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Materia of Life", all the findings of his group are
described and explained. Immediately, the highest
members of the Church begin an analysis of the text,
judging its conformance with the holy dogma.
(1320 - 1330)
The Exchange of Popes
The Church committee declares the manuscript
incompatible with the dogma. The Pope yields
under pressure, and a massive persecution of
Liturgica scholars is at hand. The scholars, who on
the other hand secretly reached beyond the mere
theory, use their newly acquired abilities to assas-
sinate the Pope and his clique. Cardinal
Accantasan becomes the new Pope, whose first
step is to move the Seat back to Rome.
The agents of the Church, supporting the new
Pope, effectively remove the theological elite of
the Old World. The renewed Church publicly
announces its liturgical magic powers, rejects its
former meddling with profane affairs while
keeping its pastoral service, and transcends into
the sphere of theological, spiritual and Liturgica
research. Scholars search for the true accordance
between the new theory and the dogma, and the
golden age of interpretations begins.
As the king of France has no heir, a continent-wide
war is at hand. The Liturgica scholars secretly
intervene at the last moment, healing the king, and
providing a heir to the throne. This is noted as one
of the first successful political actions of the
liturgical scholars, which will much later serve as
a reason for the foundation of the new Inquisition.
(1330 - 1340)
The Link
After years of research, the Church connects all
the important cathedrals of the Old World into a
system of Liturgica resonance. The system, called
'The Link', is a magical system powerful enough to
enable wireless instantaneous communication
and continent-wide spellcasting across Europe. It
is also a platform for research on weather control
and healing.
(1349)
The Black Death
The plague epidemic erupts in the city of Kaffa in
1347. A ship sailing to Genova brings the disease
onto the main continent in 1348. From
1349 on, the plague epidemics spreads
across the continent, mercilessly slaying whole vil-
lages and towns.
The Druid revival in Anglia
The English nobility, led by the king, take
advantage of the situation to establish a new
church. From traditional sources, the druidic
rituals and religion are revived as a basis for their
populist and secessionist goals. To the people,
they spread belief that the plague is the
punishment installed by the old, abandoned gods.
Massive gatherings are organized to renew the
testament with the druidic deities.
After some weeks, the plague epidemics, after
taking a horrible toll of the population, suddenly
stops and effectively vanishes.
End of Black Death: The Fog
A sudden retreat of the disease increases the
political power of the new druids. The
inhabitants of British isles are raised into a riot
against the holy Church, whose temples in
Scotland and Ireland are burnt to the ground. In
England, though, the angry mob casts the bell of
the London Link Cathedral into the Thames.
The last message to arrive in Rome is: "we are
under attack." The Link is now broken, horrifying
the church as it loses influence and magical
power. A rescue army is sent to London immedi-
ately by Vatican, but it never returns, never to be
seen again.
In Anglia, the unification of people under the new,
“druidic” rule of the former nobility enables
Scotland and Wales to be finally annexed to form
the new Anglia, a unified state.
The European mainland
Reports arrive from all over Europe, indi-
cating that a fog-like mist is forming
over the land, filling alpine valleys
and moving towards large
cities. “The Fog”, as it is
called, rapidly over-
whelms Europe in a
couple of weeks,
covering all cen-
APPENDIX
WORLD HISTORY AND
WORLD ORDER
The game starts in the year 1996 and takes place
in Europe, with an alternative history line,
beginning to differ from the existing one in the
late Middle Ages.
(14th. Century)
Background
The late Middle Ages of Europe. War and disease,
poverty, the struggle for power between the
Church and the feudal rulers. After an
intervention of the French monarchy, the Holy
Seat moves into the city of Avignon.
The Church of this period plays many roles: it is an
institution of diplomacy and ideology andit
meddles into everyone's political affairs across
the Old World. On the other hand, it carries out its
research on sorcery in perfect secrecy. Officially,
though, the Church bans and persecutes sorcery
and witchcraft...
(1290 - 1313)
The birth of Liturgica
Under the Pope's patronage, a group of scholars is
formed secretly within the Church, to discover the
true facts on sorcery and magic. The group has
access to the most protected Vatican
archives, enabling them to study even the oldest
early-Christian and pre-Christian manuscripts.
(1309)
The Holy Seat moves to Avignon
(1313)
The first theory on Liturgica
Brasio Accantasan, a High Cardinal in lead of the afore-
mentioned group of scholars, concludes the key man-
uscript on the theory of Liturgica, the liturgical magic.
In the manuscript, titled "The Lecture on Triple Nature
of Earth: The Influence of Spiritual Spheres on The
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