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    Thread: Apostolic Journey
Post: RE: Apostolic Journey

Theron’s statement unsettled him far more than Brandon’s. Not because it was blasphemous. Because it was so careful. He expected arrogance and open claims of divinity. He expected spectacle. Instea...
Patricus I Kremlin and Red Square 12 3,286 02-28-2026, 06:43 PM
    Thread: Apostolic Journey
Post: RE: Apostolic Journey

Outwardly, the Ascendancy sounded measured, rational, and almost statesmanlike. Inwardly, Philip would note three things immediately. First was the language of control: Recognition. Order. Discipli...
Patricus I Kremlin and Red Square 12 3,286 02-28-2026, 06:26 PM
    Thread: Apostolic Journey
Post: RE: Apostolic Journey

He was burning with anger, though none would see it behind the practiced stillness of his expression. Not the Holy See, not the gathered press, not even Brandon himself. But beneath the folds of white...
Patricus I Kremlin and Red Square 12 3,286 02-03-2026, 03:49 AM
    Thread: Apostolic Journey
Post: RE: Apostolic Journey

The day of the Summit dawned as all Moscow days seemed to: iron-gray and unmoved by prayer. Cold pressed against the windows of the motorcade like an accusation, and the sky hung low and colorless, as...
Patricus I Kremlin and Red Square 12 3,286 01-25-2026, 12:00 AM
    Thread: Apostolic Journey
Post: Apostolic Journey

After the trials in Norway, His Holiness returned to Rome in solemn procession, though none but those closest to him would have called it retreat. Within the ancient stone of the Vatican, beneath gild...
Patricus I Kremlin and Red Square 12 3,286 12-21-2025, 08:18 PM
    Thread: His Holiness Pope Patricus I to Visit Moscow Ahead of Christmas
Post: His Holiness Pope Patricus I to Visit Moscow Ahead...

Press Release from the Holy See FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE His Holiness Pope Patricus I to Visit Moscow Ahead of Christmas Vatican City, December 1, 2046 – The Holy See is pleased to announce that His Ho...
Patricus I The Scroll 1 3,417 12-26-2024, 11:39 PM
    Thread: Sapientia (Norway)
Post: RE: Sapientia (Norway)

As the chill of Norway blanketed the expansive wilderness, Patricus, robed in the less formal but still conspicuous white cassock of his office, trudged alongside his companions towards their destinat...
Patricus I Rest of the world 2 4,951 07-04-2024, 07:50 PM
    Thread: Sapientia (Norway)
Post: RE: Sapientia (Norway)

The plane touched down in Tromsø, its wheels skidding slightly on the frostbitten runway. November in Norway was a harsh host, with biting cold and a sun that barely crept over the horizon. As the air...
Patricus I Rest of the world 2 4,951 03-24-2024, 05:21 PM
    Thread: Sapientia (Norway)
Post: Sapientia (Norway)

http://thefirstage.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Tromso-e1711163867292.jpg Tromsø, Norway Continued from: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway) (https://thefirstage.org/forums/thread-1400-post-18771.html...
Patricus I Rest of the world 2 4,951 03-23-2024, 03:26 AM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

Continued at Sapientia (https://thefirstage.org/forums/thread-1604.html) (Norway) Sapientia means wisdom in Latin.
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 03-23-2024, 03:15 AM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

While Philip was deep in his prayer, a shared silence enveloped the group, and a vision unfolded before him, so vivid and real that he gasped. An ancient tree, gnarled and towering, appeared in a land...
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 03-22-2024, 03:32 PM
    Thread: Nightmares Reimagined
Post: RE: Nightmares Reimagined

Since arriving in Norway, Philip avoided dreaming of this place. He loathed the powerlessness he felt of late, and dreaming of keys and Arboreals only frustrated him further. Like all things eventuall...
Patricus I Place for Dreams 34 38,813 09-23-2023, 05:27 PM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

With the Key of Cunning nestled safe in his grasp, Philip returned to the foursome, but he did not sit as he had before. He was satisfied with the group’s collective acknowledgement of his holiness, a...
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 05-01-2023, 01:32 AM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

((So sorry he was over the top IC bitchy in that post. He’s in a bad mood. I’m all good though. *wink*))
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 03-31-2023, 03:18 AM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

He was looking at Armande when one of the women spoke first. He’d bore witness to enough of their encounters to discern the trio, unnatural whatever-they were. He withheld his judgement, though, f...
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 03-31-2023, 12:06 AM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

http://thefirstage.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/priest.pnghttp://thefirstage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Philip-8.1-1-e1677025127446.jpg Fr. Lochlan Fletcher & Pope Patricus I [hr] Lochl...
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 02-22-2023, 12:44 AM
    Thread: Noctivagant
Post: RE: Noctivagant

Now that was done, Philip backed away Mara and the beflowered Nimeda. He recognized the bloom in her hair of course. Fantastical as it was, it quite was beautiful, though he would not linger upon the ...
Patricus I Place for Dreams 24 32,106 02-22-2023, 12:03 AM
    Thread: Noctivagant
Post: RE: Noctivagant

Philip’s gaze sharpened upon Nimeda. “Don’t presume that I am capable of forgiveness,” he corrected. The sternness in his voice was sharp as the ice blue of his eyes, which turned settled upon Mara. T...
Patricus I Place for Dreams 24 32,106 12-31-2022, 05:58 AM
    Thread: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)
Post: RE: The Great Hunt (Oslo, Norway)

http://thefirstage.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/priest.png Fr. Lochlan Fletcher Carmelengo of the Holy See It was late when Lochlan Fletcher was alerted of a need by the Holy Father. He lay asi...
Patricus I Rest of the world 23 30,071 12-30-2022, 02:40 AM
    Thread: Noctivagant
Post: RE: Noctivagant

http://thefirstage.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DE10E28B-3A2C-453B-A836-D9B46A10CB39.jpeg Noctua Philip held his ground while the demon loomed near. Then the ground transformed and eventually fe...
Patricus I Place for Dreams 24 32,106 12-09-2022, 01:33 AM