Calm before the storm on FEI

[Foundation]

The title of this thread should be Calm before the Calmer.

[Lorgan]

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[Lefanis]

The title of this thread should be Calm before the Calmer.

Yup. Damn peace keeping elements, destroyed three potential wars which could have been awesome.

[Bedwyr]

The title of this thread should be Calm before the Calmer.

Everyone's just waiting for me to come back, admit it.

[Zakilevo]

Everyone's just waiting for me to come back, admit it.

We are! When are you coming back?

[Bedwyr]

We are! When are you coming back?

I'm hoping, planning, expecting, and praying this summer.

[Zakilevo]

I'm hoping, planning, expecting, and praying this summer.

We should all hope and pray for your return

[Velax]

Yup. Damn peace keeping elements, destroyed three potential wars which could have been awesome.

I think it's less the peacekeeping elements, and more the internet troubles of the Zonasan ruler (who Kindara and probably Aenilia were waiting on to lead an attack) and the dissolution of Toupellon that forestalled the expected war. I imagine there'll be something coming soon, though.

[Longmane]

I'm hoping, planning, expecting, and praying this summer.

Don't forget to throw in a dash of bribery, threat and downright underhandedness while you at it, as we are taking about Jenrad after all remember     

I think it's less the peacekeeping elements, and more the internet troubles of the Zonasan ruler (who Kindara and probably Aenilia were waiting on to lead an attack) and the dissolution of Toupellon that forestalled the expected war. I imagine there'll be something coming soon, though.

Yeah his Internet problems have prevented us in Zonasa from really being able keep up with what 's been going on for while,  in fact even as it's general I'm near enough totally in the dark about things.

[Indirik]

Sorry our plans to tear apart Toupellon from the inside spoiled your plans to tear it apart from the outside.

[Bedwyr]

Don't forget to throw in a dash of bribery, threat and downright underhandedness while you at it, as we are taking about Jenrad after all remember     

The amusing thing to me is that Jenred sees himself as a very straightforward guy who dislikes scheming, plots, and deviousness.  The fact that he's had to engage in them almost constantly made him very, very annoyed.  He far prefers just riding out at the head of the army and slaughtering things.

Then again, he's kinda turned into the living avatar of "the ends justify the means"...

[Velax]

Then again, he's kinda turned into the living avatar of "the ends justify the means"...

Ehhhh....not really. If that were the case he wouldn't have given a !@#$ about looting methods or burning food. Instead we were hamstrung for ages, restricted to looting tax gold and stealing food. We would have won the southern war much faster if we'd been plundering Aenilia's lands the whole time, for example.

[Bedwyr]

Ehhhh....not really. If that were the case he wouldn't have given a !@#$ about looting methods or burning food. Instead we were hamstrung for ages, restricted to looting tax gold and stealing food. We would have won the southern war much faster if we'd been plundering Aenilia's lands the whole time, for example.

Because you mistake the means for an end.  One of Jenred's "ends" is island-wide rules of warfare that are more restrictive than even the Order of the Hawk envisioned.  The problem is that he has multiple ends, most of which support each other in the endgame, but getting to all of the ends is...Difficult.

I think you also underestimate how badly Zonasa, Aenilia, and Kindara could have hurt Arcaea if they stopped dicking around in Larmebsi and went for the western regions looting with a vengeance.

[Velax]

Perhaps, but their inability to organise themselves had little to do with Arcaea's self imposed looting restrictions. You always did seem to underestimate Arcaea's military ability.

[Bedwyr]

Perhaps, but their inability to organise themselves had little to do with Arcaea's self imposed looting restrictions. You always did seem to underestimate Arcaea's military ability.

The latter is certainly true.  I don't think Jenred ever stopped seeing Arcaea as the underdog, beset on all sides by innumerable foes.