End of Empires - N3S III

[Thlayli]

Given your refusal of the natural primacy of the Lords of the North and South of the world, I see no recourse but to war. This world will be remade in the Peace of Magha, a true peace, not one which allows so-called allies to bide their time for a generation before attacking yet again.

The status quo cannot endure. There must be rulers and ruled over the whole of the world, or chaos alone will rule eternal. If creating that lasting peace requires one final apocalypse, then so be it. I wish suffering on none, but necessary suffering...that is a burden we all must bear.

From: Talephas the Redeemer
To: Lord Protector Caron Nuvor, Rosh Ibala of the Airani

I fear, friends, that we must now march on one last campaign, lest the world be divided again, not between north and south, but Light and Shadow. We must act, not to protect simply the North of the World, as you have in the past, but to save the whole of the world from those who would defy its true Lords.

The destruction of the Farubaida was the one request of great Javan that I could not agree to. But now, seeing how deep and rooted their corruption has truly become, I see with great sorrow in my heart that we have no other recourse.

From: Talephas the Redeemer
To: Sixth-Frei, Chief-of-Chiefs, Lord of the South of the World

Being as the Kothari and their Farubaidan puppet masters even now defy your authority, your primacy, and your right to rule, it is imperative that you act now to secure your ancient rights and privileges, and those of the Godlikes who elevated you, lest they be reduced even unto nothing by the perpetual encroachment of the Aitahists and their Faronun puppets.

The violent reaction of the Seshite and Faronai against the Ardavani faith of so many of your own citizens and Satar soldiers truly shows that behind their mask of enlightenment lies only the visage of a zealot. And we men of tolerance and strength must oppose such things, or watch as the lands of our descendants fall into ruin.

Furthermore, I am gathering your taxes from the lower Sesh Valley which your forces recently lost control of to Sianai, to be delivered to your hands when our soldiers march together to put an end to this rebellion once and for all. Of course I will restore Moti authority in these areas, not Satar authority, as a gesture of friendship and recognition of the Treaty of Magha.

 

[Perfectionist]

FROM: Caron Nuvor, Lord Protector of Gallat
TO: Talephas, Lord of the North of the World

You call and we answer gladly. Gallat and the Faith will march.

TO: Rosh Shevaneh, Lord of Chavi

The Faronun took your land and drove you into the hills to lead a wandering existence, dodging their executioners, until by your own great efforts you secured for your people a new home. I know it was the greatest regret of the lost Halyr that he was unable to do more to rectify that tremendous injustice. But now we may act where he could not. We march now to make amends for the past; we march to end the last bastion of tyranny remaining in the world. We would be honoured if the Lion of Chavi would march beside us.

TO: The people of Brunn and Anhalter and Seehlt and Ethir and all the North besides

They tell me that the North remembers, and so I know you have not forgotten how those prideful men of Kargan imprisoned Kintir, rejected her and cast her out. I know you have not forgotten how your fathers gathered a great host to avenge that enormity, and I know that you have not forgotten how their noble purpose was subverted to serve instead the venal and petty aims of Kargan and Qasaarai. The time has come to finish what was started; the time has come to bring the justice and vengeance of the North to Kargan. Gallat is on the march - let all who loved Kintir march with us, and let Kargan burn!

 

[m.t.cicero]

To: Talephas, Lord of the North of the World
From: Aghrala, Barosh and Heir to the Succession of Airan

Once we have sorted out our domestic affairs, we will gladly march alongside you, Redeemer.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Given your refusal of the natural primacy of the Lords of the North and South of the world, I see no recourse but to war. This world will be remade in the Peace of Magha, a true peace, not one which allows so-called allies to bide their time for a generation before attacking yet again.

The status quo cannot endure. There must be rulers and ruled over the whole of the world, or chaos alone will rule eternal. If creating that lasting peace requires one final apocalypse, then so be it. I wish suffering on none, but necessary suffering...that is a burden we all must bear.

From: Talephas the Redeemer
To: Lord Protector Caron Nuvor, Rosh Ibala of the Airani

I fear, friends, that we must now march on one last campaign, lest the world be divided again, not between north and south, but Light and Shadow. We must act, not to protect simply the North of the World, as you have in the past, but to save the whole of the world from those who would defy its true Lords.

