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Thordain
Oct 29, 2011

SNAP INTO A GRIMM JIM!!!
Pillbug


House Mersir puts four votes in support of The Total Toddler Turtle Policy

Directives:
Search the Realm for a Cure - Aye
Send Embassies to the Africans and Oriental Christians - Aye
Sanction Human Experiments - Nay
Appoint King-on-the-Indus Shurapala as Trade Liaison - Nay
Commission a Chanson - "La Morte d'Ogier" - Aye
Appoint King Rodrigo of Armenia as Imperial Regent - Nay
Drain the Bodies of the Executed - Nay
Invite Oriental Priests to Jerusalem - Aye
Appoint an Imperial Executioner - Nay
Betrothe the Emperor-Preferent - Nay
Appoint Doge Shahab of Cyprus as Imperial Regent - Nay

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Flesnolk
Apr 11, 2012
Nay to all directives

Tomoe Goonzen
Nov 12, 2016

"Too paranoid for you?"
"Not me, paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much."
Prince Zartosht puts all four votes towards Cleansing Body and Soul.

Search the Realm for a Cure - Aye
Send Embassies to the Africans and Oriental Christians - Aye
Sanction Human Experiments - Nay
Appoint King-on-the-Indus Shurapala as Trade Liaison - Aye
Commission a Chanson - "La Morte d'Ogier" - Aye
Appoint King Rodrigo of Armenia as Imperial Regent - Nay
Drain the Bodies of the Executed - Nay
Invite Oriental Priests to Jerusalem - Nay
Appoint an Imperial Executioner - Aye
Betrothe the Emperor-Preferent - Aye
Appoint Doge Shahab of Cyprus as Imperial Regent - Aye

Pacho
Jun 9, 2010


The Vijaya Party unfurls its banner

hashashash
Nov 2, 2016

Cure for cancer discovered!
Court physicians hate him!
:siren:Session is closed:siren:

Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009






Just making it clear that I voted Nay on Appoint an Imperial Executioner.

Ralepozozaxe
Sep 6, 2010

A Veritable Smorgasbord!

Ralepozozaxe fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Sep 20, 2020

QuoProQuid
Jan 12, 2012

Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P


Patrician Shidao, Patrician of the Red Sea Republic and Head of the House d'Cathay

Per the provisions of the Cutting the Branches, Watering the Family Tree Policy, I demand the emperor-preferant's court dissolve the marital union between my daft cousin Xinyue and this... stranger who seeks to claim Xin Xi'an for his dynasty. I further ask that he assist my dull, idiot relative in finding a suitable match to be matrilineally wed to.

Also per the provisions of the policy, I request that the emperor-preferant's court dispose of the inconvenient result of their union. I do not recognize her as a rightful claimant to Xin Xi'an.

Let this be an example to all my damnable relatives and the broader Court. I will not tolerate any upstarts who attempt to deny the d'Cathays their birthright.

QuoProQuid
Jan 12, 2012

Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

QuoProQuid posted:


Patrician Shidao, Patrician of the Red Sea Republic and Head of the House d'Cathay

Per the provisions of the Cutting the Branches, Watering the Family Tree Policy, I demand the emperor-preferant's court dissolve the marital union between my daft cousin Xinyue and this... stranger who seeks to claim Xin Xi'an for his dynasty. I further ask that he assist my dull, idiot relative in finding a suitable match to be matrilineally wed to.

Also per the provisions of the policy, I request that the emperor-preferant's court dispose of the inconvenient result of their union. I do not recognize her as a rightful claimant to Xin Xi'an.

Let this be an example to all my damnable relatives and the broader Court. I will not tolerate any upstarts who attempt to deny the d'Cathays their birthright.


Patrician Shidao, Patrician of the Red Sea Republic and Head of the House d'Cathay

Oh and, if/when the Cour finally embraces polygamy (something that I and my Mohammaden Christian faithful have already done), I ask that the imperial court help my relatives find as many husbands and wives as possible.

Maybe both at the same time. Who knows.

hashashash
Nov 2, 2016

Cure for cancer discovered!
Court physicians hate him!


