Middle Ages: Interactive

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

Yes.

[Csargo]

Yes.

That's not true it's there choice if they declare war or not

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

That's not true it's there choice if they declare war or not

Good point, New RUle



You can choose to not be involved in a war.

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

Byzantium sees no benefit to a war, and chooses not to get involved

[CountArach]

Message from the Pope to all good and true Catholic Nations:

My sons! A time has come, a time of warfare amaongst our own peoples! Why do we sit amongst one-another and bicker? Our pety squabling means nothing in God's eyes, however these is something that does mean something to Him. That is the war against the Moors. Follow Sicily's example my sons! Fight the heathens!

At this time I choose to not get involved in the War that has outbroken, however I will say this. England has been excommunicated. They are teh reason that this conflict has erupted. The French are not to blame, they are pious and innocent. The Holy Roman Empire, though it is at fault, has shown that it is dedicated to God by donating these knights to my cause. However, as said, I in no way sanction this war, and I am appauled that we, the civilised world, with our civilised tongues, could get distracted form proving ourselves in God's eyes. We must kill the Moorish menace! They must die!

Go in peace my sons, and with the protection of God.

[Comrade Alexeo]

Normally, it took the Reichstag and the Kaiser ages to decide anything. Indeed, they were in the middle of furious deliberations going absolutely nowhere when the found out that their ally, England, had been excommunicated.

Then the Holy Roman Empire struck!

***
((to all Catholic nations))

HIS MOST PIOUS MAJESTY HOLY ROMAN KAISER OTTO THE THIRD

HAS DECREED

THE FOLLOWING:

The Holy Roman Empire IS

1) APPALLED at the unwonted aggression of the English, and

2) AGREES with the Holy See in their excommunication of said faction, and

3) RECOGNIZES its treaty committments with England, and so

4) DEMANDS THE FOLLOWING TERMS BE MET:

• that the English agree to temporarily suspend all hostilities with France
• that England accept that all trade between said nation and the Holy Roman Empire shall cease until decree by the Kaiser
• AND that the FRENCH COURT be placed on trial for HERESY, to be supervised by the illustrious Papacy, in recognition of their CORRUPTION and their alliance with HEATHENS from China.

If these terms are not accepted, then the Holy Roman Empire will have no choice but to consider itself in a STATE OF WAR with France in acknowledgment of standing agreements with the English, and preemptively APOLOGIZES to the Holy See for this unfortunate series of events.

***

As soon as the decree was made, the Reichstag once again started debating the best way to conduct future war.

Whilst they occupied themselves with that, Kaiser Otto III ordered the various lords and barons and dukes to call in their knights to their estates - except in the provinces bordering France, whereupon he also insisted that they call on their vassals in full in preparation for all-out war. The nobles in turn, while waiting for all of this to come to pass, doubled the number of border patrols and began discussions with their captains in their castles...

...where they waited.

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

AND that the FRENCH COURT be placed on trial for HERESY, to be supervised by the illustrious Papacy, in recognition of their CORRUPTION and their alliance with HEATHENS from China.

Now the Byzantine Empire will not stand by and watch our allies be persecuted like this. Byzantium is at a hostile state against the Holy "Roman" Empire.

[Csargo]

Byzantium sees no benefit to a war, and chooses not to get involved

We're not at war with the Byzantine Empire.

Also you have no border with BE.

http://www.euratlas.com/big/big1000.htm

[Comrade Alexeo]

OOC: "Borders" here meaning "on that side of the Holy Roman Empire"

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

We're not at war with the Byzantine Empire.

Also you have no border with BE.

http://www.euratlas.com/big/big1000.htm

Remember, I am allied with France, when you declared war, I could have gotten involved. i decided not to.

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

Constaninople, Byzantium

The Senate is eerily quiet, then one Senator stood up

"The Holy Roman Empire clearly threatens the free world!"

"How? Did His Majesty say that Western Catholic problems remain in the West? If the Holy Roman Empire decides to reign supreme in Western Europe let them!"

"But their greed only hungers for more! Soon they will invade Italy, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria and eventually us!"

"We have never done anything to the Holy Roman Empire, why will they do anything to us?"

"They are an evil Kingdom and must be stopped!"

Basil was tired of this.

"SILENCE!"

The Senate room quickly fell silent, Senators sitting down.

"It is obvious that the Holy Roman Empire is a problem to France. I do not wish to be part of Western Europe's affairs. They have already shown they are not capable of unfiying themselves religously, and have yet to help Leon or Spain fight the Moors. Sicily is a nation I have admired. They can act out what they claim to do. Thus we have sent a diplomat to King Roger"

"BUT YOU SAID WE WILL NOT BE INVOLVED WITH WESTERN EUROPES AFFAIRS! IF WE MAKE AN ALLIANCE WITH THESE CATHOLICS THEIR TURMOIL WILL SPREAD TO BYZANTIUM!"

"Enough"

"YOU LIED TO THE SENATE, BASIL!"

'ENOUGH!, guards remove that Senator from the room"

Basil's guards siezed the Senator and dragged him out of the area. Senators murmured about it.

"Basil what will happen to that Senator?"

"He will be tried at outbursts against the Emperor and outbursts at fellow Byzantines, gentlemen"

And with that, escorted by his guards, Emperor Basil II left the Senate.