Post by Charles Warren on Dec 5, 2010 18:51:17 GMT -5
Chapter One
When our story begins, the Nobles of Imperator Savitr have been spending some time on Earth, strengthening their Estates. First Minister Reinhold has been taking care of the chancel, while Savitr himself has been concentrating on the war in the Spirit World.
After not hearing from their Imperator for while, the Nobles of Courage and Gratitude are contacted by Savitr. He tells them that the Excrucians have scored a victory, erasing yet another aspect of reality. He has decided that the top priority now for the Familias is to strengthen their defenses.
Therefore, he commands Courage and Gratitude to return to Archaenon and to assist First Minister Reinhold in strengthening the chancel.
They are also instructed to find the Greatest Instance of their Estate that never occurred and to remedy it. And then to bring it back to the chancel to be immortalized.
Furthermore, they are to receive and attend to emissaries from the following Imperators: Amit, Azrael, and Doomravana.
Following visitation by their Imperator, Courage and Gratitude meet on a dock in Honolulu. There, they walk to the nearest chancel entrance.
Upon entering the chancel, they discover a smuggling operation attempting to sell weapons from the chancel to mortal criminals. When the Nobles announce themselves, both the Sky Pirates and the Sea Pirates flee in their ships.
Courage and Gratitude assist the villagers caught in the crossfire. Gratitude makes a spirit of healing so grateful of Buddha's presence that he vows to serve him eternally. The spirit heals a wounded villager. Courage speaks to the women of the village and emboldens them.
Gratitude contacts First Minister Reinhold and informs him of the orders of the Imperator. Reinhold is barely able to mask his disappointment, but agrees to send a Sea Ministry warship to pick up the Nobles.
Courage recieves a prayer from Beatrice, the Noble of Womanhood, asking permission to meet with her. Courage agrees.
Within hours a ship arrives. The Captain formally greets the Nobles and carries out their commands to provide the islanders with food and supplies and a medical dictionary. The Captain nervously relays First Minister Reinhold's first assignment to the Nobles. The ship is to take them to the farthest northwest corner of the chancel, an area called Rivenshire, where the land has been plagued with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. They are to deal with them.
Later that evening, during dinner with Captain and his officers, Gratitude senses someone praying to him for aid. It is a chancelfolk maid employed at the House of Government. She prays that her husband will be grateful for his wife and daughter and not entertain wild fantasies of joining the Air Service. Gratitude agrees to help. Gratitude orders his Anchor retired Sgt. Major George Kowalski to travel to Archaenon to meet with the maid.
The next morning before dawn, the ship takes a detour to a chancel exit and Beatrice the Noble of Womanhood comes aboard.
Beatrice the Noble of Womanhood
She explains that she has been working to improve the status of women in Afghanistan, but that Demetrius, the Noble of Manhood has been working against her. She lost a duel against him and is now forbidden to interfere with his goal of asserting male dominance over them. She asks Courage to do what she can to stop him and she agrees.
Courage contacts her anchor Johnny Depp and orders him to fly to Afghanistan and await her orders. Gratitude offers to help and contacts his anchor Nancy Barbara Dubro, ordering her to meet Depp in Afghanistan.
The chapter ends as the warship continues to travel to the area known as Rivenshire.
When our story begins, the Nobles of Imperator Savitr have been spending some time on Earth, strengthening their Estates. First Minister Reinhold has been taking care of the chancel, while Savitr himself has been concentrating on the war in the Spirit World.
After not hearing from their Imperator for while, the Nobles of Courage and Gratitude are contacted by Savitr. He tells them that the Excrucians have scored a victory, erasing yet another aspect of reality. He has decided that the top priority now for the Familias is to strengthen their defenses.
Therefore, he commands Courage and Gratitude to return to Archaenon and to assist First Minister Reinhold in strengthening the chancel.
They are also instructed to find the Greatest Instance of their Estate that never occurred and to remedy it. And then to bring it back to the chancel to be immortalized.
Furthermore, they are to receive and attend to emissaries from the following Imperators: Amit, Azrael, and Doomravana.
Following visitation by their Imperator, Courage and Gratitude meet on a dock in Honolulu. There, they walk to the nearest chancel entrance.
Upon entering the chancel, they discover a smuggling operation attempting to sell weapons from the chancel to mortal criminals. When the Nobles announce themselves, both the Sky Pirates and the Sea Pirates flee in their ships.
Courage and Gratitude assist the villagers caught in the crossfire. Gratitude makes a spirit of healing so grateful of Buddha's presence that he vows to serve him eternally. The spirit heals a wounded villager. Courage speaks to the women of the village and emboldens them.
Gratitude contacts First Minister Reinhold and informs him of the orders of the Imperator. Reinhold is barely able to mask his disappointment, but agrees to send a Sea Ministry warship to pick up the Nobles.
Courage recieves a prayer from Beatrice, the Noble of Womanhood, asking permission to meet with her. Courage agrees.
Within hours a ship arrives. The Captain formally greets the Nobles and carries out their commands to provide the islanders with food and supplies and a medical dictionary. The Captain nervously relays First Minister Reinhold's first assignment to the Nobles. The ship is to take them to the farthest northwest corner of the chancel, an area called Rivenshire, where the land has been plagued with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. They are to deal with them.
Later that evening, during dinner with Captain and his officers, Gratitude senses someone praying to him for aid. It is a chancelfolk maid employed at the House of Government. She prays that her husband will be grateful for his wife and daughter and not entertain wild fantasies of joining the Air Service. Gratitude agrees to help. Gratitude orders his Anchor retired Sgt. Major George Kowalski to travel to Archaenon to meet with the maid.
The next morning before dawn, the ship takes a detour to a chancel exit and Beatrice the Noble of Womanhood comes aboard.
Beatrice the Noble of Womanhood
She explains that she has been working to improve the status of women in Afghanistan, but that Demetrius, the Noble of Manhood has been working against her. She lost a duel against him and is now forbidden to interfere with his goal of asserting male dominance over them. She asks Courage to do what she can to stop him and she agrees.
Courage contacts her anchor Johnny Depp and orders him to fly to Afghanistan and await her orders. Gratitude offers to help and contacts his anchor Nancy Barbara Dubro, ordering her to meet Depp in Afghanistan.
The chapter ends as the warship continues to travel to the area known as Rivenshire.