FWIW, I also clearly remember his first letter to all rulers being along the lines of 'I want to ally with all of you, lets have friends with everyone, war is bad mmkay'.
I miss this old BM attitude of 'we will take what you can throw at us, just because we can then claim to have overcome it after its all over'. This used to be the dominant player reaction of BT Invasions. This was what I enjoyed about Luria when all Dwilight sought to conquer it.
Most people find it very difficult to say they are or were wrong. Even people that are perfectly alright with such humble confessions can have a kneejerk response to someone making a counter-point (unconsciously seeking justification). But people are not inherently unwilling to change their mind, just that most often they need to think they changed their own mind. Hence why asking questions and approaching issues from another's perspective helps 'incept' an idea into one's head more than telling them they are wrong (which is implied when one disagrees).
To all nobles of the East Island,
I am Saradomin Warchief,originally from Rieleston of Atamara.After becoming Minas Nova's first king,I sent out my offer of peace to
everyone.I had a particularly good relationship with Starfall and Magnus particularly,as well as Odoaker.However,I was faced with a plethora of challenges from the start.The lord of Dayr brought his region with him to Perdan and incited the first Minas Novian rebellion.He failed.Meanwhile,Starfall was convincing me to fight Xavax while convincing Magnus to fight me.A good plan it was,but I caught wind of it.The personal relationship between Starfall and I soured.Not long later,Minas Nova went to war with Alara.By then Magnus was gone and Selenia the bully took over.I called a referendum whether to join the war,the realm voted to join.Now the previous part about the referendum sounds a little like Brexit...but I had my personal concerns.I studied Chamberlain's policy of appeasement,and the striking similarity struck me.I
COULD NOTlet Xavax take Alara.I put aside my personal feud with Starfall,we allied to halt the expansion of Xavax.Not soon after,I was rebelled against(again!),and the rebels succeeded this time(due to some infiltrators and stuff,including Stegman).I ran across the continent and joined Caligus.My "achievements"during my rule:1.Got Dayr back...but somehow it's with Perdan now?
2.Prevented Xavax from taking over virtually the entire Southern part of the continent.Things would have been a lot different if I let Xavax just take Alara.
Final note:I did NOT "plot"against Xavax with Alara...we were forced into defence
