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== Background ==
 
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The [[House of Horen|Horen dynasty's]] rule of the [[Holy Orenian Empire]] officially ended after the abdication of Emperor William I after the [[Partition of Kingston]] between himself, Grand King Thorin Grandaxe, and numerous human petty royals, including King Garth of Savlus and King Lachlan Mor of the Harrenites.
  
 
== The Polycarp Plot ==
 
== The Polycarp Plot ==
 
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|<span style="font-size:Medium;">'''Polycarp Plot'''
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| '''Participants''': [[Charles Henry Horen]], [[Titus de Sola|Titus, Duke of Istria]], [[Benda Chivay]], Helton Chivay, [[High Pontiff Everard II|Bishop Edmond de Montfort]], Bishop Renauld d'Metz, [[Iosif of Roiye|Bishop Iosif of Roiye]], and [[Baldwin de Bar]]
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| '''Location''': [[Felsen]], [[Oren]]
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| '''Date''': 1526
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| '''Result''': Success, [[John I, Holy Orenian Emperor|John Frederick]] becomes [[Holy Orenian Emperor]]
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Named for Charles Henry Horen's monastic moniker of Brother Polycarp, the Polycarp Plot was orchestrated chiefly by its namesake, who galvanized the opponents to Guy de Bar's rule together in a singular conspiracy. Their reasons for joining the scheme were extremely varied and carried out on a number of different pretexts.
 
Named for Charles Henry Horen's monastic moniker of Brother Polycarp, the Polycarp Plot was orchestrated chiefly by its namesake, who galvanized the opponents to Guy de Bar's rule together in a singular conspiracy. Their reasons for joining the scheme were extremely varied and carried out on a number of different pretexts.
  
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=== Imperial patriots and human supremacists ===  
 
=== Imperial patriots and human supremacists ===  
 
 
[[Titus de Sola]], the king's father-in-law, as well as his youngest son [[Vanderus de Sola]], were among those who considered the state of Oren under Savoyard rule to be regressive. As kinsmen of Vibius de Sola, the famed general who had prosecuted a war of domination against nonhumans, Olivier de Savoie and Guy de Bar's passive stance towards these same nonhuman polities was interpreted as weakness, or worse, cowardice. As Duke of Istria, Titus had written of the indomitable Imperial and Kaedreni spirit, as well as humanity's manifest destiny to expand in total control of the known world. The pacifism and isolationism from world affairs characteristic to Savoyard policy acted in direct contravention to these ideals. While they supported the royalist faction during the [[The Dukes' War|Dukes' War]], the de Solas of Istria resented being forced to war against other humans, labeling it the 'Brother War'. Accordingly, their support for the kings from Savoy was privately eroded, and they began to consider supporting a new claimant who would unite the divided mankind, right the wrongs of the Brother War and reignite the Imperial spirit in a reformation of the golden eras of old. To find this new claimant, Titus de Sola needed to look no further than to his maternal nephew, John Frederick, and so began the spark of the conspiracy.
 
[[Titus de Sola]], the king's father-in-law, as well as his youngest son [[Vanderus de Sola]], were among those who considered the state of Oren under Savoyard rule to be regressive. As kinsmen of Vibius de Sola, the famed general who had prosecuted a war of domination against nonhumans, Olivier de Savoie and Guy de Bar's passive stance towards these same nonhuman polities was interpreted as weakness, or worse, cowardice. As Duke of Istria, Titus had written of the indomitable Imperial and Kaedreni spirit, as well as humanity's manifest destiny to expand in total control of the known world. The pacifism and isolationism from world affairs characteristic to Savoyard policy acted in direct contravention to these ideals. While they supported the royalist faction during the [[The Dukes' War|Dukes' War]], the de Solas of Istria resented being forced to war against other humans, labeling it the 'Brother War'. Accordingly, their support for the kings from Savoy was privately eroded, and they began to consider supporting a new claimant who would unite the divided mankind, right the wrongs of the Brother War and reignite the Imperial spirit in a reformation of the golden eras of old. To find this new claimant, Titus de Sola needed to look no further than to his maternal nephew, John Frederick, and so began the spark of the conspiracy.
  

Revision as of 06:07, 22 October 2016

Emperor John I, first Emperor after the Horen Restoration

The Restoration of the Imperial State, known most commonly as the Horen Restoration, began in 1526 when the Imperial State was reformed by John I after the assassination of King Guy of Oren masterminded by Charles Henry Horen, John's father, and his Polycarp Plot. The term is used both in reference to the reestablishment of the Imperial status of Oren but also the following several years of political reform, mainly focused around the bloody Eighteen Years' War.

Background

The Horen dynasty's rule of the Holy Orenian Empire officially ended after the abdication of Emperor William I after the Partition of Kingston between himself, Grand King Thorin Grandaxe, and numerous human petty royals, including King Garth of Savlus and King Lachlan Mor of the Harrenites.

The Polycarp Plot

Polycarp Plot
Details
Participants: Charles Henry Horen, Titus, Duke of Istria, Benda Chivay, Helton Chivay, Bishop Edmond de Montfort, Bishop Renauld d'Metz, Bishop Iosif of Roiye, and Baldwin de Bar
Location: Felsen, Oren
Date: 1526
Result: Success, John Frederick becomes Holy Orenian Emperor

Named for Charles Henry Horen's monastic moniker of Brother Polycarp, the Polycarp Plot was orchestrated chiefly by its namesake, who galvanized the opponents to Guy de Bar's rule together in a singular conspiracy. Their reasons for joining the scheme were extremely varied and carried out on a number of different pretexts.

Canonist idealogues

Imperial patriots and human supremacists

Titus de Sola, the king's father-in-law, as well as his youngest son Vanderus de Sola, were among those who considered the state of Oren under Savoyard rule to be regressive. As kinsmen of Vibius de Sola, the famed general who had prosecuted a war of domination against nonhumans, Olivier de Savoie and Guy de Bar's passive stance towards these same nonhuman polities was interpreted as weakness, or worse, cowardice. As Duke of Istria, Titus had written of the indomitable Imperial and Kaedreni spirit, as well as humanity's manifest destiny to expand in total control of the known world. The pacifism and isolationism from world affairs characteristic to Savoyard policy acted in direct contravention to these ideals. While they supported the royalist faction during the Dukes' War, the de Solas of Istria resented being forced to war against other humans, labeling it the 'Brother War'. Accordingly, their support for the kings from Savoy was privately eroded, and they began to consider supporting a new claimant who would unite the divided mankind, right the wrongs of the Brother War and reignite the Imperial spirit in a reformation of the golden eras of old. To find this new claimant, Titus de Sola needed to look no further than to his maternal nephew, John Frederick, and so began the spark of the conspiracy.

Discontented noblemen

=== Former rebels ===