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Post by Johann von Lüttwitz on Feb 12, 2023 22:50:44 GMT
Current Grandmaster: Johann Georg Wolfgang von Lüttwitz Founding Grandmaster: Konrad Karl Alexander von Winkler
The Military Order of Christ was founded with the original purpose of Christianizing the woods which border Papal lands to the north. The secondary charge of the Order is to protect pilgrims on the coastal road who are seeking to visit Papal lands.
The capital city of Königsberg serves as a key rest point for travelers from the North and from abroad to rest, and re-provision. The city was founded on the remains of a great barbarian stronghold, which was successfully besieged and razed by Konrad von Winkler, founder of the Order. Granted the lands in reward for his mighty deeds, a permanent residency and domain of the Military Order of Christ was officially established.
The southern city of Neuenburg was founded more recently. The swamps bordering the city are full of bandits who utilize the hidden crossings and local terrain knowledge to establish hideouts from which they prey on pilgrims on the doorstep of Holy Father himself. An expedition to suppress this banditry established a base of supply to support their operations, which camp followers quickly built into a permanent home. Additional land grants to nobility who participated in this suppression transformed the small camp grow into a small city. Pacification of the swamps continues to this day, with less vigor...Until now.
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