Imperial Diet VI

[econ21]

Elberhard: Duke, I am confused but it is a simple question: if you were to die, would Peter be Duke of Franconia?

If he would not, everything is fine.

If he would, then I cannot hand over such a significant Imperial resource as the Teutonic Crusade to the House of Franconia.

Given the dubious loyalty of the deserter Tancred and the Lutheran Fritz, I do not insist that you appoint another successor. I rather fear that would be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire. You may appoint your daughter as your successor, if you like, as you have done in the past.

But I cannot abide the notion of the traitor Peter becoming Duke of Franconia.

[Tamur]

*Fritz goes to the doors and opens them, and keeps them open*

Elberhard, Elberhard! Do you hear that? That is the sound of a populace who are ready for change, and Luther has given them a voice! I find it strange that I am the only one who has made significant mention of the words of Alexander Luther, when the people of the Reich are whipped into a frenzy by them.

When the tide that is rising washes over the Reich, Péter will be viewed as a hero, mark my words. His name is already spoken in whispers in the streets with reverence.

It is time this Diet accepted the fact that the sellout to the Byzantines was a huge mistake, that the Kaiser is playing havoc with the stability of the Reich, and that this cannot go on any longer. Time will not stand still for us.