The destruction of the Farubaida was the one request of great Javan that I could not agree to. But now, seeing how deep and rooted their corruption has truly become, I see with great sorrow in my heart that we have no other recourse.

From: Talephas the Redeemer
To: Sixth-Frei, Chief-of-Chiefs, Lord of the South of the World

Being as the Kothari and their Farubaidan puppet masters even now defy your authority, your primacy, and your right to rule, it is imperative that you act now to secure your ancient rights and privileges, and those of the Godlikes who elevated you, lest they be reduced even unto nothing by the perpetual encroachment of the Aitahists and their Faronun puppets.

The violent reaction of the Seshite and Faronai against the Ardavani faith of so many of your own citizens and Satar soldiers truly shows that behind their mask of enlightenment lies only the visage of a zealot. And we men of tolerance and strength must oppose such things, or watch as the lands of our descendants fall into ruin.

Furthermore, I am gathering your taxes from the lower Sesh Valley which your forces recently lost control of to Sianai, to be delivered to your hands when our soldiers march together to put an end to this rebellion once and for all. Of course I will restore Moti authority in these areas, not Satar authority, as a gesture of friendship and recognition of the Treaty of Magha.

To: Talephas
From: Harafaio o Farubaida

Halt your warmongering immediately. The Lord of the Moti has not even spoken, and already you prepare your weapons. Hold for a moment, and give the Lord of the South a chance to speak, before you speak for him.

It is you who seek to bring out chaos, Talephas, not us. The Harafaio beseeches you to reconsider your actions, lest you bring ruination upon yourself and all that you have sought to build.

To: Chief-of-Chiefs Sixth Frei, Lord of the South
From: Harafaio o Farubaida

Our own messages have already been dispatched to you, and even as Talephas and Caron Nuvor threaten to bring war to the Federation, our words remain unchanged. What is your response, Lord of the Moti?

FROM: Caron Nuvor, Lord Protector of Gallat
TO: Talephas, Lord of the North of the World

You call and we answer gladly. Gallat and the Faith will march.

TO: Rosh Shevaneh, Lord of Chavi

The Faronun took your land and drove you into the hills to lead a wandering existence, dodging their executioners, until by your own great efforts you secured for your people a new home. I know it was the greatest regret of the lost Halyr that he was unable to do more to rectify that tremendous injustice. But now we may act where he could not. We march now to make amends for the past; we march to end the last bastion of tyranny remaining in the world. We would be honoured if the Lion of Chavi would march beside us.

TO: The people of Brunn and Anhalter and Seehlt and Ethir and all the North besides

They tell me that the North remembers, and so I know you have not forgotten how those prideful men of Kargan imprisoned Kintir, rejected her and cast her out. I know you have not forgotten how your fathers gathered a great host to avenge that enormity, and I know that you have not forgotten how their noble purpose was subverted to serve instead the venal and petty aims of Kargan and Qasaarai. The time has come to finish what was started; the time has come to bring the justice and vengeance of the North to Kargan. Gallat is on the march - let all who loved Kintir march with us, and let Kargan burn!

To: Rosh Shevaneh
From: Harafaio o Farubaida

You know your people, and their history with the Farubaida better than any other. If you believe that this war against us is just, and that we are cruel tyrants who have exiled you, then perhaps you shall join them in their war. If you know otherwise, then let peace continue to reign between our lands.

To: Talephas, Lord of the North of the World
From: Aghrala, Barosh and Heir to the Succession of Airan

Once we have sorted out our domestic affairs, we will gladly march alongside you, Redeemer.

To: Airani Roshate
From: Farubaida o Caroha

We are saddened to see ourselves placed on opposite sides once again. We shall not engage in aggression against your lands, but we shall meet metal with metal should you choose to strike against us.

To: Daharai Republic
From: Farubaida o Caroha

Your words have been heartening for us, but I fear that Talephas has not been swayed. Should you choose to aid us in this time of strife, it shall be remembered gratefully.

 

[Thlayli]

You have had your time for talk. Years, decades of talk, and I have indulged you.

You refused my terms, so talk is now at an end. I know Sixth-Frei will ride at my side, as I have ridden at his. I will seek his counsel as an equal when the time is right. Now we will settle this on the battlefield.

