The advent of the Archangels and the machinations of the hierarchy of the Theist Church have finally granted them the spiritual and temporal power to be able to call for a Crusade. Mobilizing the population and nobility on their behalf, the Theist Church has been  able to circumvent the ban on their mustering an army as the forces remain pledged and led by the Crusading Noble Lords, the Crusaders needing little further incentive than the promised heavenly reward to fall upon the enemies of the faith, their faith bolstering their every blow against the wicked and impure.