Dude, really? You're going to say we ruined the election? Maybe you're taking your man's loss a little too seriously.
And to say they're "blindly following the incumbent" is ridiculous and completely ignores the connections Rynn has made with the knighthood and the Midlands Council. Ismail used his Chairmanship as a political weapon to stop the lords from steamrolling the election. That's not blindness, that's just something you failed to factor in.
There's a whole knights-at-war side to D'Haran roleplay that might not happen on your high-political level of the game. The knights are loyal to those who are good to them, and among them is Rynn.
tl;dr: deal with it.
Okay, maybe I didn't choose the proper words, and it's true, I did not give Rynn his due credit. It's not purely blind following, you are quite right. He did have that play in his favor, but it was not limited to that. And don't take this as an insult, it's a phenomenon I consider universal, and that even I displayed on many occasions. Many people are naturally loyal to whoever was ruler at the time they joined the realm. I'm not saying it's bad, and I admit I was wrong to say this this was the only thing that made him win.
And you are quite right I failed to factor it in, I was completely oblivious to the fact that you couldn't vote. Hell, when I saw your letter, I literally said to myself "thank god he and the other unlanded nobles can't vote!".
Please do not mistake my words for bitterness, it was all in jest. Machiavel truly does like Rynn, and all he's done. As do I, as a player. I find all of the RP quite entertaining, and I doubt they'd have happened without Rynn's initiatives. Machiavel backed Pierre, but only for this specific term, he'd likely have supported Rynn again in 3 months. Time will tell if this will hurt relations between Machiavel and Rynn or not, however, because "I totally would have backed you up next time despite endorsing the other guy!" just doesn't fly as well as, you know, actually doing it.