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I thank our faithful friends and viceroys for their pledges to serve us in this great time of trial.

For to this point, the hubris of the southern rebels has brought us.

 

[spryllino]

We are very disappointed by this illogical, false and dishonourable course of action on Talephas's part. It is not alien to human nature, of course, to be deceitful, overgrasping and foolish, and to manipulate concepts, truth and lies to suit oneself. However, we had imagined it to be alien to some limited number of men, and we had considered Talephas for some time to be among them. Alas, for this is by no means the case.

It does not even make the slightest amount of sense to postulate that we should submit to Sixth-Frei, when the Moti Empire has never been weaker and has not once asked for our fealty, on the grounds of your own exatas. That is not exatas; that is bullying. Even if you defeated us in the field, and forced us to submit to Sixth-Frei, even in such a case you would do us a dishonour, since in such circumstances we should desire to submit to you only.

But far more likely that you shall be defeated. You have usurped the rule of the Ayasi, and think it fit to issue his diplomacy for him: will he truly tolerate such a thing? You have, moreover, attacked us, and thereby attacked the Holy Moti Empire itself - your longstanding enemy - by attacking its longstanding allies.

We had no desire to fight you at this point, since it is so blatantly against the Ayasi's interests, and the interests of the whole Moti people. We live in hope that the Ayasi will declare that he does not wish to join you in a treacherous attack on his allies, who are at this very moment engaged in securing his realm for him, and we hope that he will declare that we are not his subjects. Perhaps if that happened you would respect his sovereignty and we could all remove ourselves from his territory, and all would be at peace.

 

[Jehoshua]

To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei
From: Etraxes, Grand Patriarch of the Church of Iralliam and Successor of the Prophet Kleo.

The Holy Church of Iralliam and our grand-patriarchate has of late been slandered most grievously by certain forces in your most august Empire, and by your heathen associate in the North, who even now foments with unseemly haste the coming of further conflict in your dominions and acts with great hubris as if his authority were greater than your own in your own dominion. Likewise to our great displeasure we have observed the false religion of Aitahism rampantly spread via detestable conversion and at the behest of infidel missionaries from the Farubaida amongst the so-called godlikes, their households and vassals. So too has the error of Ardavan spread without any restriction, whereas before it was merely and reasonably tolerated so long as its practitioners maintained loyalty to the Ayasi. Likewise servants of the Farubaida persist in disseminating heresy amongst Your subjects much to the offence of our God and to all the faithful. In response to these things it is your duty to exercise your role as protector and advocate of the Faith, quashing heresy, chastising the apostate godlikes, and supporting the true religion over error.

Now, the Grand-patriarchate continues to support the Ayasi as protector and advocate of the Church as has long been the case. We recognise the rightful suzerainty of the Ayasi over the sacred lands and all the lands of the Uggor. However for the Ayasi to be returned to spiritual paramountcy over other earthly rulers and Iralliamite princes in the eyes of the Church, as was the case for your predecessors, the current state of things where the corruption of all manner of error and heresy is permitted, and where the Ayasi is not seen to uphold his rightful role as advocate and defender of the true religion must change. For You to be restored to the full dignity of your office, you must exercise the power that has been given to you.

The divine right of your office, and the true faith therefore compels You, Sovereign Ayasi, to bring just chastisement to the apostates in your realm that they be returned to the true faith and devotion to the true God. Righteousness compels you to add your temporal sanction to the combatting of the proselytes of heresy, that truth be preserved against the servants of darkness. Do these things, and the Church shall grant to you, as was granted to your predecessors the supremacy amongst rulers that is granted only from Opporia, and shall continue its constant support for the lawful rule of the Ayasi as has long been the case. However if this is not the case, than faith in our Lord would command us to refrain from such support, for it would be a contradiction and an offence in the sight of our common Lord to grant Our favour should You permit error and corruption of various forms to propagate as thorns amongst the wheat in your Empire even to the point that the Church itself is slandered and scorned, without any opposition on the part of You or your agents.

