TNESI: The Glorious Mysteries

[Insane_Panda]

AIM isn't working over here, just PM me with whatever you need.

 

[Israelite9191]

That won't work. You have MSN? If so contact me at Israelite9191@hotmail.com . I want to talk to you about details regarding resolving the church division.

 

[Insane_Panda]

Well, unfortunately, MSN doesn't work here either. I'll be available thursday.

 

[Israelite9191]

OK, I suppose it can wait till then.

 

[LittleBoots]

How about the League of Extraodinary Holymen?

Brilliant

 

[Azale]

TO: The Second Leonese Empire, the Holy Austrian Empire, Bavaria
FROM: The Byzantine Empire

Let it be known that we shall not tolerate any attempts by your "league" to enforce your own doctrines within areas outside of your influence. Any attempts made towards Byzantine possesions or Byzantine allies shall be reacted towards harshly. We do not wish to expand at the expense of, or to fight the nations of Europe, but we shall defend ourselves.

From: Holy Austrian Empire
To: Byzantine Empire

The Emperor has already spoken with you at length concerning this, the Byzantine Empire has nothing to fear from our little league.

 

[tossi]

When is the update?

 

[Harleqin]

To: Leon
From: Aquitaine
My Lord, King Ferdinand III.
The situation in Aragon is of much concern to us and, we believe, to you as well. The region is on the verge of civil war and should this happen we believe there is a risk for violence to spill into our two nations. Furthermore, warring in Aragon could have a highly disruptive impace on the trade, not just between our two nations, but also further beyond. We do not believe that we can just watch silently while the region prepares to erupt into anarchy.

We propose a meeting to work out a plan to deal with this growing risk before it gets out of hand. Something must be done and our nations are the only ones which has the ability to do anything. Will you work with us to preserve the peace and stability of the region?

Furthermore we would like to strenghten the ties between our two nation and propose the creation of a defensive alliance.

Signed,
King Gilles II

 

[silver 2039]

I will be gone Thursday Oc 4 till Sunday Oct 8 to TOK camp. Be back on Sunday evening I've already sent orders.

 

[Harleqin]

The Tale of Michel

Angrily kicking at a stone lying in his path, Michel continued his brisk walk through the wet streets of Luz, a small village a few miles from his farm. It had been raining for hours and he was thoroughly drenched and had already regretted several times that he hadn't stayed at home. However, he was only a few minutes from the inn now and after the events of the day he really needed a decent ale and to get away from things for a bit.

Slipping on some wet manure he landed in the wet street with a mighty curse. Clearly this was simply a day from hell. Why was all of this happening to him of all people. He went to church every Sunday, prayed at night and confessed regularly. He was a good Christian so all this should be happening to someone else.

Finally reaching the inn he cheered up a little bit as he could hear laughter from inside and smell the scent of roasted meat. A warm meal and a cold ale would do a lot. Pushing the door open he walked in, dripping water and mud behind him. The innkeeper sent him a disapproving look due to the mess he was making on his floor, but he knew Jaques and didn't worry overly about it. Spotting some friends of his he walked over and sat down heavily. Ignoring their amused expressions he signalled the barmaid that he wanted an ale brought over. Sensing his mood his friends had quieted down a bit and looked at him with concerned expressions.

