Tyranny of Steel

Pope Julius was standing upon the balcony of his Palace within the Vatican. Tens of thousands of his supporters were gathered in the holy city to listen to the Vicar of Christ ’s decree. For many of the rulers of Christendom, what he was about to say came as no surprise. Yet to the common people, his words were shocking, to say the least.

The Holy Father gazed at the massive crowd gathered before him as he uttered the words from his mouth; the speech he gave would not be expected of God ’s representative on Earth. Instead, his tone was filled with vitriol and hatred.

”Berengar the Accursed! I am confident this is a name that every one of you gathered here today is familiar with. If I am the Vicar of Christ, then this man, the self-proclaimed King of Austria, is the Avatar of Satan!

Through vile sorcery, he has conjured technology that has been destructive not only to the warriors of Christ but the citizens of Christendom! I am sure you are all familiar with the fate of Florence, for Berengar and his Army of Apostates have thoroughly destroyed the city! In the process, they mercilessly slaughtered everyone gathered within it by conjuring the fires of hell upon the faithful!

This was no simple act of war but a criminal act against all of God ’s children on this Earth! Thus in response to this crime against humanity, I hereby declare a Crusade against the Kingdom of Austria and the Berengar Heresy as a whole! I call upon every faithful Christian to take arms against this demonic scion and his heretical followers! For so long as Berengar the Accursed is allowed to remain in a position of power, the souls of every Christian are at the risk of damnation! God wills it! ”

The moment the Pope said these words, the crowd of tens of thousands of Catholics began to chant the final words in unison.