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| '''Bistum Greifenhausen''' is a theocratic dictatorshipin eastern [[Hasperia]]. Greifenhausen was founded by the survivors of an expedition of refugees led by [[The Blue Griffons]], a order seeking the holy land in the far east. A divine storm led them to crash into the eastern coast of [[Morgenland]]. The leader [[Balthasar I]] decided that it was God's will, and it was widely accepted among the expeditions members that they had indeed found the holy land. Here they founded [[Greifenhausen (city)|Greifenhausen]], home to the holiest site of the [[Balthasarian]] Church.
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| == History of Greifenhausen==
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| === Reign of Balthasar I ===
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| The founding of [[Greifenhausen (city)|Greifenhausen]] and the exodus by the first Balthasarians from Faendal.
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| The history of Greifenhausen, Schonen and the Balthasarian church begins with the first Balthasar.
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| He was born as a commoner in [[Ordensburg]], [[Faendal]]. Few details are known from the time before the
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| exodus to the holy land. Known is that Balthasar was a talented preacher and gained a modest
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| following of people in the city. Religious persecution in the zeloustown forced Balthasar and his
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| followers to leave Ordensburg, Faendal. They set sail with three merchant ships, Greif, Geld and
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| Henrietta, towards [[Vineta]], [[Lonian League]]. During the voyage, Balthasar had a dream in which god
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| ordered him to sail beyond the lands of the Lonian League. The first believers sailed further east,
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| to what Balthasar called Gods land. There they would prosper and all be near God. The ships was struck
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| by a grand storm east of what is now the coast of [[Schonen]]. This Balthasar took as a sign that God had
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| chosen this land for the Balthasarians. Balthasar lead his people inland and founded the holy city of
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| [[Greifenhausen (city)|Greifenhausen]].
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| During his reign the new city took form and Balthasar styled himself Bishop of Greifenhausen. The [[Lonian League]] built the great Morgenland Valley road during this time.
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| Ends with Balthasars death at [[Bad Erquell]], [[Silvetia]].
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| === Reign of Balthasar II ===
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| [[Balthasar II]] was the successor of [[Balthasar I]], after his death in Silvetia. Not much happened during his
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| reign and few documents exist from this period. [[Wieck]] is said to have been established, but documents suggest
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| that this first happened during the reign of [[Balthasar III]].
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| What we know is that Balthasar II followed in the footsteps of Balthasar I and died during a visit to [[Dal]], [[Dal]].
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| The locals of this mountain kingdom took this as a sign and now follow a perverted version of the Balthasarian faith.
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| They belive that Balthasar II was the chosen one and that during the reign of [[Balthasar IIIIIII]] the world will reform
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| and only Dal will stand after Gods wrathful purge.
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| Ends with Balthasars death at Dal, Dal.
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| === Reign of Balthasar III ===
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| During the reign of [[Balthasar III]] its said that the harbour at [[Wieck]] was built. The reign saw movement of people
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| west of the river [[Aader]] and south towards the river [[Himm]]. The time period was peaceful and not much of note happened.
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| It ended when Balthasar III during a travel had to stay overnight at a farmers house. The farmer, who was a heretic,
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| planned to murder Balthasar III during the night. Accounts from the night tell of a large flare across the night sky
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| and how the fields lit up as it were day. When day came, people tell of how the farm was replaced with an enormus rock.
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| Historian [[Dieter Ordensburger]] tell of how the people on the southern side of the large rock found a cave. In the cave
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| Balthasar IIIs skull was burning with holy fire. Ordenburger tell that the people could hear God,he told them
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| of the farmers betrayal.
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| Ends with an event known as "Gods Gift". This event leads to the monastery of [[Balthasars Rock]] being built
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| and the death of Balthasar III at Balthasars Rock, Greifenhausen.
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| === Reign of Balthasar IIII ===
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| [[Balthasar IIII]] ordered that the monastery of [[Balthasars Rock]] should be built a top of the rock. To reach the top, the pious
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| would need to walk the neverending stair. At the very top they could then taste the holiest and purest of snow. Balthasar spent
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| his reign with visiting the farmers of the land.
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| Ends with Balthasars sudden death on the west bank of the [[Aader]], now the village of [[Kirchdorf]].
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| === Reign of Balthasar IIIII ===
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| [[Balthasar IIIII]] built a grand palace in Greifenhausen, much to the anger of the people. It said that Balthasar IIIII was a greedy
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| and ambitious man. He saw the foundation of [[Kapellenburg]] and westward expansion of Greifenhausen. This led to an elevation of the
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| Greifenhausen Bishop to Archbishop. Accounts from the era tell that God indirectly punished Balthasar IIIII by sanctifing the ground
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| of Kapellenburg by killing the Archbishop. More neutral accounts suggest that sickness might have been the cause of his sudden demise.
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| Ends with Balthasars sanctification of Kapellenburg.
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| === Reign of Balthasar IIIIII ===
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| [[Balthasar IIIIII]], more commonly known as Balthasar the Wallbuilder, saw the foundation of [[Baldisruh]] to the south where the river [[Himm]]
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| begins it life. The [[Silvetian Freedom war]] also happened during his reign, during which elite soldiers from the order of [[The Blue Griffons]]
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| were sent to [[Bad Erzquell]] to protect the holy remains of [[Balthasar I]]. The remains were temporarily moved to [[Baldisruh]] and gave the, by
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| Greifenhausian standards, magnificient castle and town its name.
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| Balthasar the Wallbuilder also saw the first and second expansion of the town of Greifenhausen. He also ordered the settlement of the
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| plains between Aader and Himm to the southwest. Lesser known is his work with fortifying the western border.
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| Ends with Balthasars sanctification of Garantinople.
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