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The Emperor prepares a response.

The Emperor confers with his Lieutenant and Baron, Lord Arthur, "You, the destroyer of Our enemies. Have you ever been hawking?" The Emperor would proceed to elaborate in great detail to the scarred Baron the various types of hawks and their vital roles and limits with regard to hunting. The type of equipment one must use, how they must care for it. Sir Arthur would be accosted by the elderly Emperor for hours.

The Emperor prepares a special stool for the pagans, so they may look him in the eye when he accepts their apology before God and man.

“Your Imperial Majesty!” shouts a young man from the parapet as he returns from prayer at the forest shrine at Huntshill. Philip II received a missive, detailing the most recent treaty, as he enters the bastion. “Sire, they posture against you! It is a vile union which seeks to weaken your rule!” The Emperor grins from astride his white stallion, offering the parchment detailing the event back to the nervous soldier. “No, my son. It is the flavor of the week.”

THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN The Society of Saint James, 1845 It is Our true and whole belief that Our office is holy, and that We may not determine the nature of Our reign without advice of students of faith as well as of politics. So, Our Society of Saint James was summoned to attend, to hear Our question on the place of women in Our faith and the clergy of the Mother Church. HOLY SIR PHILIP speaks on the place of women in Canonist society. CARDINAL FRANCIS ALBAROSA speaks on the veneration and Sainthood of women. MINUVAS MELPHAESTUS speaks on the textualism of women in the Scrolls. FATHER AUGUST speaks on the pragmatic merit of the ordination of women. FATHER STOR speaks on the representation of women in the Church. DUCHESS CRESTFALL speaks on the ordination of those previously barred from it. FATHER FIODOR speaks on the vitality of women in the faith. The speakers debated at length the merits of the subjects at hand, and while many supported the ordination and veneration of women in the faith, a few remained undecided, and fewer protested it outright. We do commit, till the end of Our days, to hope and pray that the Holy Mother Church shall commit to the permission of the ordination of women in full, as is Our true and honest belief, founded on the theological principles of Our Court of Cloth.

The Emperor grants head coach Isa Basrid the epithet “The Dribbler” in a particularly emotional session of imperial court.

The Emperor executes the head coach in a fit of rage.

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The Emperor delivers a missive to his General. “General Ruthern, Those who harm Our subjects are Our enemies. All who would do harm to Minuvas and his kin shall be subject to your indiscriminate justice. We do not shy from the defense of Our subjects who believe only in what they choose to believe. We have not forced a thing upon them. This is merely the path they have chosen, and it is Our beloved duty to Our subjects and to God to ensure they are not harmed for how they choose to live their lives. Those who would discriminate against them through force of arms or violence will suffer Our utter and complete wrath. Those who whimper disappointedly, we shall care nothing for.” HIM, Philip II

THE END OF FORCED CONVERSION The Society of Saint James II, 1842 It is Our true and whole belief that Our office is holy, and that We may not determine the nature of Our reign without advice of students of faith as well as of politics. So, Our Society of Saint James was summoned to attend, to hear Our question on the righteousness, or lack thereof, of forced conversion by the sword. DUCHESS CRESTFALL SPEAKS on the morality of forced conversion. LADY FRANCESCA SPEAKS on the final judgement of God. CARDINAL ALBAROSA SPEAKS on the illegitimacy of forced conversion. FATHER STOR SPEAKS on the nature of repentance in the Auspice. LORD DU LOC SPEAKS on his love for the teachings, despite his lack of faith. THE ARCH-LECTOR SPEAKS on the effectiveness of the Third Mission. FATHER FIODOR SPEAKS on his personal experience with forced conversion. FATHER AUGUST SPEAKS on the individuality of faith. The speakers rose, and one by one, their words echoed together. Our summary is this; a conversion under the threat of death is no true conversion. The love of God must be embraced, or not, by the sharing of mercy, understanding, and the benevolent charity of the Lord, through us. So shall be the mission of Our crown.

The Emperor considers this missive, his brigadier Vonchester with him as he sends his hawk off of his leather gauntlet, his old eyes barely making it out as it ascends. Another soldier on horseback would approach the Imperial retinue with a copy of this missive, delivering it into the Brigadier. The aging zealot squints up at the clouds hopelessly as he is read the paper. ”How dreadful,” he sighs as the hawk dives unto some unknown prey. He cannot trace it’s dive anymore, but a nearby courtier describes it to him. As the retinue follows the hawk’s dive on foot, the Emperor laments to Vonchester, “My dearest granddaughter, how sad. We had spoken with Otto August, given him Our blessing in hopes he would help me in diverting such erratic behaviors as public denunciation, or vile proclamations of hatred against her own family, and the young man gave me his word. Though surely he could not control this outburst; Our Imperial daughters are not simple creatures.” The retinue approaches the hawk in the brush, it’s claws grasped tightly around the throat of a prairie rabbit. “We pray she considers her hurtful words. It was for the sake of her that We informed her King that she was under suspicion by the Lectors of Owyn, and left it to him and the High Pontiff to determine a fair course of action. To accuse her own mother, Our beloved daughter, of such a villainous thing, We pray forever that they reconcile.”