Ashgan

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

These edits happen too fast for me bra. Anyway, uhm, preservation did exist in the middle ages, but traditionally more for foods than for drinks as I see it. Drying and smoking for example apply to meat in particular. You don't do either to a drink.

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

How do they freeze? :O

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

Stockpiles are not equipped with refrigerators though.

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

I see; didn't know they even called untreated apple juice 'cider' in the States. The article does claim though that it is only available in fall, so the people would still have to make do with something else for 3/4 of the year.

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Cale Tucker said
If Ashgan cares so much about the killing of priests, he should want to find out about Solterra's underground religion.

Maybe I should; so far I know little more than that it is exclusive to Therral's higher-up society, basically making it something of an Illuminati-alike. Feel free to fill me in if you want to.

By the way Cale, cider is an alcoholic beverage too.

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

Not looking for valuable information, just some IC lecture. I can understand not releasing certain content on the grounds that meta-gaming could happen, though it's a bit of a shame.

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Can I read a first-hand account of this clerical 'culling' somewhere? It sounds like something count Dracula would have approved of, and if that GIF is anything to go by, is quite something to behold. As much has the intrigues around Rone and his family interest me, the sheer madness going on in Therral at the moment is simply captivating.

Edit: Also, Nex, the priests have little to do with the decisions of either their king or the archbishop. They may be caught in the crossfire, but they could have, possibly, been given a choice to leave the country, or give up their faith or something along those lines. There are options beside wanton murder.

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Holy crap, I didn't know about half the things going on here. The situation in Therall is downright crazy lol. I also love how the bishop is called Innocent; it's such a hypocritical name that it fits like a glove, I'm certain. I also wasn't aware that the islands were being torn apart. Seems like the east is the only place not getting bent over right now.

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Flooby Badoop said @ Ashgan: Regarding your reply to that IC meeting, I spoiled nothing! I was referring to the already vocal Princess Helen supporters.

Oh. Misinterpreted that, my bad.

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Flooby Badoop said * You yourself may believe in a different faith, heresy, or profess to only follow the Master's Church, but if discovered, you will be tried for heresy, the punishment for which can be as light as excommunication ( the inability to be apart of the Church ), or as serious as death.

You mean a lord of Lundland should not be openly affiliated with or believing in non-Lundish faiths or risk punishment? That's a bit of a problem in Almare's case, where the clansmen's religion has pushed aside the Lundish faith quite efficiently, and believing in their ancient gods is quite normal there, for lords and peasants alike. Perhaps uniquely in all of Lundland, I would definitely consider the Lundish church to be the minority here, as being practiced mostly by members of certain upper castes (old lineages of lesser nobles and knights who cling to the values of their forefathers (e.g. Owain Griffiths, the lord's brother, or Llyr Cardiff, Almare's ambassador in Jorvik)), and a few small converted communities.
So how does that work with the church? If they decide to excommunicate the lords of this realm, that seems reasonable enough to me, but I'd be unpleasantly surprised if they sent the inquisition to sentence the poor lord to death for heresy.