The Southern Gate

The Spanish diplomat takes a sit in the chamber.

"I bring chocolate and whine from our New World trade posts" The Spanish Diplomat said

as he lied them down on the table while waiting for the food tasters to taste them for poison

"Lord Aspytun, I would like to talk about Prince Alexander. I am sure you have heard his little

mumble at the court room today.You see Lord Aspytun, our recent success has gotten part of the Royal

family and the military have gotten quite nationalistic". The diplomat said.

"They are starting to look down upon other nations and King Philip is furious

as Prince Alexander is our second in line to being heir, and he happens to

be the leading group of the nationalistic movement. If he happens to take the

throne, King Philip worries that he will cause the downfall of Spain if he keeps

up with this, so my King asks you and your court to educate him in matters of foreign history

as he and the court is quite busy at the moment with the war effort in the East"

the Diplomat said.

"Could you do us this favor"? He asked.

(OOC: No problem, though you should be offended by my atrocious writing skills . Also

I will be trying to role play Alexander and diplomat here often as I can)

And Aspytun took the strange ware into his hand, and he ate, for he had no food-taster, but the wine he took not, since it was to early for the heart to be merry.

And he spoke: "Let him stay and may he grow wise in knowledge and words, but I shall not educate him, for I am not a teacher, nor a man of wisdom. I am merely the one who judges, courtless, crownless, but my word is taken into high account throughout the Republic."

"Let him stay with Barachel, the prophet, for wisdom is upon him. He, and his pupils, are wise in their thoughts, and their words, and their dealings with people, known or unknown to them equally. Let him stay with the prophet and he will surely blossom and the prophet will bless him, and he will be a blessing to his people."

Prince Alexander and his guards stand in front of the palace doors

"What is the meaning of this Lord of Tingis"? the Prince asked.

"Your troops refuse to let me into the port to get out of Tingis"!

OOC: Tingis or Laraish don't have palaces, since they have no king. Aspytun isn't a lord either, he is a judge, he is more like primus inter pares.

And he answered: "Your father has spoken and he has requested for me to take you in, so you will vacate here. Therefore, you shall be brought to Barachel, the prophet, to vacate there, and to hear his words."

@NomNoms:

And Qishon rose and descended and approached to meet the traveller.
And as he approached, he spoke: Peace with you. Come in, eat, drink, rest and return to me in the morning, once you are well-rested and your thirst and hunger has been sated.

On behalf of the entire Santorini league, President Bobby-Ray would like to negotiate a non-aggression pact for 10 turns.

And Qishon answered: "Why do you come here, bearing those words? Have you not broken your alliance with us? Lo, we have not broken our alliance with you, it still stands. Why would we attack a nation we consider our ally?"

"I knew my father would do this someday" Alexander said.

"He always favored Diego over me, well I am sure I will find a way out of

this" he proclaimed.

"Guards lead me to the finest bar this "city" has to offer"

But the guards did not take Alexander to a bar, but they took him out of the city, into the fields, until they came to Gava'ah, a small village upon a hill. And they went to a house, near the edge of the village and knocked on the door.
And an old man opened the door, a man of seventy year and eight years. And his beard was long and he wore a mantle of camel skin.

And the guards spoke to the prince, saying: "Lo, we have brought you to Bar, that is Barachel, from whom you shall learn."

And Barachel spoke: "Long known to me it was, that a son of a king would come to the threshold of my house, to reside with me and to learn and to grow great in wisdom."
And he approached Alexander and spoke: "Blessings of the heavens with you, oh king, for in you, your lands shall be blessed!"

Rested from his long travel the messenger from the United Baronies can finally reads his message wich states the following:

The United Baronies wish you peace and prosperity o great citizens of Laraish and Tingish. We come with an offer of trade, friendship and partnership. Let our great civilisations work together to make this world a better place. Your cities are renowed for its splendor and beauty. Your citizens for their wisdom and honesty. Together our nations can expand these virtues to the many people in this world who lack them and are crying out for our help and guidence. Please accept our offer and together we can write a new and better history for this world.

Yours Faithfully,

The Barons of the United Baronies.

And Qishon heard, and he accepted the offer on behalf of Laraish, Tingis, Chellah and the other cities of the Republic and he sought out priests of Malqart and asked for their blessing.

And the priests of Malqart blessed the arrangement, and left the city for their temple.

We have reinstated our alliance with the great people of Southern Gate!

The Death of Barachel


And he, Barachel, descended from Tingis, where he had been at the gates to council the elders of the city, to Gava'ah, his home. And he arrived in Gava'ah and lay down on his bed. And feeling death approach him, he called Alexander, the prince of Castile, who stayed in his home, to come before his countenance, that he would bless him. And Alexander came, and he approached and he knelt. And Barachel blessed Alexander and spoke to him. And having done that, Barachel died. And the elders of Gava'ah surrounded his bed and wept, for Barachel, the prophet, did not live, but had died.


These are the words that Barachel spoke to Alexander, after he had given his blessing to the prince:
But hear me, in the days of disease and death, the judge and his wife will get together, and she will become pregnant and before the end of her days, she will give birth to a son. This son will rebuild the ruins of his ancestors, cleanse what is foul and elevate that what must be elevated. In this son, the House of Apsytun will be redeemed. And before the countenance of the judges and prophets, this son will be respected, and great his name shall be, before the slaves and the merchants, and before the soldiers and the farmers. And from his hands, many crafts will be manufactured, and in his hands shall be the wealth of Tingis.


And Alexander stood up and left, gathering men around him to return to the land of his father, to return to the palace of his brother. And he went in peace, bearing Barachel's blessing.

And the word of Barachel's death reached Tingis and Laraish and many mourned the prophet's death. And they gathered around in Gava'ah, to lay the prophet to rest, and they buried him within a cave. And all his prophecies were gathered, and stored in the house of the prophet. And the son of Apsytun put guards around the house of the prophet, so no one would enter and steal the scrolls.

And when the prophet's grave was sealed, disease struck the lands of the Republic, starting the fulfillment of the prophet's words.

All this came to pass in the second year of the judge Azmalqart.

Good riddance, Kaiqubad never liked him and his fear-mongering preachings.

Prince Alexander weeps upon the death of the Prophet, as they sent time

together and he learned so much from him (lets pretend that happened cause

I got to lazy to role play)

and so Prince Alexander visits once again, with 6 million liters of grain to

help relieve the hunger of the Tingis people.

never got to know the dude, though he said nice things about us, so i'll issue an edict so that all Granadines start mourning his death.

A Delegation from the Polish Commonwealth Arrives with an Invitation to the Royal Court at Wilanów