Episode: Paved With Good Intentions II
Posted by Story on 03/17/19
The Faith is seeing a major uptick in fervency, particularly in the Oathlands. A recruitment effort by Dame Thena Grayhope for the Knights of Solace is spectacularly successful, as well as individual lords like Count Philippe Blanchard supporting the Knights of Solace with an endowment towards the order on his own lands, and Princess Saoirse Velenosa's treaty negotations. By contrast, many of the Northlands are seeing a backlash against the Faith. Lady Acantha Clearlake manages to talk down Threerivers soldiers demanding that she turn over templars for trial, and House Stahlben is currently granting sanctuary to some other templars fleeing violence in the Northlands. The Seraph of Fireside starts preaching that Dominus Aldwin was in error when he ruled that the discipleships should reject anyone that actively practiced shamanism, and starts pushing for new dogmas that merge Petrichor with some old spirit worship, in ways that are clearly heretical, but the Northlands templars in the domain pledge themselves to the New Church of Petrichor.
Meanwhile, the death of many scholars in Arx, and the continued arrest of 30 or so nobles who were involved in the conspiracy, sees increasing demands for their release from the Inquisition, with some wild rumors being spread about the leadership of the Faith and the Inquisition being involved in dark deeds. Despite the death of the scholars happening long before most of the crises, some individuals in the Northlands baselessly use that to claim that it is a sign that the Faith of the Pantheon is corrupt, and that there needs to be a 'Northlands Dominus' to cover a newly budding faith, untouched by Arx corruption. The Oathlands Orthodox wants this crushed, root and branch.
Meanwhile, the death of many scholars in Arx, and the continued arrest of 30 or so nobles who were involved in the conspiracy, sees increasing demands for their release from the Inquisition, with some wild rumors being spread about the leadership of the Faith and the Inquisition being involved in dark deeds. Despite the death of the scholars happening long before most of the crises, some individuals in the Northlands baselessly use that to claim that it is a sign that the Faith of the Pantheon is corrupt, and that there needs to be a 'Northlands Dominus' to cover a newly budding faith, untouched by Arx corruption. The Oathlands Orthodox wants this crushed, root and branch.