Tournament in Ozrat...

[BardicNerd]

I feel your pain.  I remember when I had to give up playing BM a number of years ago, and I've recently had to give up playing one of my other characters, at least for now.

[Morningstar]

You're assuming that Arella/Aenilia was the only person Jenred had discussed that with and received a positive response from (aside from the colony, which was a given).  That's a very interesting assumption.

Hopefully, at some point I will finally be able to freaking move and have the time to play power-politics on the FEI again.  Rebuilding all of those connections will obviously take time and probably be impossible in some cases [...]  I anticipated the next big war after that would either destroy the empire or bring the entire continent under it.

Timing was everything, at least for Arella. You could still give her a religious nudge in a similar direction, but the imminent threat would be more localized and er... human.

[Ender]

You're assuming that Arella/Aenilia was the only person Jenred had discussed that with and received a positive response from (aside from the colony, which was a given).  That's a very interesting assumption.

Not really an assumption that you only talked to Arella, more ignorance on my part on who you did talk to. I didn't pay much attention to the global stuff in the Far East until fairly recently. Most of the time Jenred was in power, my Far East character was really focused on his plans locally within Soliferum. The rest of the Far East only concerned him as far as keeping his religious domain protected.

[Bedwyr]

Timing was everything, at least for Arella. You could still give her a religious nudge in a similar direction, but the imminent threat would be more localized and er... human.

Timing is everything with all of this, as well as a judicious use of both carrots and sticks.  Whether Jenred will be in a position to offer either when I come back is highly in doubt, especially given how much Arcaea's internal politics have changed even from what I've just seen on the forums, and how much bad feeling remains about his attempted treaty with Arcachon.

[Gabanus family]

It would be fun to see Jenred return and "fight" with Velax for the throne of the Arcaean Empire, which they'd also need to build. Persuade Sorraine to join (what to do with religion), or will you take them out? Same for GA and maybe even Cathay.

[Scarlett]

It would be a pretty tough fight. Jenred had a lot of loyalty but there are now a lot of nobles who never served under him.

Of course I hope it happens anyway.

[Indirik]

Not to mention Jenred's finall meltdown pissed off a lot of people.

[Hroppa]

Wait, they'd have to build a new throne? What happened to the cool old one with the skulls of Jenred's enemies on it?

[Bedwyr]

I think he meant that the Arcaean Empire needs to be built, not the throne.

A fight between Jenred and Velax isn't impossible, but I don't think it's likely.  They had their differences, but Velax was one of Jenred's handpicked successors, after all.  Not to mention that the amount of damage the fight would cause would likely cripple any chance either of them could accomplish anything of worth afterwards.  Besides...The two of them working together would be much more intriguing.

[Daycryn]

Lokenth feels really loyal to Jenred still. Jenred gave him a chance, and direction, when no one else would. Velax invited him into his house even though he was a [literally] stinking, dirty commoner, gave him wine and food and treated him like a guest. He'd be hard-pressed to have to choose between them. Though he is a knight now, and that oath of fealty and sense of honor does strange things to a man.

[Gabanus family]

Jenred may better speed up, the Arcaean Empire has been formed...

[Bedwyr]

Jenred may better speed up, the Arcaean Empire has been formed...

Unfortunately, real life is dictating my pace at this point, and it's not favourable to BM.

Fortunately, despite how amusing it might be, I don't see any particular reason Jenred and Velax need to fight, and if Velax can pull it off, more power to him.

[Velax]

Wait, they'd have to build a new throne? What happened to the cool old one with the skulls of Jenred's enemies on it?

That throne was moved to Talex, with Jenred and Edara. Didn't really feel right to sit on a throne with the skulls of someone else's enemies.

As awesome as a battle for the control of Arcaea would be, I don't think it'd be to anyone's benefit in the long term, aside from the enemies of Arcaea.

[Bedwyr]

That throne was moved to Talex, with Jenred and Edara. Didn't really feel right to sit on a throne with the skulls of someone else's enemies.

I'm sure Velax won't mind building his own, starting with the shattered remnants of the Arcachonian throne and working up from there.  The number of skulls Jenred and Edara managed to accumulate continues to astonish me, though Conan and Moses pausing before they could be caught and executed was such a shame.

[Velax]

Not many of the prominent Arcachonians actually died, though. Most paused, emigrated or moved to Ohnar West. They did execute a few of their own nobles during the rebellions, but they were mostly nobodies. I could always have Shinya dug up. Think it'd piss off the Way of the Dragon people if I dug up one of their saints and took his skull?