Imperial Diet VI

[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!!!!

[Stig]

Ansehelm:
A Chancellor is responsible for all building and army movements. So I too would like to know why the Chancellor decided to destroy those buildings.

[Privateerkev]

There are numerous eyewitness accounts that these acts were done by crowds following the teachings of Luther!!

The Chancellor didn't do this!!!

I demand that Luther be found and made accountable for this!!

The Pope is blaming us for not keeping control of our populace. Well, we better get control and fast!

[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*

[Stig]

Ansehelm:
I know no Luther, and have never even heard the name.
But I bet his views are better than anything Orthodox.

[Privateerkev]

Jan calms down a little,

Count Fritz,

I apologize for my earlier tone. Surely you can understand my feelings on this matter. Do you know that your settlement has burned down it's church?

to the Diet

I have sent new orders to the Steward. Count Dieter is to turn his army south and secure the city of Damascus. The current unrest has pushed the city to the brink of revolution.

[Tamur]

King Jan, I don't know anything about this. If my mag...

*Fritz goes red in the face*

...if the people of Stettin have burned the church, though, they will rebuild it to the glory of God.

Once the Pope has been replaced, of course.

*Fritz seats himself a little shakily*

[econ21]

Elberhard: To confirm the information that King Jan has provided, it is with grave regret that I must inform you all of the destruction of the huge cathedral in Damascus. Crusaders, possessed by the heretical teachings of Alexander Luther and filled with a diabolical hatred of our brothers, the Eastern Romans, were responsible for this sacriliegous act. They took advantage of the departure of their Count, Karl Zirn, and while loyal magistrates struggle to maintain order, I fear the city will revolt by the year's end.

Such "men" have even burnt down the chapel in Acre under my very nose. I glad to say, I caught the @#$%^&!!!ers responsible for the lesser outrage in Acre and they are now hanging in the citadel square.

These acts of sabotage against the newly unified church have not been confined to Outremer. A cathedral in Genoa has been burnt to the ground. A church in Stettin has also gone up in flames, although there are reports there that the magistrates - loyal to their governor, Fritz - not only failed to stop the arson but appeared to be orchestrating it.

These outrages have led to severe condemnation of the rioters by Pope Abbate. Our relations with the Papacy are now abysmal and the Holy Father will not suffer the name of the Reich to be mentioned in his presence. May God have mercy on the rioters’ souls for committing these sacrilegious acts.

[Cecil XIX]

This is insanity! How is it that we have two traitorous nobles and an unruly mob burning down Houses of God because of reunification when we don't even know what reunification is yet?

As blasphemous as the religious aspect of the unification is, Peter has shown himself to be not only a traitor but a bloodthirsty idiot as well. I will be happy to do the Lord's work and stop his march should he continue to move towards Constantinople, but if he and his entire army perishes at the hands of the Byzantines then he will have gotten what he deserved!

And another thing, from now on I will dedicate Prague's entire five regiments of militia towards guarding the Abbey and Councilor's Chambers for the preservation of good public order!

[RoadKill]

Lorenz stands up, smashing his knuckles on the wooden table indenting it.

Edmund! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO STAIN YOUR SWORD WITH GERMAN BLOOD!!?

ARE YOU THAT EAGER TO KILL A GERMAN, AND FORCE, BROTHERS, FATHERS, SONS, COUNSINS, TO KILL EACH OTHER?!!?

Lorenz calms down.

I would rather stain my sword with byzantium blood then, have my sword stained with german blood.

I say that we screw this unification, and take down the orthodox!

The orthodox is another religion and should not be accepted into our practicies!

[FactionHeir]

Looking to Lorenz, Hans rises to speak

I am quite surprised you would attack a brother Roman for the opposite reason and stain your sword with their blood, who have not raised their arm against us for many years now and have held the Venetians in check.

Even if you were to attack the Byzantines, there would be less of German life, unless you believe you can achieve victory without a single fallen. Regardless, there may be riots, but there are counter-riots as well. Re-unification or not, at this point, the Lutherian heretics will spill German blood and they are not sanctioned by the diet.

Save your words and anger for these blasphemers.