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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3761575" data-attributes="member: 3448">My apologies-- I was occupied with business travel.  I'll try to give the posts to Orichalcum or Ladybird in the future.----“We also wish to discuss the issue of the Southern refugees, your excellence,” said Dame Brionna.  “We have intelligence that some of the refugees are falling under the influence of the cults of the Old Ones.  We hope that the Church will be able to provide the refugees with a more acceptable source of faith.”“Indeed.  We have been working on that for some time, although not in a particularly organized fashion.  Nearly five hundred mendicant priests of the Lord of Light are spread among the refugees.  Some of those priests have successfully established parishes.  Others have disappeared, presumably due to the slavers and other forces of evil in the South.”“An admirable start, your excellence, but we think more may be needed,” replied Alistair.“I will see what we can do.  I can strip out some two hundred priests from their current assignments in the areas under my direct supervision and make a request for additional priests from dioceses within the province.”“We can provide supplies of food and other necessaries to aid in your efforts,” said Kit.“That will be helpful.  You are aware, I trust, of the presence of Paranswarmians also working to convert the refugees?”“We are.  Under the circumstances, we view that as better than the alternatives, although of course we would rather convert as many of the refugees to Glor’diadel as possible.”“The Church is inclined to agree.”“You should know that we are seriously considering annexing the South.  That’s most likely if we make a marriage alliance with Princess Kaitlyn, since that would give us a colorable claim to the thrones of the old South Kingdoms, but we may annex at least parts of the South even without any real claim.  We discussed the possibility with the Archbaroness of Mandrath.  She said, in veiled and coded discussion, that the Temple of Paranswarm would not oppose that stabilization and would recognize that the faith would follow the flag.”“That probably means that the Protector and Defender of the Faith has tacitly approved the idea.  The Church would support such an effort, because of the tremendous humanitarian need and to bring the Light to the refugees.”“What sorts of supplies do the refugees most need?”“For the most part, farm animals didn’t make it north.  As a result, there has also been overhunting, with both pending starvation and large predators turning to attacking humans.  The Archdiocese has sent some cattle, but the number needed is too high to purchase on the open market or for the Archduchy to supply directly.  Supplying additional animals would help.”“We could send fertilized chicken eggs,” suggested Dame Brionna.“And we’ll have Mahler Fife, our Minister of Trade, look into acquiring more cattle from abroad.”“Good.  Most of the refugees are farmers, but without stock and tools.”“We’ll have the Minister of Agriculture look into the issue of tools and seed.  This will take some time to coordinate, but we should be ready by the time that you have the additional priests to send.”</blockquote>

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