"What's up Michel. You look wet... and bothered."
"I am, Robert. This day has made me feel like God has abandoned me."
Exchanging looks his friends now looked really nervous. Being abandoned by God was not something to joke about.
"Relax Michel. It can't be that bad. What happened?"
Michel sighed. "It's a long story Henri. The day started well enough. I was taking some sheep to the foothills for grazing just like I do every year at this time. We were almost there when I noticed that someone had cut down all of the trees. Now, it's not the most forested area as it is, but even so, there is nothing now."
"I don't get it", Louis interrupted, "who would cut down all the trees? There hasn't been anyone selling extra tree around here."
Michel nodded. "I don't understand it either, but someone had. Even so I continued driving the sheep. I couldn't really stop just to wonder where the trees had gone. Some 15 minutes later I was stopped by a group of heavily armed men."
"Brigands?"
"No, I don't think so." Michel shook his head. "They were quite disciplined and there was a guy in charge of them, so I'm more inclined to think they were soldiers. They were not in uniform though. Or rather, not in any kind of uniform I've ever seen".
"It doesn't really make much sense", Louis said, "what did they want?"
"Well, basically they told me to go back. I mean, they actually told me I couldn't go any further and that if I tried anyway my life would be forfeit."
Robert looked stunned. "They told you what? But, how can they do so? you've always been using that area during summer."
Sipping from the ale he'd recieved, Michel nodded to Robert. "Well, they did, and consider the amount on weapons on them I wasn't going to argue. They looked pretty rough as well. Not a single one of them looked to be under thirty. They looked... seasoned."
"This can't stand", Louis almost shouted. "You must do something. Tell the constable or such."
"Aye", Michel agreed, "but I can't do it until tomorrow. I'll need to get my sheep up there."

Talking about the events of the day none of them noticed as the door opened again. Only when the barmaid tapped alerted them did they notice two men by the door. Dressed in the uniforms of the Royal Guard they were looking scowling around the inn whilst waiting for people to stop talking. As the noise finally quieted down, one of them took out a paper from a leather pouch.
"Citizens of Luz", he began, "I bring you a message from King Gilles II. The foothills approximately 13 miles south of your village have been claimed by the crown. The area is now strictly off-limits to you. Any who venture through the area anyway will do so at their own risk. If you are lucky you will be escorted out. If you are unlucky, you will be killed." The soldier stopped for a moment to let everybody grasp what he was saying. "Anyone who has a rightful claim to the area may present their claim to the magistrate and will then be compensated."

Not leaving time for anyone to start arguing he took out a hammer and nailed the document on the door before striding back out.

Looking around at his friends Michel shook involuntarily. Something was definately going on.

 

[Thlayli]

When is the update?

Orders due on Friday, update on Sunday.

Oh, and excellent story.

 

[LittleBoots]

Agreed, we shall meet at your earliest convenience.

To: Leon
From: Aquitaine
My Lord, King Ferdinand III.
The situation in Aragon is of much concern to us and, we believe, to you as well. The region is on the verge of civil war and should this happen we believe there is a risk for violence to spill into our two nations. Furthermore, warring in Aragon could have a highly disruptive impace on the trade, not just between our two nations, but also further beyond. We do not believe that we can just watch silently while the region prepares to erupt into anarchy.

We propose a meeting to work out a plan to deal with this growing risk before it gets out of hand. Something must be done and our nations are the only ones which has the ability to do anything. Will you work with us to preserve the peace and stability of the region?

Furthermore we would like to strenghten the ties between our two nation and propose the creation of a defensive alliance.

Signed,
King Gilles II

 

[Cuivienen]

I will continue this later...

The Colonial Code
By the Order of His High Magnificence, the Sultan of Zanzibar


In the interest of establishing more efficient and prosperous colonies on the African continent and elsewhere, Hamad Hadimi, Sultan of Zanzibar, does approve this code to be followed by all who settle the African coastline.

1
No person, regardless of state or condition, shall on his own authority make a new discovery by sea or land, or enter a new settlement or hamlet in areas already discovered. If any man were to be found without license and approval, he shall be fined the total sum of all his possessions. Additionally, no local governates shall give license to make new discoveries or settlements without the express approval of ourself.

2
Persons who take part in discoveries, whether by land or by sea, should take possession, in our name, of all lands and provinces they might reach and, upon setting foot on to land, perform the necessary ceremonies and writs, thus providing public evidence and faithful testimony.

3
Once the discoverers arrive at newly discovered provinces or lands, they should name each land, each province, and the mountains, bays and principal rivers they might encounter as well as the settlements and towns they might find or that they might begin. Such names and maps will be submitted to the approval of ourself as expediently as possible.

