The treaty would have been end of Darka and Lyoness clearly was switching its side to CE.
Except we weren't. Ravendon dropped several big hints that if Darka put in some effort, Lyonesse might try to do them some favors. We only explicitly mentioned the
possibility of joining CE's side after Darka was ordering us out of our own regions... even then it was an example of logic, not a declaration of policy.
All ignorance to my proposal to edit treaty more fair and claiming it is fair, which it really is not. All the talks were pretty much accept this! Then denying our passage to Lyoness while CE march on us.
I'll agree it's not fair, but the original treaty concept did
hurt both sides. (Enri actually suggested giving up on Darka and declaring war on Lyonesse when the issue first came up.) I can't comment on your edits because they never made it to the rest of the realm's eyes. If they were good solutions, why not ask about their status and have Ravendon look into it, instead of threatening to obliterate Melias?
Miscommunication aside, neither side had passage rights, as I said. If Darka had asked, it probably would have been granted and the CE would now be waiting in Anost. You can't really fault us for denying you passage rights when you're already halfway through our realm without announcing your arrival. We should have probably had scouts looking for you, but is the thief not a thief when the banker forgets to lock the safe? The CE, on the other hand, actually asked for permission.
I pretty much counted that Lyoness would have "loved" its realm enough not to get it burnt and we seemed to have decent relations, which although changed pretty quickly when that silly treaty was put on table.
You forget who is in the realm... The Himouras are notorious for wanting respect, be it for their sovereignty or for their family. Ravendon is an ex-member of the League of the Eagle who kept trying to subvert the most powerful outside controls on Coria to make it truly independent. Caleb is from a Minas Ithil family that longs for its old home and the independence it used to have. All were founding members of Silnaria and then involved in the rebellion when we thought Merlin was jeopardizing our chances for independence (a catch 22, in fact). Add to that the fact that the rest of Lyonesse is fairly new and the realm is still looking to carve out its place and you've got a powderkeg of idealism. Slipping out from under the CE's boot to rest neatly beneath Darka's boot wouldn't be acceptable to most of us.
Also you've just described blackmail... "We know you treasure XYZ, so if you don't obey, we'll hurt XYZ." It might work, but it only ever builds resent. We thought Darka would have enough sense to realize that wasn't going to work.
Anyway, this definately spice up things.
-jaune
That much, we can definitely agree upon. Things are going to get tense, but I want to thank you right now, Jaune, for helping to keep this game fun.
