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Tyranny of Steel

Julian Weber is an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a graduate of Westpoint Military Academy with a degree in civil engineering. As U.S. involvement in Afghanistan comes to an end, Lt. Julian Weber finds himself involved in a terrorist attack by the Taliban, which claims his life. However, he quickly finds out that death is not always final as he is reincarnated into the body of a Baron's son and heir in an alternate Earth set in Late-Medieval Europe. In an era of political turmoil and civil strife, the Baron's young son is named Regent of the Barony of Kufstein and forced to contend with feudal powers. Will he be able to institute reforms leading his Barony into the age of industry? Or will he succumb to the pressure of his feudal overlords and a corrupt church that seek dominion overall?

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Council of Constance II

The figureheads of the ecclesiarchy debated well into the night about their arguments before concluding the meeting for the evening; after a night of proper rest, they reconvened in an attempt to discuss further the potential solutions to the problems which plagued the Catholic Church at the moment.

Rather than discuss the Berengar Heresy further as they had exhausted so much effort on only to remain entrenched in their own positions, Pope Avilius chugged a chalice of wine before he brought up the growing divide with the Orthodox church over the issues of the Teutonic Order who while favored by the Pope of the Vatican, was not gazed upon fondly by Avilius and the Avignon Papacy. As such, he spoke his thoughts on the matter.

"The Teutonic order has gone too far by forcefully converting the Orthodox of the East into Catholicism if things progress from where they are now relations with the Byzantines, as well as their sphere of influence will continue to drop.