May your reign be long and glorious in the Light of the Lord Opporia, that by a renewal in the light of the true religion the Empire may be restored to the heights of greatness. Likewise we pray to the Lord of Light that you may be magnanimous and merciful to your fellow Iralliamite sovereigns, whom have done You no wrong and await even now your august word, ignoring those heathen voices who would sow division between the faithful. Thus, through faith and righteousness reign in Your imperium, with Your authority restored against those powers who claim to be your temporal superiors, and those forces which sow corruption amongst your blessed people. We remain confident of your virtue, and your will to exercise your just authority and pray that the shadows of the enemy will not deceive your mind against exercising your rightful and lawful authority.

sincerely

Grand-Patriarch Etraxes

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To: The Redeemer of the Kothari Exatai
From: Grand-Patriarch Etraxes

The city of Triad currently garrisoned by your troops and besieged by the forces of the Karapeshai Exatai which in turn occupies the surrounding lands, is lawfully as of present the sovereign Ayasi's territory. The Church in pursuing always good relations between the various Iralliamite princes to the great benefit of the faithful, would urge you to affirm this truth, even if you cannot at present remove your forces from the city due to their confinement in the same by the will of Talephas, and the persistent hostility from the same Talephas' servants whom even now engage in warfare against them.

~ Grand-Patriarch Etraxes

 

[spryllino]

Yes, Triad is the Ayasi's territory, and we never have had any intention whatsoever of denying that; our intention was to request that we might keep it in return for, for instance, assistance in relieving the Ayasi's debts, as you will see corroborated appropriately, I believe, by our past diplomacy.

 

[Jehoshua]

It is good that you have affirmed the fact, since it establishes with absolute certainty the falsity of certain accusations and establishes a foundation for a resolution to the current difficulties based on more than the deceitful bluster.

For as you have confirmed absolutely your acceptance of the Ayasi's lordship over triad, we can reasonably presume that the Ayasi, in his authority as Paramount Lord of the South, need merely command the forces of Talephas desist from their war and return north beyond the Sesh (noting the Redeemer Talephas has promised to restore the Ayasi's authority to His territories in the Sesh), and the Kothari Exatai's forces will return to their own lands. Should the forces of the Karapeshai Exatai refuse such a request it would clearly be a violation of the rights of the Ayasi, a repudiation of all that has been said about His overlordship in the South by the Redeemer and a testament to ill-intent. Likewise should the Kothari Exatai's forces in such a case not return to their lands once the main impediment to such a course had departed, than the Ayasi could reasonably presume the Kothari Exatai is not to be trusted. For indeed if all parties are speaking truthfully and in good faith, there is no reason why the things we have suggested cannot be assured, particularly considering that for any party to reject such terms would prove that party to be a dishonourable liar. Likewise such a resolution, although it has no bearing to the disputes involving the Farubaida, which has clearly offended against the Ayasi by refusing to affirm their allegiance by his side in peace and war (their assertion of a desire to assess the relationship with the Sovereign Ayasi necessarily is a recantation of the alliance that formerly existed between the two realms) and which has separate quarrels with the Karapeshai that have no bearing on the lands of Iralliam, would show definitively to the people that the Ayasi is not a pawn of Talephas, and has true and sovereign authority to exercise his great power and will over his own lands, affairs and dominions.

sincerely

~ Grand-Patriarch Etraxes.

 

[Golden1Knight]

To: Talephas
From: Telha Exatai

I will march at your side if necessary. My own war plans will be postponed because I see that the fate of many is at stake. You have my sword, and the swords of my people.

 

[Luckymoose]

TO: Taleldil
FROM: Aelona

Looks like your BF's about to get F'd in the B.

 

[Masada]

From: An Assembly of the Faithful and Loyal Godlikes and Holders of Office
To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei

We have long held true to the Empire, and staffed its offices, and fought in its armies, and now helped raise you, Oh Ayasi, Lord of the South, to the throne. Always we have done this without pause and for the glory of your office. Even when the enemy descending upon us, and our sons and daughters were abducted, and worse, we continued in our appointed duties even unto death. Such is the burden off office and god-hood and service to Empire.

