[quote=Marduk]
Great to have you aboard, Jinx! Accepted.A couple questions though. Who's the patriarch of jerusalem? Is that a religious station or something?Aren't the sidhe a type of fairy?Oh, and the christians were expelled before the siege. Is she meant to have escaped notice, hence having taken 'refuge', or?
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The Patriarch is the leader of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem (there's also one in Antioch, Constantinople etc. Look up the Pentarchy of the Church - Rome is technically just another one of the Pentarchy).

They were expelled and allowed back several times - the revenue from Pilgrims meant that the Caliph actually made efforts to ensure the safe travel of Pilgrims to Jerusalem; Pope Urban II's speech at Clermont of atrocities committed against the Christian people were vastly exaggerated and far from the actuality. In fact without the Pilgrims Jerusalem would have been a remarkably poor city.

And yes, the sidhe are from Tir Na Nog and are essentially fairies although the myths are very vague and various; you could essentially call them immortal humans from another world.

The Patriarch was still a fairly respect figure in Jerusalem and his compound was fortified so even when the other Christians were slaughtered by the Muslims to prevent an attack from within the compound went relatively unscathed.

(These are technicalities/minor exceptions/details but I like to take advantage of them where they are - they're the most interesting parts of history!)