Chapter 42 – Prester John – 1320 to 1330


This is a tale that was begot in the early days of our history, a tale birthed in the suicidal expedition to reclaim the Crown of Thorns, a tale that begins with Sir Amaury, Knight of the Crown – who swore the Questing Vow at Cairo, who crossed the unforgiving sands of Asia, who battled in the great halls of Kaifeng... and who, after a long and tragic road, was finally laid to rest in a secluded valley, in distant India. But the years and leagues between India and Jerusalem are great, and as word of his deeds travelled, it morphed into something else... into a story, a myth, a prophecy.

And two hundred years later, on the eve of a new century, his last male heir is born in a sprawling city on the River Ganges. Coming into this world under auspicious stars, the miracle makers of his court soon acclaim him as Vijaya, the Lord of Victory, the Great Redeemer, the Chosen One...

On the day of his birth, he was proclaimed Prester John.



…only for this prophesied messiah to be gruesomely devoured by a wild beast, leaving his destiny unfulfilled. And in the aftermath of his death, the Oriental Church was viciously persecuted, the Ganges was set afire, and the line of Amaury was driven into exile.



This is where the true mover of the world comes into play.

She wears heavy clothes of scaled iron and coils her hair beneath a mighty turban, and looking to all the world as Lord Vijaya come again, this 14-year-old child seizes the mantle once borne by her twin and proclaims herself… Prester John.



There were many who doubted, even as she rallied the surviving members of her family and seized power in Orissa.



There were many who plotted, even as she fought on the banks of the Ganges in furious battle for her homeland.



There were many who refused to bend, even as she proclaimed the coming of the Kingdom of the Prester John and expanded her frontiers into the West.



And those who doubted were soon forgotten, those who plotted were quickly buried, and those who refused to bend… well, they had their knees broken.



The world is about to change. Prester Jane, as history would remember her, is coming.











Thousands of miles away, praying to the same God in a very different Church, was the Emperor-Preferent Hugues.



Or, rather, I had others praying for me. I was only a baby back then, after all, and a baby plagued with disease and stress at that, leaving me bedridden into my infancy, and leaving Jerusalem in the hands of the young, brash lords of the Haute Cour – who quickly get to work.

First and foremost, with many dynasties dragged to the brink of extinction by the Black Death, the assembly passed a law allowing Christian lords to take a second wife, ensuring that their ancient names survived these terrible times. Separated by a sea and practically a puppet, the Pope-in-Rome could only watch in horror and disgust.



Second, to protect against another wave of the plague, a holy order of healers were given license to roam the realm, tending to the sick and raising hospitals.




And third, to ensure stability in the realm, one Othon de Marash – a powerful lord in Galilee – was named Imperial Regent, to rule until the boy-emperor could be anointed and crowned on his sixteenth birthday.



Diligent and iron-fisted, the new regent quickly set about enforcing stability, crushing any ongoing rebellions before looking to his borders… to Jerusalem’s borders.



With the Black Death having devastated their godless country, the Lower Nile was rife with rebellion and the Egyptian Republic was finally collapsing, so there was no better time to secure the Holy Land...



And that was precisely what Lord Othon did, gathering an immense host of 30,000 crusaders on the very doorstep of Jerusalem, and leading that host into Ascalon in the summer of 1323.



The campaign was short, and decisive. The Egyptians couldn’t even outfit an army to meet us, with local rebels providing most of the resistance.



Even so, within a year the Ascalon strip was seized and secured, its fiefs distributed to the descendants of the lords that ruled in those areas before they were usurped by the republican heretics.



As the regent marched back to Jerusalem, the Haute Cour provided funds for the opening of a new university – the Jerusalemite Academy of Grandiose Studies – to house the Imperial Examinations and renew scholarship in the holy city.




The money to fund this university had to come from somewhere, and with thousands of peasants and commoners winding their way to Jerusalem – many as pilgrims, to thank the Almighty for sparing them from the Black Death – the Haute Cour levied a tax on any non-Christians looking to make pilgrimage to the holy city.




The realm was slowly recovering from the Black Death, and as pilgrims walked their roads and caravans plied their routes and lords waged their petty feuds, heads started turning to Jerusalem once more.

Where was the Emperor? some folks were wondering. What was he like? Wasn’t his coronation coming up? What had he been doing this past decade?



Well, to put it simply, rotting in a tower.

