Re: Delenda: Empire news

From: Inferno Games <Inferno@waveney.demon.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <343fcc80.1095284@news.demon.co.uk>, Robert Mole
<URL:mailto:robert@myofb.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >
> Statement issued by His Grace the Grand Duke of Helya Currill and
> Itchin
>
> I find the statement by Hunter Jordan above to be utterly misleading
> in that he fails to mention that William has also seen fit to grant
> large and powerful fiefs within the Holy Empire to certain Kimric
> nobles.
>
> I question how William can even bear to look his people in the face
> after this gross betrayal of their heritage. True, his Imperial
> Majesty, the Emperor Veltayn has seen fit to grant fiefs to Selyan
> nobles for services rendered. But consider, at least we of the Empire
> share a common culture and language with the Selyans, while the
> Kimrics do not even have a proper fuedal system.
>
> Marros Rhos

STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE EMPEROR WILLIAM

In his statement, my loyal subject Hunter Jordan condemned Prince Veltayn for
inviting a Selyan invasion of the Empire as part of his lust for power.  Make
no mistake - Selyan forces have entered the Empire with conquest on their
minds.  Look to Corwyn, where a Selyan army captured the fief and installed
one of their number as steward in Thoran.  Where is the income of Corwyn now
going?  Into Selyan hands!  In Netoney, we see our second city lying in ruins
and atrocities committed against the persons of monks and priests, crimes
perpetrated by barbarous and sinful men.  These are the actions of a hostile
power - they may be acting in concert with Veltayn, but when this is what
they do, apparently with Veltayn's blessing, I ask you - does Veltayn
demonstrate himself to have the Empire's best interest at heart, or is he
merely concerned to further his own power.

The fact of the matter is - Veltayn has no authority to grant land in the
Empire to anyone.  He does not control the secular government of the Empire,
and has no legal authority as monarch.  The Pope himself has admitted that
his being Holy Emperor does not give him any right to the secular kingdom.
Independent vassal states, such as those you rule, may indeed choose to give
their fealty to Veltayn, as you have done, however misguided this decision
might have been.  But dthe feudal lands of the Empire do not have this
option.  Their loyalty must be to the true Emperor, and if it is not, then
they are guilty of treason.  I have been crowned Emperor, through my right of
succession, by full and proper ceremony.  Thus, I can grant land in the Holy
Empire to whomsoever I choose.  I have, at this time, only granted one title
in the Empire to a Cimric nobleman, that of the Duke of Falethorne, a fief
held by the crown and therefore totally within my disposal.

Cimric forces currently within the Empire are acting in support of my
position, and within my instructions.  All their operations have been
conducted under the supervision of Imperial nobles such as the Earl Marshal.
They have not seized Imperial land for themselves, as the Selyans have done.
Any fief captured by the Cimric forces has been the fief of a traitor, and
this captured land has been placed under the command of a steward approved by
the Imperial administration.  It is the crown which seizes land, not foreign
invaders as in the case of the Selyans.  The Cimric forces have not murdered
monks, raided libraries or burnt down churches.  Nor have any forces acting
in support of me in the Empire.  My conscience is clear.  Can Veltayn say
the same?

William d'Artois, by the Grace of Yaro, Rex et Imperator

--
Andrew Kearley          Inferno Games          Inferno@Waveney.demon.co.uk

References

Delenda: Empire news
Inferno Games <Inferno@waveney.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 08 Oct 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Delenda: Empire news
robert@myofb.demon.co.uk (Robert Mole)
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00:00 +0000