Vanuku

[Kubrick]

Exiled Patriarch Theophrastos II welcomed in Nachten
15 January 5562


Patriarch of Augusta Theophrastos II being welcomed during his late night arrival at his new home in the city of Nachten.

The Hosianist faithful of the Patriarchate of Augusta were left in suspense after recent developments in the radical socialist state of Zardugal. The media in Zardugal reported the sudden departure of the Patriarch, though this turned out to be a coordinated effort from the central leadership of the Aurorian Patriarchal Church leadership. The ancient Hosian church warned Patriarch Theophrastos of recent developments and urged him to find a safer place to stay, with the Arch-Patriarch insisting that the Church has "enough martyrs as it is" in a personal letter to the Patriarch of Augusta. It is said that shortly after Theophrastos, born as  Mateo Hieronimido, departed the nation through secretive means. His disappearance apparently surprised the Zardic state. In the later hours of the evening he arrived in Wrnuke's medieval city of Nachten, which in the past served as a religious centre during times of instability in other nations of the Patriarchate.

Prefect Krlmékez personally assigned appropriate living quarters for the Patriarch. In a statement the Prefect made clear that Wrnuke will always act as a nation of refuge for religions: "Wrnuke is divided amongst three Jelbic tribes, and even more religions. We have Ahmadists, Hosians, Tanhrists, Zollists, Yeudi's, the atheists and the agnostics. Yet through our Jelbic unity we form one nation. Most monarchs of our great Kingdom have followed the path of Hosianism, so it is only fitting that we offer refuge to one of Majatra's leading Patriarchs. A noble figure exiled by the socialists in Zardugal. The good Patriarch is lucky that in the Empire of the Jelbic Peoples we are of a more tolerant stock." Wrnuke's leading figures within the Aurorian Patriarchal Church have pledged their full support for the Patriarch of Augusta relocating to Wrnuke. The Emperor has released a statement wherein he calls upon Patriarch Theophrastos to lead the next mass at the royal palace in Banstill, calling upon the other clergy in the nation to gather the most faithful Hosians for this special new session. The Patriarch himself has already pledged to do so, stating his "thousand thanks" to his new host nation.

Krsyiji Sagmot'l (United Media) is the national news agency of Wrnuke, it is decidedly pro-government but can at times be critical of it.