Synod & Divine Militia Systems Revision Meeting

[MonMarty]

Due for Sunday the 7th of October, Midnight London Time, there will be a closed meeting hosted by Lore Staff in the Nobility Discord (invite link for those not on it: https://discord.gg/u3QyRTc ). This meeting is prompted for a variety of reasons:

• Fore mostly, the departure of a couple of the Reverend Roleplayers from the server, including the High Reverend, requires a re-vote for a new High Reverend. In line with all previous occurrences of this, protocol would normally be observed through a re-registration of all voters with a Forum roleplay vote thread, regardless of the OOC or IC proceeds.
• A different prompt however, is the changing needs of the server's community, or more specifically how changes in nobility reflect onto the Synod. The changes in treatment of mages, the changes in nobility, invariably all reflect on both the Synod and the Divine Militia. Inherently, both are here to stay, but how they impact the universe and the roleplayers in the future, will be different.
• Investment in the Synod is at an all time low, where religious roleplay is becoming more and more of an obstacle, reducing the pro-Unionism and fanatical players to merely just a group of dedicated players who are in the Divine Militia. A perpetuation of the current way of life is theorized to cause galvanized religious apathy and in-rp atheism, which the Lore Staff deem damaging to the Lore Universe.

In order to find how to move forward with the Synod, the Lore Staff already have a couple of changes to move forward in light of the Imperial Restoration movement, but also need to be able to hear the concerns of the players left behind who still want to continue religious-political roleplay, while also giving the Divine Militia a platform to speak purely for itself without outside factors.

So who is welcome to show up:

• Players who are currently portraying the role of a Reverend or Curate and have the intention to continue playing after the post-summer changes have taken effect.
• The Divine Militia leader/High Inquisitor, where they have the intention to continue playing after the post-summer changes have taken effect.
• Divine Militia Commanders/Captains/High Officers, if such a rank exists within the organization where applicable, where they have the intention to continue playing after the post-summer changes have taken effect.

This meeting will unfortunately remain closed, to funnel the concerns of the individuals more clearly, and to create a plan of action suited to the people who still want to continue priestly political roleplay and inquisition roleplay post-summer changes without outside interference. This includes excluding nobility, ex-players, anti-theology minded roleplayers and those who have obviously frequently clashed with the Synod to eliminate external opinions and factors not relevant to the perpetual existence of the Synod.

 

[MonMarty]

The meeting is moved one hour forward. I miscalculated the time I had available. I will try to stay around for at least an hour in case people miss the notice and cannot make it earlier.