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[1.]
[Cardinal Porky, one of the Church's elders who had lost the use of his legs long ago, would lead tonight's sermon. He is helped in while still on his wheelchair by one of the Church's youths and as his chair reaches the podium, he gives the youth a quiet words of thanks, urging her now to be on her way. Without the help of anybody, Porky begins trying to push himself up from the chair. It takes him a little while to do this, yet the congregation still finds his efforts as impressive as ever.
While his legs are paralyzed, Porky manages to stand and still support himself using the podium. Here, he delivers his sermon, valuing individual efforts, yet willingness to confide and seek help from others and the divine. This is the only way a faithful man can truly live through the rest of his life with humility and strength to support one another when others seek his help.
Porky returns to his wheelchair to meet with his congregation as the sermon concludes.]
We are all fellow brothers and sisters in the eyes of our Father... Blessings be with you.
[2.]
[You were called to deliver some sort of a message to the Cardinal or perhaps you some reason to speak with him. Either way, as you approach his office, you can vaguely hear someone humming a tune. It's a tune you certainly haven't heard before, but it's both serene and a little melancholy. Porky sits in his office which he often keeps dark and silently hums the tune, holding in his hand a red... something. It's another unidentifiable object. Either way, he doesn't seem to notice you.]
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[3.]
[Immediately after the death of Pope Delacroix, Cardinal Porky sent out operatives to incite riots all over the kingdoms in response to the growth of the reformation movements. Groups of townspeople that should have been taken out earlier were armed to the teeth thanks to the supplies Porky had also secretly provided. Delacroix's murder and the reformation movements taking place were both the conditions necessary for Porky to initiate his true plan.
From his new papal office, he looks out into the windows and far into the horizons, a mass of smoke is lifted into the air. Porky smirks at the sight.]
... and this is how you unify a broken empire...