In the name of Pope Wilhelm de Montferrat we have to announce the following:

As the representative of the only and true good, Pope Wilhelm de Montferrat is calling for a holy war, to react on the Muslim threat, to free the holy land, and secure the tomb of Jesus Christ and the city of Jerusalem.

Therefore, the pope has declared a complete ceasefire. No Christian shall attack another.
The only goal for the Christian has to be working together, and fight for the holy land.

We are asking other non-Christian states, who are involved in the inter-European conflict, to accept and respect the ceasefire.

Furthermore, we ask Deaglan ArtavasdusProtosebastos of the Romans to support us, as it should be ALL Christians wish, to free Jerusalem.

Furthermore we ask you our brothers to pray, for those who will fall.

With best regards
Cardinal Giovanni Acuto, foreign minister
Cardinal Rufus McGill, tactical minister
Cardinal Maybelle de Sparks, Interior Minister
In the name of Pope Wilhelm de Montferrat

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Dear Cardinal Giovanni Acuto, foreign minister

we have heard your call, and you can be for sure we are willing to follow it.

Just we will need some time to resettly our shires, specially those that got lost in long war against her unfaithfulness Queen Anne, as well we will need to get rid of the serbian mop that brought dead and plague to our lands.

We also like to ask you for the allowance to support our brothers in faith, France, against the pagan invaders from ireland. I am thinking about granting Kind Black Raven the aid of the finnish elite-guard to get rid of that plague.

As soon settlings are finished we will give english and scottish the allowance to cross through saxon lands finding their way to Rome or whereever you like to have the catholic forces joining the crusade.

In kind regards
Jessica vom Greifenstein
Queen of Finns
Sovereign of Saxony

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Dear Cardinal Giovanni Acuto, foreign minister


First we must deal with the Muslim threat at our homes and their allies Saxony. Sicilian armies are camped together with their friends and allies Saxony and Italy in Friesland.

We are fighting Muslims and their allies as we speaking, but our forces are not enough to stop them. I suggest the Crusade to start by removing Muslim presence from continent and force Anti-Christ Jessica vom Greifenstein to not give them shelter anymore.

Your forces together with the rest of the Christian armies joining the Crusade are expected to march against Sicilian Invaders and their allies, Saxony and Italy.

Also we expect those fighting on Muslim side to be proper sanctioned by the Church, as it should. Too much Europe endure the Muslim plague that should be removed at once. After that we could put our forces together to free the Holy Land.

Best regards,
Marcus de Wolfe, King of Scotland

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His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Acuto

Your Eminence:

The historians at the Roman Imperial court tell me that it has been more than four hundred years since the Arab menace first emerged from the desert.

In all that time, dating from the reign of the Emperor Heraklios we Romans have fought the Infidels.

All through that time we have fought them; sometimes winning battles, sometimes losing; always surviving, always as the first Shield of Christendom against the menace outside.

On the day that he died, my father Smelgar predicted that being born in war I would likely not live to see peace; already it has been a long war and it still has far to run.

But now it is time to put on the whole armour of God, for as the Apostle Paul said to the Saints in Ephesos:

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Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God

We have borne the Shield these four hundred years; our faith is strong and we shall persevere.

We bring the Shield, but where is the Sword?

I have the Honour to Remain, Sir, Your Eminence's Most Humble and Obedient Servant
Deaglan Artavasdus Porphyrogenitos, Protosebastos-candidate of the Romans

i think that it is clear, that we all have to prepare for our strike, and therefor, it is enough time, to let the sicilans go away. they shall immediatly leave the continent.
we have to clear the troubles in europe as soon as possible. as we have a ceasefire, it should be possible to solve those.

and we have to gather ressources etc, therefore i would say that we need at least 2 weeks.

i will tell you the exact date when we will start our journey.

marcus: have you ever thought that the saxony have support of sicilian because they are mercenary? can you please stop with claiming who is chrisitan and who not.
it's not your duty to decide that. we can do that pretty well on our own.
and it doesn't help!

jessica: i am glad that you support this. please put now actions behind your words.
take a step towards england, help to end this conflict!

deaglan: i hope that we can be you sword

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To Papal State Court

Your Eminences,
Your Holiness,


Kingdom of Croatia, no matter how small, always stood by side of Papal State. And so shall be this time.
But first, there are some things to be done, in order to start a successful crusade against great oncoming threat, because, we have only one chance, and we must not waste it.

Pagans from Ireland are threat to Kingdom of France. War in Saxony is still in its full swing, and I humbly ask you to intermediate in peace negotiations between Queen Jessica vom Greifenstein and Queen Anne de Flandre.

And even when peace is restored, it will take some time to heal the wounds of this big and long war. Only united we stand a chance. We will be fighting far away from our homes, and will hardly be able to supply our armies. It could all affect sincere drop of morale of our troops, and with that, drop of their combat readiness. On the other hand we have Muslims, that will defend what they believe it is their home, Holy City of Jerusalem, and also all areas around, and they will easily be able to regroup them self if necessary. There is no room for mistake in this mission.

So please, do not try to hurry this mission, first, we must unite, and then we can march. Your role in uniting Christendom is tremendously big, probably biggest, and I humbly ask you to do so as soon as possible.


Borna
King of Croatia
Knez of Arlberg and Salzburg
*signed and sealed*

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To his eminence, the Pope, and to the cardinals of the Holy See of St. Peter
To the christian rulers of Europe

Your majesties, the Order of the temple welcomes and pledges itself to the word of the crusade wholeheartedly. What worries me though is news that the christians are still squabbling over ephemeral issues, tossing accusations at each other, while doing nothing for the advancing muslim threat. Your majesties, how long do you think it will be before the muslims march on your doors again? What will stop the saracen hordes then? Will there be another Charles Martellus? Another battle of Tours? I beseech thee, to see reason, and join the armed struggle against the shadow from the east. I propose an immediate armistice in the Anglo-Saxon war, and a mediation of the peace terms by the holy see.

Only when christendom is secure can we think of ephemeral gains of land and wealth. It is for you, your majesties to decide how history will remember you. Be it as one that held fast and expelled the heathen hordes back to where they belong, or as one who could not overcome his earthly desires, and fought one another until the muslim tide swallowed them, along with Europe.

I have decided from the moment that i joined the Order of our poor fellow soldiers, to be in the first category. Will you choose differently?

Alexander de Silcross
Grand Master of the Order of poor-fellow soldiers of Christ and of the temple of Solomon

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To the Holy See and His Eminence Giovanni Acuto,

Kingdom of Castille will support any crusade against the muslims despite the fact that we are not a very strong nation with knights that have experience on the battlefield but first all christian nations have to end conflicts between them so we can start our march to the Holy Land. Fighting each other will weaken us and encourage the muslims to attack all of us with more confidence that they will succeed and they will if we do not unite once and for all and send them all to meet their pagan lord.

Demonium
King of Castille.

i will try my best to stop the war.
thats why we announced a ceasefire. we do not want to see further aggressiv acts.

and if this big war is ended, irland has no choice, but to stop, because they wouldn't want to have troubles with a united christendom.

i will do what i can to support jessica and anne

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Dear Cardinal Giovanni Acuto,

Burgundy will assemble an army to defend Christianity as soon as we have regrouped.

With best regards
Evian de Terre,
Grand Duke of Burgundy
*** signed and sealed ***