@indirik yeah, for the sake of brevity i condensed all the various plans dustole/claudio presented. it was around his second or third permutation that I realized he was just riffing on bs and probably spinning all sorts of tales to others as well.
@eirikr this is exactly why jonn urged nairii and optimus to get in touch with foreign rulers to let them know that someone somewhere was totally against claudio's plan and willing to stand against him.
and yes, while I was adamantly against his plan ic and ooc I have to give credit where it's due, the whole thing was a near-masterful act of political trickery.