Post by Vito on Feb 6, 2010 12:57:51 GMT -8
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"Dude, you're a priest. What's Monomacy?"
"W...what?"
"No, chill, I'm not challenging. I need to know this shit."
"Well... by the Code of Milan, the Ritus of Monomacy shall be used to settle disputes among all Sabbat..."
"Yes, what IS it."
"Combat to the death?"
"That's it?"
"Well, no, it's an auctoritas ritae. It purges the Sabbat of weaker individuals. It must be formalized by a priest... challenger presents the claim to the priest and target, same time. Priest says if it warrants Monomacy."
"Then Monomacy is go?"
"Not necessarily. The defender doesn't have to accept, but it generally looks bad on the defender."
"How bad?"
"Once a priest authorizes it? REALLY bad. Normally results in a loss of status, because everyone witnessing generally assumes the guy's a coward or hiding some secret that would prevent him from observing the Code of Milan and ritus."
"Oh, that's hysterical."
"What? Why?"
"Hathath is chicken shit. He was afraid of a duel to the death."
"Well it doesn't always have to be to the death. The defender can say first blood instead of Final Death... but loser faces exile in that case, and respect is lost for the defender that takes such a wimpy way out."
"Hathath would probably shit himself over that too."
"What the hell happened?"
"Alright. Mikey challenged Hath--"
"Who the fuck is Mikey?"
"Ductus of the Nameless. He challenged Hathath?"
"Are you sneezing? Who the fuck is that?"
"What, do you spend all your time researching ritae and ignoring the city? Shit! Hathath is the Priest of the Scarlet Sentinels."
"What happened?"
"Looks like he was whining about the city choosing to use another pack for Esbat security. He said, verbatim, that he was taking his toys and going home. A few people jeered at him, and Mikey popped up out of nowhere and challenged him for Monomacy for his domain."
"His domain?"
"Evidently Mikey wanted him to shut the fuck up and stop whining, so he challenged him to Monomacy for the toys he was going to go home with to end the discussion. Well, the Scarlet Sentinels flipped their shit, but the Archbishop stepped up as the priest to preside over the Monomacy."
"Hot damn, the archbishop?"
"No shit! Anyway, the Sentinels basically took so long whining about how silly it was that Mikey and the Archbishop sat down and waited, and then they whined about how they weren't going to accept Monomacy from someone who wasn't even facing them, so Mikey turned around to face them again, and they still didn't accept it."
"They or he?"
"He. Sorry. So Hathath and Mikey finally get face to face, and Hathath asked why the hell he wanted his domain, and what of his domain he wanted. Mikey said "this Esbat location so you'll shut up and stop whining", and Hathath said "fine", gave it to him, and left."
"So he basically surrendered in Monomacy?"
"Can you do that?"
"No... not that I'm aware of. That's Cowardly as hell. The Archbishop let him walk away?"
"Archbishop did a lot of dumb shit that night. He was trying to play nice. I think Mikey is Undefeated."
"Oh, shit son! That's fucking hilarious!"
"Isn't it just? Fucking Hathath."
"He ran away crying from a Monomacy challenge, for some reason is still alive, disrespected an Auctoritas Ritae, which is the THIRD tenet of the Code of Milan, and didn't settle a dispute with Monomacy, which is the TWELFTH tenet of the Code of Milan. The shit kind of a Priest is that?"
"Dude, you're a priest. What's Monomacy?"
"W...what?"
"No, chill, I'm not challenging. I need to know this shit."
"Well... by the Code of Milan, the Ritus of Monomacy shall be used to settle disputes among all Sabbat..."
"Yes, what IS it."
"Combat to the death?"
"That's it?"
"Well, no, it's an auctoritas ritae. It purges the Sabbat of weaker individuals. It must be formalized by a priest... challenger presents the claim to the priest and target, same time. Priest says if it warrants Monomacy."
"Then Monomacy is go?"
"Not necessarily. The defender doesn't have to accept, but it generally looks bad on the defender."
"How bad?"
"Once a priest authorizes it? REALLY bad. Normally results in a loss of status, because everyone witnessing generally assumes the guy's a coward or hiding some secret that would prevent him from observing the Code of Milan and ritus."
"Oh, that's hysterical."
"What? Why?"
"Hathath is chicken shit. He was afraid of a duel to the death."
"Well it doesn't always have to be to the death. The defender can say first blood instead of Final Death... but loser faces exile in that case, and respect is lost for the defender that takes such a wimpy way out."
"Hathath would probably shit himself over that too."
"What the hell happened?"
"Alright. Mikey challenged Hath--"
"Who the fuck is Mikey?"
"Ductus of the Nameless. He challenged Hathath?"
"Are you sneezing? Who the fuck is that?"
"What, do you spend all your time researching ritae and ignoring the city? Shit! Hathath is the Priest of the Scarlet Sentinels."
"What happened?"
"Looks like he was whining about the city choosing to use another pack for Esbat security. He said, verbatim, that he was taking his toys and going home. A few people jeered at him, and Mikey popped up out of nowhere and challenged him for Monomacy for his domain."
"His domain?"
"Evidently Mikey wanted him to shut the fuck up and stop whining, so he challenged him to Monomacy for the toys he was going to go home with to end the discussion. Well, the Scarlet Sentinels flipped their shit, but the Archbishop stepped up as the priest to preside over the Monomacy."
"Hot damn, the archbishop?"
"No shit! Anyway, the Sentinels basically took so long whining about how silly it was that Mikey and the Archbishop sat down and waited, and then they whined about how they weren't going to accept Monomacy from someone who wasn't even facing them, so Mikey turned around to face them again, and they still didn't accept it."
"They or he?"
"He. Sorry. So Hathath and Mikey finally get face to face, and Hathath asked why the hell he wanted his domain, and what of his domain he wanted. Mikey said "this Esbat location so you'll shut up and stop whining", and Hathath said "fine", gave it to him, and left."
"So he basically surrendered in Monomacy?"
"Can you do that?"
"No... not that I'm aware of. That's Cowardly as hell. The Archbishop let him walk away?"
"Archbishop did a lot of dumb shit that night. He was trying to play nice. I think Mikey is Undefeated."
"Oh, shit son! That's fucking hilarious!"
"Isn't it just? Fucking Hathath."
"He ran away crying from a Monomacy challenge, for some reason is still alive, disrespected an Auctoritas Ritae, which is the THIRD tenet of the Code of Milan, and didn't settle a dispute with Monomacy, which is the TWELFTH tenet of the Code of Milan. The shit kind of a Priest is that?"