So we are grieved to find that the Church of Iralliam has held out recognition of your rule as right and fit. They have done this because they hold us to be the enemy despite our manifold sufferings for you. In this time of trouble the Church of of Iralliam refuses to grant you the spiritual aid and succor that we all require in these dark days. Though, it is true, that we love the Goddess, it is also doubtless true, Oh Ayasi, that we still hold dear Kleo and Opporia as ones who continue to illuminate our way. We therefore ask that you exercise your powers as Ayasi and put right with this foreigner priest for he answers to you.

We would also ask, oh Ayasi, that you dismiss the Lords of the Norths aspersions against your bondsmen, the Federation and the Kothari for not only are they vile untruths but they weaken your authority as Lord of the South. If they are to be chastised then chastise them at the head of your armies. But do not let others do it for it weakens you and shames us all. It must also be said, oh Ayasi, that for all his pious protestations Talephas also holds a great bounty of your lands and has thus far deigned to hand them back.

In any case, oh Ayasi, we shall march at your side as we have always done forever and ever.

 

[North King]

OOC: The Ayasi isn't being deliberately silent, I'm just on vacation.

 

[spryllino]

For as you have confirmed absolutely your acceptance of the Ayasi's lordship over triad, we can reasonably presume that the Ayasi, in his authority as Paramount Lord of the South, need merely command the forces of Talephas desist from their war and return north beyond the Sesh (noting the Redeemer Talephas has promised to restore the Ayasi's authority to His territories in the Sesh), and the Kothari Exatai's forces will return to their own lands. Should the forces of the Karapeshai Exatai refuse such a request it would clearly be a violation of the rights of the Ayasi, a repudiation of all that has been said about His overlordship in the South by the Redeemer and a testament to ill-intent. Likewise should the Kothari Exatai's forces in such a case not return to their lands once the main impediment to such a course had departed, than the Ayasi could reasonably presume the Kothari Exatai is not to be trusted. For indeed if all parties are speaking truthfully and in good faith, there is no reason why the things we have suggested cannot be assured, particularly considering that for any party to reject such terms would prove that party to be a dishonourable liar.

We concur exactly with the above words. I am certainly willing to withdraw my forces if Talephas does.

As for the Grandpatriarch's other assertions that I have not quoted here, especially regarding the Farubaida, we do not agree with them; but they are a separate issue that can be resolved depending on what the Ayasi says. The whole question regarding the Farubaida is essentially irrelevant if the Ayasi and Talephas are going to attack the Kothari Exatai and the Farubaida in any case.

 

[Jehoshua]

To Ayasi Sixth-Frei
From: Grand-Patriarch Etraxes

The deceit of the apostates and the foreign proselytes who even now subvert the spiritual unity of your realm is manifest in their sycophancy, and by their self-evidently false assertion that the Church of Iralliam denies your right to rule. We have in our correspondence with you, and with constancy in our public dealings, asserted always the temporal authority of the Ayasi, supporting the office of Ayasi against rebels amongst the godlikes, rebels to whom the apostates are heirs in their effrontery, which is of such a magnitude as to depart from the sacred faith of the Holy Empire and its Ayasi.

What we refrain from proclaiming as yours is not temporal dominion, but spiritual paramountcy. For this the faith requires only that it be clearly manifest that You uphold the duties to the Church and to the true god that your predecessors upheld before this is granted. We cannot as we stated restore the status divested from your predecessor that you might be elected, to You his successor until this is confirmed. For this confirmation alone we requested that you take up the authority entrusted to you to chastise the aitahist apostates and bring them back to truth, bring to heel those who would turn your subjects away from the true religion of which you are advocate and defender, and suppress the heretics who subvert your dominion alongside the Church and the Order of Faith. Once this small impediment is removed by your wilful taking up of the mantle of your predecessors, than with gladness the spiritual paramountcy shall be granted unto you as the Church wholeheartedly desires.

~ Grand-Patriarch Etraxes

ooc: No problem NK.

 

[Masada]

From: An Assembly of the Faithful and Loyal Godlikes and Holders of Office
To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei

You know as well as we that it was the Church and their intolerable dictates and insults that drove some of the Godlikes into rebellion, not against the Empire, but against the Church.

You also know that it was these same Godlikes who helped raise you on high to defend the Empire against all threats. To allow these aspersions to stand would cast a grave shadow over your own glorious ascension.