Lord Othon had been busy. He had bought the right people and threatened the rest, he had led men into battle and won great victories, he had intrigued against powerful rivals and emerged victorious (albeit… scarred). And finally, he had me, elected emperor in Jerusalem, locked in a tower on ridiculous charges of insanity.

And that is where I celebrated my sixteenth birthday.







At the same time, to the distant west, the warlord they were calling Genghis come again, Atilla reborn, even Alexander of the Africans, had just reached the shores of the Mediterranean.



Standing on those shores, his one all-seeing eye looked to the place where Alexander once fought, where Atilla once pillaged, where Genghis once ravaged.

And with the dawn of 1330, he began his invasions into Yurp.

hashashash fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Oct 1, 2020

Tomoe Goonzen
Nov 12, 2016

"Too paranoid for you?"
"Not me, paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much."
LET'S loving GOOOOOOOO

megane
Jun 20, 2008



:sickos:

GunnerJ
Aug 1, 2005

Do you think this is funny?
RIP Egyptian Republic.

QuoProQuid
Jan 12, 2012

Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

GunnerJ posted:

RIP Egyptian Republic.

I think they just changed their name to "Nubia" in a fit of revolutionary pique.

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
I'm not insane. I'M PERFECTLY HEALTHY HAHA

hashashash
Nov 2, 2016

Cure for cancer discovered!
Court physicians hate him!
All character sheets are updated. If I missed anyone, just say so.


Casualties:

- Baldoen, King-between-the-Rivers (overthrown not dead), succeeded by Queen Meonre.
- Euphrosine, Princess of Palmyra, succeeded by Prince Thiebaut.
- Elaine, Princess of Hadhramut and Protector of the South, succeeded by Princess-Protector Gwen.
- Gennadios, Prince of Thassalonika, succeeded by Prince Anthimos.
- Rhodri, Prince of Cephalonia and Protector of the West, succeeded by Prince-Protector Mawgan, succeeded by Princess-Protector Sibyl
- Efyrddyl, Princess of Stravani, succeeded by Prince Bleiddud.
- Trdat, Count of Tabuk, succeeded by Count Aymar.
- Mina Mersir, Patrician of the Republic of Cyprus, succeeded by Patrician Gerges.
- Ladron Thermidor, Patrician of the Republic of Cyprus, succeeded by Patrician Parviz.
- Sirhan Shabibid, Patrician of the Republic of Cyprus, succeeded by Patrician Sharaf.
- Isa Shabibid, Doge of the Red Sea Republic, succeeded by Doge Abdul-Hamid.
- Jacques Shukrid, Doge of Afar, succeeded by Doge Abdul-Hamid.
- Shidao d'Cathay, Patrician of the Red Sea Republic, succeeded by Patrician Zeyd.
- Sigfred Egge-Thermidor, Doge of the Oresund Republic, succeeded by Doge Emonie.

Please declare your status as an independent or faction member, otherwise your new characters will be considered independent in the Haute Cour.


Politics:






Thordain
Oct 29, 2011

SNAP INTO A GRIMM JIM!!!
Pillbug

Gaucher Mersir, The Holy Blade, approaches the pedastal.

Unlike my cousin Mina I believe a more stable Jerusalem and a more devoted Christian faithful will benefit all of us, and House Mersir will continue to stand with the Pope to defend the holy city of Rome and the surrounding Italian heartlands, from the heathen Yurpans or this ruler from Africa. For now though, The Mersirs will remain independent.

Ralepozozaxe
Sep 6, 2010

A Veritable Smorgasbord!
Faction Tally leading to the 1330 Session

The Eternal Flame (Zoroastrianism, Persian Conquest, Fire)

Leader:
Members:
# of members/votes:

The Blood Party (Blood, Blood, Blood)

Leader:
Members: King-Liaison Shurapala (HihoChiro), Emperor-Preferant Hugues (Slaan)
# of members/votes: 2 members, 10 votes

the Modernizers (Peace, Pluralism, Modernization)

Leader:
Members: Prince Adrien (Technowolf), Lord-Mayor Aziz (WilliamAnderson), King Rodrigo (Frionnel), Princess Nanxian (QuoProQuid), Princess-Protector Sibyl (TinTower), King-Spymaster Hariraja (RodyOneHalf), Princess Adelaide (Mirdini)
# of members/votes: 7 members, 31 votes

