Histories of the League: Epilogue

After several consecutive months of writing nothing of the Great History of the League, I conclude that my ability or willingness to do so is perhaps lacking. Therefore, I below summarize the latter history of the League, from the points at which I left both the Eastern and Northern sections to the modern-day.

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The Eastern League, strong in their Christian faith, became known as the Knights Templar; formed for the purpose of protecting Christian pilgrims in the Crusades, they grew increasingly powerful and wealthy as the Crusades raged. Eventually, though, the Muslim world united against the waves of Christian invaders; the League was driven back, losing fortress after fortress. Eventually, weakened by lack of support, the Eastern League was framed by a French king deeply in financial debt and with no scruples regarding torture. The pope, threatened with military action, dissolved the Knights Templar; many Knights were burned, and many of the survivors sought refuge in the East, fleeing so far as desolate Russia, and eventually settling near a Jewish shtetl. Over generations, the Eastern League (such as it was) and the Jews intermarried, and became a single people. It is from this stock that I myself sprang.

The Northern League had come to Christianity as well, though by a more twisted route. (See previous issues!) Throughout the Late Medieval period, Northern League members composed most of the clergy of Iceland. When a Scottish bishop died unexpectedly, the Pope ordered a League bishop to Scotland as a replacement. This League bishop, whose name has been lost to history, was fruitful and multiplied, and is single-handedly responsible for creating the League in Scotland. The Scottish League is responsible for Kelsey, Devin and Matthew, but though there is more to tell of them (especially when it comes to the founding of the Latter-Day Saints), I am not the chronicler to write that story. (hint hint)

David's story is rather strange entirely, befitting him nicely. That is a story for another night, too, should I choose to tell it. A preview:

Junk.

That is all for now.