The Imperial Diet of 1213

The pious and humble King Percy LXII sends his regards to the Diet and regrets to inform the members he is previously engaged with the defence of his realm and cannot attend the Diet. Myself, his close advisor, will attend on his behalf.

He urges a swift end to the war in the north and for a crusade to be declared against the Mongol hordes who have sacked his cities and murdered his people in cold blood. The Pope is formally petitioned to make a decision and a statement to this effect. There should also be talk of a collection to be made by the rulers of Christendom for the relief and reconstruction of Percia.

Allectus enters the Diet hall and heads towards the back of the room. He is accompanied by his usual retinue that has grown since taking the Speakership. His trusted advisors and confidantes take their seats among the guests while he continues towards his assigned spot. He takes the steps to the raised platform and looks around before standing before the podium, inquisitively surveying the room and identifying the various lords and nobles present. He supports himself on the old but sturdy wooden podium that oversees the entire room as he surveys his surroundings. He takes out some notes he had written and placed them down before he begins to speak.

“First off I wish to give my greetings to the my fellow nobles, lords, gentlemen and clergy assembled here today. It is an absolute honor to preside over these proceedings as your newly elected Speaker and I hope to live up your expectations and ensure the Diet is both productive and beneficial for all involved.”

He straightened his posture a bit before continuing.

“As mentioned by His Holiness the Pope, we face an existential threat in the form of these Tartars who have already defeated a grand army in the Great Plains of Percia and forced the capitulation of the Percian capital and one of their castles. Survivors of these attacks speak of great calamities and horrors brought upon them by them paganistic sons of the Devil. The realms of Christian lords and nobles must not stand idly by while fellow Christians are slaughtered and enslaved by the thousands by these enemies of God and civilization.

The good King Alfred Von Gewisse has already proposed some motions to be considered and discussed. Along with some other topics motioned by the representative of King Percy.

Thus currently on the Agenda is the following unless another lord or noble wishes to add another topic of discussion:



As for myself, I wish to discuss and propose how this Diet is empowered and allowed to resolve conflicts between its members. For there is currently no specific guideline for such actions. If there is more to discuss, please state your wish to add a topic to today’s agenda.”

It'd probably be better to send funds to someone who'd be hiring mercenaries for the campaign so they don't have to march over from your lands. 

Also, for 02, I'd be strongly disinclined to do anything that would increase tensions with the tartars especially with the threat of the horde still ongoing.

Honorable Landvogt von Schwyz,

His Holiness the Pope of Reme has called upon this assembly to settle the ongoing conflict between the Northern lords so that there is a united focus on the Tartar threat to the south. 

Be that as it may, there has been an express interest in previous sessions to curtail this unfettered authority to impose a peace settlement on other realms engaged in war. We have seen the failure of such a top down approach when done so to resolve the conflict between Eriburn and Thorgerheim. The last attempt to curb this authority nearly passed had it not been for some disagreements over semantics.

Now, rather than follow that same approach I believe we can take the word of the Doge Medici that the conflict will be resolved by year’s end and Elyria will be able to supply funds and mercenaries to combat the Tartar horde. If that is not good enough, he can swear upon the Bible and before His Holiness and acknowledge that failure to resolve said conflict by year’s end will bring about dire consequences. Further still, as already motioned by King Gewisse, another member can propose a different solution. 

With that being said and hopefully this conflict can be resolved without excessive Diet intervention, we may reconsider previous proposals to define the role of the Diet in settling, mediating and finding peaceful resolutions to conflicts on the peninsula. 

My apologies. 

I misspoke and meant to speak of the Mongol threat. 

It is difficult at times to keep up with what flavor of barbarian we must contend with every year.

The Tartars who have settled the Percian lands have been pacified to my understanding.