Sensible Soldier Society ((sensible)War, Preparation, Fashion)

Leader:
Members:
# of members/votes:

Vijaya Party (Oriental Christianity, Equality, Defense)

Leader: Doge-Advisor Shahab (Pacho)
Members: Princess-Protector Gwen (megane), Doge-Steward Emonie (Ralepozozaxe), Prince Andre (Angstrom Gothington), Doge-Chancellor Abdul-Hamid (Gigagar), Prince Ismat (Vinny Possum), Princess-Protector Isabeu (Lord Cyrahzax)
# of members/votes: 7 members, 34 votes

Regency Party (Reconquest, Regency, No-Eyes)

Leader: Count-Regent Othon (AJ_Impy)
Members: Erez-Senders in Exile (Xelkevos)
# of members/votes: 2 members, 9 votes

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Independents

Members: Queen-Advisor Meonre (Zikan), Princess Garcenda (Jossar), Prince Guij (Pakled), Prince Bjørn (TheFlyingLlama), Count Raymond (i81icu812), Princess Tziporah (Hattie Matters), Prince Anthimos (Clayren), Count Mukhtar (habeasdorkus), Count Aubry (Zedhe Khoja), Count Roubaud (Luhood), Count Aymar (Yavuz), Count Sigismond (Soup du Jour), Doge Abdul-Hamid (mcclay), Princess Marguerite (Captain Mediocre), Popess Ida (ErwintheGerman), Prince-Marshal Zartosht (Kangxi), Prince Malkhas (Freudian), Prince Gaucher (Thordain), Count Hildebert (Flesnolk)
# of members/votes: 25 members, 95 votes

Ralepozozaxe fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Sep 30, 2020

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker


Lords and ladies of the Haute Cour, you are cordially invited to the Regency Party.

Our agenda is simple: We are dedicated to the wellbeing of the Emperor-Preferent and of Jerusalem as a whole, with an interest in reclaiming any and all lost territories, be they clawed back from the remnants of the republic or safeguarded from the conquering armies to east and west.

Our poor, bewitched Emperor-Preferent, of unsound mind and incapable body, is to be spared no expense in his treatment, which I shall personally oversee. God willing, he will live a long life which he finds fulfilling, and perhaps through divine providence may regain some of the capabilities he mastered in the years prior to his election.

As for irredentism, we believe in careful, successful forays into neighbouring territory to reclaim land unjustly lost under more... careless regimes. We will restore the lands of Jerusalem to their rightful owners, namely each of you.

RSVP.

megane
Jun 20, 2008





Elaine's bastard daughter takes the podium and stares grimly at the assembled nobles. "I'm Gwen. My grandma was a Gwen too but she died. It's a very long way from LLadramuth to here. I'm tired of boats and I'm tired of sand. Jerusalem is smelly." Her father whispers in her ear. "Yes, dadi. I'm supposed to tell you all that I'm joining the Vijaya Party. Dadi says Prester John is coming to visit and he's going to kill everybody." She stomps off as her father smiles nervously.

megane fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Sep 29, 2020

Ralepozozaxe
Sep 6, 2010

A Veritable Smorgasbord!


The Thermidor Triumvirate heads to the podium. Parviz, the well-dressed flanks on one side, while Harramel, the not so well-dressed, flanks on the other with Etoine, son of Remoulle. Whom do they flank? None other than a truly powerful force, the one who is only known by some as ", Doge Emonie Egge-Thermidor of the Oresund, The first female doge in the entire history of Jerusalem. highly unpredictable with no less than 20 different deities talking to her at once, none can every have a one-on-one with her, no secret she won't tell to every god. She limps up to the dias with her weasel-head walking stick.

We are here, all of us, and the time is short. MEN? Men do not bring us anything, not my husband, not the lesser gods, no one. All of the most powerful gods are of the female stock, and their greatest prophets are also women. Why, you are looking at one. Which god you ask, all of them? Yes. And there is another to the east, and she stepped over the dead men who would stop her. Do we want to be more dead men, more forsaken corpses? No. We shall meet with her, and welcome her. The Thermidors and Egge-Thermidors join the Vijaya Party.

She head to go jump out the window to return to her room, but is escorted away by the Southern Thermidors to show her the food court, a sight even she has not seen.

