Ross Fisher

That gingerbread house is awesome microscale work!

Nice touch with the caves beneath the building!

Also, isn't a boat that small going to be too manoeuvrable for a mortar to fire on? On the other hand, a boat that small, with a cannon that big; the recoil would push the boat the wrong direction!

And there was me thinking I had killed the WTC's best knitters on the Île Zeus...

"Esteemed". I should visit Kingsport more often!

There are sharks about!

I'd be interested in that challenge.

Nice work. Smelly, but nice.

Nicely done @Drunknok! I'm impressed with your railway.

Really like the sea effect. Quite a clever prop.

Tres pretty. I want one.

I really like your building style. It is really impressive.

Can we drop the debate about how much the WTCM bends the truth? Or at least move it into a different thread? I feel like we may have lost the plot of my AMRCA here.

You forgot the emoji.

@Drunknok Just asleep, my friend. Joke received and understood.

I'm sure you'll invent something

@Bodi Well, it's too late for Father Sellefort. On the whole, I could agree to there being more limitations on the Padré' s behaviour after this. However, when the righteous fury strikes, he may feel the only option is to take matters into his own hands. If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself.

The Padré is prepared to accept the full responsibility for his actions. It is his belief that he behaved as per the will of the gods, and their mortal representatives, the Order of the Faith. @Mesabi the trick is to burn the correct people. Although I do find a certain appeal in @blackdeathgr's idea of burning everyone, and letting Hades recognise his own...

Noted. He's not looking to start a war. Yet... What's that you're saying? I didn't hear. I'm too busy reading every edition of the WTCM ever...

@Mesabi in my head Father Sellefort is guilty of at least some of these crimes. The AMCRA option was for a 'stern talking to', but this is Padré François. Was this not what you had in mind?

Letter from Brother Diaz of the Mission of Zeus at Astrapi to the Holy Fathers of the Church of Zeus in Granoleon, intercepted by agents of Padré François at the Port of Astrapi. Your eminences, I regret to inform you that Father Sellefort is dead. He died at the hands of that crazed Inquisitor, François - though I can scarcely bring myself to write his name. On Tuesday last, he and a troop of armed guards barged into the temple and demanded to see the Father. Fearing for our lives, we quickly found Father Sellefort and told him what was happening. To his credit, he did not flee, but went to meet the inquisitor. When we returned, the soldiers had their muskets loaded and levelled. Then and there the inquisitor accused our Father of conspiring with heretics, of tolerating their presence in his diocese, and of sharing in the profits of illegal smuggling. The Father was as surprised as we were, and exclaimed that he had no knowledge of such activity, or of the presence of any heretics. Inquisitor François was not persuaded. He suggested that any priest who was ignorant of heathen practices on his patch should be defrocked; that any many who could not connect rumours heard in confession should be stoned; and that any representative of the Order of the Faith who was content to grow idle while the weapon of the gods was just beyond his grasp deserved death and damnation. The guards took Father Sellefort off to his office and, I believe, tortured him into signing a confession. I did not get a chance to read this, but I believe a copy should have arrived in Granoleon shortly before this missive. On Wednesday, the Father was dragged into the town square, where a pyre had been erected. There he was excommunicated, damned, and chained to a stake. I wanted to do him the honour of standing over him to the last, but I am ashamed to say that I could not bear to watch such a noble man suffer. I remain convinced of his innocence and adherence to the Faith. It is true our temple is better funded than most like it, but that was thanks to Father Sellefort's tireless fundraising efforts. And, yes, when the inquisitor broke open his private quarters, they were well appointed - even opulent - but this was nothing more than the just reward of a tireless servant of the Faith. I am writing to you to request that you pardon Father Sellefort of any sins he is accused of him, and declare him a martyr. I ask that you bring Inquisitor François to justice for his crimes. Lastly, I ask that you appoint another leader for this Temple; the Padré says he won't leave until there is someone he can trust in charge here. I remain your humble servant, Brother Diaz OOC - This build left a bad taste in my mouth. There's a particularly nasty brand of cruelty going on here. I felt I'd talked the Padré up so much this was the only natural conclusion. I mean, you want to find the weapon of the gods, you have to make some sacrifices. Nonetheless, I think it will be a while before I burn anyone alive again. And they'll have to really and truly deserve it.

I'm just glad that these patriotic fellows are helping to repatriate these stolen goods. I'm just glad that the authoritarian types are willing to grant them amnesty for any potential crime, here. Or am I misreading the situation?

@Drunknok I've got the text of my challenge written. Write one more story, one more, and it's going down! This is gonna be fun!

@Roadmonkeytj I figure the Padré would have a champion. But the choice of weapon is up to the challenged party.