>>5947204The spring sun shone merrily through the small office you found yourself in. The place was nicely organised. Neat stacks of paper and parchment stood on heavy tables. And on one of the display tables lay an unfinished book. When you got closer to it, you saw that it was quite thick and dense. A proper doorstopper or table stabiliser as any.
<span class="mu-i"> ''Ah, I see you have found my life's work. Well, in the beginning, it was a project of my late father, but I made it mine. It is a lawbook, detailing all the miscellaneous laws of Tautenland and its fiefs. When it is finalised, it shall cover both the laws of the realm and the laws of the princes, dukes, and others who are enfeoffed in this empire of mine. The scribes have already given it a title, the 'Codex Ludovicus' after emperors of old.'' </span> And with a smile, he looked out the window. <span class="mu-i"> ''The classical age was one where order and law were held as the highest virtues. Law is a complicated matter; the Isidorian emperors of old said that it both restrains and protects the people from the state, outsiders, and each other. There is much about them that is best left in the dustbin. But a universal law, codified in a script and written by those who can author just and virtuous laws, not the petty whims of the nobility. </span>
<span class="mu-i"> ''Which is why the crusade is such a godsend.'' </span>
>Because it takes the gaze of the church away from you?>Because the nobles are distracted with glorious crusading? >Write-in 