I've been putting this off trying to figure out the best way to do it but here goes. The Order of Lucia (as it relates to Cedonia)--in approx. 1428, the Order of Lucia merged with the priesthood of the Oracle in Talishara (an action similar to the Knights Templar taking over the protection of the Temple of Solomon during the Crusades) and, due to this, greatly reduced their interference with Cedonia politics as a whole. Their opposition to the traditional rulers (a.k.a. the Duke) is balanced by the fact that they are too close to the Mirrish forces in Talishara to act openly. My suggestion is that they will remain neutral and, if anything, turn their attentions towards locating the missing Emperess and/or her children. The Eerith--The Eerith are staying quiet. Those societies that requested Eerithian advisors still recieve their aid but other than that, the Eerith and the City remain conspicuously absent (again). Agrigax--I agree with removing him. The old wolf was always the Alexander the Great of the region and just too big (and too old) to remain in game much longer. He had two legitimate children and a debatable number of illegitimate. Unlike most rulers, however, Agrigax (like Alexander) is also smart enough to plan for the nation after his own demise. Rather than simply remove his second son, it is much more likely that he would have steered one of the boys into the priesthood in Talishara, into control of one of the major merchant houses, or married him into a dominate position in the royal household of another nation. Simply killing a son off is wasteful when there are other uses to expand his (Agrigax) influence. That seems to make more sense to me. Now, I have to try to put together a truly "Jason-like" Mirrish response...(This is a tough one for me because I was opposed to the Protectorate of Yora'Timar from the beginning so I'm almost arguing against myself here.) Title: Response to Caladyn's Request for Aid and Support Mir will fully support Caladyn's claim to the throne in exchange for a simple token gesture: his official sanction of the Mirrish "protectorate" of Talishara under Niotrosa. Mir will even be so gracious as to pull back the boundries of the Yora'Timar protectorate to the city of Talishara itself, cedeing the original boundry of Gomel. An initial "good will peacekeeping force" of 1000 troops will be sent in support and strong hints are given that, the more Caladyn supports Niotrosa, the more Mir will support the Duke's efforts. Note: this would also require the Duke to accept the Order of Lucia's relationship with the Oracle priesthood but, in this case, it would work in his favor by keeping them out of his hair and insuring the Order's neutrality. [Historical Flashback: 1429--The Coranation of the Yora-Timar throne. The Heir apperant to the Throne of Mir (Nirotosa at this point. Then it will be his son.) will become the Prince of Yora'Timar. (Bassicly similar to how Prince Charles is Heir of the English throne and Prince of Wales.)] At the time, no one was in a position to debate this declaration because of the military situation and the overwhelming presence of Mirrish military power. Actions: 1,2 Primary Determinant: External Polotics (Good +1) Secondary Determinant: Wealth (Great +2), Military Force (Good +1) Diffculty: Normal (Political negotiation) Weight: Double (+1) Actors: Nirotosa and troops already stationed in Talishara Secrecy: None Modifiers:+ Previous success and popularity within the region due to the rebuilding efforts in Timar + Previous history of working successfully with the Duke + Powerful magics even amoung non-coterie magi and the implied promise of future aid + The Duke has a strong need and the only cost is simply to give lip service to an existing condition | Title: Train more Warmages. (4 of 5 years) | Actions: 3,4 | | Countinue to train. | | Primary Determinant: Military Force (Good +1) | Secondary Determinant: Magic Sophisticaion (Legendary +4) (secondary | modifier of +2) | Diffculty: Very Hard (-2) | Weight: Double (+1) | Actors: warmages | Secrecy: little | Modifiers: | - No further Eerith directed training | + Success of the privious warmages (Previous total for 4 of 5=+2) ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
