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1. Although the Crusader movement had sparked the general revolt against Submissive rule, by the time Patrick O'Sullivan had secured the crown, they were a movement that had lost their use or purpose. With Ireland suddenly free of foreign rule, all but the most fanatical Cenedites drifted back into the fold of the Orthodox Celtic Church. Those who did not became reactionary fanatics who openly opposed Patrick as well as his policies of allowing in all Christians, and even Jews.

Patrick dealt with the situation in a rather traditional matter. He invited the leaders of the Crusaders to meet with him, and then had them arrested and tried for treason against the Kingdom of Ireland. The Crusader movement never recovered.

With the movement leaderless as well as directionless, even more followers drifted back to the Celtic Church. Patrick recruited the remainder to infiltrate the Deputate of England and continue their Crusade to "Drive the Heathen from the Godly Isles", as one Brian Cennedy is quoted to have said. They would cause trouble in England for some time.

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