NationStates Jolt Archive

Cardinal DeVito stepped off of his plane and quickly boarded a Lincoln Continental strech limo,with bullet proof glass.The flag of Cherry Ridge was on both sides of it. It began to drive. Driving through the streets of Reichskamphen's capital, it made its way towards the imperial palace. He could feel the peoples icy glares as he drove through the streets. His driver was a Holy Cardinalatial Guardsman, and other Holy Cardinalatial Guardsmen were in the car, as guards. Within their reach was a stach of assorted weapons, including 2 RPGs and 20 AK-47's, with extra Sig sidearms, just in case.
He arrived at the Imperial Palace's gates.
The driver rolled down the window,
"Cardinal DeVito's in the back. Let us through"

"Ummm, yes, you have clearence. Go on through."

The gate lifted. The car drove through the gates, and stopped at the entrance. The Cardinal got out, with 2 guards, and entered the grand hall. The Cardinal said to an Imperial Guard,
"I am here to see His Imperial Hignness. Alert him to my presence."

Devito would notice that the Imperial Guardsman didn't look like an Imperial Guardsman. His uniform was much too differant. He wore black and scarlet instead of the traditional blue Imperial Guard uniforms. Upon his chest sat a miraculous medal and the sash he wore read, "Pax Maria". The Imperial Guard was no longer in the palace. This was Viktor's personal Army. "Yes your emminence," he bowed deeply as he turned to alert the Guard Captain, similarly attired, to the Cardinals presence. Within seconds, the Cardinal was escorted to the Emperor's study.

Andre sat in a brown leather wing chair, flipping through some old volume from the Imperial Libraries. "Cardinal!" he exclaimed as he saw him enter. He rose from his chair out of respect. "We have much to discuss."

A muffled boom was heard. "UVF." the Emperor sighed. "I shouldn't have been closing up those Protestant churches I guess. But they're heretics anyway. Good riddance."

"Have a seat, have a seat." he chuckeled. Andre complied.
"I allow protestant churches. I just began allowing them. They are taxed though. They paid for this trip" he laughed, "They have many spies of mine in them. I was forced into it by a treaty.They are taxed 100%. I am going to undo it though, sooner of later."
"First thing though, your new Pax Maria guards are much better than those protestant imperial guards.You begin. What do you think we should discuss first?"

"Keep that quiet though." Leipzig whispered. "If I am proven Catholic, I lose the throne. It's part of the law."

"I allow Protestant Churches. I just needed some places for Catholic Churches to set up...so I took all the churches that used to be Catholic and kicked the Protestants out citing the deeds to the property that still reside in the Vatican."

OOC: Type more later...so much to do.

"Yes, Repossessing. It will stay private.is Oberhausen a Catholic too? he helped Bishop O'Reilly. Is he real Anglican, or closet catholic?"

ooc- I am leaving the first matter to discuss up to you

"No." Leipzig sighed. "Oberhausen is a Paisleyite."

"Let us discuss the UVF." he looked out the window again, half expecting to see another explosion. "My Pax Maria Militia is coming under attack so frequently that dissertions are skyrocketing and we may run into a full scale war. We have to nip these people off...and I need your help."

"I have something that will piss them off" he smirked, "I have an Irish Republican Army Division, all of them fought in Ireland for reunification or had ancestors that did, just like the UVF. They are trained in terrorist like raids as well as anti-terrorism. Just this kind of fighting. Their commanding officer reports directly to Archbishop Hughes. The CO, General O'Brien, was wounded by UFV in Northern Ireland. They should be a lot of help"

"Good." Leipzig nervously looked out the window. "I can't even control my own Capitol anymore." Leipzig leaned back in his chair looking more at ease as he pushed the thoughts of insecurity from his mind. "The Pax Maria is only 100,000 strong. That's all we could find from the ENTIRE KINGDOM."

