yes this is clear to me, outside strat you keep this system, what im curious about is how will this roleplay hold itself up in strat once defeated, will the story be the true pope has gone into hiding, he will return one day, or will it be the pope died , till next time, harpag you cant be pope in strat whatever u want bleh.
*edit, what im trying to say is , ofc you can keep your system outside strat, but i see strat as a story written by players, so if you are defeated in strat you must still feel somehow obliged to uphold this story eventhow its a grim story for your faction. and within this strat game it should be possible for harpag to overthrow you. next trat = new story with same factions different outcomes