Ralepozozaxe fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Sep 29, 2020

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012


There is an opportunity for those of us who've lost our ancestral homes to reclaim them and I say we take it before we are preempted by another warlord or plague. House Erez Sender joins the Regency Party

QuoProQuid
Jan 12, 2012

Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P



House d'Cathay rejoins the Modernists

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
Haha haha haha everything is terrible I'm locked in a cell nobody things I'm sane what did I do to deserve this God save me or devil save me either way I the emperor preferent join BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD

Pacho
Jun 9, 2010

Drawing in ink found in the house of the artist and playwright Imube Akane depicting Bijaya Yanni, know in the far west as Prester Jane. The Geas of Jane (Yanni no Tankyu) and Jane herself were used in the modern era as symbols against the curtailing of civil rights, specially the rights of women. The war cry "Vijay ya maut!", incorrectly attributed to Jane, was popularized by the student communes before the first world war



As was foretold, Prester Jane comes home to set things right in the world. Yet, here in the heart of civilization, our Elected Majesty lingers in a tower, unsound of body and mind while an unelected tyrant rules in his stead. No more. The Vijaya Party will seek to unseat this tyrant and find a proper regent from the Imperial Family. A host gathers to our west, devouring the last cities of Africa, while the barbarians of Yurp are a sword hanging over our heads. Join Viyaja to save Jerusalem. Choose Victory!

Angstrom Gothington
Feb 19, 2007

Raise your arms in the big black sky, raise your arms the highest you can, so the whole universe will glow.

Prince Andre "the Wicked"

After many years, the nobles of Ascalon have finally been freed from the peasant yoke, and have in turn placed the peasants back under the noble yoke, fulfilling the true social order willed by God! Though the al-Asqalan dynasty's roots lie in the Arab Caliphates of old, I have embraced the united Outremer future!

It would seem the seeds our ancestors sowed in the East have borne strange fruit. On my return from visiting the great Emperor of Cathay, I heard from other travelers of the Silk Road of the many holy wonders and miracles being worked in the Kingdom of Prester John. Delights both heavenly and worldly could be ours to share. Let us embrace our brothers and sisters, and join them in their mission! House al-Asqalan joins the Vijaya Party!

Angstrom Gothington fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Sep 29, 2020

Gigagar
Nov 6, 2013

A bit of a fruit.
The Shabibids join the Vijaya Party

TinTower
Apr 21, 2010

You don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.


House Radnor joins The Modernizers.

hashashash
Nov 2, 2016

Cure for cancer discovered!
Court physicians hate him!
Session will open tomorrow, gonna be a busy night for me.




Great stuff as usual, Pacho

Vinny Possum
Sep 21, 2015

THUNDERDOME LOSER

The house of Al-Mantsijuri (d'Montseguir) will support the Righteous Calipha Prester Jane, servant of Allah, regent of the Masih Isa, and successor to the Prophet Muhammad. Too long has heresy and fire worship oppressed the Worshippers of God. Repent, Jerusalem.

(Ismat of House Montseguir joins Vijaya)

Vinny Possum fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Sep 29, 2020

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

I withdraw from Flame Eternal and join Modernizers.

Mirdini
Jan 14, 2012



House Blaiddyd will pledge its allegiance to the Modernizers.

Lord Cyrahzax
Oct 11, 2012



House Toulouse hereby leaves the Eternal Flame for the Vijaya Party- the Flame will continue to burn, but its torch must be passed to a new hand, a new chosen of Ahura Mazda!

Flesnolk
Apr 11, 2012
I'm not in any party

hashashash
Nov 2, 2016

Cure for cancer discovered!
Court physicians hate him!
Dominant faction: Vijaya Party




Session of the Haute Cour, 1330


The Imperial Regent shuffles into the Hall of the Haute Cour, his arms clasped around his servants as his gouged-out eyes drift across the room, shifting from man to woman to man as the most powerful nobles of Jerusalem stand, and wait.

: Lords and Ladies.

: As I’m sure you know, our Liege has not been, ah, feeling himself these past few months. Not at all.

