Imperial Diet VI

[Stig]

Ansehelm:
Which means that would I die everyone can claim the title, deserters and pious lapdogs.
No I'd rather have a little kid as heir.

[FactionHeir]

I believe that Duke Ansehelm has done all that he can do at this point to prevent Franconia falling into Lutheran or rebel hands.
I would suggest that a meeting be called in the event of his death, which god forbid, to confirm his choice of heir and possibly allow the underage Duke to rule without an acting Steward.

[Privateerkev]

Duke Ansehelm,

If by "pious lapdogs", you mean me, then you can rest easy. I can not legally hold either the position of Steward or Heir. And if I could, I would never accept them.

But if you insist on having an under-aged heir, then you need a Steward. And your choices for Steward do not seem good. I am out of the House, Dieter is out of Franconia, Fritz is unacceptable to Elberhard, Tancred is missing, and Peter is going off to attack Constantinople.

Your better off pulling both titles for now.

If you don't you are basically endorsing Peter's actions. And that is a slap in the face to Duke Hans. We are asking Duke Hans to intercept Peter and fight fellow Germans but you don't even have the balls to fire Peter.

[Tamur]

*Fritz steps away from the doors and back to the Franconian bench*

While I don't agree that Péter is unworthy of the Stewardship, I respect Ansehelm's right to make a decision, and have stated before that I think it wise of him to have appointed a child. That alone should have forestalled all this current bickering.

And to those who doubt my ferocious loyalty to the Reich, may I remind you of the many battles I have fought on its behalf, the many scars I have gained, the many sacrifices I have made to keep it strong. No, the real traitors here are those who would side with Siegfried and give the Reich away to some gold-laden eastern effeminates!

*Fritz looks at Elberhard, a slow triumphal grin on his face, then takes his seat*

[Privateerkev]

So, let me get this straight,

The Diet endorses the pursuit of Peter.

The Diet endorses Duke Hans going into battle with Peter's rogue army.

The Diet endorses a trial for Peter if he is captured.

But the Diet does not endorse firing Peter!?!

[Stig]

Tancred is not missing, Peter told me that Tancred is with him on his cause.
Sides, a normal General cannot become an heir to a Duchy.

[Privateerkev]

Ok, so he is not missing, just a traitor.

Jan addresses the whole Diet,

Gentlemen!

We are asking Germans to fight their fellow Germans!

The least we can do is show that Duke Hans and his army have our full support!

If we do not have the BALLS!!!! to demand the firing of Steward Peter, then none of us are fit to be here!

[Warmaster Horus]

Fritz, it is not your capacity for battle we doubt, but your loyalty. Loyalty does not have to do with scars gained in battle. I am loyal, yet have not been in service quite long enough to have a record such as yours.

I'll take an example: Caius Julius Caesar, whose name gave the honorific Kaiser, fought the Gallic Wars. He then proceeded to fight against Rome, because of Pompey. It was not a matter of loyalty which brought him to rebel, but one of personnal agenda.
Do you have a personnal agenda?

And, if you believe that we are traitors, we who would try to find a peaceful enough solution to all our problems, problems which keep increasing in number and difficulty by the minute, then you are wrong. Have you heard of the "vote of no confidence" Matthias put in place? Have you seen the preliminary results? I believe they say "No" in majority.

[Privateerkev]

The King storms into the Diet holding a ream of reports,

This is an outrage!!!

The King violently throws them across his table where they scatter about.

I have reports that crowds are destroying churches!!! The cathedral in Genoa is gone! The chapel in Acre is gone! Count Zirn's beautiful huge cathedral in Damascus is gone!!

And Stettin.... Stettin destroyed their own church with the help of Count Fritz's magistrates!!!

Count Fritz, I demand an explanation!!!!

[Ferret]

Even if there is no good alternative heir to Franconia anyone is better than Peter at the moment. Even if there are doubts about Fritz and his attitudes towards Luther at lest he has still remained at his post and is following the orders of his Duke. I would much rather follow a steward who has only just arrived at his Dukedom than follow a Duke who has betrayed his country!

OOC: just read PK's post

IC: Good lord! Surely such a thing cannot be true, if this is the case then Fritz is most certainly not a preferable choice. Someone has to be punished for this lest it become common practice throughout the reich!

[Tamur]

*Fritz rises coolly from the bench*

Ah, it's come to this, then, has it. I am blamed for the acts of the people. People who have been trying to get it through your thick heads that the current situation cannot stand.

And it cannot, friends! The people will no longer tolerate this unification, neither on a political nor on a spiritual level. They are fed up, sick and tired, worn out, and ready for a revolution!

I suggest everyone take care when going home today. The crowds cannot be controlled with a few bodyguards.

*Fritz sits with a smile*