Flooby in despair at progress of updates. Only three (four?) are finished.

All that is wished is for is one whole day in Lundland. Many sads.

So Boerd said
What's going down?

Solterra is bringing everything down on Cole. It can literally be seen as a frontline force against a massive Kingdom. Almost 20,000 soldiers, and a whole lot of strategy to back them.

In fact, it might be 30,000 with the support of the ally.

And Flooby will get a little castle if Solterra survives, so have fun with a bigger house and bigger paycheck

May have made a small mistake. Will get back to you as soon as I can.

Cale Tucker said
Solterra is not having an ego moment. Neither is he slaughtering priests, nor starting a war. Cole wants to take Therral land and hold Alexis hostage from inheriting the throne. The armies are ordered to kill the soldiers. They will try their hardest to leave the innocents alone, unlike Cole. But Solterra will end this war, whether it is with him going down in a fight, or taking Cole down.

Win or lose, Cole's forces will be brought down. Either Solterra gets land, riches, and fame and he saves his sister, or he won't be witness to the possible harm that could come to her, or the fall of Therral. His men are not fighting for a crown, or for riches. They are fighting for their homes and their families. So if Cole really wants to do this, he better be prepared for the consequences, win or lose.

It is interesting to note that, while Solterra has butchered or driven out all of the priests in his lands and forced unfair and strange laws on his people (oh, and more than likely sent an assassin to murder my vassal Lord), Cole has not murdered a single person. Not only is Alexis entirely unharmed, he took every one of her guards alive and holds them all until the war is over. Then they'll be released: not executed.

The whole perception of right and wrong in this current conflict is quite.. Odd. Cole may not be a paragon of virtue, but he also doesn't proclaim to be some sort of messiah - especially not one that hurts the land more than he helps.

The priests were never driven out. If that is a statement thought by Cole, well Solterra is no different, as he thinks Cole will harm her. Cole didn't have any reason to take her hostage, and I'll repeat itagain and again, no reason. The priests churches are being completely rebuilt. The Faith was never thrown out. The order given was to take the churches money, NOT for self gain, but to feed the people of Lundland, that included trischland. There were greedy priests that didn't like it and they caused anarchy and fought back. The soldiers committed self defense and the result was a 'news report' of priests being slaughtered, which caused all churches to rebel. Solterra spoke to his people and by his words alone he stopped the fighting. He sent his own bullis to rebuild the churches. If you're going to make these arguments, don't make them OOC. i can have flooby come and explain what happened by his own words and it will be no different.

The only law was to ban alcohol so that his people would not be blinded by war to see why Solterra asks them to fight. It's why his people have faith in him and it's why his soldiers would die for him. Solterra could probably say one word and they'd have enough faith in him to attack the church, but he doesn't target anything but Cole.

His soldiers will bever abandon him now. The key to victory is not how much bullis you have, or the best strategy, or how many people follow you, it's the fact that they follow you. If they have enough faith in their leader, they will not retreat. If you give them the right cause, they will fight to the bitter end. They will never stop until it all is over.

You threaten to take Therral lands, you will feel the wrath of Therral's people. They do not tolerate threats to their families.

That assassin was by Solterra, but that was a mistake as he blindly didn't know of an heir. So he knows he created a martyr, but if you think that's all he's done, you're world ia about to be turned upside down

I feel sad planning against a guy that is trying to protect his sister.

Who got assassinated?!

Cale Tucker said
If you're going to make these arguments, don't make them OOC.

If you insist on making your own arguments against my character in OOC, I'm going to do the same. The same rules apply to you that apply to everyone else.

So Boerd said
Who got assassinated?!

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So Boerd said
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Lord Aldran

(Figured it'd be in the Flooby Update in about a week anyway)

Of all people, why him?

So Boerd said
Of all people, why him?

It is odd - of all people, he was the most reluctant to enter the war. Then he got killed and his son was like "Well, time to avenge my father any way possible!"

All the informarion Solterra had was that Aldran had the larger army, and was at an age that would have efficient enough battle strategy without needing to have been in wars.

It was thought about afterward when Solterra received more information that he regretted the decision, also the fact he didn't know about the son causing a martyr effect.

I don't make arguments based on OOC information. To that extent, Solterra has a great pain that he has to go to war with Cole.

Solterra only gains information of importance on individuals he expects to fight, otherwise he feels it is not his business. Solterra tends to fight honorably and respectively, but he feels that the betrayal and disrespect and the wrongful actions commit Solterra to do everything in his power to save his sister

Also, sadly the man doesn't know who his fathers killer is, it could have been Lady Olga. Although, Solterra is an honorable man, if the man asks Solterra, he will admit to the assassinations.

Null

Cale, expect a PM

Very, very eager to see my update so that I can send orders in. A lot to do at the moment, and I currently can't do any of it.

Cale Tucker said
Also, sadly the man doesn't know who his fathers killer is, it could have been Lady Olga. Although, Solterra is an honorable man, if the man asks Solterra, he will admit to the assassinations.

He doesn't know, but it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots on that one. Cole called up Aldran's armies against Solterra, then Aldran immediately gets assassinated.

Honorable enough to kill a decrepit man in a sneak attack?

Assassinations have the chance to happen randomly. Solterra became rich, he could have just called for the best spy in Lundlands to assassinate Lord Wolff or Lord Cole, but he didn't. Nor will he still. Solterra isn't an asshole, but his attempts at being good always give the bad impression.

The assassination could have even happened by someone else that had a dislike for him. I am happy to know the Vassals thoughts are under Flooby's rule, because the fact is that Solterra didn't know when or why the soldiers would be raised against him unless he had spies already inside and gaining information, so that means he couldn't have planned it as you say.

Cole was a man of trust to Solterra, he trusted him to protect his sister and was to be forever in his debt to the service he offered. What kind of a man puts his greatest trust in someone and then holds paranoia that he may plan against him? It may have been Solterra's flaw, but at least he acted honorably and respectfully.