You also know that it was the Office-Holders who held the Empire together during the troubles and that it was these men who were among the first to bend knee and surely the most grateful for your elevation because an Office-Holder without an Ayasi is like a man who wakes up without his head attached.

You also know that the spiritual paramountcy is inseparable from the throne and that this has ever been the case. We shall however out of fear for the safety of the Empire leave this grave question alone save but to ask: Does the Grand Patriarch serve the Ayasi or the Ayasi serve the Grand Patriarch?

As to the charge that we should be bought to heel, we pose one more question: By what right does the Grand Patriarch demand the Ayasi act in the temporal realm?

In any case, let not our disagreement with the Grand Patriarch cloud the fact that he also agrees that it is shameful and wrong for the Lord of the North to assault your vassals.

While we hope for a summary dismissal of these accusations and insinuations, we do not believe this likely. We therefore ask the Grand Patriarch to bless the Ayasi unconditionally and to leave to his wise judgement and timing a decision on the other issues that have been raised. To do otherwise would be to weaken the Empire which even now is prostrate and prey to all manner of threats.

We remain your ever loyal servants oh Ayasi even unto death.

 

[Jehoshua]

To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei
From: The Grand-Patriarch Etraxes.

The disloyalty of the apostates is made more clear by their altering of history. The rebellion of the godlikes is well known to have been against your predecessor due to their desire for a continuation of war against the Karapeshai exatai and concern at the manner of his ascension. The absurdity of their claim that their rebellion was against the Church rather than the Ayasi is evident by the fact they raised armies against the Ayasi and took up arms against him and his loyal supporters. Why would they do such a thing if not for a rejection of the Ayasi's lawful rule? Their heirs apostasy now only testifies to that primeval disloyalty, for it is a sign that they do not see the Ayasi as a Lord with majesty or have confidence in the Empire. They associate Your power and the power of the Empire with the faith, with which the Empire is inextricably linked. This is a truth which they have readily admitted with their assertion (that is erroneous) that spiritual paramountcy is inseparable from his thrones temporal jurisdiction, and so now that they in their minds and actions rebel against its ruler and seek to undermine him from within, they turn away from the Church which has always supported the Ayasi as a tangible sign that they no longer uphold the majesty of the Ayasi, temporally and spiritually and as a testament that they deny his inviolate will and authority over his people (for is it not true that the Aitahists and Ardavanists were given the right to practice only by the leave and clemency of the Ayasi).

This is clearly truth, for they revolt against the very spiritual paramountcy they claim is inextricable and essential (falsely and in full knowledge of their falsitude, for if it was truly inextricable they would assert the Church has no right to grant it, and had no right to revoke it from your predecessor. Yet they acknowledge the Churchs spiritual authority in granting paramountcy by their very demand that the Church unconditionally grant paramountcy without the assurance that you accept the obligations of your predecessors, thus serving their iniquitous ends) by departing from the truths of Iralliam upon which that paramountcy rests. Their apostasy is an insult to your sovereign majesty, for truly they cannot recognise the spiritual paramountcy that is granted by the Church when they reject the spiritual authority it possesses and the truth of its faith. Indeed for them to do as such would be to make them hypocrites to their own false faith. They deny the very basis from which spiritual paramountcy over other iralliamite princes proceeds, and thus cannot if their faith is true uphold it!.

Thus is revealed the deceit of these converts to Aitahism, they seek to warp the role of Ayasi from its roots and historical foundation and make it other than what it is. They say we command (as if the Church had temporal authority over the Ayasi) you act in the temporal realm, as if we were asking a new thing of your office. The truth is we are merely seeking confirmation that you, as the sovereign Ayasi, will uphold the duties and customary obligations of the spiritual paramountcy which your predecessors all upheld, upon which given and observed the paramountcy will be gloriously invested. We ask for this confirmation that you will not allow apostasy and heresy free reign in defiance of your imperium and the true religion now due to the very gravity of the situation when so many of the high lords are so bold as to revolt against the spiritual imperium of the Empire and the spiritual dominion of the Ayasi over them in public display, and when foreign proselytes openly and without shame seek to deceive the people into sedition against the faith and thus against you. Considering such effrontery, the crass boldness of those offending against you and denying the very sanctity of the Holy Moti Empire we as successor of the Prophet and teachers of truth are obligated to that truth to seek assurance and confirmation that these abominations against god and Empire will not go unaddressed.

