The War of the Hearth Right

[Gustav Kuriga]

Uhm.... just so you know, I'm not from Cathay. So I'm not really sure why you would find it offensive the way I named it.

[Anaris]

Because he's fighting in a war, against them. Obviously any thread discussing that war with a title that's not deeply insulting to the Cathayans is just a slap in the face to him!

I mean, come on, Gustav, where is your sense of propriety?!?

;D

[BardicNerd]

Yes, I intended this as a joke.  My hope is that both it and the other 'war of the hearth right' will die out or get merged into one of the already existing threads.


Though if you've seen some of Galiard's letters, the title really makes sense.  Not saying that's an entirely bad thing. . . .


Egamma edit: took me a while to notice, but your wish is my command.

[Scarlett]

If you're Galiard, the only person besides Galiard who has any excuse to be as arrogant as you is Jenred, because no other ruler has created anything lasting. There are times when I'd prefer to rein him in but it wouldn't make sense. He ruled the largest realm in the Far East, won the largest battle in the Far East, and did so by negotiating the largest alliance in the Far East, after which he made himself a Kingdom from scratch. Then he switched to gardening for a while and everything went to pot, so in his opinion he's far more essential than he realistically is, but to the quite limited extent that I could relate to somebody who had done those things and expect them to be humble, it'd be like expecting Patton plus Augustus to be humble. He was arrogant before all those things, too. BM encourages it.

That those things happened before most of the current generation was born is what makes him appear to be an out of touch old relic whose time is past. It's entirely possible that Edmund will demonstrate that to be the case. But that's an appropriate way for Galiard to go down. Every BM ruler-player knows that the realm tends to matter a lot more than any one ruler, and Cathay ain't no Lasanar, at least anymore.

Actually, besides Jenred, Edmund would probably come pretty close in Galiard's estimation if he weren't in the doghouse, but I (and therefore Galiard) don't know who exactly gets credit for forming Kindara since it happened during his naptime.

[Gustav Kuriga]

Probably the best move Henzo Kuriga has made in his short time as General.

[Vellos]

Should probably have kept that stronghold a bit more garrisoned...

You mean Haul?

Yup. If only some Margrave of Haul had been asking for militia for weeks...

Oh wait. I have been.

[Alpha]

You mean Haul?

Yup. If only some Margrave of Haul had been asking for militia for weeks...

Oh wait. I have been.

Could you not recruit troops as Margrave?

[Ender]

Actually, besides Jenred, Edmund would probably come pretty close in Galiard's estimation if he weren't in the doghouse, but I (and therefore Galiard) don't know who exactly gets credit for forming Kindara since it happened during his naptime.

It wasnt me! I know Alpha and Ziode had some hands in it, but beyond that all I know is that Cathayans formed Kindara. I was too busy playing a sociopathic genocidal priest that was sitting in a tower watching Soliferum burn down around him and cursing Conan as it did.

Edmund showed up in Kindara pretty much the moment Soliferum fell.

[Alpha]

I think the founding of Kindara was mostly Jenred and Ziode. Alpha was involved some once the actual founding was close, but not too much. We had the benefit of the power vacuum of Soliferum's collapse. Then we took Masashakon when the Sartanians decided to act like Sartanians. We took C'thonia when Thain spoke out of turn. We annexed old Cathay because of the coronation Conan-lite. Overall, Kindara has been lucky to have a string of rather successful High Lords, and a good alliance with PoZ. I think Edmund has done very well so far.

[Scarlett]

You got militia! From every realm except Zonasa!

[Bedwyr]

I think the founding of Kindara was mostly Jenred and Ziode.

I'd say more Ziode than Jenred.  Ziode got the core of the colony and a whole lot of support, Jenred contributed some resources and added a significant (but, I think, not critical) amount of support.

But really, it's hard to say.  There was so much horse trading going down in the time leading up to the actual fall that it's all a bit hazy to me now.

[Perth]

Forum propaganda has reached a whole new level!  8)

[Vellos]

Could you not recruit troops as Margrave?

Yes, with my abundant supplies of gold that I had left over after repairing 80% damaged walls.

Problem is the travel to Palnasos is so long that I can rarely get back in time to cash bonds, and, as a trader, I end up with LOTS of bonds. And managing a citadel in a border war, I have lots of expenses.

[Alpha]

Forum propaganda has reached a whole new level!  8)

Titling it the Annual Far Eastern War might be more accurate, but less interesting.

[Alpha]

Yes, with my abundant supplies of gold that I had left over after repairing 80% damaged walls.

Problem is the travel to Palnasos is so long that I can rarely get back in time to cash bonds, and, as a trader, I end up with LOTS of bonds. And managing a citadel in a border war, I have lots of expenses.

I forgot about not being able to cash bonds at strongholds. That makes might make things somewhat more difficult.