The War of the Hearth Right

[Morningstar]

It was, though more so in P.O.Z then in Kindara. Just before the current war it was more a thing that could possibly happen then anything that was seriously being planned. Popular opinion was not as against GA then as it is now that Arella seems to have stopped listening to anything resembling reality. Either that or Galiard is just that convincing, and I have to admit, he is charismatic.

Arella's fatal flaw is justness of a cause. The longer a war like this drags on, the more she's going to regret choosing pragmatism over principles. Sooner it all ends, the sooner she'll let it go and move on.

[Scarlett]

Arella's fatal flaw is justness of a cause and Galiard is super-convincing and gave her a pony.

Fixed that for you.

[Ender]

Arella's fatal flaw is justness of a cause and Galiard is super-convincing and gave her a pony.

Ponies! We just knew there had to be something in it for her. This explains everything!

[BardicNerd]

Ponies do indeed explain everything.

[Arundel]

Ponies do indeed explain everything.

So you're telling me that the Pony's hearth right was infringed upon, not Galiard's?

That does explain a lot.

[Scarlett]

Actually, back when Galiard got his first Ducal title in Lasanar (in Ossaet) he famously spent most of his money maintaining a stable of purebred, miniature ponies. So presumably he would still have some...

[Morningstar]

There was no pony mentioned, I assure you. If it had, this war would have been over weeks ago.  :D

::edit- Actually, not even I'm arrogant enough to think that GA's military influence would've been enough to end things much faster.::

[BardicNerd]

Actually, I honestly think GA playing Switzerland may have been the most helpful thing to Zonasa/Kindara, due to how it shaped the front.  If they had actually joined on our side, they probably would have been overrun my Arcaea reasonably quickly.

[Velax]

Arguable. It has protected Zonasa's lands from damage but at the same time limited the southern realms to only being able to reach three Cathayan regions before they have to attack a city, which they've not attempted.

[Draco Tanos]

Aye.  How much of GA may have been driven rogue too?

[Morningstar]

Actually, I honestly think GA playing Switzerland may have been the most helpful thing to Zonasa/Kindara, due to how it shaped the front.  If they had actually joined on our side, they probably would have been overrun my Arcaea reasonably quickly.

OOC, it was definitely a consideration for me. Especially as poor as our military is, I saw ourselves being overrun in 1-2 weeks by Arcaea.

[Scarlett]

Cathay's military was in pretty sorry shape before the war just because most of it had not fought a war before.

They're not going to be forming any elite legions with late-turn moves or anything (partially because I can't be bothered) but we've had 100% moves the last few times it's been important. Make enough noise and eventually people figure out what's important!

[Alpha]

Actually, I honestly think GA playing Switzerland may have been the most helpful thing to Zonasa/Kindara, due to how it shaped the front.  If they had actually joined on our side, they probably would have been overrun my Arcaea reasonably quickly.

I think this about sums it up. Avoiding GA forced Northern alliance to move through Azros, Palanos, Haul, or lose 1/3 of the army to starvation through Leod/Edairn. Since GA's geography is almost completely indefensible, their neutrality likely was an advantage for us.

[Gustav Kuriga]

I feel that Sorraine has a very disciplined army.

[Velax]

Sure, but...where is it? I look at the Stats page and see Sorraine has 26,000+ CS, but I look at the scout reports and rarely see Sorraine with more than 6,000 - 8,000 of mobile CS in a region.