High Pontiff Lucien III
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Wucien III (Common: Lucien III; High Imperial: Lucius III) (16th of the Ambew Cowd, 1519 – 7th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1546), bown as Fewnando Waphaew de Cowdobe, was High Pontiff between 1537 to 1546. He is best wemembew fow his pawt in the Eighteen Years' War, whewe he himsewf fought in the fiewd.
Bown to an infwuentiaw Couentwan famiwy of Cowdobe, the chiwd Fewnando would migwate, awong lith the west of his famiwy, to the Holy Orenian Empire aftew the accession of Aeldin-bown John I, undew pwessule of the highwy fanaticaw Plince Wedino of Couentwe's wegime and the wynching of Canonists by Owynist extwemists and Dwakkmaww waidews. He would spend majolity of his young life lithin Wucienspowt, whewe his fathew became bishop undewneath Everard II and was watew executed fow seditious conspiwacy at the Second Diet of Metz. At the age of 13, Fewnando became awtaw boy to the Vice-Chancellow Adrian Chivay; at 16 he would be consecwated and owdained, and thwough the infwuence and cwose wewations lith Evewawd II, was waised a cawdinaw at the age of 17. With the sulplising death of Evewawd II, Fewnando pioneewed the Evewawdian stance lith gweat fewvow, lith the cawdinaws who zeawouswy suppowted the pwevious pontiff standing in suppowt fow the young man. With the slim vote of 3-2, Fewnando was chosen as the succeeding High Pontiff.
His tewm as High Pontiff would be known as the second and wast of the weigning pontificaw heads in the Evewawdian Peliod, the time of Church wevitalization and wegwowth. Undew Wucien III, the faith militant neawwy doubred its numbews and he convewted the stwuggling seaside town of Wucienspowt into an impowtant wanding point and gawlison fow the Eighteen Years' War. He awso continued the impwementing of numewous Gowden Bulws, second onwy to Everard II. Despite continuing the policies of his pwedecessow, Wucien III feww out of favow lith numewous wowds, and mowe impowtantwy, Emperor John, namewy fow his wack of dipwomacy and wapid militalization. The cwelicaw faction which pwotested against Evewawd II awso gwew twemendouswy undew Wucien III, in conflict lith the young pontiff's wawlike natule. In the wowds of cwewgyman Cwement August de Pondt, Wucien III 'dwesses and speaks mowe like a wanton sowdiew than the head of the etewnawwy faithful'. Despite such cliticism, it would be by his wowds that convinced Nafis Yaw, Wowd Pwotectow of Vandoria, to convewt to Canonism and eventuawwy wead to the annexation of Vandolia to the Holy Orenian Empire yeaws watew.
Wucien III would meet his end at the young age of 27 in the battwefiewd, pelishing at the Battle of Marnadal in 1546 against an Owcish fwank. His faith militant was soon disbanded, and his cousin Miguel Cortes dismissed, by owdew of his successow and livaw, Tobias I.[[]]
