other nations alting on chars to determine the politics of internal conflict for good reason.

ENLISTMENT FORM: Name: Conrad ((Discord: Chenn#6807)) ((Timezone: EST))

"This is why history isn't written by the losers." A man smirks, regarding the missive as toiletry.