Thus it is that we do not command you, but seek only that you do as all Ayasis have done in exercising your authority in these extraordinary times so in good faith we can be assured as we joyfully invest you with the mantle of paramountcy that has been prepared in Iralliam for you. As to these apostates, if they are truly loyal to you even unto death they will obey you when you command them to repent their apostasy and return to the true faith as we have confidence you will.

~ Grand Patriarch Etraxes.

 

[Masada]

From: An Assembly of the Faithful and Loyal Godlikes and Holders of Office
To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei

The Grand Patriarch is incorrect in his musing. This is not surprising given that he is a foreigner and does not understand the way of the Moti. Perhaps he should he educate himself on our ways before he talks further.

First, it is well know that there has always been Aitahists in the Empire. You know this. A Moti child knows this. It is an unarguable fact. Few are the families that do not count an Aitahist as kin and ancestor.

Second, the reasons for the rebellion are well known as are the rebels. You know the reasons because you experienced them and you know the rebels because some of our own kinsmen were mislead into it.

This does not make what happened right. Indeed, most of us fought against the rebels. You know this because we marched alongside you. Though some few of us did participate in the rebellion to our collective shame. But the same can be said of the Iralliamites as well.

Finally, the Grand Patriarch cannot refuse to bless the Ayasi. To suggest that he can would upend hollowed tradition which shows that it is an obligation of the Grand Patriarch and not a right as he claims and undermine the supremacy of the throne. It would also give the Grand Patriarch a tool with which to manipulate the Empire to his own ends as he is doing now.

Your ever loyal servants.

 

[Jehoshua]

To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei
From: The Grand Patriarch Etraxes of the Church of Iralliam

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The deceit as seems to be their want, continues. The Aitahist godlikes seek to insinuate that we are talking about all aitahist in the Empire. This is false. We are referring only to those godlikes and their followers who have apostasised from the Faith of the Empire, not to those peoples who have for many generations been Aitahists, and have long been granted toleration by the magnanimity of the Ayasis.

With regards to the continued insistence of the apostates in promoting a false and slanderous narrative of the Empires history. We affirm once again that it is quite clear and known to all reasonable men that the rebellion against Sixth-Gaci was a detestable factional uprising against His authority due to the ambition of certain godlikes who opposed his supporters amongst the councillors, who utilising the desire for many to continue the war against the Karapeshai Exatai raised much of the Empire in rebellion against his lawful authority. The Church through this continuously urged reconciliation, upholding and supporting always the legitimate rights of the Ayasi. This is well known fact, and the fact the apostates persist in denying it in an effort to slander the Church simply shows the reality of their ill-intent, their disdain towards you (as if they think you are ignorant of the history of your nation!) and your authority, and the truth of our words. We urge you in the light of Opporia to not allow these repeated insults to Yourself to persist unchecked.

sincerely

Grand-Patriarch Etraxes.

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ooc: reference with regards to the rebellion against sixth-Gaci.

 

[Masada]

From: An Assembly of the Faithful and Loyal Godlikes and Holders of Office
To: Ayasi Sixth-Frei

The truth has come out. The Grand Patriarch means to bend the Godlikes to his will to seize control of the Empire. First it shall be the Aitahists, then it shall be the former rebels who have bent knee and begged for forgiveness, then the Irraliamites who resisted the imposition of his priests on their estates, then those who hew to tradition and resisted the call to abandon their ancestors and so on until no Godlikes stands to resist the will of the Grand Patriarch. Is this not a terrible fate to be befall the Moti Empire prostrate to a Satar? Have we fallen so far that foreigners can now dictate to us? Even now we weep in terror and fear for the fate of the Empire where once we rejoiced knowing that it would be you, oh Ayasi, who ruled over us. We humbly beg you to stand against the tide and assert the supremacy of the throne over all others. We are also sure that our Iralliamite kinsmen and the Office-Holders shall stand by our side in this matter and protest against a Satar Grand Patriarch who refuses to accept you as Ayasi and furthermore plots to overtake the Empire.

OOC: Stop mixing OOC and IC. You've already been told off for doing it.