It's amusing that Baranion's view is that Sartanians must be stopped from dominating FEI.... when what is actually going on is that the Sartanians are in a real danger of being exterminated across the continent.
So far as he's concerned, that is a perfectly acceptable outcome.
Based on what he has heard, the Church of Sartan explicitly advocates converting
all nonbelievers by the sword. In other words, as long as it is allowed to exist with that as one of its tenets, it will
always try to take over the continent.
On the other hand, Baranion has no interest in taking over the entire continent. So while from a Sartanist perspective, yes, what Baranion wants is obviously unacceptable, he's not being hypocritical in any way.
So just to reiterate the point: Everyone keeps saying that Coralynth is dishonorable because we launched a sneak attack. But that's not what happened. I was all set to declare war, when we (Sorraine and Coralynth) bungled our movements. When we finally did declare war, we did so a full day before our forces arrived.
Except that you (assuming you're Eva—sorry, I don't always know which forum names match which families
) flat-out lied to the entire continent about your intentions. Ingall asked Eva when Coralynth's forces were first sighted if they were planning to attack, and Eva said no. I don't recall the exact wording at this point, but it was pretty unequivocal.
All that said, as a player, this is the wildest and most unpredictable time I've had playing on the FEI since I joined. The stakes are huge, the drama high, the betrayals brutal....
If my other players like Chenier had stuck out the brief lull, they'd really be having a great time right now.
This, I agree with wholeheartedly. I did
not see all this coming when Cathay finally surrendered.
Oddly enough, I think that the single event that's created the most uncertainty and fun was Velax stepping down. I just wish he'd stayed on the continent to be able to participate in the fun time he sparked.
