Highveldt Crisis

The was a religious and political crisis within the Shantine Empire that occurred in the year 
== Accusation against Lord Yennek ==
In , Patriarch Ibektos of Highveldt publicly accused the Dowager Emperor-Consort Lord Yennek Masue of Revelationism. Perceived as an indirect critique of the Kirvan policies of Empress Theoboda Kataph, Ibektos's accusation caused mass rioting and burning of effigies on Bishant and Highveldt and throughout the Empire, with clashes between those rioting in support of the Patriarch and those in support of the Empress. Accusations against the Patriatch of slandering the Empress brought centuries old conflicts of Shantine Church vs State back into the light.
== Intervention by Theoboda ==
Empress Theoboda personally intervened to calm the mob and "rescue" Patriarch Ibektos from the besieged palace on Highveldt.
Lord Yennek eventually underwent a Trial by Fire at the Great Basilica of Bishant, under judgment of an Angel of Kirva. Though seared for other imperfections, Yennek was found innocent of the charges of misleading the Empress and of heresy. After a recovery period, he resumed his senior post in the Shantine government, to wide acclaim.
== Retirement of Ibektos ==
Following the incident, Patriarch Ibektos was blackmailed into publicly expressing remorse for his "error of judgment" and the violence it caused, and going into meditative retirement in Highveldt's hinterworlds to "consider his errors". He was replaced as Patriarch of Highveldt by Bishop Latakon, a longtime protegee of Patriarch Jan the Baptist of Bishant.
== Aftermath ==
The Highveldt Crisis took place amidst the ongoing consolidation of Kirvan leadership within the person of Empress Theoboda, a process which largely came to a head five years later with the "Immolation of the Korinthians".
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