SKNES: Architecture of Aggression

[Mickzter97]

and give me ur money

 

[BSmith1068]

I'm sorry. I gave at the office.

 

[GamezRule]

To: Avar Khaganate
From: The Roman Empire

Our peoples have had a mutually beneficial relationship in the past. We celebrate the independence of the Avar people, and we offer you an alliance of mutual defense.

 

[SouthernKing]

Also, erez, sorry to see you go.

Before anyone else decides to stop by and replace Erez, I've already privately contacted somebody to take over, if that person refuses I'll open it up to the public.

 

[Jehoshua]

And apparently having built a reputation as the most pontifical of those who have played CFC Popes, I have agreed to take over the Holy See at Southern Kings request.

I will get to pontificating a bit later since I have things to do atm, either way there are several things I am quite dissapointed about, first amongst them the fact that the entire world is not yet Catholic

 

[SamSniped]

YES! YOU ARE MY HOLY ALLY NOW!
*ahem* Sorry

 

[GamezRule]

You'll never take me alive!

 

[SamSniped]

*prepares the Marinas*
In all seriousness, though, I think the HRE and Byzantium should concentrate their efforts on the heathens around us.

 

[Terrance888]

Jehoshua, I was just whispering your name 3 times in a row when you appeared.

Welcome to SKNES. Prepare to make a -2d8 roll for your SAN.

 

[GamezRule]

In all honesty, I would expect that Catholic-Orthodox relations would generally be good, considering a history of cooperation in this NES in regards to the crusades against Amon's Byzantium, as well as the fact that the ERE wasn't Orthodox when the HRE was formed. Nevertheless, we still don't recognize the Holy Roman Empire as a legitimate successor to the Western Roman Empire at this time.

 

[Terrance888]

OOC: Of course, there was still the Armenian-Sicilian involvement in the Year of the Blood Scythe. Then again, we should thank Armenia for making us suspicious enough to build troops that let us survive- without that we would have been crushed for sure.

So does the Roman Empire consider itself successor of ALL of Rome's glory, or just the Eastern part?

 

[GamezRule]

I haven't decided yet, but if it were just the Eastern Part then we wouldn't exactly be the successor.

But seriously, how do you Catholics view your relations with us?

 

[Jehoshua]

Prepare to make a -2d8 roll for your SAN.

ooc: why......

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IC:Speech of Pope Anacletus II, "The Summoning of the Church Militant"

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Children of Christ.

Freshly quickened by the divine correction, you must apply the strength of your righteousness to a matter which concerns you as well as our Lord. For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of thy aassistance, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. For, as the most of you have heard, the infidel Zengids have attacked them and have conquered the territories of the Alexandrian Christians as far as distant Ethiopia and abide unworthily in that very land where our Lord and saviour walked and brought about mans redemption. They have occupied more and more of the lands rightly belonging to Christians, and have overcome our brothers through the sword. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches in the east and devastated the nations of those lands.

If you permit them to continue thus with impunity, without response, the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them until the mohammedans bring their perversions even to our own lands. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's herald to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends.

Let you take up the cross in sacred war against that great enemy of God, the Zengid perversion, and bring the justice of the Lord to them who have so grievously offended the eternal! For they offended the eternal must pay an eternal price for their sacrilegious transgressions against all that is holy.

 

[Nuka-sama]

A DECLERATION FROM HIS MOST IMPERIAL MAJESTY

With the declaration of His Holiness against the heathen Zengid, I, Emperor Constantine, will take up the cross for His Holiness and join this just and righteous Holy War.​

 

[SamSniped]

The Electorate of Venice officially declares war upon the Zengids.

OOC: Nuke, can you invite Jehoshua to the HRE group?

 

[SouthernKing]

Pisa, Naples, and Thuringia pledge their armies in this most holy of wars.

 

[Grandkhan]

To: The Crusaders of the Unholy Roman Empire
CC: The Zengid Emirate
From: Geiseric V, Sultan of Carthage, King of the Vandals

We would like you to note that your crusaders are no longer welcome in Vandal waters, and any ships flying the Crusader flag will be destroyed by our vessels. We will permit no support to the tools of Shaitan against our brothers of the Faith.

 

[Terrance888]

To His Holiness the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor
From Aquitaine

We shall march as one.


To the King of the Vandals
From Aquitaine

That can be easily arranged. My soldiers shall refrain from flying the Crusader flags and other paraphernalia until we're out of your waters. Instead, we shall hoist a large middle finger upon our banners. Or the Aquitaine banner, for that matter.

 

[Grandkhan]

To: Aquitaine
From: Geiseric V, Sultan of Carthage, King of the Vandals

Your attempts at subterfuge and confusion are evidence of your weakness, cowardice and foolishness. No honourable man would attempt passage through subterfuge and lies.

Your cowardice only proves you to be dishonourable scum, not worthy of passage through our waters.

 

[Terrance888]

To the Vandals
From Aquitaine

I see.

To: The Lords and Electors of the Holy Roman Empire
From: Thrasamund II, Sultan of Carthage, King of the Vandals

This war has gone on for far too long. It is time to make peace, and ensure the security of the Mediterranean for years to come. If we are to make peace at the current borders, the Vandals shall pledge a solemn oath to never raid the coasts of the Holy Roman Empire forever more, and both our kings shall take a solemn oath for peace for 100 years.

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When have the Vandals ever broken their word? Even so, do you have a choice? What do you lose by acknowledging the status quo. If you do not sign this deal, we will continue to raid and pillage. If you do, we will stop. Even if you don't trust us, signing this deal will ensure that you may have peace for some time, even if later Kings prove to be more foolish and less trustworthy than I. What do you lose by acknowledging the status quo?

That said, both I, my ancestors, and my descendants have always and always will treat honestly with your nations. We are Kings of the Vandals - dishonesty is an anathema to us.

Not cowardice, merely desire to follow the peace treaty YOU proposed. Which you seem eager to break like the former Sultanate of Castile broke their promise of the lack of conflict. You are not our desire of conflict, nor worth the dishonor of breaking a peace treaty to fight.

EDIT: I realize that technically you did not state you will swear to never destroy our vessels, but verily, it seems rather likely that such acts shall be taken as acts of war.