: Young Hugues is safe and comfortable, of course, but Jerusalem is treading in dangerous waters – our kings in the East have reported the rise of some heathen masquerading as a Christian, calling himself Prester John and rampaging across India, while our merchants in the West tell tales of a vicious pagan warlord, burning and ravaging the coasts of Italy even as we speak…

: Yes, yes, and with Jerusalem in such precarious positioning, well… it may be best if I kept the peace in the realm. Just until our Emperor has fully recovered, of course.

: Just until then.



State of Affairs

Emperor-Preferent: Hugues de Safaga
Government: Agnatic-Cognatic Elective Monarchy
Factions: The Blood Party, The Modernizers, Vijaya Party, Regency Party
Treasury: 519 gold, +53.35/month
Piety: 21, +1.46/month
Grace: 0
Threat: 0%
Army: 54062 levies
Non-Aggression Pacts: none.
Alliances: none.
Wars: none.


Active Policies:
  • none.
Active Laws - 10/10:


World Map:


Jerusalem, House of Groves



Weak Claims:


Succession:
Next in line is Rhodri, a count under the Protector of the West/Princess of Cephalonia.


Council and Court:


Laws:
Next law can be passed now.



Technology:
Couple advancements are available.


Military:


Factions:


Known Plots:


Decisions:


Religion:
Still got the Lady-Pope, since the de Bolougnes are pretty much down to her.


Culture:


Relations:


Trade Zones:


Defensive Pacts:


Diseases:


Empire of China:


Ruler Prerogative:
- Staging the cheapest coronation ceremony.
- Awarding minor titles.
- Arranging marriages for family members and courtiers.
- Imprisoning treasonous or dishonourable persons.
- Humiliating/Torturing/Banishing/Executing treasonous or dishonourable persons.
- Ransoming/Humiliating/Torturing/Banishing/Executing prisoners of war.
- Purchasing favours.
- Converting his own religion.
- Requesting that courtiers and vassals convert to his religion.

Legislation:
Once the Haute Cour is in session, any lord of the realm can submit legislation, which largely consists of Policies and Laws, as well as optional Directives.
As mentioned, members of the Haute Cour may support or oppose proposals of their choosing.
If at least 1/3rd of a proposal’s votes are in opposition, then that proposal is submitted for the consideration of the King. If at least 2/3rd of a proposal’s votes are in opposition, it is struck from the books regardless of the amount of support received. The King may strongarm a policy of his own devising in its place.
Sessions of the Haute Cour last 48 hours, 24 hours for drafting legislation and 24 hours for voting. After this period, the 4 most popular proposals are gathered into a single document or Recess, which is then implemented in the next update.

Rules of the Haute Cour:
- You cannot join or change factions when the Haute Cour is in session.
- A member of a Faction may support or oppose legislation submitted by anyone.
- Courtiers are entitled to 1 vote, Barons to 2 votes, Counts to 3 votes, Dukes to 4 votes, Kings/Viceroys to 5 votes. Members of the Council have 2 additional votes.
- The Designated Regent minor title has 1 additional vote, but in the event of a incapable or underage ruler and resulting regency, this will rise to 5 votes.
- Votes are cumulative, so for example, a Count may have 10 votes if they are on the Council and become Regent.
- In addition to supporting Policies or Laws, lords may vote Aye/Nay on each Directive.
- Rank has no effect when Directives are being considered. In this case, each member of the Haute Cour has only a single vote, Aye or Nay.
- If Policies and/or Laws gather sufficient opposition, they may be struck from the bill. The King may strongarm his own agenda into the bill in their place.
- In cases where Laws and Policies contradict one another, the policy will take precedence.
- If support for two proposals are equal, and there is only one place remaining in the Recess, the King chooses between them.
- For obvious reasons, legislation cannot pertain to the ruler’s personal life, unless is he is underage. So, for example, the Haute Cour has no control over who the King marries, though unwise decisions may affect his standing amongst his lords.
- The Haute Cour has no authority over the Character Focus or the Ambition of the King, those being his private matter.

For more details on legislative sessions, click HERE.
For more detail on in-game actions, click HERE.

