It does highlight a common problem, though. This is hardly the first time someone has launched one plan assuming it was the only one going on, because he had no way of knowing about any others.
Yeah, you're right. Plans get stomped and derailed all the time. Don't worry, though, we're adapting.
Not sure what the best way to deal with the problem is, but you can hardly blame Fleugs for not knowing that another war was being planned if all the planning was happening in channels his character had no access to.
Not knowing? No. But for a character new to the island, and brand new to the throne, to launch the plan without even sending a letter of introduction to the neighbor that they had been in the middle of signing an alliance with? No one in Perdan bothered to see what was going on with that alliance they were negotiating with Eponllyn? You know, the alliance that was supposed to protect them from being the subject of a gang-bang once they started that war with Vix Tiramora? That's not "We don't know what's happening", it's "Not only do we not know what's going on, we don't want to know, and we will do everything in our power to avoid finding out".
And no, De-Legro, this wasn't a private plan between only two characters. It was a public discussion at least in Eponllyn. And unless Fiona in Perdan was deliberately not sharing it with Perdan, they knew it, too. And Caligus sure knew it was going to happen, as did everyone in Vix Tiramora (since they seceded from Caligus.) As did Sirion, Nivemus (At least their ruler), and Fallangard. In fact, Sirion marched their entire army down to Castle Ubent to force the secession, and thus guarantee the circumstances for the war. The coming war was one of the biggest "open secrets" I've ever seen in the game. In fact, the public explosion between Fiona and Meivmayr on the ruler's channel already promised it was going to happen as soon as Sirion's two-week grace period expired.
How anyone can seriously claim they didn't know the war was going to happen is beyond me.
Now, it is quite possible that Fleugs knew all about this, and decided that he just wanted to do something different. That's fine. But claiming that this was some secret plan between only a very few characters? No way.