4
Before discoveries are duly recognized, no new population settlements are permitted.

5
Having populated and settled the newly discovered area, pacified it, and subjected it to our mandate, efforts should be made to discover and populate adjacent areas.

6
Settlements shall be established taking into account the health and position of the location. The health shall be known from the natural fitness of the local peoples, and in the abundance of animals of sufficient size, and of healthy fruits and fields. Also, it be of good climate, the sky benign, of good temperature and without excessive heat or cold. They should be in fertile areas of good land to plant and harvest, and of mountains and forests for wood and building materials for homes and edifices, and of good and plentiful water supply for drinking and irrigation.

7
Location of a settlement should have good access and outlet by sea and by land, giving especial importance to outlet by sea, in order that they may be entered and departed easily with commerce while bringing relief and establishing defenses.

8
Separate first the land that is needed for house plots in the town, then allocate sufficient public space and grounds for pasture. The rest of the grounds and territory should be given over to the person in charge of building the town for the purpose of government structures, ports and mosques.

9
Those who have made a commitment to build a new town, who after succeeding in carrying out its settlement, as an honor to them and all their descendants, we pronounce them nobles of the town. To them and their heirs, in whatever place they might reside, they will be nobility, that is, persons of ascendancy and known ancestry.

10
Having made the selection of a site for a town is to be built, it must be in an elevated and healthy location; be with means of fortification; have fertile soil with plenty of land for farming and pasturage; have fuel, timber, and resources; have access to fresh water; and be open to the north wind; and, if on the coast, due consideration should be paid to the quality of the harbor and that the sea does not lie to the south; and if possible not near lagoons or marshes in which poisonous animals and polluted air and water breed.

11
The main plaza is to be the starting point for the town; if the town is situated on the sea coast, it should be placed at the landing place of the port, but inland it should be placed at the center of the town. The plaza should be square or rectangular, in which case it should have at least one and a half its width for length inasmuch as this shape is best for festivals.

12
The size of the plaza shall be proportioned to the number of inhabitants, taking into consideration the fact the intention is that they will increase, and thus the plaza should be decided upon taking into consideration the growth the town may experience. The plaza shall be not less than two hundred feet wide and three hundred feet long, nor larger than one thousand feet long and six hundred and sixty-seven feet wide. A good proportion is six hundred feet long and four hundred feet wide.

13
From the plaza shall begin four principal streets: one shall be from the middle of each side, and two streets from each corner of the plaza; the four corners of the plaza shall face the principal winds, because in this manner, the streets running from the plaza will not be exposed to the winds, which would cause much inconvenience.

14
Around the plaza as well as along the four principal streets which begin there, there shall be portals, for these are of considerable convenience to the merchants who generally gather there; the eight streets running from the plaza at the four corners shall open on the plaza without encountering these porticos, which shall be kept back in order that there may be sidewalks even with the streets and plaza.

15
The streets shall run from the main plaza in such manner that even if the town increases considerably in size, it will not result in some inconvenience that will make ugly what needed to be rebuilt, or endanger its defense or comfort.

16
Here and there in the town, smaller plazas of good proportion shall be laid out, where the mosques associated with the principal mosque can be built, in such manner that everything may be distributed in a good proportion for the instrumentation of religion.

17
For the principal mosque, there shall be assigned specific lots; the first after the streets and plazas have been laid out, and these shall be a complete block so as to avoid having other buildings nearby, unless it were for practical or ornamental purposes.

18
The mosque where the town is situated on the coast shall be built in part so that it may be seen on going out to sea.

19
Next, a lot shall be assigned for the council, and for the custom house, and for the arsenal, near the mosque, located in such a manner that in times of need the one may aid the other; the hospital for the poor and those sick of noncontagious diseases shall be built near the mosque; and the hospital for the sick with contagious diseases shall be built in such a way that no harmful wind blowing through it may cause harm to the rest of the town. If the latter be built in an elevated place, so much the better.

20
The site and building lots for slaughterhouses, fisheries, tanneries, and other business which produce filth shall be so placed that the filth can be easily disposed of.