Leipzig, it seemed, had overestimated his fellow Anglicans. They were a large minority of 20%, and intelligence gathered by the Imperial Gendarmerie seemed to indicate at that atleast 50% would truly be Catholic if it were allowed. What Leipzig hadn't taken into accout was Ian Paisley and his extreme popularity even with overwhelming portions of the Anglicans. He made them look away from their ideological differances and look back towards protestantism. Thanks to Paisley, the prevailing voice in the Church was a loud Protestant one...not Protestant enough for Ian, but a start.

"Now, the Pax Maria is basically just deployed in the Reichskamphen/Kaiserstadt area. This is a good chunk of the Centre of Reichskamphen...but not a sizeable chunk of the Triune Kingdom." he poured himself a glass of red wine. "86 Lafite...would you like some?" he said to the Cardinal. This was a multi thousand dollar bottle of wine, but it was Andre Leipzig...he probably drank it like water to begin with.

"You know, if it came down to it, I don't know what support I could count on from the military if there was an internal enemy. I know that if it was external...they'd bury the hatchet..." it suddenly dawned on him. It was the way unpopular leaders had always diverted attention from their own issues....start a war.

"We need a war. Under the cover of that...I can strengthen my base...and get a better hold on this crown. Do you have a suggestion for the target?"

*Tag* Im watching CR Im always watching DUM DUM DUM :p

"I wish Siesatian base, but that nation is part of Esus, too large of an alliance. I have my revenge on them anyway, I sent that annoying priest McGregor over there, should be good enough revenge. Anyway, they only have it temporaraly. I won't attack them. A small nation, it will have to be."

"And when do you want the IRA division over there"

Yeah, and DLE is now in ESUS too... Heh, Me, Balrogga, and DLE, interesting trend...

Yeah, and DLE is now in ESUS too... Heh, Me, Balrogga, and DLE, interesting trend...
STOP HIJACKING.

"We could always turn the armies against Prussia..." Leipzig mused. "They are our allies...but too loosely for my tastes...and they are nearly wiped out." He seemed to like the idea. "We could breathe life into the corpse of Prussia and let it stand along side us as a brother in arms!"

He then came back to his senses. "Wouldn't work."

"We could denounce King Napoleon as a traitor...Invade Allanea!" He then seemed disenchanted with that idea as well.

"Lets put this on the back burner." he finally decided after much thinking. "Let us turn to how we plan to secure in the Empire...what about the media. Crack down on the media...kick out the Protestant nobles...and get some Catholic influences back in here. It WILL work in the long run."

"Yes, denounce the media as becoming satanic. Get some anglican's to back you up. Denounce the protestant nobles as closet communists. Replace with Catholic's. A few high church anglicans too , that way, it won't look suspicious. What do you think? Paisley, he needs to die of a "heart attack" as well." he said

"If it hadn't been for Paisley...I would have already been deposed. He is keeping them from destroying me."

"But the thing with the nobles and the media...It begins in earnest."

"Can I begin enlisting men for Pax Maria within Cherry Ridge?"

"I would rather them not become part of the Pax Maria. I have a good reason though. If they are part of pax maria, if the protestants capture them, they will be executed with no doubt. Possible tortured. If they are CR soldiers, I can claim they are only helping to restore order. Capiche?" he said

"One other thing." he said as he leaned foward and folded his hands on Leipzigs desk, "I do not want to see a Civil War in Reichskamphen. I would back you, and the prods would back the UVF. Czar Andropov would back the UVF. It would turn into a Northern Ireland. Catholic vs protestant. If you go into a civil war, the entire region will. This will in effect, be the Catholic nations against protestant. Paisley would work for peace. It would be devastationg. As your Chief Advisor I advise one thing. You need to capture some UVF rebels and some protestant ministers. Instead of execution, pardon them. Let them free. This will show you are kind, and will make you look more protestant. " he said, as he leaned back in his chair.

"But if I capture them in the first place...that won't make me look very protestant and would infuriate people even more...regardless of whether or not I pardoned them. We don't want a Civil War. But, please...send your men as soon as you can. If worse comes to worst...then atleast we can keep the Capitol safe." Viktor sighed.