"How, by the Halls of Nightmare," snarled the Warlord, "did those misbegotten /acratalesi/ manage to /deblaquo/ us over like this?" The Allied War Council collectively drew back in shock. The two Balpuri words that the Warlord had used were *very* obscene, and for Ria to use such language was nearly unheard of. The Council had just received word of the attack on King Opozoya of Burcancy and his wife. The Duke of Parflax was not present--he had withdrawn to his quarters at the news of his daughter's murder, and would not leave them. As for the other commanders, they were still in a state of shock. "I think, Warlord," said General Martros, "we have underestimated the Hand of Garr yet again. It seems obvious now that the Horde which attacked Parglug was a feint of some kind, perhaps to draw our attention both from the Horde in Tana, and from the cult's activities in Burcancy. We now face an Aureltemerrac, a War of Mist and Terror, where our enemies slide through our fingers like quicksilver. Both Sedonia and Mir have fought such wars in our rise and fall, and we both know the only way to win such a war is to be as ruthless as the enemy." "Therefore," he continued, "I say we should tear the Hand of Garr out of Burcancy, root and branch! We should have the army scour the countryside and the cities, killing any goblins or cultists we find, destroying their temples." "Hear, hear!" cried out a Burcancy officer. "And, we should burn the thrice-damned Goblins out of Tanimbar, too! As long as they're there, like a cancer in our gut, we can never be secure! Kill them all!" He sat down to the cheers of his fellow Burcancy officers. [Want to offer Exquaestio's view, Jeff?] Andrew ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
Andrew Janssen wrote: > [Want to offer Exquaestio's view, Jeff?] Not in this venue. First of all, I don't think there's anyone at the meeting who knows about Exquaestio's dealings with the Tanimbar Goblins. Second, their viewpoint isn't going to popular and probably won't be listened to. Much better to operate through the leader of Tanimbar's volunteers and bring up practical problems, like _these_ goblins would be operating on their own ground, and an invasion would be an act of war against Tanimbar, not just the goblins. (It would be better to work through the High General of Junder, but this meeting seems to be happening in west.) There's also the problem that the Hand of Garr must have been expecting just this reaction -- so what do they have planned? -- Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_Main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
Jefferson wrote: > Andrew Janssen wrote: > > >>[Want to offer Exquaestio's view, Jeff?] > > > Not in this venue. First of all, I don't think there's anyone at the > meeting who knows about Exquaestio's dealings with the Tanimbar Goblins. > Second, their viewpoint isn't going to popular and probably won't be > listened to. Much better to operate through the leader of Tanimbar's > volunteers and bring up practical problems, like _these_ goblins would be > operating on their own ground, and an invasion would be an act of war > against Tanimbar, not just the goblins. (It would be better to work > through the High General of Junder, but this meeting seems to be happening > in west.) There's also the problem that the Hand of Garr must have been > expecting just this reaction -- so what do they have planned? > Well, I was thinking more like internal reaction, rather than public reaction. As for what the Hand plans, who can tell? The Burcancy, and to a lesser extent, the Mir, are too emotionally overwraught to think quite straight, and the Sedonians are constitutionally incapable of leaving a threat in their rear. It could be that the Hand is trying to tie the allies down in the west. Unfortunately, just because you know that your enemy wants you to do something doesn't always mean that you can avoid doing it. Andrew ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