21
It shall be of considerable convenience if those towns that are laid out away from seaports, inland, be built if possible on the shore of a navigable river,a nd attempts should be made to place the town on the side from which the north wind blows and that buildings that cause filth be placed on the side of the river or sea below the town.

22
In the plaza, no lots shall be assigned to private individuals; instead, they shall be used for the buildings of the mosque and royal houses and for city use, but shops and houses for the merchants should be built first, to which all the settlers of the town should contribute, and a moderate tax shall be imposed on goods so that these buildings may be built.

23
The other building lots shall be distributed by lottery to the settlers, continuing with lots closer to the main plaza, and lots that are left shall be held by us for assignment to those who shall later become settlers, or for the use that we wish to make of them, and so that this may be ascertained better, the town shall maintain a plan of what is being built.

24
Having made the plan of the town and having distributed building lots, each of the settlers shall set up his tent on his plot if he should have one. For this purpose the captains should persuade settlers to carry them, and those who did not bring one should make their huts of easily available local materials, so that they may have shelter, and everyone as soon as possible shall make a palisade or ditch encircling the plaza so that they may not be harmed no natives.

25
Within the town, a commons shall be delimited, large enough that although the population may experience a rapid expansion, there will always be sufficient space where the people may go to for recreation and take their cattle to apsturee without them making any damage.

26
Adjoining the commons there shall be assigned pasture ground for the work oxen and for the horses as well as for the cattle for slaughter and for the usual number of cattle that the settlers may have, and in good number so they can be admitted to pasture in the public lands of the council; and the rest of the adjoining land shall be assigned as farm lands, which will be distributed by lottery in such a number that the farm lots would be as many in number as the lots in the town; and if there should be irrigated lands, lots shall be cast for them and they shall be distributed in the same proportion to the first settlers according to their lots; the rest shall remain for ourself so that we may assign it to those who may become settlers.

27
In the farmlands that may be distributed, the settlers should immediately plant the seeds they brought with them and those they might have obtained at the site; to this effect it is convenient that they go well provided; and in the pasture lands, all the cattle they brought with them or gathered should be branded so that they may soon begin to breed and multiply.

28
Having planted their seeds and made arrangements for the cattle in such number and with good diligence in order to obtain abundant food, the settlers shall begin with great care and efficiency to establish their houses and to build them with good foundations and walls; to this effect they shall go provided with molds or planks for building them, and all the other tools needed for building quickly and at small cost.

29
They shall try as far as possible to have the buildings all of one type for the sake of the beauty of the town.

30
The faithful executors and architects as well as persons who may be deputed for this purpose by the governor shall be most careful in overseeing hat the above ordinances be executed; and that they shall hurry in their labor and building so that the town may be completed in a short time.

31
While the town is being completed, the settlers should try, inasmuch as this is possible, to avoid communication and traffic with the natives, or going to the towns, or amusing themselves; nor should the settlers allow the natives to enter within the confines of the town until it is built and its defenses ready and the houses built so that when the natives see them they will be struck with admiration and will understand that Zanzibar is there to settle permanently and not temporarily. Our people should be so feared that the natives will not offend them, but they will respect them and desire their friendship.
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[shortguy]

Never mind.

 

[Thlayli]

You have 26 hours to send orders. I have only received orders from Ayutthaya, Greater Lothringen, and the Golden Horde so far.

Don't forget to include treaties and NAP's, also.

I've decided that I'll write one story per update, if I have the time. They'll come shortly before the update, and will feature one, or perhaps two, nations in particular. You might be able to predict where the first one will be fairly easily...

 

[Reno]

Orders Sent.

 

[Cuivienen]

My "story" has been updated. It's still not finished. City-planning is exhausting, as is writing in a translated style.

 

[North King]

Owing to a time crunch and problems with school, I must leave. I am truly sorry, Thlayli, and wish you luck. If you need advice on the map, or anything else, feel free to call.

 

[Cuivienen]

The Colonial Code is completed. All look upon it with awe.

 

[Wubba360]

my orders were sent