Pacho
Jun 9, 2010


A group of lords and their retinues walk into the Cour. Their faces, clothing and arms a collection of the vast expanse of the Empire; outremers, danes, persians, indians, arabs. They approach the dais with resolve under the hard gaze of the Regent. A myriad of holy symbols clank among their armour but all of them have an ashen circle in their foreheads, the fabled sun of the east, the mark of the Oriental Christians

The Restoration of the Imperial Bloodline Decree

Wherein the dignity of the Emperor-Preferant, his Dynasty, and Jerusalem was infringed upon by nefarious interests within the Haute Cour, we put forth as our Forced Policy:

- Imperial Authority shall be restored. We shall transfer vassalage of Count Othon to be under the rule of his direct de-jure liege Princess Adelaide of Damascus and Galilee. The Emperor-Preferant shall also be released from wherever it is he is being held. A new Regency shall be established until the Emperor is fit to rule again, preferably, Count Valeran de Safaga as kin of Emperor Hughes.

- Our learned men and women will make every attempt to figure out how to cure our ailing Emperor-Preferant, making him once more fit to rule.

- We shall send a formal embassy, with gifts, to Presbyter Johannes "The Great", to form an Imperial Alliance against the Lord of the Hausa, the Barbarians of Yurp, and any other threats both foreign and domestic. As part of this embassy we shall welcome some of their priests and advisors to our realm to teach us what exactly happened to the Knights of the Thorn. We shall also try and learn from their knowledge what we can, as well as to show them the wonders of our great realm.

Pacho fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Oct 1, 2020

Ralepozozaxe
Sep 6, 2010

A Veritable Smorgasbord!


Emonie heads to the Rostrum, deep in conversation with the many gods who keep her busy all day and all night. Her smile hides the truth, her life is truly hell. Even more so since many a devil is a part of the conversation.

We are here, and we know much. We have had long talks with each other to know what must be done in this current venture, the one that has been chosen. There are spaces where the gods wish for their means and powers to be known. Mighty Freyja wants to help protect our realm with her skilled warmaidens, Ahura Mazda wants to roil the oceans with our sturdy warships, and Jesus and Nestorius wish for us to take a hold of the isle of Lumber Drakes. We would do well to listen to their wise demands, for no god let's something be known without it being of some form of value to the listener.

The Divine Inspiration Prerogative

- Add the Boiling Wharf (in game: Military Wharf, just rename it with the default bonuses) feature onto the Colossus of Julfar.

- Add the Longhouse of the Cour's Shieldmaidens (in game: Retinue, just rename it with the default bonuses) feature to the House of Groves. (The Honor Guard that can be summoned via this feature will be renamed the Cour's Shieldmaidens if possible)

-If we are not in a defensive war, have no active rebels, have a positive income, no powerful dangerous factions (+65% strength), we have less than 50% threat, The enemies combined forces are less than our own (including their allies), Have no truce with the target, and can avoid tyranny for the war (using bribes and other tools as necessary), we shall declare a war for the County of Socotra, using the casus belli that will best allow us to hand it out via the APA. The land and titles gained from this war will be distributed via the APA.

Ralepozozaxe fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Oct 1, 2020

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker


Lords and Ladies of the Cour, I present the Title Reclamation Policy

For the duration of this Policy:

1. Given the collapse of the Egyptian republic and ongoing turmoil, when an opportunity arises to reclaim a county or duchy formerly within the Dominion of Jerusalem (With the caveats that we are not in a defensive war, have no active rebels, have a positive income, no powerful dangerous factions (+65% strength), we have less than 50% threat, The enemies combined forces are less than our own (including their allies), Have no truce with the target, and can avoid tyranny for the war (using bribes and other tools as necessary)) we are to declare war for that county or duchy.

2. Where possible, county or duchy titles are to be restored to their rightful owning dynasty, prioritising those with extant claims. If the rightful owning dynasty has gone extinct, the APA applies.

Ralepozozaxe
Sep 6, 2010

A Veritable Smorgasbord!


With Emonie Egge-Thermdior we have both our first every female head of a merchant house, as well as our first female Doge. May there be many more, but let's try and kick-start this process a little with further progress. With hard work we can truly have equality between men and women within our realm. I propose we put our Court Chaplain to work researching culture tech in our capital.

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Ralepozozaxe
Sep 6, 2010

A Veritable Smorgasbord!


Did you know rats jump from sinking ships? I don't want Etoine to have to swim for his life, or me for that matter. Our navy has always been a big help for many of our most important wars, and we shouldn't ignore both their quality and quantity. I propose we improve our shipbuilding tech.

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