Fides Aeternam Timeline: War and Peace: 381RCC - 549RCC

 War and Peace: 381RCC - 549RCC

Not wanting to be made fools of, the enemies of the Ecclesia Aeternam go back to their tactic of pretending to want peace while infiltrating the Church with their lies. Pope Kanja is quick to act against them and wages an undeclared war against its infiltrators, traitors, and the outside threats. Because of this, small wars take place for territory, influence, revenge, and justice. The events of Good vs Right take place as this a time of passive-aggressive and aggressive action. There are small periods of peace and war to the point that the populations of all empires can't keep track of them all and the reasons behind them. It is assumed that war and conflict are the norm. It is even said that this is a time of pseudo-peace since there are no large scale wars going on.

Meanwhile, Pope Kanja and the faithful under him stay vigilant and fight their many foes and try to keep their steady stream of progress going. Hundreds of billions of rosaries are continuously said throughout the Ecclesia Aeternam as more and more planets fall to them. Because of the Church's ever-growing progress while the other empire decay, a secret alliance is formed between the several enemies of the Church. This alliance is formed by Protestants, the Orthodox, Jews, and people of other faiths from the unknown regions. As Pope Kanja passes away and Pope Dolce V takes his place, they see their opportunity to strike.

Pope Dolce V is a kind and gentle man despite being so large and his history as a field medic. Blessed Archibishop Cadmen is credited as one of his influences in the way he thinks and acts. Another influence is the death of his childhood friend, Onoro, who sacrificed himself to save him from criminals when they were still children. This event made Pope Dolce V focus on caring for orphaned children, children's education, and law enforcement. His focus on these things has made other crimes and corruption slip by. It also allows the alliance to act without worrying too much and gather what they need to attempt to assassinate the pope.

This assassination takes place when the pope visits an orphanage named after Onoro. Most of the assassins take over the orphanage in secret and rig it with explosives while a small detachment tries to assassinate the pope by themselves. Even though they fail and are captured by the authorities, the pope still falls into the trap set by the alliance though he is not killed in the explosion. Instead, all the orphans and staff are killed. Despite this attempt, the assassins who were captured aren't executed nor does the pope declare war on the alliance. Instead, he tries to be merciful to them and tries to publicly broadcast this message of mercy, but is then shot in the face by a sniper in a far away building. His helmet protects him and he quickly changes his papal staff into a sniper and takes out his assassin by himself. The people around him were panicking and the guards were trying to get him to safety, however, Pope Dolce V wanted to continue the broadcast with a different message. A message of war. A message that immediately ended this era.