A letter to the Duchy of Austria:

Duke Arnold and Noble Lords of Austria!

I very much desire to reminisce with my old comrade Karl Zirn at Ragusa. Should any @#$%^&!!! Hungarians be rude enough as to try to interrupt our reverie, they will regret it. I am glad that Count Becker is reconciled within the House of Austria and wish Lorenz Zirn God's speed in marching to relieve him.

As for the intention of Imperial knights to join me, this is a spontaneous move on their part and not something I control as yet. I asked young Dieter von Kassel if he could explain it, but the fellow rambled on about something involving a metallic bovine. He is clearly deranged. I expect at the next Diet, the Imperial knights that gather to me will form the heart of reconstituted armies of the Kaiser, Prinz and Chancellor.

Kaiser Elberhard