Kaiser Heinrich:

I remind aspiring candidates for Chancellor that they have slightly less than 13 hours to come forward. Otherwise, Sigismund der Stolze automatically is elected to the position.

As far as my opinion on this, I have already made my feelings public. The Reich will *not* come under attack from every single Catholic faction, because they all have their own problems, and I'm sure some of them have their own quarrels with the Pope. At the very least, we will have Sicily's support, meaning that Rome is surrounded by hostile people. That in itself will make Pope Gregory think twice about excommunicating us.