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Almarduk,
TheGreatTarbolin69, and
Anderlouxe for their critiques.
- Thanks to
elitegamer010 for reviewing the cultural and religious depictions.
This article was the 1st-Place Winner of the Myths & Magic Contest! Thank you to everyone who voted on the submission. Discovering the RPC wiki has been one of the greatest glories I've experienced, and I deeply cherish this community. Three years on since our inception, and I'm looking forward to the next!
This idea initially came from academic work on my college thesis about the Medieval Papacy. I had also been interested in writing an RPC article featuring the AEP Association. Since this time period currently isn't featured very prominently in the site canon, I went ahead and developed some new lore for this era.
It might be shocking to some to know that most of this article is actually true. My research was primary drawn from the book Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes.
Draft Thread: http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/forum/t-14131425
Contest Submission: http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/forum/t-14134043/contest:mythsmagiccontestsovereignauthority
The Cadaver Synod:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_koresh.jpg
Image is released under Public Domain.
Pope Formosus:
https://picryl.com/media/formosus-papa-formoso-22fa27
Image is released under Public Domain.
Biblical verses used are from the Douay–Rheims Bible [DRB].
Text is released under Public Domain.
Hands down one of the best articles in the site, as well as the very best when it comes to Christianity. One can clearly see the research that went behind this piece as well as the effort put into its making.
The "Liber Episcopalis" segment was a blast to read, and the ending was very fucking powerful.
In my opinion, a very deserving winner of the 009 spot.
3/5 overall
4/5 premise. Nice take on an oracle.
3/5 delivery. Despite the length, didn't hit me particularly hard at any point.
3/5 grammar. Verbage at certain points could have been better. The tone of the 1400's article feels modern, not medieval
Nice work, but it is all lore lore lore, and some historical fiction. The payoff is the anomaly explaining itself.
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The AEP Association was reworked into the Vatican Primacy after it was decanonized from the site. This article was initially released prior to the AEP acronym and name being changed as part of the rework. Hope that answers your question!
I think that the article dramatically succeeds in two aspects that are important. One, it genuinely feels like a document from an organization such as RPC and two, the story that it tells is put together very well. There is a natural beginning, middle and end with gradation that serves both to advance the story and make researching the anomaly enjoyable.
But, there are problems, some objective some personal.
The article approaches the Christian themes from a scientific viewpoint. Reading through it, it did feel like a fantastic scientific/historical document but the contents therein were not as… I would not say convincing in a sense that it is hard to believe it had happened, but it did not convince me that there was a divine or religious aspect to the story. In turn, certain parts of the story felt predictable and obvious as I was reading. In addition it also felt as if the Necromancer was not as explored - if the Christian elements would not be developed further than the food calculating angle, why not have his own activities and practices come in?
There is a missed opportunity which I am not 100% sure whether it was used or not, but I feel that it was not considered. There is somewhat of a subplot of the conflict between the Authority and the Primacy in both a physical and philosophical way that leads to them separating. But, one detail stands out to me that shows or rather confirms the approach of its article. The Divine hazard sticks out as it goes against what the Authority, or rather the Auctoritas confirmed about the corpse - it is not a divine "object", but one of sorcery. I am unsure how thaumaturgy as a concept was developed at the time of writing this article, but it seems as much more apt. Having it be classified as divine makes it feel like there are certain Primacy elements within the Authority that insisted it be classified that way regardless of its true nature. But even then, it seems weird for the Primacy itself to accept that anyone other than Christ or someone close to his "level" would be able to perform such a feat. Knowing that the Necromancer/Benedictine had NOT have done it through "regular" means makes it obvious that the lich pope is not truthful, whether he and the others know it consciously or not.
Another small contradiction which is just a small detail cites the Necromancer as being the one who retrieved the body, when in actuality he requested access to it when someone else took it out of the river.
In conclusion, I cannot say I like the article. I feel like the important themes are not that well developed in the worst case, and in the best case approached from the wrong angle. This in turn creates a sort of plothole, an incoherency in the article that does not allow me to fully enjoy it.
But, it is an excellent article. It has a good story, a fantastic execution and a really well done gradation in all stories present within it. Personal stylization, preferences and beliefs should not be punishable - in this case, I don't believe that I should vote lower because a topic I believe is crucial when writing about these stories is missing if the rest of it does not have any faults.
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